And all of a sudden, here we are at the last race of the 2017 Interstate Kart Series and the second to last race for the NHKA Racing Series powered by K1 Speed. While we’re clicking off the milestones, it makes sense to note that this will be the season’s last race at Canaan Motor Club.The track has been awesome for the club this year, giving us the opportunity to bring kart road racing back to the Northeast for the first time in nearly a decade. Clearly you guys love it, as show by the record-breaking number of entries at our last event on the big track! Dave Delgenio has been super supportive helping the NHKA make the most of this unique facility.

We will be racing on the sprint/half-track configuration everyone knows well. All the usual track procedures will be in effect this weekend, with Friday entry 5-10pm. There is a $25 camping fee to be paid directly to the track, also, pre-race safety tech and registration will be available. The gates, tech and registration all open again at 7am.

This weekend’s trophy sponsor is Lecam Machine Company. Since 1984, Lecam has helped countless customer’s turn their ideas into high-quality products – CAD design to prototype to small-medium production runs. Best known for motorcycle, kart and auto racing components, Lecam Machine is also a trusted partner across multiple industries for custom one-off parts and part modifications that enable companies to extend the lifespan and capabilities of their machinery investments. And being owned by Lee and Mike Camarra, you know you’ll get winning results fast. Call (508) 588-2300. 

Don’t forget – NHKA Race 8/IKS Race 5 happens this SUNDAY August 27th at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on SUNDAY!!!!! Big thanks once again to Adirondack Radiation Therapy for sponsoring the trophies on SUNDAY!!!! Competitors are welcome to enter the track Saturday evening 5-10pm ($25 camping fee paid to the track) for the big race, which happens when? SUNDAY!!!!!

All the competitors of the NHKA Racing Series powered by K1Speed are putting the finishing touches on their karts for this Saturday’s and Sunday’s Road Racing Doubleheader at Canaan Motor Club. Remember that the event will be featuring NHKA Races 6 & 7, and we will be awarding championship points. Also keep in mind that we will be hosting the Northeast Super Series, whose competitors will be out on track with our usual classes but scored separately.

Friday
Track Entry: Gates will be open 3pm-10pm.
Registration and pre-race safety tech will be open.

Saturday
Gates, safety tech and registration open at 7am.
Practice: Two sessions per group.
Qualifying: One session per group.
Races: One 30-minute timed race, standing start.

Sunday
Gates, safety tech and registration open at 7am
Practice: Two sessions per group.
Qualifying: Based on Saturday’s results.
Races: One 30-minute timed race, standing start.

Track Configurations
Kid Karts: Kart Track.
TaG Mini, Micro and Cadet: Sprint Track. 
All Other Classes: Full 1.3 mile road course.
Rain Race: Sprint Track.

Fees
Race Registration: $75 per class.
Pit Pass:  $25 for weekend. $20 for Sunday only.
Camping:  $25 for one or two nights
***Please bring cash for pit passes and camping***

Sponsors
Series: K1Speed
Saturday Trophies: Ed Chappee’s Huricane Racing
Sunday Trophies: Tony Vaccarro’s Adirondack Radiation Therapy

Food
Lunch will be available to purchase in the large red building. There are also a number of stores and restaurants within a mile of the track in Canaan Village, and many more options in West Lebanon and Hanover, both within 30 minutes of the track.

It was another great race day with 83 competitors at the NHMS Hill Course for Race 5 of the NHKA Racing Series powered by K1 Speed. Thanks again to K.R.G. Motorsports and the Georgantas family for sponsoring the trophies.

All eyes now turn back to Canaan Motor Club for our huge doubleheader weekend August 12th & 13th. For the last time this season we will be on the full 1.4 mile road course, utilizing the same race procedures as we did for KartMania with one big difference – two races worth of NHKA championship points will be on the line! That means all NHKA rules will apply. 

