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The social distancing movement is underway, and during this time for the absence of racing, eKartingNews has launched a new program for social media and the EKN Radio Network - Face2Face. The show is broadcasted live over Facebook, with the audio version making its way to the only 24 hour / 7 days a week radio station. The 15th episode welcomes Mike Smith from CalSpeed Karting in Fontana, California. The state of California has been shut down for much of the COVID-19 pandemic and one of the last facilities to open is CalSpeed. We talk with Smith about the process leading up to their opening and the plans for the 2020 season at the karting hotspot in SoCal.

eKartingNews.com is the hub of the karting world, providing you with all the latest news, insider information and race reports from events around the globe. ‘This Week In Karting’ helps to tie everything together in one weekly podcast, bringing our listeners up to speed on the most recent news in the sport.

Racing, more specific, kart racing is returning across the country and North America. As the sport of karting returns from the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of programs and events continue to shift to complete the 2020 season. Rob Howden and David Cole discuss the status of tracks and the updated schedules in Episode 24 of This Week In Karting, presented by Acceleration Kart Racing.

The social distancing movement is underway, and during this time for the absence of racing, eKartingNews has launched a new program for social media and the EKN Radio Network - Face2Face. The show is broadcasted live over Facebook, with the audio version making its way to the only 24 hour / 7 days a week radio station. Episode 14 focused on the grassroots regional program of the Buckeye Karting Challenge. Scott Smith of the BKC joined us to talk about this growing state championship in Ohio and his own historic facility, Fremont Raceway Park.

The social distancing movement is underway, and during this time for the absence of racing, eKartingNews has launched a new program for social media and the EKN Radio Network - Face2Face. The show is broadcasted live over Facebook, with the audio version making its way to the only 24 hour / 7 days a week radio station. The 13th episode is the second edition of the Kart Track Roundtable. EKN welcomed Shawn Bayliff of the Motorsports Country Club of Cincinnati and DJ Ortiz from the North Texas Karters organization in Denton, Texas. They discuss their situations of preparing a return back to racing and what steps are taken for a race weekend while keeping social distancing practices.

The social distancing movement is underway, and during this time for the absence of racing, eKartingNews has launched a new program for social media and the EKN Radio Network - Face2Face. The show is broadcasted live over Facebook, with the audio version making its way to the only 24 hour / 7 days a week radio station. Episode 12 welcomes Marco Oldhafer of the Gearup F Series and NY Race Complex. The COVID-19 pandemic has been especially challenging for regional programs and the New York/New Jersey states. Oldhafer provides us his take on returning back to the track not only as a promoter, but as a track owner.

The social distancing movement is underway, and during this time for the absence of racing, eKartingNews has launched a new program for social media and the EKN Radio Network - Face2Face. The show is broadcasted live over Facebook, with the audio version making its way to the only 24 hour / 7 days a week radio station. Episode 11 welcomes Mark Coats and Tim Koyen from the United States Pro Kart Series and Route 66 Sprint Series. 2020 was to be a record season for USPKS, with COVID-19 delaying the start of the series until July with a new three-event schedule. The Route 66 Sprint Series begins its action on the Fourth of July weekend, focused on KA100 and Briggs 206 competition.

eKartingNews.com is the hub of the karting world, providing you with all the latest news, insider information and race reports from events around the globe. ‘This Week In Karting’ helps to tie everything together in one weekly podcast, bringing our listeners up to speed on the most recent news in the sport.

The world of karting is moving into the positive, as tracks are beginning to open and regional programs are looking to continue or begin their 2020 season. In Episode 23, Rob Howden and David Cole discuss the status of tracks amid the COVID-19 pandemic and provide updates on those schedules that have been revised for the 2020 season. This episode is presented by Alan Rudolph Racing Academy.

The social distancing movement is underway, and during this time for the absence of racing, eKartingNews has launched a new program for social media and the EKN Radio Network - Face2Face. The show is broadcasted live over Facebook, with the audio version making its way to the only 24 hour / 7 days a week radio station. The 10th episode of the live show brings back Andy Seesemann. The promoter for Challenge of the Americas and California ROK Championship provides us some details of the closure for the winter program and the upcoming start to the summer series.

The social distancing movement is underway, and during this time for the absence of racing, eKartingNews has launched a new program for social media and the EKN Radio Network - Face2Face. The show is broadcasted live over Facebook, with the audio version making its way to the only 24 hour / 7 days a week radio station. Episode nine goes international as we connect with the Bermuda Karting Club. Scott ‘Skitchy’ Barnes is a longtime member and board of director, including a racer here in the USA. He and David Barbosa of CRG Bermuda Rental Karts join us to talk about karting on the Atlantic island and how racing there is a great karting destination.

The social distancing movement is underway, and during this time for the absence of racing, eKartingNews has launched a new program for social media and the EKN Radio Network - Face2Face. The show is broadcasted live over Facebook, with the audio version making its way to the only 24 hour / 7 days a week radio station. The eighth episode of Face2Face welcomes Justin Stefani of J3 Competition / Race Rotax and Steven Chapman of BRP-Rotax. We discuss the current state of Rotax here in the United States and around the world, including the new MY-20 for Mini and Micro, along with the upcoming US Rotax Grand Nationals and the 2020 Rotax Grand Finals in Bahrain.