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 Racing Information

Memberships

A yearly track membership is $35.

Open Practice Nights

The track is open for practice every Tuesday from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday Night Open Practice Costs & Fees
Pit-Pass (Track Member): $10 (All persons in the pits are required to have a pit pass)
Pit-Pass (Non-Track Member): $20
No additional cost to the driver and kart.
Spectator Admission: Free

Sprint Kart Speedway Kart Classes

CLASS	ENGINE TYPE	WT	AGE
Kid Kart	80 Comer	145	5-7
Junior I	Yamaha KT100/.600	240	8-11
Junior I Briggs	Briggs 5 HP	250	8-11
Junior II	Yamaha KT100	280	12-15
Junior II Briggs	Briggs 5 HP	300	12-15
Junior II Animal	Briggs Animal	300	12-15
Adult Briggs	Briggs 5 HP	360	16-Up
Ladies Only	Briggs 5 HP	320	16-Up
Ladies Only	Briggs 5 HP	340	16-Up
Adult Briggs Animal	Briggs Animal	360	16-Up
Sportsman	Yamaha Super Can Box Muffler	350	16-Up
Blue Motor (See Rules)	Blue Motors 6.5 HP	360	16-Up
Open

Friday Night Racing

Gates open at 5:30 p.m. for practice. Karts must be staged and ready to go for hot laps. Practice will be approximately 2-4 minutes. First race starts at 7:00 p.m. Two heat races are run. The start of first heat will be determined by draw with the second heat inverted. Heats are 10 laps with the feature being 15 laps on the road course. On the first Friday of each month, races are run on the large oval, with heats of 10 laps and a 15 lap feature.

Friday Night Racing Costs & Fees
Pit-Pass: $10 (All persons in the pits are required to have a pit pass)
Kart Entry and Driver Pit-Pass (Track Member) $30
Kart Entry and Driver Pit-Pass (Non-Track Member) $40
Spectator Admission: $1 (Kids under 16 free)

Sprint Kart Speedway Scoring

Heat races will be 10 laps and feature races will be 15 laps. Special race laps will vary. Season points will be kept for Club members Only. You must be a track member and compete in more then 50% of the races to participate in the Mid Season and Season Championship Races.

Race Points
1st - 40 points
2nd - 30 points
3rd - 23 points
4th - 17 points
5th - 13 points
6th - 10 points
7th - 7 points
8th - 5 points
9th - 4 points
10th - 3 points
11th - 2 points
12th - 2 points
13th through 20th - 1 point

All races and practices subject to cancellation due to weather conditions.

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.