Saturday August 12th will be NHKA Race 6 with trophies sponsored by DD2 racer Ed Chappee’s Hurricane Racing out of North Conway, NH. Sunday the 13th will be NHKA Race 7 with long-time series supporters Adirondack Radiation Therapy picking up the tab for the trophies. It’s great to have TaG Senior driver Kent Vaccaro and his dad Tony back at the track with us.

As if this doubleheader weren’t exciting enough, NHKA will also be hosting the North East Super Series. Tim Hannen and crew draw a loyal following of some of the best racers from New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. These guys are FAST! Super Series racers will be following their own rules and scored separately, but mixed in with NHKA racers on track. Think of KartMania and its huge packs of karts going at it hard for the entire 30 minutes. Now add even more karts and pump up the intensity. As awesome as the racing has been all season, we’re thinking this doubleheader could be event everyone talks about for years.

Please stay tuned to this website, our Facebook page and your inbox for more event details as they come available.

Was KartMania 2!!! a blast or what?! So much close racing in every class from green to checkers. Be sure to checkout the onboard videos shared to the club’s Facebook page, they are amazing. Thank you to all who attended and for the cooperation that made it possible for us to get in a full day of racing Saturday despite the passing showers. A great time was had by all at the cookout party sponsored by NHKA, Dave Nadeau, Lefty’s Brewing, Lecam Machine, and of course our members. Special thanks to Doreen Simpson, the Bowin family, Jan Oliver and Tina Camarra for all the planning, coordination and set up, and to your grill masters Eric Stockford and Lee Camarra. Congrats to Lee and his teammate Tim Ferraro for their win in the Cornhole tournament, and thanks to Jim Slade for keeping the tournament running smoothly. Thank you Joey Kolbe for lending his photography to the club and sharing his work with the members through Facebook. And, finally, some great news: After his nasty wreck Sunday morning, Donat is back home and expected to make a full recovery. We hope to see you back at the track soon!

With KartMania in the rearview mirror, all eyes are focused forward on championships. Saturday’s Race 5 of the NHKA Racing Series powered by K1 Speed marks the midpoint of the 2017 season. By the time the sunsets, we’ll know who might have the momentum to carry them to the big trophy. Speaking of trophies, big thanks to Kevin and Richard Georgantis of KRG Racing for sponsoring this event’s hardware. The forecast is great and we’re looking forward to seeing you there!

CLICK HERE to print entry form. Send in by June 30th to save $30 and to get the best possible starting spot!

After last year’s Kart Mania! everyone wanted to know “when do we get to go road racing again?” At long last we can say…

Saturday, June 17th, the NHKA Racing Series powered by K1 Speed will be hosting the first of three events this summer on the full road course at Canaan Motor Club. This race – NHKA Race 4 and IKS Race 2 – will be the first points-paying road race for karters in New England for nearly a decade. Road racing is officially back!!!

As many of you learned last year, road racing is just like karting, only completely different. It’s faster – a lot faster. So fast you can actually feel the draft. Smoothness and momentum are more important than ever. Playing the game right is more chess match than fist fight. The gear ratios will make you laugh out loud. There will likely be finishes where the top five are within a second of each other. And you will have as much fun as humanly possible in a go kart.

There are other, more practical differences between a road racing event and the sprint racing events you’re used to. The day’s beginning will be familiar enough, with two rounds of practice by group, followed by timed qualifying. The first big difference will be the starts, which will be LeMans standing starts from the edge of the front straight. Classes will be combined as usual, but each will receive their own starting flag. Another big difference will be that each class will race for 30 minutes, except laydown enduro karts, which will race for 45 minutes. The last difference is that road races cost more to put on. We’re going to see if it makes dollars and sense for the club to set the entry fee at $75 per class, and $65 for a second class for the same driver. In the world of road racing, this is a bigtime bargain, so make sure all your karting buddies come. They’ll thank you. and so will we.

Unlike at Kart Mania! last year, we will race rain or shine. If it does rain, we will need switch to the usual half-track course to keep everyone as safe as possible. Knowing that, you’ll do well to remember that this is a points race for both NHKA and IKS, whether you like the weather or not.

