New, fast Margay karts with complete motor package now available.
Purchase of kart and engine package includes 2 free sessions - your
choice of practice or race day, covering the following:
USA International Raceway, joined by the Great Northern Rotax Series
is proud to announce the launch of the Regional ROTAX Summer Shoot-Out.
This scheduled event will take place over the weekend of July 19-20 at
the track in Shawano, WI.
As one of the last opportunities for racers bound for the ROTAX
Nationals to compete on the track before the traditional blackout, this
will be the final test of the course. For those of you who have never
raced at USAIR, the rolling terrain matched with the high performance
asphalt and wide banked turns, makes for an amazing road course. The
combination of the rollercoaster straightaway and the fall-away "S"
turns that provide weightless effects at the top and pull an additional
2 "Gs" at the bottom make mastering this unique race track a real
challenge.
July in Shawano is a beautiful time. The rich green landscape marked
by beautiful lakes give visitors a great sense of country. Located just
40 miles northwest of Green Bay, this area is a popular summertime
location for southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois residents.
The 9th Rotax Max Challenge Grand Nationals will be held in Italy at the impressive track of La Conca in Muro Leccese, southern Italy, from November 25th to November 30th 2008.
The track of La Conca in Muro Leccese is 80 km
south of Brindisi and close to the city of Otranto in the beautiful
region of Apulia. This region is well known for its beauty,
hospitality, history as well as motorsports. The track of La Conca is
unquestionably among the very best karting facilities on earth. Furthermore,
the region of Muro Leccese is one of the warmest and driest areas of
Europe, which benefits from perfect weather
conditions even late in the year. La Conca will welcome 216 drivers whom
have qualified for the race via national as well as international race
series. This rivalry will definitely be a battle among the best in the
world for a week, La Conca will become the center of interest for
anybody involved in the Rotax Max Challenge worldwide program, the
event where every karting enthusiast wants to be. Rotax, its
distributors and partners who support this fantastic championship is
looking forward to making a very exciting event.
Michael Schumacher in 2002 at La Conca circuit in Muro Leccese, Italy
Click Read More below to view the kart racing video at La Conca in Muro Leccese, Italy
Rotax has released the 2008 Rule book which is now available online CLICK HERE to review it now. It is 22MB in .pdf format. Be sure and check out the Kart Racing Solutions ad on page 10.
Enduro Racing
The SWRA event at Motorsport Ranch at Cresson was a great weekend for
KRS and Margay pilots. The TAG cadet class, running Gazelles engines was
very competitive. For the first time on a road racing course (1.3 miles), Cole Glasson, KRS newest and youngest pilot proved again that
he means business. After a few practice laps on a green and wet course
on Friday Cole was in the hunt for fast times. After a few gear changes and
some motor tuning Cole won the Saturday race! The Sunday race presented different
weather and racing circumstances. It turned out into a beautiful hot and sunny
day. With that said our carburetor settings were off on Sunday, but
Cole gave us his best with a second place finished. Awesome driving kid.
Congratulations Cole!
Moving on to the TAG Senior Class (Lt) running the
3.1 course mile. On the first heat, Sean
Kelleher piloting a New Margay 1.7 Kart for the first time
dominated the field by 10 plus seconds, DJ Ortiz said "Sean was on a different Zip Code, setting the
fastest time for the class!". Heinz Meyer (Margay/Rotax pilot)
finished 3rd and DJ Ortiz ( Margay/ Rotax) finished 8th after a very brutal and
exciting race with 10 pilots fighting for second spot. Second
heat, Sean Kelleher picked up the lead and left the field battling for second,
on the last lap he lost the Power Valve (Rotax engine) and finished 11th or
so.
beautiful
region of Apulia. This region is well known for its beauty,
hospitality, history as well as motorsports. The track of La Conca is
unquestionably among the very best karting facilities on earth. Furthermore,
the region of Muro Leccese is one of the warmest and driest areas of
Europe, which benefits from perfect weather
conditions even late in the year. La Conca will welcome 216 drivers whom
have qualified for the race via national as well as international race
series. This rivalry will definitely be a battle among the best in the
world for a week, La Conca will become the center of interest for
anybody involved in the Rotax Max Challenge worldwide program, the
event where every karting enthusiast wants to be. Rotax, its
distributors and partners who support this fantastic championship is
looking forward to making a very exciting event.
