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The second annual Machismo 500 will return to the Rio Hotel and Casino as part of the Superkarts! USA SuperNationals XIII (Photo: Howden Media Group) Karting Ventures Inc. has recently announced the sophomore edition of the wildly popular ‘Machismo 500’, an overnight endurance event held in conjunction with the Superkarts! USA SuperNationals XIII in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 500 lap team endurance race will run Saturday, November 21 through the morning hours of Sunday, November 22 on a ...
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Only a month has passed since Superkarts! USA leader Tom Kutscher opened the doors on registration for this year’s SuperNationals, but the grids for the Las Vegas event are already filling up fast. Set for the week of November 18-22, this year’s karting festival will be packed wall-to-wall as has been confirmed by the number of entries already received at the SKUSA offices and the number of rooms reserved at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.“The numbers we have seen pile in over ...
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With news of Superkarts! USA’s return to the Rio All-Suite Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, the 13th annual SKUSA SuperNationals is once again poised to be one of the biggest kart races in the world. Wasting no time and only days after the official announcement, prestigious eyewear and apparel manufacturer Oakley has confirmed a return to sponsoring the marquee karting event. Oakley has pledged another significant involvement for this year’s race, underscoring their commitment to the ...
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With their annual SuperNationals event still two months away, the Superkarts! USA head office has issued this bulletin to make a pair of significant announcements regarding its biggest race. Following a year-long study of the TaG category in both the ProKart Challenge North and South series, the organization will make official adjustments to the TaG engine eligibility list and their respective weight minimums in the TaG Senior and TaG Masters classes for the SuperNationals. SKUSA ...
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eKartingNews.com has learned from Superkarts! USA that Formula One drivers Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari are confirmed entries for the upcoming SKUSA SuperNationals XIII at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas - November 18-22. The Scuderia Toro Rosso drivers will compete in the SuperPro (KZ2) division, representing Italian kart manufacturer Intrepid. “It is certainly great to have two current Formula One drivers make the trip over to the SuperNationals,” ...
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rystar
10-21-2009, 04:53 PM
Check it out- there are a few F1 drivers are entered.
http://www.ekartingnews.com/news_info.php?n=13693&sid=67f9b8e45ceedba4f54b1bd3b251dacf
Rick and I are going to watch/play:whistle:. Is anyone else planning on going??:clap:
rct25
10-21-2009, 07:16 PM
Ryan,
What a race......:clap:
I called Harrington this morning and suggested that we go the Super Nationals again this year!!!
It is going to be a great event.
Roberto
Jeff Salak
10-22-2009, 11:39 AM
Just watching Ryan? Rick racing? Arrive and drive? Or is play drinking and gambling and ........
Good time to go to Vegas. Plenty of good deals with flights and hotel.
Sounds like a good time!
Jeff
If anyone has a spare spec moto theyd be willing to let me blow up in the S5 class then im in hahha
rystar
10-22-2009, 11:39 PM
Just watching Ryan? Rick racing? Arrive and drive? Or is play drinking and gambling and ........
Good time to go to Vegas. Plenty of good deals with flights and hotel.
Sounds like a good time!
Jeff
I would have loved to race, however the time being away from home is something I couldn't pull off. Trailer parking starts Mon!! Practice starts Wed. Being gone for a week wont cut it with the Mrs. I will not be doing any driving. As far as the playing Jeff, Book your flight and you will see:bugeye:.
rystar
10-22-2009, 11:42 PM
Oh and Jeff, Tag Masters sold out this week- 40 entries. Thats awsome. If u decide you want to race now your on the waiting list. Where in this country do you have to be on a waiting list to race?? Only Vegas. Get your tix- lets go have some fun.
Koller, I heard you were thinking about strapping on your helmet:whistle:
Jeff Stamper
10-23-2009, 01:46 PM
My sister in law works for Southwest. She is working on getting me tickets for the weekend. I hope I go. I would love to go watch. No worries about gambling here, got no money ! LOL I will be sleeping in a 1 man tent I have in my backpack. I love these nature trips !You guys ever see some of the two legged deer in Vegas ! Wow , will surely have my camera with ! Here is one I saw roaming in the infield at Quincy at the Vintage Race
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/oo319/Stamper79/Deer/DSC01849.jpg
avmaviator
10-23-2009, 08:33 PM
If I can change my days off around I will trying to go there for a day or two. Of course I have Mon and Tues s off this month, wtf.
LikeStig
10-24-2009, 11:29 PM
My family went to kartweek last year to watch. Absolute blast. That should be fun to watch too.
If all goes to plan, were not watching this year:)
Just watching Ryan? Rick racing? Arrive and drive? Or is play drinking and gambling and ........