A big-time, big-track thank you to trophy sponsor Earthwork Industries, a trusted provider of complete environmental remediation services throughout the Northeast. Their expertise includes wetland restoration, contaminated soil removal, remediation systems, drainage, sewer and water connections, commercial and residential septic systems (including MA Title 5), and now, remote camera pipeline inspections. Please thank Earthwork Industries by calling 508.643.4430 for your next big project.

The NHKA Racing Series powered by K1 Speed takes to the Hill Course at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the second time in 2017. Between the changing track conditions and intense competition, NHKA Race 2 was, shall we say, was an interesting demonstration of variations in human judgement. Despite the iffy weather, we still had nearly 70 racers come get some. NHKA Race 3 promises to be no less fun.

This Saturday’s trophies will be sponsored Custom Signs and Design of East Bridgewater, MA. The shop is owned by Jay Dennehy, the father of stand-out racers Pat and Daniel and a pretty good shoe himself. Signs, truck or bike lettering and striping, custom helmets and more. Like Custom Signs and Design on Facebook.

The Interstate Kart Series (IKS) revs into action at this weekend’s F1 Outdoors season opener. As usual, there will be practice on Saturday 9am-1pm, then racing on Sunday. Gates open at 7:30am both days. IKS championship awards for the 2016 season will be presented during the trophy ceremony at the end of the day.

It appears that the schedule on the F1 Outdoors website has incorrect dates for the IKS races. The correct dates are:
Race 1 – May 21 – F1
Race 2 – June 17 – Canaan
Race 3 – July 16 – F1
Race 4 – July 30 – F1
Race 5 – Aug 27 – NHMS
Race 6 – Sept 16 – Canaan

Now in its third year, the Interstate Kart Series offers New England racers the chance to come together to compete on a variety of tracks for a regional championship. Every year we add a new track to the mix, and 2017 is no exception with the addition of the full road course at the Canaan Motor Club. Road racing demands different gearing, different set ups and a different mindset than what most of our racers are used to. New challenges keep racing fun, and that’s what the IKS is all about!

Let’s start by getting this out of the way: Yes, rain is likely at least part of the day Saturday, but temps should be in the 60s. Yes, we will be racing. No, there’s nothing Mike can do about the weather. Yes, if Ayrton Senna raced with us, you bet your rear bumper he’d be there.

It’s time for Race 2 of the NHKA Racing Series powered by K1 Speed. This will be our competitors’ first shot at the always challenging New Hampshire Motor Speedway Hill Course. This crazy mashup of massive elevation changes, long straights, super-tight hairpins and the famous sweeping bowl turn produces unexpected results all the time, but add rain and just about anyone could be standing on the podium. The only sure way to take yourself out of contention is not to show up. And if the level of competition we saw two weeks ago in Canaan is any indication, you can’t afford to skip a race just because of rain. So break out those Senna videos to remind yourself how much fun it is to race on a wet track.

Big shout out to Apex Kartsports for sponsoring Saturday’s trophies. Since way back when the NHKA first made the shift from road racing to sprint, George and Alex Vorrilas have been major supporters of the club and its racers. We appreciate everything they do, and so should you. Be sure to let them know it when you see them at the track Saturday.

New Friday Load-In Procedures at NHMS
For most events, including this weekend, racers are welcome to enter the track after 6:00pm on Friday. We’ll give you as much notice as we can if that time changes. You can just drop your trailer in a great pit spot and leave, or you can purchase a $25 camping pass from the track at the front gate and enjoy a pleasant and productive evening with your racing family getting set-up and registered. Please note: the front gate will be locked at 10pm. There will be positively no admittance after that time, even if we really like you. The front gate will reopen at 7am Saturday morning. The members only warmup will be at 8:30am, followed immediately by the drivers meeting. Please remember, no starting of race engines until 8:05am.