KC Happy Hour

FEATURING:

PSL Karting's Jake French alongside KC's Xander Clements, Caleb Smock, Aaron Hachmeister, and more.



Join us to talk about a wild weekend of racing on both ends of the country! The Grand Prix in the Park in Quincy and the SuperKarts! USA SpringNationals both featured some major storylines, finishes, and breakout winners that we'll be diving into.



- AJ Myers vs Marijn Kremers

- Shifter Class Growth on the Pro Tour, partially thanks to ASPEN boosting the purse

- Gnarly Wrecks in Quincy along with another massive fan turnout



And more!

Join us LIVE from Utah Motorsports Campus as we bring you the first EVER trackside LIVE edition of KC Happy Hour! Featuring a ton of the X30 Pro and Pro Shifter stars giving their thoughts on the weekend so far, answering karting trivia, AND playing mini golf and archery!

While this Memorial Day Weekend didn't have too much karting, it did have quite a bit of racing! And with all racing, there's a lot of talking points to draw from.



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SPECIAL GUESTS: INDYCAR Driver Callum ILOTT, Race Factory USA's Race LIBERANTE, and Arrow McLaren SP Competition Director and MPG Motorsports Owner Billy VINCENT



Beyond catching up on news from the past week, this week's KC Happy Hour will focus in on a couple of hot debate topics in motorsports, specifically one point in particular:

- Where should a motorsport series fall in terms of entertainment // spectacle vs. purism // history



The Indy 500 threw a red flag with 5 laps to go to give the race a chance to end under green, albeit taking frontrunner Marcus Ericsson's 3+ second lead away in favor of a 2-lap shootout. NASCAR, on the flipside, has embraced a push towards spectacle when it comes to their racing product over the last two decades, and F1 hasn't modified their race formats all too much beyond Sprint race weekends, but they have definitely leaned into storylines through the media and shows.



What are your thoughts? Join us tonight!

It wasn't the busiest news week, but it WAS a busy weekend of racing with our first ever double live stream weekend!



Join Xander along with KC's own Emory Lyda, Caleb Smock, and Aaron Hachmeister as they break down the action from the last 7 days.



PLUS, TSRS 206 Senior Winner Kelvin Xing and STARS Championship Series Race Director Alec Coates will be joining the show in segments 2 and 3 to give us their thoughts on each of the two race weekends!

It's a star-studded show as we prep for our first ever double header weekend!



Mr. NKA and STARS Championship Series himself Joe Janowski is set to join us this evening, alongside MPG Motorsports Co-Owner Chase Jones, TSRS Driver Massimo Sanchez, and KC's own Aaron Hachmeister and Connor Zilisch.



We'll be covering the usual news and races that went down over this past weekend as well, including the CKNA South Division's first race ever outside of Florida, and the second round of the SKUSA California ProKart Challenge.



Lastly, we've got Route 66 Sprint Series and US Pro Kart Series Owner Mark Coats joining us at the end of the show to break some more news, so make sure you stay tuned in for the full episode!

The name of the game tonight: Driver Development.


Join Xander Clements, Ryan Norberg, Brandon Jarsocrak, Chris Wehrheim, Brent Crews, and more as they break down the steps to take when fostering talent through the world of karting. This show's sole focus will be from an entry point to the sport all the way from your first test day at the track to becoming a national champion. Whether a move over to car racing is in the cards or not, the idea from this show is to speak with karting coaches, top talents, and stars from different generations and break down how they become the superstars that they are today.



ALSO, we'll be covering a TON of news that has dropped over the past week.

- USPKS Announcing a MAJOR race weekend format update for the final two rounds

- SKUSA Confirming a return to the Rio for SuperNats 25 AND a return to its traditional date in November on the weekend prior to American Thanksgiving

- A brand NEW karting show debuting on Discovery+ later this month

- The CKNA South Division's third round at NOLA Motorsports Park this weekend

- Cancellation of the California ROK Challenge round originally set for this weekend at CalSpeed




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After getting all of your submissions and questions, we are ready to dive in deep on the 2nd Round of the US Pro Kart Series from GoPro Motorplex in Mooresville, NC!



Joining Xander and Aaron on the show tonight will be a handful of to be announced guests, alongside SuperTune USA's John Burke and Ryan Perry Motorsport's Pauly Massimino.



- USPKS Tech Procedures and Findings from the Weekend

- The Sunday KA100 Senior Finish // Crash

- Results from Rd. 1 of the Padholder Cup

- An Overall Recap of the 2022 US Karting Class Structure



and as many of your question and topic submissions as we can get to!

Hear from Connor Zilisch, KC's own Aaron Hachmeister and Jenna Thome, and more as everyone makes their picks on who is going to come out on top at this weekend's US Pro Kart Series event at GoPro Motorplex!



A special news update will also cover what appears to be the end of the Palm Beach International Raceway saga and a brief preview of the upcoming opening weekend for the Padholder's Cup (the major Pacific NW regional tour).



As always, make sure to send in your questions in the comments below to be answered LIVE on stream!

TONIGHT!



We'll be covering a handful of news segments that have popped up over the last week, including a preview for 3 different regional series' opening weekends, and the most promising Save Palm Beach International Raceway campaign to date.



We've also got some of America's top Pro Shifter drivers in AJ Myers, Danny Formal, and Jake French on the show, as they will help breakdown what it's really like in going back and forth from spec to open racing. This is the case currently with the Shifter races being split between 4 SKUSA // KZ (open builder) format races, and 4 ROK Shifter (spec format) races. With the status of X30 racing, and more specifically engine parity, a hot topic on our show weekly, these guys will help give their perspective on having tried both sides.



We'll also be breaking down some of the key corners and sections of GoPro Motorplex in anticipation of this weekend's club race warmup, and of course, next week's US Pro Kart Series event.



Lastly, we'll be dropping the first teaser trailer for our new, free-to-watch YouTube series, KC Paddock Pass!

It's time for quarter season ratings of our X30 Pros! Join us tonight as a panel of experts including Braden Eves, Mike Doty, and more help us rate each of our superstars' seasons thus far. Plus, the following:



- Closing the book on last week's SKUSA WinterNats drama

- Addressing Artem Severiukhin's 'Salute' at the FIA Karting Championship Podium

- Recapping a snowy Route 66 Sprint Series Opening Weekend



and more!