Good time to go to Vegas. Plenty of good deals with flights and hotel.
Sounds like a good time!
Jeff
I don't know about you guys, but I will be hard at work. I will certainly exercise any due diligence above and beyond the industry standards for such an occasion. :)
I will also, probably, be helping my friend who is racing in Master's Shifter. It should be a good time.
The Jim Russell Racing Drivers School has formally announced a partnership with Superkarts! USA to award two scholarships for the ‘Future Driver 2010 Selection’ to two lucky SuperNationals XIII drivers. A panel of three scouts will select a driver from each the S3 and TaG Senior fields to receive a direct bid to the Future Driver Selection, held at Infineon Raceway December 19-22, a value of $7995 each.The Jim Russell Future Driver Selection is an international initiative created ...
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Jeff Stamper
11-06-2009, 07:42 AM
Ok, is anyone here going out for sure ? Stu Hayner left his starter here and needs it ! He will be there if you are taking your stuff, get it from Andy and drop it off for him. Let m eknow so I can tell him to look you up out there. I forgot that is the weekend of the Rt 66 Banquet. And on a less important note, my anniversary ! LOL
Ryan and I are going for sure. But we are also taking a lot of stuff. I'm not even sure you could carry that on the plane. That and you're only allowed one carry on. But I think Ryan is planning on bringing a cooler. :whistle: If we check anything in, I'll check the starter in and take if for him. If not, then I can't because I'll already be at the limit for my carry on luggage.
avmaviator
11-06-2009, 09:06 AM
Ryan and I are going for sure. But we are also taking a lot of stuff. I'm not even sure you could carry that on the plane. That and you're only allowed one carry on. But I think Ryan is planning on bringing a cooler. :whistle: If we check anything in, I'll check the starter in and take if for him. If not, then I can't because I'll already be at the limit for my carry on luggage.
If anything you will have to leave the battery behind. You could take a battery but it is a lot of paperwork.
rystar
11-06-2009, 02:42 PM
Ok, is anyone here going out for sure ? Stu Hayner left his starter here and needs it ! He will be there if you are taking your stuff, get it from Andy and drop it off for him. Let m eknow so I can tell him to look you up out there. I forgot that is the weekend of the Rt 66 Banquet. And on a less important note, my anniversary ! LOL
I will be more than happy to take it for him if he pays for the baggage fee. We arent getting to Vegas till Friday at 12pm. I am sure he will need it before then?? Arno, correct me if Im wrong- we could pack it in a box and check it in.
avmaviator
11-06-2009, 03:56 PM
I will be more than happy to take it for him if he pays for the baggage fee. We arent getting to Vegas till Friday at 12pm. I am sure he will need it before then?? Arno, correct me if Im wrong- we could pack it in a box and check it in.
I think you can. I know different kinds of battery have different restrictions. Some you have to file out hazmat crap. Its kind of a big deal/pain in the pass when we have passengers with motorized wheelcharis. There many things we have to do to be able to carry it.
Jeff Salak
11-09-2009, 09:29 AM
Here is one more reason to attend. HUGE NEWS!!!
http://www.tonykart.com/uk/news/news_dettaglio_tonykart.asp?Cod=137
M. Schmaucher will be racing!
avmaviator
11-09-2009, 10:40 AM
Here is one more reason to attend. HUGE NEWS!!!
http://www.tonykart.com/uk/news/news_dettaglio_tonykart.asp?Cod=137
M. Schmaucher will be racing!
That will be good to see! I've actually been on a kart track with M Schumacher, one of my claim to fame! haha (and of course I beat by 10 secs... not)
LikeStig
11-09-2009, 11:41 AM
M. Schmaucher will be racing!
Damn, I read this as a rumor on karttechnik.com, but I cant believe its true!
This will be the kart race to watch of the decade.
rystar
11-09-2009, 03:48 PM
Cant Wait!!!
Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher will compete at the 13th annual SKUSA SuperNationals at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas(Photo: tonykart.com)Simply put, the Superkarts! USA SuperNationals has just stepped to the next level. SKUSA CEO Tom Kutscher is thrilled to confirm to the North American karting community that seven-time Formula 1 World Champion Michael Schumacher has officially entered the upcoming SuperNationals at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The former ...
