Thursday July 29

Trailer Parking until 8

Friday July 30

7:30 A.M. Gates Open for Trailer Parking & Pit Pass Sales

7:45 A.M. Pre-Entry Pick Up (YOU MUST CHECK IN WITH REGISTRATION)

8:00 A.M. Registration Begins

9:00 A.M. Group Practice Begins on the National Track (6 Groups 5 Rounds)

2:00 P.M. We will take a 90 Minute Break for a cooperate event.

3:30 P.M. Group practice on the Iron Man Track (6 Groups 4 Rounds))

5:30 P.M. Registration Closes

8:00 P.M. Practice is over!!

SAFETY TECH WILL BE AT THE EXPRESS KARTS & PARTS TRAILER

 

PRACTICE ORDER

TAG & Parilla Leopard Senior

Yamaha Rookie Heavy/Lite & KPV Piston Port Sportsman
Classes to be gridded together & sent out together.

Yamaha Junior & Senior Supercan Heavy/Lite

Kid Karters

Komet Piston Port Junior & Senior
If you are a junior or a senior driver and are running two classes
that are combined for practice, you may practice the opposite kart in this group.
The karts should be gridded together and go out together.
TAGS are not allowed in this group!!

Yamaha Sportsman Heavy/Lite

Friday Practice Fee is $18.00 – a 3 Day Pit Pass is $25.00

 

Saturday July 31 – Iron man Track

7:30 A.M. Gates Open

7:30 A.M. REGISTRATION OPEN FOR 1 HOUR ONLY!!

8:00 A.M. Drivers Meeting

8:30 A.M. One Round of Group Practice

10:00 A.M. Qualifying Begins (3 Laps)

11:45 A.M. Heat Races (6 Laps)

2:15 P.M. National Anthem

Feature Races (Sportsman & Rookie 8 Laps)

Feature Races (Seniors & Juniors 10 Laps)

Feature Races (Kid Karters 8 Laps)

Awards Presentation Follows Tech on the Patio

7:00 P.M. Cookout at The Racers Grill in the main building.

Hamburgers, Chicken, Hot Dogs, baked beans, potato salad & a drink.

THE COOKOUT IS SPONSORED BY OSTROM SANDBLASTING & PAINTING!

THANK YOU TO DAVID OSTROM FOR SPONSORING THIS EVENT!!

 

Sunday August 1 NATIONAL TRACK

7:30 A.M. Gates Open

7:30 A.M. REGISTRATION OPEN FOR 1 HOUR ONLY!!

8:00 A.M. One Round of Group Practice

9:30 A.M. Drivers Meeting

10:00 A.M. Qualifying Begins (3 Laps)

11:45 A.M. Heat Races (6 Laps)

1:30 P.M. National Anthem

Feature Races (Sportsman & Rookie 10 Laps)

Feature Races (Seniors & Juniors 12 Laps)

Feature Races (Kid Karters 8 Laps)

Awards can be picked up once your class clears Tech.

Race Day Class Order

Yamaha Senior Supercan Lite – Adkins Speed Center

Yamaha Junior Can Lite – Express Karts & Parts

Yamaha Sportsman Lite – Triple E Sales

Komet Piston Port Junior & Senior – Streeter Super Stands & Haddock Ltd.

Yamaha Rookie Lite – CKT Racing Engines

Kid Kart – Mitchell Family

TAG Senior – Franklin Motorsports

Yamaha Junior Can Heavy – L&T Clutch Manufacturing

Yamaha Sportsman Heavy – Two Cycle Engine Technologies

Yamaha Senior Supercan Heavy – Comet Racing Engines

Yamaha Rookie Heavy – Switch Racing Engines

KPV Piston Port Sportsman – Ballistic Designs

Kid Kart – Jet Karting

Parillia Leopard Senior – Russell Karting

KRA NOW HAS LIVE TIMING & SCORING. CHECK OUT THE ACTION THIS WEEKEND!!

Times are subject to change without notice!!

 

Route 66 Sprint Series Double Header Coming to New Castle

The Route 66 Sprint Series, co-sponsored by Margay, Bridgestone, Mychron/AIM Sports and Laukaitis Racing will be holding a double-header/three-day event at the New Castle Motorsports Park (NCMP) on July 30 – August 1 that will utilize two different configurations of the track. 

 

This is a rare opportunity to race on the Iron Man configuration of the track on Saturday, July 31. 

 

The National Track configuration will be utilized on Sunday, August 1 which provides a good racing opportunity for those also competing in the following weekends WKA Man Cup event scheduled at NCMP. 

