KC Happy Hour

NEW 2024 National Calendar Dates. A FULL Weekend of USPKS Racing in the books. A NEW X30 Pro Winner in Harley Keeble. And another 'Ask Xander' segment presented by Mega Power Engines! Tune in tonight to hear from Xander and Kyle, along with first-time guest Harley Keeble of Sodi Racing USA // Piquet Sports North America!

FEATURING Ryan Raffa, Keith Raffa, and Ethan Oring of the Northeast Karting Challenge! This week's show will feature a bit of a teaser on what to expect in 2024, this weekend's preview for USPKS Cincinnati, and a behind the scenes take on regional racing in the Northeast! There's a lot of storylines coming into this weekend's US Pro Kart Series Event at the Motorsports Country Club of Cincinnati....

FEATURING Justin Stefani of RaceRotax J3 Competition, Ryan Norberg, and Mike Doty of Mike Doty Racing! Tonight, we'll be getting to know Justin Stefani as well as getting an inside look into the Rotax program in the USA. As many already know, we'll be LIVE Streaming the 2023 Rotax USA Grand Nationals at New Castle Motorsports Park on September 15th-17th. While that is the only national Rotax race...

FEATURING David Land, Kyle Cuthbertson, Braden Eves, and SKUSA KA100 Masters Race WINNER Clay Settles! We spend a lot of time using Happy Hour to talk about things to grow the sport, things we can improve on, and things that are already great. But to truly foster growth, we need some outside eyes and new perspectives! And there's no better folks for tonight's episode than David Land and Clay Settl...

FEATURING Chris Wehrheim and Braden Eves! LOTS to breakdown over the past two weeks of our break, including: - Fallout from the 2023 IAME USA Grand Nats - Schedule Cancellations - 2024 Scheduling and more!

FEATURING Matt Johnson, TJ Koyen, and Jackson Gardner! After another full weekend of Pro National racing action, there's a lot to talk about! Matt Johnson of NASH Motorsportz and TJ Koyen of KorsaSport Driver Development will join to help breakdown some of the key moments of the weekend, including some in-depth analysis on Austin Garrison and Kyle Wick's winning pace! Later on in the show, Jackson...

FEATURING Chase Jones, Race Liberante, and Braden Eves! With almost all of the major national series schedules coming to light in the last week, the 2024 Season is starting to take shape. Tonight's show is a full-on brainstorm of reworking the way we look at pro senior classes in the sport, from prize money to event format.

FEATURING Oliver Hodgson! We're all cooling off after a hot SKUSA SpringNationals at the Utah Motorsports Campus, where we got to crown TWO new US Pro Senior category winners! This week one of those drivers, Oliver Hodgson, is joining us! Tune in as he talks karting, this past weekend, and his thoughts since moving to the US and working with J3 Competition.

FEATURING Alex Stanfield and Braden Eves! As we get ready for the Stars Championship Series King of the Castle, OK-N Stars competitor Alex Stanfield is joining the show to talk about his thoughts on night racing, TSRS competition, and some more! We'll also take a little bit of time to talk about the finish of the Indy 500 and what we can learn from it in the karting industry.

FEATURING Brittany Lobaugh, Braden Eves, and Ryan Norberg! With the second round of the Texas Sprint Racing Series coming up this weekend, we invited series owner Brittany Lobaugh to come talk on the show! The series has made a huge rise in prominence since its debut season, and Brittany will be here to talk about the work she's had to put in to get it there. We've also received some big news this...

FEATURING Jake Drew, Martin Pearce, and Braden Eves! Tonight we have some big guests to talk on the show! Jake Drew, 2022 ARCA West champion and longtime karter is with us on the show to talk about his experiences with driver coaching and development. Alongside him is Martin Pearce, current coach of Lucas Palacio, Kai Mars, and Aiden Levy, to give us his thoughts on the discussion as a coach with...

FEATURING Joe Turney and Chris Wehrheim! We have officially wrapped up Round 1 of the Stars Championship Series, and there's been a lot of talk about the new OK-N package. Joe Turney and Chris Wehrheim are joining us to talk about the new engine program and get into detail about the differences between OK, OK-N, and X30. Afterward, we'll host another Ask Xander Clements segment at the end of the s...

FEATURING Helio Meza and Tahlon Yockel! This week features a couple of up-and-coming stars in the single-speed and gearbox categories and some big news from USPKS! USPKS Texas GP breakout star Helio Meza is joining us to talk about his story as one of the top junior drivers from last year turning into a real threat in the Pro 125 categories. The Mexican hotshoe has been one of the biggest stories...

