KC Happy Hour

After 8 weeks of life on the road, the full original KC Happy Hour crew are all back home AND back on the show!



Along with recapping the SKUSA WinterNationals key talking points, there was some news that dropped over the following week in the karting scene.



- USPKS Announced that contrary to their initial announcement, they will run the standard national configuration at GoPro Motorplex

- SKUSA impounded engines from the three drivers that had dominant pace in their respective classes -- Ryan Norberg in X30 Pro, Jeremy Fletcher in KA100 Senior, and Troy Ferguson in Micro Swift. Hear about the process that they go through and what that means moving forward



Special Guest Dalton Hanes will also join tonight's show along with a few yet to be named. See you at 8 PM EST // 5 PM PST!

We've got a LOADED show this week!



FEATURING SPECIAL GUESTS: Chris Wehrheim, Dalton Hanes, Alex and Matt Keyes alongside returning cast members Connor Zilisch, Braden Eves, and Xander Clements!



We'll be recapping all the touring series action from this past weekend, including the WKA Manufacturer's Cup from Charlotte, the Challenge of the Americas Season Finale at Sonoma Raceway, and the Opening Round of the Texas Sprint Racing Series from New Orleans.



There was also a handful of news that came across our desk over the last week, ranging from regional and one off events to more. We've also got some BREAKING NEWS to drop early in the show!



Lastly, we'll be doing a class preview for X30 Pro at this weekend's Opening 2 Rounds of the SKUSA Pro Tour! Listen to our panel make their fantasy picks LIVE, and then make yours for the KC Fantasy League Round 2 which will open shortly!

Following the first gap week in the 2022 National Calendar, we've got a bit of a different lineup for tonight!



First up, we will catch up with Leading Edge Motorsports' Greg Bell to get an inside story on all the prep, hard work, blood, sweat, and tears that went into LEM's record-setting Florida Winter Tour run with Danny Formal.



Next, we'll chat with TJ Halsema, promoter of the annual SimCraft 24 Hour Kart Race! Putting on any major event is a major task, but to pull together a major endurance race as an independent that includes a live stream, apparel line, and a consistent massive entry count is on a whole other level. His 2022 edition of the event saw no shortage of hurdles to overcome, and yet, he managed to pull it off successfully once again.



Finally, we've got Matt Keyes of Alex Keyes Racing and more west coast correspondents joining us to help preview the Championship Finale of the Challenge of the Americas 2022 Season at Sonoma Raceway.

The Florida stretch is finally done and dusted! Hear the KC Crew's thoughts on the ROK Cup USA Florida Winter Tour Finale in Orlando, as well as a deep dive into the following topics:

- Marijn Kremers vs. Matheus Morgatto's crash in the Pre Final (with NEW, UNSEEN footage!)
- Race Directing from the Official's POV featuring ROK Cup USA's Race Director Chuck Yoder and Rotax // GoPro Motorplex // AMR Motorplex // STARS Championship Series // US Pro Kart Series // Sunshine State Karting Challenge Race Official Justin Dittrich
- The 24 Hours of NOLA
- Our 2022 LIVE Stream Calendar with a current sitting total at 28 Weekends

AND a first-look at our KC New Orleans Limited Edition Shirts and Hoodies!

In this episode, it's a full-on weekend debrief!



SPECIAL GUESTS: PSL Karting's Marijn Kremers and Jake French, Race Factory USA's Race Liberante, and Merlin Nation's Brandon Lemke!



The opening round of the US Pro Kart Series at Orlando featured a lot of action, and to help us break it down will be a number of special guests. This weekend also had the CKNA SpringNationals at Charlotte among a host of other club and regional races, which we'll make sure to touch on.



SuperKarts! USA made a major announcement last week lowering the minimum weights in a number of single speed divisions, with some dropping as much as 15 lbs. Hear the KC Crew's thoughts on the changes heading into New Orleans.



The USPKS Orlando weekend also had its fair share of chaos and carnage, which is the main reason we've got Race Liberante and Brandon Lemke on tonight. Hear both of their sides on the incidents they were in, and their thoughts on the future of racecraft in the KA100 Senior division.

In what will be one of the most active race weekends this year, we've got a packed show tonight that previews both the CKNA SpringNationals at Charlotte Motor Speedway and the US Pro Kart Series Opening Weekend at Orlando Kart Center!



Joining us to help preview each weekend will be MGM Chassis's Paul Rice (along with possibly the REAL boss of MGM -- April Rice), Stahl Racing's Ben Stahl, USPKS Series Administrator Tim Koyen, and KC's own Aaron Hachmeister and Braden Eves.



We'll also debrief the Challenge of the Americas Weekend from Phoenix, AZ, and touch on a few more news pieces that have hit the scene over the last week.



We are also going LIVE 15 minutes earlier than usual to ensure we wrap up prior to 9 PM EST, with the President's State of the Union speech slated to start right then.

Listen to our cast of drivers and guest hosts breakdown ROK FWT St. Petersburg, a number of regional events that went down over the weekend, preview Challenge of the Americas at Phoenix, and give an update // early preview of two major events coming up: the CKNA SpringNationals at Charlotte, and the US Pro Kart Series at Orlando Kart Center!

Another star-studded guest list joins the show tonight! We'll be debriefing EVERYTHING that went down at SKUSA Miami 2, giving a preview in what to expect at ROK FWT St. Pete, and our usual run through the karting news over the past 7 days.



FEATURING Parolin USA's Alessandro De Tullio, 2019 SKUSA Pro Tour KA100 Senior Champion Austin Osborne, Arcane Motorsports's Trevor McAlister, and more.

TONIGHT -- Man, do we have a show!


Race Factory's Race Liberante, Rolison Performance Group's Artie Carpenter, and PKRA Club President

Active Shifter Driver Micah Hendricks join the show to help us preview and predict championship weekend of the SKUSA Winter Series. Xander helps break down the newly-announced finale of TSRS, some more track construction, and a light recap of the 2nd Round of the CKNA South Division, with some help from a VERY special guest: Greg Jasperson!


That's right, MR. CKNA joins us midway through tonight's show to talk his journey so far in race promotion, hitting a new peak as of yesterday with the announcement of CKNA Canada!

TONIGHT! Special guests Gary Carlton of GFC Karting and John Seglem of Precision Performance Karting join the cast and crew.



- Challenge of the Americas Opening Weekend at Tucson, AZ Debrief

- Preview Cup Karts South Round 2 at Monticello, FL

- The official release of our 2022 KC St. Petersburg T-Shirt and more!