Here is an up and coming racer who will soon make a splash on this side of the southern boarder of the USA, Juan Bosco Maldonado. For the second year in a row, Juan Bosco won the RotaxMax Micro-Max class in the tough North Eastern Mexico RotaxMax Challenge.

This young driver has displayed a championship winning attitude all season long. At times he raced hurt and still put his kart in front. At another race, he didn't have the fastest kart, but he still won as he found a way to get in front and stay there. He has a determination not often seen in drivers so young.

Up next for Juan Bosco is the Grand National for Mexico. He is hoping for better results this year. At last year's event, Juan Bosco crashed out while leading. He was unhurt but his dream of a Mexican national championship were dashed. Here at Shockwave, we will be cheering him on in October.

We hope to bring Juan Bosco to the US this winter for the Rotax Challenge of the Americas. He will debut in the MiniMax class.

Juan Bosco drives Shockwave Karting cadet karts. For more information about Shockwave Karting and our complete line of karts and parts, please see our web site at http://www.shockwavekarting.com

PPKRC to host the 2010 Rocky Mountain Karting Extravaganza at PPIR

We are 10 days away from the inaugural 2010 Rocky Mountain Karting Extravaganza at PPIR! PPKRC is in the final stages of planning an event that is to capture the true spirit of karting! The club's spirit and intent for this race is unification within the Colorado Karting community, where all clubs join together to enjoy the exhilaration of racing and camaraderie!

Race teams and clubs, as well as individual racers from Colorado and the surrounding states are invited to race at a world class facility on the infield autocross track with amenities that include pit space in garages, roof top viewing of the race, air conditioned adult lounge, media center, wi-fi, bathrooms and showers, electrical hookups, paved paddock areas and overnight camping.

Please visit our website at http://www.ppkrc.com to get all the details about the event, to register online (which is available through Wednesday, September 8th) and to reserve your room at our host hotel, the Hampton Inn and Suites at I-25 & Circle.

On-Site registration begins Friday, September 10th at 3:00pm.

We have a class for everyone!

Stay tuned for further announcements about fun, food and entertainment for Saturday night!

Integrity, courage, safety, diplomacy, excitement, strength…words we are proud to promote and live by!

Grand Junction Motor Speedway is proud to host the 2010 CKI National Championships September 24-26, 2010.
This is a chance for you to compete against some of America’s top drivers like Quimet, Wimsett, DeLao, Minch, Menezes, Madrigal, Ordonez, Smith, Manthei, Defrancesco, Sargeant and many others right in your own backyard.
CKI Championship Classes include KF2-KF3-Tag Senior-Leopard Junior-Comer Cadet-Mini Max
GJMS Support classes include Stock Moto, Stock Moto Masters and Tag Masters.
ENTER TODAY!
For more info http://www.championshipkartracing.com

For immediate release: August 16, 2010


Colorado Junior Karting Club Mourns Tragic Loss
On Sunday August 15, 2010 the CJKC Karting family suffered an incredible and tragic loss during a warm up session at Grand Junction Motor Speedway prior to Race#5 of the eight race IKF-4A Junior Karting Championship Series. Taybor Duncan (9) a resident of Aurora, CO, a Jr-1 class participant and a CJKC member since 2008 was involved in a fatal accident.

A tragedy like this touches every one of us. Our grief is profound, and our hearts are heavy with the significance of the loss of Taybor’s bright spirit. At this difficult time, our thoughts and prayers are with Taybor’s family and friends.


Contact: Scott Hannum, President, The Colorado Junior Karting Club
(303) 888-8162
swhannum@msn.com

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_15688478

The region's most competitive kart racers will gather Saturday and Sunday outside the Pepsi Center, and for some, the event will bring back fond memories of the big-league race that ended a five-year run in 2006 on the same grounds.

Racing the Rockies, a four-race karting series based in Centennial, will never be confused with the Grand Prix of Denver in stature. But for just the second time since the Grand Prix's demise, a street race will take place in the parking lots between Colorado's premier sports arena and Elitch Gardens.

The Pepsi Center also hosted the Round 4 finale of Racing the Rockies a year ago.

"I miss that," Racing the Rockies promoter Jim Keesling said of the Grand Prix. "We'll be reminded of it a lot this weekend because 75 percent of our track is on their old surface. And their back straightaway is our back straightaway. We use about 900 feet of it."

Nine series champions will be crowned after Sunday's features. The series previously competed April 25 and July 11 at The Track at Centennial and May 23 at Grand Junction Motor Speedway.

The temporary Pepsi Center track will be a little more than a half-mile in length (0.55-mile). The event is free to the public, and Altitude Sports and Entertainment will televise it tape-delayed next Friday.

"It's going to be a good, end-of-summer street race," Keesling said. "You can't beat the venue. You've got Elitch's right there for the kids to go when the dads are setting up camp and LoDo for the adults. Should be a great weekend."

One of the best point battles is in the MiniMax class (ages 10-12). Leader Tate Holleran has won two of the races, and second-place Jason Dempster captured the other.

"I'm really excited because it's another race, I love doing it and I can spend more time with my dad," Dempster said Thursday while breaking in a new motor at The Track. "It's going to be great at the Pepsi Center. It's a good track and it's on