FEATURING Aden Rudolph, Christian Marsh, Emory Lyda and Alex Searle! It's time for Round 2 of the United States Pro Kart Series at Speedsportz Racing Park in Houston! Coming on the show to talk about the track is Houston local Aden Rudolph. He'll be here to give us an idea of what the track is going to look like for anyone that hasn't gotten out to the track. Afterward, KC Pit Reporters Alexander...

FEATURING Andy Seesemann and Tim Koyen! Tonight we'll have Andy Seesemann on the show to talk about his Challenge of the Americas! After wrapping up the season this past weekend, he's joining us to sit down and talk about his operations in the Western half of the country. Following him will be the founder of the new North American Karting Alliance program, Tim Koyen! We'll be talking to him about...

FEATURING Ryan Norberg, Mike Doty, and Keith Raffa! In the downtime from national racing, this week's show will touch a bit on the news that's hit that scene over the past 7 days. Beyond that, we'll be doing a deeper dive into the behind the scenes of the newly-formed NorthEast Karting Challenge -- which just hosted it's first race a few weeks ago! With some downtime in his schedule as well, Ryan...

FEATURING Billy Musgrave and Hayden Jones! Our Kart Chaser March Madness has officially wrapped up in Orlando for the SKUSA WinterNationals! To talk about this past weekend, we invited Hayden Jones, newly signed Trinity Karting Group driver, and Billy Musgrave, owner and builder of Factory Karts, to come and talk about the event. Don't miss out on our Ask Xander Clements segment at the end for any...

FEATURING Dave Sera, TJ Koyen, Taylor Burris, and Aaron Hachmeister-Ng! It's a guest from across the Pacific Ocean this week, 18-time Australian National Champion Dave Sera is coming on the show while he's here in the USA! We'll have him with us to talk shop and find out more about what he's been up to here in the US. Joining him will be TJ Koyen, Taylor Burris, and Aaron Hachmeister-Ng, and at th...

FEATURING Alex Searle, Emory Lyda, Taylor Burris, and Aaron Hachmeister-Ng! We're back after a wild doubleheader in Orlando, and some BIG news just dropped for the national karting scene! We'll have our whole cast of analysts on to cover some major talking points from throughout the entire two weekend stretch of racing from both USPKS and the ROK Cup FWT, and the new NAKL licensing system just ann...

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FEATURING Mike Burrell and Chris Kardashian! Leave a Voicemail Question/Topic! 📲 Leave us a Message: +1 (940) 220-8943 With a gap in between events for a couple weeks, we have Chris Kardashian on the show tonight, the new owner of the Route 66 Sprint Series! He'll be on to talk about his ownership and what his plans for the future of the series are. But before that, we're welcoming Mike Burrell t...

FEATURING Louie Westover, Pauly Massimino, Emory Lyda, and Alexander Searle! With the conclusion of the SKUSA Winter Series, we're bringing on Louie Westover and Pauly Massimino to talk about their experiences from the first X30 Championship of 2023! Before them, Emory Lyda and Alex Searle will be on to talk about their thoughts from the past weekend, and preview this weeks ROK Cup USA Florida Win...

FEATURING Carlos Iaconelli, Matt Johnson, and TJ Koyen! It was a hectic month of January, and after finishing up the Rotax Winter Trophy, it's time to look towards the final weekend of the SKUSA Winter Series! Before that though, we will have Carlos Iaconelli, manager of Piquet Race Park, on to talk about the new facility and get his thoughts after the first weekend of action. Afterwards, TJ Koyen...

FEATURING Josh Conquer, Blake Nash, Alex Searle, and Emory Lyda! With the first month of the 2023 KC Broadcasts wrapped up, we have a couple up and comers in the National karting scene right now in Josh Conquer and Blake Nash on tonight's Happy Hour! We'll have them on, along with our pit reporters Emory Lyda and Alexander Searle, to talk about the most recent round of racing from the ROK Cup USA...

FEATURING Massimo Sanchez-Lara and Simon Sikes! We have officially wrapped on the first weekend of 2023 action in Homestead-Miami, and man was it a good one! We'll have Massimo Sanchez-Lara and Simon Sikes on the show along with a couple drivers to go over this past weekends events, and look forward into the ROK Cup USA Florida Winter Tour opening round in St. Petersburg this weekend!