Ignite Rookie Winner - Reid Sweeney Ignite Junior Winner - Nolan Baltz Thanks to all of our Ignite participants for an amazing season! It was great to see how the entries have grown over the year. Teams were fortunate to have such incredible weather on the Halloween weekend. The Kid...
Ignite Senior Feature Start Ignite Junior Winner - Spike Kohlbecker In Kid Kart Honda, Connor Strohm was able to achieve his second win of the year after a back and forth battle for the lead against Race Beckman in the feature. Dane Sensel dominated the Ignite Rookie feature...
Ignite Masters Start Ignite Junior Winner - Spike Kohlbecker This weekend featured Gateway Kartplex’s first ever double feature race night! This decision was made to accommodate our previously rained out event. Kid Kart Honda featured some of the closest racing that we’ve seen all year! In the first feature, Race Beckman...
Ignite Senior Winner - Ryan Bettenhausen Ignite Junior Podium Spike Kohlbecker came back into Ignite competition this weekend in preparation for his Rock Island debut. He was back from where he left off, the top of the podium. Spike won both heats and the feature flag to flag with points...
Ignite Senior Winner - Jeff Dolian Ignite Senior Grid Ignite Race 5 the Kartplex's first ever SuperTrack event. It was a battle between two different track surfaces as drivers had to set up their karts for the long straightaways and tight corners. Drivers faced an extremely bumpy transition...
Ignite Senior Winner - Colten Dudici Ignite Rookies Grid Up Ignite Race 5 was a hot and steamy night but the racers didn't let that scare them away! Starting off with Ignite Junior, Hailey Todtenhaupt and Davis Worley shared heat wins. In the feature, Evan Stamer was able to...
8 KARTS, 2 CORNERS IN IGNITE SENIOR EVAN STAMER - IGNITE JUNIOR WINNER Ignite Junior featured close battles all afternoon. Evan Stamer was able to take the win and extend his points lead but Hailey Todtenhaupt was not far behind finishing her career best second place. Newcomer Anthony Noto...
SPIKE KHOLBECKER AND EVAN STAMER FIGHTING FOR THE LEAD JOEY ESSMA - IGNITE SENIOR WINNER Ignite Race 3 was the first backwards event of the season. Drivers had to battle hot weather conditions while navigating through an unfamiliar course. Kid Kart Honda proved to be a spectacular show once...
AUSTIN TODTENHAUPT - KID KART HONDA RYAN BETTENHAUSEN - IGNITE SENIOR Ignite Series Race 2 featured dramatically different weather conditions than Race 1. Driver’s had to battle through hot track conditions in order to get their karts to stick in the corners. The Ignite Series also featured around...