Thank You all for your responses and patience. We are looking forward to Race 3 at Canaan Motor Club. The weather looks good and we are expecting a big crowd. A few reminders:

Deadline for entering has passed. Deadline for camping has passed. No exceptions. Please do not text, email, snail mail or call in any “special favors”.

If you are signed up but can not make it please let us know. We can forward your entry to Loudon on September 26 if you would like.

We will run all payments on Friday Sept. 11.

You can drop off your trailer between 6pm and 8pm on Saturday night. If you are not a pre registered camper you must be off the property by 8pm.

Main gate will open at 6:30am on Sunday morning. DO NOT PARK ON ORANGE ROAD if the gate is not open. Use the first gate. There will be a sign.

Parking: There will be a parking attendant. Please park where the attendant asks you to park. Parking will be first come, first served in order of entry through the gate.

Drivers meeting at 8:30am at pit out.

All participants and crew must wear face coverings in all common areas.

Please self check for illness before arriving at the track. If you feel ill please stay home.

Let’s race!

We’ve had a few registration questions about Race 3, which has been rescheduled for September 13 at Canaan Motor Club.

If you were pre-registered for August 29, you are pre-registered for September 13.

If you need to change your helper you must let us know. (Same helper rules apply.)

If you did not pre-register for August 29 but wish enter for September 13, you may pre-register, but must submit all paperwork by Tuesday Sept. 8 at midnight. (Please use the August 29 pre-reg form.)

If you were pre-registered for August 29 but cannot attend September 13, please contact the office ASAP and we will not charge your credit card or deposit your check. (Be aware that there will be no refunds after we run/deposit all payments on September 10.)

Thank you all for your cooperation. And big thanks to Canaan Motor Club for their hospitality and flexibility.

We have confirmed a new date for NHKA Race 3: SUNDAY September 13th at Canaan Motor Club. Everything else about the event is the same. Once again, thank you Dave and everyone at CMC for doing so much to keep us racing!

If you can not make that date we can forward your entry to Loudon for September 26th or you can contact us to withdraw your entry. If you need to change your helper please let us know and we can change it. You may not add or sneak in a different helper. Other than that, there’s nothing to do but come and race!

NHKA Race 3 has been postponed. Thunderstorms are predicted throughout the day and the weather for the ride home looks to be stormy for portions of MA, CT and RI. We do like to race in the rain, however the predicted conditions may be unfavorable for racing safely and could cause delays. We feel that with no championships on the line there is little reason to put everyone through a wet and chilly day without the guarantee of a full day of track time.

A make up date before the last race at Loudon is in already in the works. It will be at Canaan on the same course. We will notify you all as soon as we have all the details confirmed.

Thank you all for your understanding and cooperation.

For those who are wondering we DO race in the rain, but the forecast looks like it could be more than just rain. We will monitor the situation very closely over the next 24 hours. The safety of our racers, staff and friends on track and off is very important. (Traveling to and from the track is also a contributing factor.) We will update the status at noon on Friday. However, as of now, the race is still on, so plan accordingly… rain tires will be required if the track is wet. Also, all NHKA Covid-19 Event Procedures will be enforced. Here is the event schedule:

Friday Night:
Trailer drop off from 6-8pm
Campers may enter between 6-8pm
All persons not camping must be out by 8pm
Registration pick up at the main gate
Safety tech will be available
Gate will be closed at 8pm – nobody in or out

Saturday:
Main gate will open at 6:30am
Drivers meeting at 8:30am
First practice group will be on track at 9am

Race Format:
Two rounds of practice
Second round will be a timed qualifier
Lunch
6-lap prefinal race
15-lap final race

Everything is coming together for NHKA Race 3 this Saturday at Canaan Motor Club. It was a quick turnaround from the last race, we hope everyone has been able to get their karts fully prepped – or at least all the grass blown off!

We have reached capacity for Friday night camping, and cannot accept anymore requests. However, you are welcome to drop off your trailer Friday night starting a 6pm. Non-campers must be off the property by 8pm. No exceptions (especially if you’re any good at corn hole.)

Saturday morning the gate will open at 6:30am.

A schedule for the day and race format will be posted this Thursday. 

Hot on the heels of an incredibly competitive day of racing comes another: NHKA Race 3 on Saturday August 29th. Once again we’ll be at Canaan Motor Club, but this time we’ll be racing on Half Track 1. As with all our events this season, pre-registration is required, and each driver is allowed one helper (minors can bring two parents) who must be listed on the form. Entries and pit passes will not be sold at the track, no exceptions. The deadline to enter is Tuesday August 25th at midnight, so don’t dilly dally about sending your pre-registration form.

Friday night trailer drop-offs will be permitted as well as camping for $25. However, we need to limit the number of campers beyond NHKA staff. These spots will given to the first 20 people to request one via [email protected]

We’ll be following all the same track entry and Covid-19 Event Procedures as last race. Stay tuned for updates and reminders in the days leading up to the race.

Thanks to all for your cooperation with our new procedures not that of it seems to deter any of you considering that we have 142 entries among 125 drivers for NHKA Race 2 this coming SUNDAY. It will certainly be a busy and ultra-competitive day at Canaan Motor Club.

