Local Karting Racing Series to Send Winners to Las Vegas

UNION BEACH, N.J. - Five Formula karting classes will compete in five action-packed racing weekends at four different tracks in the second annual Gearup Challenge. The five class champions will each get a bag of Gearup racing apparel, two roundtrip tickets and hotel rooms to the see what some consider the ‘Superbowl of Karting’ the 2012 SKUSA Supernationals in Las Vegas.

The Gearup Challenege evolved from the F-Series Formula karting, which was started as a memorial race in 2010 to honor a fallen competitor. The event was such a success that in 2011 it was expanded and renamed the Gearup Challenge- The F-Series. (Gearup is a upcoming racing apparel company) In 2011, two more Formula kart classes were added and the event was expanded to three race weekends, at two different race venues.

This year, the Gearup Challenge has expanded again to five action-packed race events, at 4 different racing venues with 5 different classes of Formula karts.

The scheduled Race dates are:

4/28-4/29 at NJ Motorsports Park, Millville, NJ, 5/26 Raceway Park at Englishtown, NJ,

6/29-6/30 at Monticello Motor Club, Monticello, NY, 8-18 (Night race) at Oakland Valley Speedway, NY and 9/22-9/23 at Raceway Park at Englishtown, NJ

Marco Oldhafer, longtime Formula karting competitor and the promoter of the Gearup Challenge said “It is my firm belief that having a small number of classes with fields of 15 karts or more makes the races more exciting for the racers as well as the spectators and having such races on a regular basis will lead to the growth of karting.”

The five classes competing in the Gearup Challenge are: Formula Sportsman (ages 8-12), Formula Jr (ages 12-15), Formula 100 (ages 15& up), Formula 125 (ages 15& up),& Formula 355 (ages 15& up). All karts will follow the Tag racing and WKA tech guidelines.

Several sponsors have come onboard this year; Gearup Apparel, Orbitz travel, MG tires, Pole Position indoor Karting facility, Kartingconnect.com and Contemporary Mercedes Benz. All event information and race results will be found on kartingconnect.com.

More information about this event can be found by visiting http://www.kartingconnect.com/page/fseries or by contacting Marco Oldhafer at (732) 850-1893. kartracer@optonline.net