GCKI is thrilled to announce that they will be host to the Texas Pro-Kart Challenge sanctioned by Superkarts! USA.  For 2012, the series will include three double-race weekends in Katy, Houston and Denton.  The TPKC will include all the benefits of the SKUSA regional program and is also an official Rotax Max Challenge series, providing racers with the punches necessary to qualify for the U.S. Rotax Grand Nationals.  GCKI will manage the races at both the Katy and Grandsport tracks, ensuring racers the highest quality racing experience they have come to expect at our events.  NTK will manage their race with equal dedication to racer experience. 

More details and the full announcement can be found here: http://www.ekartingnews.com/news_info.php?n=19853
Information on the series is also availbale on the official SKUSA! USA website www.superkartsusa.com

 A note to GCKI members: For logistical reasons we have scheduled the TPKC on three of GCKI’s former club-racing weekends.  We fully intend to enable our club members to enjoy our approved 8 + 8 spring / fall racing program.  Watch this page for an announcement in the very near future of the revised dates for those races affected by this exciting development.  GCKI spring series races 1 through 6 will not be affected by this change and we will give our members plenty of time to plan their racing and personal schedules for the remainder of the year.

The 2012 all-member meeting had excellent attendance, and was well-represented by longtime as well as new members covering a wide cross-section of karting interests.  A full newsletter detailing all of the important decisions will follow shortly. However, publishing the 2012 season is foremost of importance.

The 2012 Spring Season gets into gear with a Saturday race on February 4th (thus avoiding any conflict with this year's Superbowl.)  We will resume our customary Sunday schedule beginning with race 2 and continue throughout the rest of the season.  Both our Spring and Fall Series have been expanded to 8 races each, to give our members as much racing opportunity as possible.  Both series will be a best-of-six (minimum five races to qualify) points championship. All races will be single-points events.

A great time was had by all at the GCKI 2011 Year End Awards Banquet held Saturday night Jan 21st at Dave & Busters.

Congratulations to all the class winners. Here are a few photos from the event.

Watch It then come out to the track to experience the excitement of close open wheel racing LIVE! Spectator passes are only $5 each so bring your family and friends!

The points tally for the 2011 GCKI championship season have been completed and posted below.  Please review the totals.  They will be deemed "Official" on December 26th, 2011- and awards will be ordered for the banquet according to the results at that time.  Please direct any questions to GCKI's points chairman - Brad Johnson at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Per GCKI's rules, you must be a member in good standing to accumulate points towards the season championship.  You must compete in at least 4 races per season to qualify for the points championship with a best-of-5 finishes in each season going towards the season total.  Overall high points are awarded to those who score the best in both series AND run the minimum number of qualifying races in both seasons.  Worker points earned per season count as 110 points and may be either added to the race total or substituted for the lowest race score to achieve the best overall score.

Download the GCKI Trailer World Katy Fall Points 236K

Please read the Rotax Technical Bulletin below regarding the Coil Exhange Program. This rule will be put into effect when the 2012 GCKI rules are written in January and will be effective for Spring Race 1 in February 2012. Please contact your local authorized Rotax service center for coil exchange details.

Rotax Technical Bulletin - Coil Exchange Program 1.3MB

GCKI is pleased to welcome Awesome Shots as our official photography partner.  Anyone who attended the Southwest Regional Cup races at GCKI saw well-known local motorsports photographer, Kenny Lau positioned strategically around the track taking great (awesome) action shots of the competition.  Kenny will be permitting GCKI to use some of the shots as promotional pieces for the club, and we will use his photos to highlight our year end banquet.  If anyone wants to view or purchase pictures from the SWRI Sunday race they can be previewed via the link below.  Kenny will be attending GCKI club races whenever possible to capture all of the racing action. http://www.photoreflect.com/store/thumbpage.aspx?e=8170933

It is not typical that we issue a news release when we get a new member to the club.  (With GCKI approaching 300 members I’d be a pretty busy guy!) But then Robby Mott is not a typical new member.  In case you haven’t heard about Robby, (and chances are good that you probably have) he is a multiple U.S. national karting champion and also the founder of karting safety device manufacturer, Ribtect.  Given GCKI’s emphasis on safety, having Robby in our midst will serve as a daily reinforcement to that goal.  From their website: “Ribtect is committed to providing the karting industry with the most effective, functional safety equipment possible.”  If you’d like to learn more about Robby, here’s a great link to his story and his mission:  http://www.ribtect.com/About_Ribtect.html   When you see him out at the track practicing or competing in the upcoming Southwest Regional Cup races, stop over and say “Hello.”  He won’t be hard to spot – just look at his safety gear!