CUP KART NEWS

From time to time, we feel it necessary to update or clarify our rules to better serve our racers. After completing 4 events so far in 2021, a few minor tweaks have been made. Although we highly recommend you download yourself a fresh copy of v21.1, there is really nothing major changed. Here are the highlights, along with brief explanations of why we felt this was necessary: Practice grid starting positions may be determined by race officials: At our last event at CHMS, we saw competitors lining up nearly 30 min early for practice. Now there’s nothing “wrong” with that, but we just don;t like the idea of people feeling that it is necessary. Therefor, classes that we feel it

It seems there has been some confusion brought to light lately regarding CKNA’s rules for Tires at the Divisional and National Level. Rather than quote passages from our rulebook, we’ll lay it out here! Cup Karts South & North Divisions Slick tires will be Vega VAH, and Rain Tires can be either Vega w5 or 56 compounds. No other tires will be permitted in any session throughout the entire weekend. You do not need to qualify on new tires. Many of our racers choose to get multiple racedays out of the Vega tire because it performs well even after multiple heat cycles. IT IS YOUR CHOICE! We only stipulate that the tires that are on for qualifying must also be

2020 was a great year of competition at Cup Karts North. The series saw countless new faces join the fray, many of which saw great success in just their first CKNA campaign. One driver who achieved an unprecedented result in becoming the first driver in CKNA history to win two championships in the same season was Mick Gabriel; 2020’s Cup Karts North Senior Light and Senior Medium Champion. Mick, along with his father Mike are moving forward from being top-level privateers to creating a top-level race team, race school and arrive-and-drive program with best-in-class equipment, instruction and technology. Along with Partner Chris Surdenik, they have formed AEM Karting. AEM is offering a multitude of services to karters in 2021, ranging

EK Chains has been apart of the Cup Karts family for many years. For many of the years, EK has been the Presenting Sponsor of our Champions Cup series. Their support has helped us create the most competitive 4-cycle racing series in the Midwest! We are pleased to announce that EK Chains will continue their support as a Presenting Sponsor for what we are now calling Cup Karts North. It doesn’t stop there. When EK Chains heard we we’re launching Cup Karts South, they immediately contacted us to ask how they could help us accelerate the program and get Cup Karts South on the fast track to being the premiere 4 cycle series in that region.Within no time, the decision

It’s no secret, a big part of our success has been the all star list of Sponsors that have chosen to make CKNA the organization it is today. Thankfully, the addition of the Spring Nationals and our all new Cup Karts South division has afforded us the chance to add some additional sponsor slots for the 2021 season. So if you like what we’re doing and want to be apart of the biggest 4-cycle karting organization in North America, we would love to talk about partnering with you in 2021 We take our obligations to our sponsors very seriously, and do everything in our power to ensure they see an excellent value from their support of CKNA’s events. Thankfully, this