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Great find Jeff! I can't wait to see Schumacher race a kart in person! :thumbsup::thumbsup:
LikeStig
11-10-2009, 11:46 AM
And add Nelson Piquet Jr. to the lineup...
http://www.ekartingnews.com/news_info.php?n=13823&sid=e9dbd4e3946b8fb795f809b9a4f4e455
Brazilian Nelson Piquet Jr. becomes the third F1 driver confirmed for the SKUSA SuperNationals XIII(Photo: npiquet.com)Fresh on the heels of the announcement that seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher will be racing at the Superkarts! USA SuperNationals XIII later this month, EKN has learned from Rodney Berryhill at Champion Racing/Intrepid USA that Nelson Piquet Jr. will also be in the SuperPro field for the November 18-22 event, which will be held outside the Rio All-Suites ...
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From the day that the final checkered flag waved and the competitors packed up under their gear in the paddock one year ago, the 13th annual Superkarts! USA SuperNationals has been in everyone’s mind. Set for November 18-22, over 400 drivers will head into battle at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino for what is expected to be the biggest and brightest karting event in the sport’s history. Drivers from all over North America and around the world will compete in an effort to score ...
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From the day that the final checkered flag waved and the competitors packed up under their gear in the paddock one year ago, the 13th annual Superkarts! USA SuperNationals has been in everyone’s mind. Set for November 18-22, over 400 drivers will head into battle at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino for what is expected to be the biggest and brightest karting event in the sport’s history. Drivers from all over North America and around the world will compete in an effort to score ...
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From the day that the final checkered flag waved and the competitors packed up under their gear in the paddock one year ago, the 13th annual Superkarts! USA SuperNationals has been in everyone’s mind. Set for November 18-22, over 400 drivers will head into battle at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino for what is expected to be the biggest and brightest karting event in the sport’s history. Drivers from all over North America and around the world will compete in an effort to score ...
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From the day that the final checkered flag waved and the competitors packed up under their gear in the paddock one year ago, the 13th annual Superkarts! USA SuperNationals has been in everyone’s mind. Set for November 18-22, over 400 drivers will head into battle at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino for what is expected to be the biggest and brightest karting event in the sport’s history. Drivers from all over North America and around the world will compete in an effort to score ...
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There is no arguing the fact that this year’s Superkarts! USA SuperNationals is fast becoming the biggest karting event in the sport’s history here in North America. The venue is unmatched, full fields of the best drivers in the country are a given and the inclusion of many of the top international karters has only been punctuated by the official announcements of F1 drivers Michael Schumacher, Nelson Piquet Jr. and Sebastien Buemi. SKUSA’s Tom Kutscher and his staff are currently ...
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From the day that the final checkered flag waved and the competitors packed up under their gear in the paddock one year ago, the 13th annual Superkarts! USA SuperNationals has been in everyone’s mind. Set for November 18-22, over 400 drivers will head into battle at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino for what is expected to be the biggest and brightest karting event in the sport’s history. Drivers from all over North America and around the world will compete in an effort to score ...
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3 more days until Ryan and I will be in Vegas!!!! :thumbsup:
Jeff Salak
11-17-2009, 06:11 PM
Damn last time i went to Vegas I almost stayed. It was when business was booming. Went to a job site trailer and the first foreman I talked to offered me a job. Oh well, I wouldnt be alive if I stayed!!!:bugeye:
Have fun!!! Enjoy the racing!!!!
Stay out of the strip bars and just get a hooker! Its cheeper!!!!!:redface:
Look for the midget hookers, they make it look SO BIG!!!!LOL!!!!:redface::redface::redface:
Jeff
From the day that the final checkered flag waved and the competitors packed up under their gear in the paddock one year ago, the 13th annual Superkarts! USA SuperNationals has been in everyone’s mind. Set for November 18-22, over 400 drivers will head into battle at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino for what is expected to be the biggest and brightest karting event in the sport’s history. Drivers from all over North America and around the world will compete in an effort to score ...
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What makes a great performance? While some may see that as a rhetorical question, we should go ahead and answer that right now. Beating the odds against a huge field of the top drivers to take the win when no one thought you would and doing so with heart and determination. That about sums it up. Now that’s a long list of conditions to meet and our top pick for the #1 performance by a Canadian at the Superkarts! USA SuperNationals covers it all. We need look no further back than the ...
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Jeff Salak
11-18-2009, 03:01 PM
Anyone else wondering why there is hardly any Birels out there racing? Maybe 1 or 2 in each class. Well they are not racing its practice time.
Looks like the Ferrari of karts are not that anymore!:whistle:
Jeff
LikeStig
11-18-2009, 03:05 PM
Anyone else wondering why there is hardly any Birels out there racing? Maybe 1 or 2 in each class. Well they are not racing its practice time.
Looks like the Ferrari of karts are not that anymore!:whistle:
Jeff
A friend of mine sumed it up pretty well "They've over complicated everything and forgot the basics of what makes a good chassis good."
