What a great start to the NHKA’s Granite State Kart Championship season. Tons of karts and lots of bumper-to-bumper racing. The rain threatened, but didn’t stand a chance against the vortex created by all those karts flying around the S3 track.

Thank you to Jim Slade for all his work on the pre-registration, and to all the racers who took advantage. It really helped the morning go much more smoothly behind the scenes. Unfortunately, standing water on the track prevented us from starting practice at 8:15, but we still got in every scheduled lap.

As always, thank you to everyone who pitched in throughout the day. And a special thanks to Paul Bowen for his work on track set up this weekend and every weekend. I could not do it without him.

Our next event is June 25th on the Hill Course. Click here to download and send in the Pre-Registration for this race. You’ll spend less time in line, save a few bucks while saving the folks in registration a few gray hairs.

Be sure to mark your calendar for the July 30-31 doubleheader weekend. Saturday is the third GSKC race, followed on Sunday by the Northeast Rmax and Shifter race — a chance for GSKC racers to go head to head against some of the region’s best drivers on your home turf.

Lee

You told us that you want more track time, and we heard you. We’ll now be offering an additional round of practice at 8:00am sharp. But, we need your help in speeding up the registration process. So, before you hit the track you need to be registered — and we’re making it easier than ever…

“Introducing Online Pre-Registration”

Just download the Pre-Reg form, fill in the blanks right on your computer, then click submit. It’s that easy. Plus you’ll save $5 per entry.

Pre-register today and don’t miss a single lap of track time.

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I want to thank everyone who made the first season of the Granite State Kart Championship such a success. I mean all the racers, all the people who helped us tear down the track after a long day of racing, and the many folks in the background who gave of their time to make it all come together.

The number of racers we had all season long exceeded even our high hopes.

Having nearly thirty karts on the track at the same time is something not seen in the Northeast in quite some time. We had 21 karts in the TaG Masters class alone at Kart Fest; that’s only two shy of what they drew at the Rock Island Grand Prix ­ a huge national event. And it is significantly more than seen at many of the major national series. More racers means more fun for everyone!

Clearly, you people love your karting! So we are already moving forward with bringing you more of the same next season. We have 6 dates locked down at NHMS. We are also trying to get two-four more dates either at NHMS or elsewhere.

This past year was just the start, and thanks to you it was a big success.

Stay tuned… we’re working hard to make next season even better.

Lee