 

This event will hold practice on Friday for both configurations of the track and a full race program for all 15 classes on both Saturday and Sunday.  There will also be one round of practice held on Saturday and Sunday. 

 

The Route 66 Series invites KRA racers to come out and race against some of the best kart racers in the mid-west during their 8-week summer break from the KRA series. 

 

The Route 66 Series has averaged 199 entries at each event this season.  There will be a free cookout for all in attendance on Saturday after the races hosted by Ostrom Sandblasting & Painting.  Prizes will be given at each driver’s meeting by drawing including a set of Bridgestone tires and gift certificates. 

 

Although the series follows WKA tech rules, no membership is required to compete in the series.  Pre-entries received by July 23 are reduced $10. each. 

 

For more information and entry forms, visit www.route66kartracing.com
and www.newcastleraceway.com.

Special thanks to Dan Green for fixing the MyLaps Championship points.

See the Coverage link and Gallery link for Round #3 photos and info.

Note: at this time please mail pre-entries to the following
address and not to Jeanette as listed on the entry form:

Route 66 Sprint Series
c/o Mark Coats
3445 South Sixth Street
Springfield, IL 62703

Special thanks to Dan Green for fixing the MyLaps Championship points.

See the Coverage section and photo section for Round #2 photos and info.

Add yourself as a Friend to the Route 66 facebook page

The web site has been updated, read the first race coveage and look at photos.

Please take a second to download the latest Press Release 2010Officials

Print your Route 66 race flyers and entry forms today on the schedule page.

Please take a second to download our Route66 News FLYER.

Please take a second to download our SCHEDULE FLYER.

Kart racing legend, Lynn Haddock, gives his support to the 2010 Route 66 Sprint Series.

To view a full press release CLICK HERE.

The information for the 2010 Route 66 Kart Racing banquet has been updated and posted on the SCHEDULE PAGE.
The Crowne Plaza
3000 South Dirksen Parkway
Springfield, Illinois 62703
217-529-7777

On Saturday Night
November 6, 2010

Please take a second to download the 2010 Route 66 Racing Format which will apply to all races excluding the New Castle event.

We will be allowing the old HPV clutch and the new KPV clutch for the 2010 racing year. We will be using the old WKA ramp clutch test that you have to roll over on the grid.

We are excited to release the 2010 Route 66 Sprint Series CLASS STRUCTURE.

The 2010 Racing Schedule has been updated and posted on the SCHEDULE PAGE.

The Awards Banquet from 2009 has been updated on the COVERAGE PAGE as well as the gallery on the GALLERY PAGE.

April 17 & 18 Mid-State Raceway Springfield
May 15 & 16 Concept Haules Motor Speedway Norway
June 12 & 13 Badger Kart Club Dousman
July 31 & August 1 New Castle Motorsports Park New Castle
September 11 & 12 Concept Haulers Motor Speedway Norway
October 2 & 3 Mid-State Raceway Springfield
November 6 Championship Awards Banquet Springfield

The race fliers with the schedule of events will be on line in the next 60 days. The room blocks with hotels will be done at the same time.

I would like to personally thank everyone that made this years banquet a huge success!! From the racers, family members, Route 66 Sprint Series staff and all of the sponsors and shops that made this years banquet top $75,000.00 in awards, merchandise, certificates & prizes. The following people helped make this years banquet what it was: Jeanette & Wayne Vought, Rod & Connie Holliday, Sam Miles, John & Denise McQuinn, Joe Brittin, Bret Shankleton, Stan & Lisa Guess and myself Mark Coats. Margay Racing handed out a little over $35,300.00 in merchandise certificates to all the drivers that received awards. Kent Laukaitis blue printed 3 Yamaha Engines with Triple E Sales doing the fourth engine. Thank you Mark Dismore with Comet kart Sales for the Intripid Kart & Horstman Clutch, Kyle Adkins with Adkins Speed Center for gift certificates on clutches & engine work, Jamie with Franklin Motorsports/Merlin Racing Chassis for the Tillet Seat, rain suits, Merlin Driving Suit & Merlin Discount Certificates, Larry Streeter with Streeter Stands, Jeff Robinson with L&T Clutches, Mycron Mike McKnight with AIM Sports & American Power Sports for gift cards, RLV, WKA, Mike Burris with Burris products, Mark Coats with Marx Fireplaces & Lighting & Stan & Lisa Guess for all of the ladies & family prizes. RACERS PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS, THEY SUPPORT YOU AND THE SERIES. The full story with phots will be posted next week. Mark Coats

To help make the Kid kart racing as equal as possible, The Route 66 Sprint Series will have a tire rule for the 2010 Racing Season. All Kid Karts will have to run 4.50 YKC Bridgestone Tires only.