Sprintkart Speedway 2012 Season!

The 2012 season is getting close with the first race set for May 4th, 2012. We will have a 2012 meeting Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 at 7 P.M. at the Davenport Airport to discuss membership and rule changes. The 2012 schedule is set.

2011 Track Champions

Congratulations to the 2011 track champions! They include: Clone Class champion and 4-time track champion Rick Phillips, Jr. Clone champion Josef Lowe, Jr. Yamaha champion Oden McDonald, and Rookie of the Year and Jr. Briggs champion Hanna McDonald.

Need Help Getting Started?

Anyone who has a interest in getting started with kart racing, please contact Steve Duffy at 563-324-7770 or Fred Williams at 309-798-9698.

News Archives...

Karting has become so popular that you should be able to find a track near you. Most of the major cities in the US have one or more tracks designed especially for racing. This is really the most important element at this stage...finding a track you're comfortable with.

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Sprint Kart Speedway Blue Motor Rules

Adult weight 360 lbs.
Engine: Stock Blue Clone
Gas only
2 shoe drum clutch only
Air filter may be changed to K&N type with aftermarket cup
Governor may be removed
Oil sensor may be disconnected
Valve lash may be adjusted
Main jet (only) may be drilled
Emulsion tube must remain stock
Valve springs are to remain stock and un-shimmed, spring wire .098. Tension no more than 10.89 at .850. This may be checked by any method by track officials. Intent of rule is to limit RPM capability of engine, any means takes to circumvent this rule is illegal.
Carb choke bore .810 No Go
Venturi .615 No Go
Rear bore .751 No Go
OEM Fuel tank or floor tank and Walbro pump both legal
Header with RLV B91 muffler is legal as is the AKRA header and muffler. Stock muffler is also legal

$150.00 claiming rule in place for this engine. Refusing to accept the claim will result in disqualification, complete loss of points and privilege to race in class. Claimed motor must be first place and the claimant must have raced in that class that night. The track reserves the right to claim any motor at any time. Claim does not include clutch, mount, air filter, filter cup, chain guard, after market exhaust, or throttle linkage.

Box stock means just that! All safety rules for this class apply.

Go-Kart News From The Web

U.S. border cops nab go-kart hauling Mexican pot
(Reuters) - U.S. border cops in far-west Arizona have seized an off-road go-kart and trailer packed with marijuana, in the latest bizarre attempt by Mexican smugglers to beat beefed up border security. The Border Patrol's Yuma sector said agents and officers from the Cocopah Tribal Police Department spotted the single-seater go-kart hauling a trailer through the desert near Yuma, Arizona on ...

Arizona agents seize go-kart hauling pot
Officials say when the suspects realized they'd been discovered, they turned the go-kart back toward the border and abandoned it, along with the marijuana.

Go-kart packed with $100,000 worth of Mexican marijuana seized by U.S. border patrol
The bizarre plot by Mexican drug smugglers was foiled when U.S. border patrol officers spotted the drug-filled go-kart hauling a trailer through the desert in far-west Arizona on Tuesday night. Its driver had abandoned the vehicle, and was nowhere to be found.