Jeff Salak
11-19-2009, 11:43 AM
I will have to say the ekarting news live feed is awesome. See practice times in real time as they practice. Starting Friday will be having live feed to go with it. Next best thing would to be there!
Here is the link.
http://www.ekartingnews.com/live/
Jeff
Jeff Salak
11-19-2009, 03:50 PM
http://picasaweb.google.com/snats13/DropBox#5405909386798504674
Here is Shumacher 1st practice session!
avmaviator
11-20-2009, 09:42 AM
Good to see they are running yellows. Has it always been like that?
JET Karting - Andy Finke
11-20-2009, 03:27 PM
SKUSA has been on Yellows for a couple years. They are good tires.
http://www.chicagoracers.com/images/SupernatsXIII/SupernatsXIII_Friday_12.png
http://www.chicagoracers.com/images/SupernatsXIII/SupernatsXIII_Friday_1.png
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http://www.chicagoracers.com/images/SupernatsXIII/SupernatsXIII_Friday_2.png
rystar
11-23-2009, 05:08 PM
Well, We just made it back from the SuperNats, barley. What an amazing experience. It was awsome to see that many high profile drivers in a Kart race. I have a bunch of good pix. I just have to figure out how to download them off my phone. Overall it was a great weekend. Last night we partied with all the drivers at the VooDoo lounge on top of the Rio. Pretty cool to actually see the F1 guys getting loaded, letting loose after a long week of racing. Their just a bunch of regular guys. Allright, I going to bed.
LMAO!! Look at the pics of Schumi and notice how every body around him has a camer out trying to get a good shot of him.
I survived spectating the Supernats!!!!
That was quite an experience. At the rate we were spending money, it might have been cheaper to just have shown up on Monday and raced... :shakehead::whistle: I think I had 2 hours of sleep the first 48 hours I was there.
Anyone else wondering why there is hardly any Birels out there racing? Maybe 1 or 2 in each class. Well they are not racing its practice time.
Looks like the Ferrari of karts are not that anymore!:whistle:
Jeff
Intrepid drivers seemed to dominate SuperPro. CRG had the most karts out there. Intrepid and TonyKart seemed to have the most karts out there after CRG. There were actually quite a few Birels (maybe they weren't mentioned?) - Wes Phillips took 4th in TAG Senior. Dan Wheldon drove a TopKart. There were also a lot of CRGs. The Margay drivers (Michele and Mark Bumgarner) did not do that well. They both had mechanical problems resulting from incidental contact. But that doesn't really say anything about the chassis itself.
I doubt there's any real performance gains to be had between all the kart chassis. Otherwise, you would see all of the best drivers on the same chassis. It probably depends on who won last year more than anything else. So I guess there will be tons of Intrepids next year.
Interesting article and review of the 3 "Ferraris" of karting chassis ---> http://www.italiankart.com/press/comunicatotelaiomigliore.pdf
A picture of Michael Schumacher in his TonyKart from the TonyKart website:
http://www.tonykart.com/2003file/fotogallery/f868_g.jpg
Patrick Gettings
11-24-2009, 02:42 PM
I survived spectating the Supernats!!!!
That was quite an experience. At the rate we were spending money, it might have been cheaper to just have shown up on Monday and raced... :shakehead::whistle: I think I had 2 hours of sleep the first 48 hours I was there.
LOL. Sounds like an awesome event.
http://www.chicagoracers.com/images/SupernatsXIII/SupernatsCrash.jpg
http://www.chicagoracers.com/images/SupernatsXIII/SupernatsCrash2.jpg
http://www.chicagoracers.com/images/SupernatsXIII/SupernatsXIII_Michael_Schumacher_1.jpg
http://www.chicagoracers.com/images/SupernatsXIII/SupernatsXIII_Michael_Schumacher_2.jpg
http://www.chicagoracers.com/images/SupernatsXIII/SupernatsXIII_Michael_Schumacher_3.jpg
http://www.chicagoracers.com/images/SupernatsXIII/SupernatsXIII_Michael_Schumacher_4.jpg
http://www.chicagoracers.com/images/SupernatsXIII/SupernatsXIII_Michael_Schumacher_5.jpg
http://www.chicagoracers.com/images/SupernatsXIII/SupernatsXIII_Michael_Schumacher_6.jpg
On board footage of my friend, Jim Kidd, driving at Supernats:
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rystar
03-10-2010, 07:37 PM
Hey,
Thats Alfanso from Silver Spoons in the background. Gotta love 80s tv.
Right click and choose "Save As" ---> Driver interviews (http://www.properkarting.com/karting1-podcast/supernats-2009.mp3)
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