Lexington, Ohio – The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, America’s premier road racing circuit, brought out impressive numbers of karters from several participating series from across the United States this past weekend, June 19-21. The AKRA National Road Race Series kicked off the 2020 season at Mid-Ohio with the event hosted by the Dart Kart Club. Hats off to the DKC … Read More
AKRA and Dart Kart Club officials have finalized the official Tech Manual and class structure for the 2020 AKRA Road Race Series, which is slated to visit six of the best road courses in the Midwest starting with the highly anticipated June 19-21 opener at the famed Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Click here for the 2020 Road Race Series Tech … Read More
We urge all racers to join AKRA in 2020! Road racers will need to be an AKRA member in good standing in order to earn AKRA Road Race Series points and be eligible for year-end awards. Please, support the organization that works every day to make kart racing a greater sport for you and your family! Click here for the … Read More
Professional photography from AKRA Road Race Series events and other past events can be purchased from longtime karting photographers Bruce and Susan Walls via their Action Enterprises Inc. Visit the Action Enterprises website to view photo galleries from past years’ events. Here are direct links to 2019 AKRA Road Race Series events gallery pages. 2019 Nelson Ledges 2019 Mid-Ohio
Story by Bruce C. Walls; photos by Bruce C. Walls and Susan Taylor-Walls PITTSBURGH, PA – A record 479 from three separate series converged on the 2.8-mile asphalt road course at Pittsburgh International Race Complex last weekend in Pittsburgh, PA. Along with national AKRA point racers could also score points in the Dart Kart and Woodbridge Kart Clubs. Predicted storms with … Read More
By Bruce C. Walls WAMPUM, PA – American Kart Racing Association (AKRA) Road Racing Series racers will wrap up their 2019 season September 27-30 at Pittsburgh International Race Complex in Wampum, PA. According to AKRA President Bill McCutcheon, “Pre-race entries have exceeded last year’s total entries with three weeks left to enter.” Along with being the final race for AKRA … Read More
MONROE, NC – AKRA, DKC, NHKA and WKC want to inform and announce again the cancellation of the August 9-11 AKRA/NHKA Nation Points race scheduled for Cannan, NH. Due to the fury of a powerful storm that hit the Cannan, NH area causing major damage to the facility there and ending the remainder of the season at Cannan for the … Read More
For immediate release Due to extremely severe storms that pounded the Cannan New Hampshire area and doing extensive damage to the Race Track and surrounding areas Track management has been forced to suspend all racing events for the remainder of the 2019 racing season. Due to these unforeseen circumstances AKRA and NHKA has no choice but to cancel the National … Read More
Story by Bruce C. Walls; photos by Bruce C. Walls and Susan Taylor-Walls LEXINGTON, OH – Last year’s American Kart Racing Association/Dart Kart Club/VEGA Tires/National Road Racing Series National hosted by MID-OHIO Sports Car Course drew 610 practice and race entries over a three-day event. This year there were 178 practice entries, 276 Saturday race entries and Sunday race entries … Read More
Story and photos by Bruce C. Walls GARRETTSVILLE, OHIO – Over 300 racers entered the American Kart Racing Association’s Road Racing Series season opener May 17-19 hosted by Nelson Ledges Road Course in Garrettsville, Ohio. It was the first time in over 30-years that karts competed on the legendary 2-mile asphalt road course. Seventy-eight practiced that Friday and 229-racers started … Read More