We work very hard in the office and at the track to address issues and make adjustments to so race days run as smoothly as possible. So to that end, here are some updates and reminders to help make it a fun event for one and all.

Saturday night trailer drop-off and camping (sorry, no vacancy) will be 6-8pm only. No exceptions. Anyone caught parking their trailer after hours will be expelled from the event. Registration pick up will be available as well as safety tech. Lights out for campers will be at 10pm.

The gate will open at 6:30am Sunday. DO NOT park anywhere on the road in front of the track if you are early. We will be using the first gate to the property. There’ll be a sign. Do not miss it, there’s no place to turn around if you do.

Everyone listed on your pre-reg form must be with you to enter the track and pick up your registration packet. No exceptions. No substitutions. No refunds for unused pit passes.

Gate will be closed at 9am or once everyone in line has entered. It will not re-open for late arrivals.

Gate will stay closed all day. Exit and reentry will not be allowed. We are working on a food vendor – sandwiches, chips, cookies etc. We will confirm via email as soon as we know one way or the other. But be prepared to stay on the property all day.

Parking will be first come first served. There will be a parking attendant. Larger teams have a designated area. If you want to be pitted near someone, make sure they enter the same time as you.

Face coverings must be worn at all times in all common areas – meaning anywhere that’s not your pit area – grid, pathways, anyone else’s pit, any and all areas of the property. No exceptions. We will not tolerate violations. Any and all reminders may result in expulsion from the event.

Face coverings are not required in your own pit area. Also, drivers may wear their helmets without a mask to walk between their pit and the grid.

There will be an in-person drivers meeting at 8:30 am.

Kid Kart practice will begin immediately after the drivers meeting. Kid Karts will use the infield kart track.

206 Cadet, TaG Mini & TaG Micro will use the full course. If there are any issues with the drivers, we will shorten the course.

Practice and Race Format:
Two 5-minute practice sessions by groups.
One 5-minute qualifying session by group.
Lunch Break
One 20-minute race per group, timed from drop of green flag.

Tentative Race Order: There are multiple drivers running two or more classes. We’ve done our best to avoid back to back races but there are no guarantees.
1 Kid Kart
2 TaG Senior/ TaG Jr.
3 World Formula Light
4 206 Cadet/ TaG Mini/ TaG Micro
5 TaG Masters
6 Shifters
7 206 Masters/ 206 Senior
8 206 Junior
9 World Formula Heavy

See you all at the track SUNDAY!

We have a few early updates for NHKA Race 2 at Canaan Motor Club on SUNDAY August 16th.

Because the town of Canaan has seen so few cases of Covid-19, we are going to exercise an abundance of caution and limit adult drivers to one helper and minors to two parents. We are also asking attendees to refrain from patronizing local businesses, and if you do to be sure to wear your masks, maintain distancing and clean your hands before entering.

For the first time this season we will be allowing camping and trailer drop-offs the night before the race. Registration pick-ups and safety inspection will be available to those competitors. This will only be allowed SATURDAY night 6-8pm. Nobody will be allowed into the track outside that two-hour window until the gates reopen SUNDAY morning at 6:30am. Please also remember that parking along the road is not allowed at any time. Do not arrive early to wait for the gate to open. There will be a $25 charge for camping and you must notify us in advance via [email protected] by the pre-registration deadline August 11th. We may need to limit the number of campers, which will be done in the order requests are received.

Some of you were wondering about points… we will calculate and post the points, but just for fun. There will be no official 2020 champions, and it’s looking unlikely there will be a banquet. On an up note, all 2020 NHKA Memberships are good through 2021. We can’t tell you how much we appreciate the way you support your club through disasters that are truly on a biblical scale – last year’s flood, this year’s plague, next year it’ll probably be locus. It’s great to be part of a community that’s there for each other no matter what. You’re awesome!

Lastly, if you haven’t submitted your pre-registration form yet, you only have until midnight August 11th. We’ll be on the big track at Canaan, which is a high-speed blast you don’t want to miss!

Thank you to all who made Race 1 a success. We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we navigate these strange times. It’s fair to say that the parking was the most difficult part… some of your pit areas were too far from the grid. Nonetheless, everyone seemed to manage it minimal complaints. The pit area at Canaan Motor Club is laid out much better so distance won’t be an issue.

Race 2 will be at Canaan Motor Club on SUNDAY August 16. We will use the full 1.4 mile track with the chicane. If you haven’t raced the big track at Canaan you are in for a lot of fun. We will race if it rains, but we will use the 1/2 track in front of the grid.

We’ll be following the NHKA Covid-19 Event Procedures as we did at NHMS. We will update all of that as we get closer to race day. We’ll let everyone know it there are any changes to how things will work closer to race day

You must submit your pre-registration form with your payment and the Covid-19 waiver signed by midnight August 11th. When emailing pre-reg and tire forms, they must be sent to the nhkaracingseries@gmail account. This is the only email address we will accept forms. Fax and snail mail are okay too, but no texts, phone calls, smoke signals or telekinesis.