Our Ignite and SuperComp seasons came to an exciting end this past weekend at Gateway Kartplex. Our Ignite series ended their 2017 season with a double-feature race on Saturday November 4. The weather pushed us off to a late start, but a little rain couldn’t extinguish our...
The final Kartplex competition races of the season are coming up, November 4 and 5! Saturday November 4 we will host the final two Ignite Series races of the year, one a make-up from its original October 7 date. Also running on that Saturday will be...
The final race of the iDrive Fall Series was held on Wednesday October 18 in the backwards formation. We had many drivers come out for the opportunity to run the Kartplex backwards, which resulted in an exciting night of racing! In the Light Class Evan Stamer, a...
The Gateway Kartplex will open its 2017 season for the IGNITE Series and SuperComp Series this weekend. The IGNITE Series will run on Saturday, April 1 and the SuperComp Series will compete on Sunday, April 2. Gates will open both days at 7:30 a.m. with...
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...