SpringNationals

March 6th-8th, 2026
Charlotte Motor Speedway

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We are pleased to announce that we have 2 Event Sponsors for Spring Nationals 2025! Odenthal Racing Products is back, and welcome our newest sponsor, Fineline Trailers!
2The gates at Charlotte Motor Speedway will remain open from 12pm Thursday through the end of our event. 
You will not be permitted inside without an event wristband.
If you arrive outside the gate hours, you will have to wait outside until you are able to buy a wristband.

Event Schedule

Thursday March 5th:
12:00pm – 7:00pm

Move in Day! There will be no on track activities, but Registration and Tire pickup will be available in the afternoon.

Friday March 6th:
9:00am – 6:00pm

Open Practice! Classes will practice by class in race order. We estimate each class will get at least 4 sessions on track, the last of which will serve as “Happy Hour” for qualifying.

Saturday March 7th:
8:00am – tba

Morning will start with a ONE quick warm-up round, followed by our drivers meeting with TONS of door prizes! RLV Fastest Lap Qualifying begins next, followed by 2 rounds of heat races. We anticipate that multiple classes will be split into heats and feature LCQ’s. We are doing it this was so we can try and avoid having to cap the number of entries in any class!

Sunday March 8th:
8:00am – 4:00pm (approx.)

We’ll start out the morning with a single warmup. Any LCQ’s that are needed will be ran, followed by the final race for each class!

WINNER TAKES ALL IN THE FINALS!

Classes

Kid Kart: Max 30 entries
Kid Kart Chassis = 190#
Cadet Chassis = 205#

Cadet: Max 40 entries
235#

Sportsman: Max 40 entries
265#

Junior: Max 88 entries
320#

Senior Light:  Max 88 entries
340#

Senior Medium: Max 88 entries
365#

Senior Heavy: Max 50 entries
390# (Max 210# chassis)

Masters: Max 50 entries
390#

Legends: Max 50 entries
375#

Spring Nationals has become a monster all on it’s own. Even though many of our racers come from areas that start their seasons in January, Spring Nats marks the start of their jam-packed 4-cycle karting season. 

All signs point to another big event this year, and we are already planning on having multiple classes running an LCQ format, which also means we are ready to bring in lights for Saturday Night.

Even though this is a National Event, we will still treat things like we always do. Our commitment is to host the most competitive 4-cycle racing events possible while maintaining a family friendly, environment. After all, kart racing is supposed to be FUN!

So get your karts ready, get registered and come out and race the CKNA Spring Nationals. It’s karting done the way you’ll like it: family friendly, fun and fair!

General Information:

Parking:

  • Racers will be able to choose their own pit-spots via our interactive parking map during the registration process. The spots are all 16′ wide again this year, but you still need to do some math. Please make sure you have enough room to fit your trailer AND canopies.
  • We will be securing the area inside the “roval” for additional pits and general parking. Last year, this was not available until Friday, and we are working on confirming the timing for that area now. We are asking that everybody parks their tow vehicles, rental cars, etc. in this area once it is available! 
  • Camping is allowed at Charlotte Motor Speedway! Unless you are staying in one of the one per-established spots, each tent/camper/trailer that people are sleeping in will be required to buy a camping pass.

Tires:

  • CKNA requires the purchase of VAH race tires with registration at all National Events. Racers will have to use the slick tires bought through registration in the race. Practice and rain tires are also available, or can be sourced by the racer.

Class Caps:

  • We feel it is important to keep this event as a 3 day  program (Happy Hour is on Friday) because it is hard for people to take the additional time off of work. This means classes will be capped. As the entries come in, we may adjust if we see an opportunity to improve the schedule or accommodate more racers. Can’t make Friday? Not to worry, you can still register and race, you will just start in the back of your classes Qualifying session.