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11/10/10 - NCMP is closed for the winter.
10/22/10 - ATTENTION GARAGE OWNERS - It's that time of year again! If you have a water cooled engine in your garage make sure you drain the engine and radiator of water before it freezes! If you would like NCMP to drain your kart for you please call the track.
10/19/10 - The KRA Series points are now updated, we have uploaded the final points total with drops and without. Please look through your points and let us know if you find any errors. We need to know this BEFORE the banquet.
10/17/10 - NCMP is now closed Monday through Wednesday and open for kart rentals and practice on Thursday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm.
10/8/10 - This Sunday October 17th is the Season Finale for the 2010 KRA Series. You can pre-enter for the KRA race online! Even though it is a makeup race from earlier in the season, everyone is welcome to enter and race the event.
10/8/10 - Live scoring is up for todays practice for the Robopong 200 presented by Bridgestone courtesy of RacerSites.com and their new Laptrax scoring program!
10/4/10 - Thanks to Average Joe's Sports Pub for sponsoring the front row awards for this years Robopong 200 Presented by Bridgestone with the "Average Joe's Front Row"! Pole will pay $200 and $100 for outside pole at this years race. Average Joe's is also sponsoring the hard luck award for the first team out of this years event with a $100.
The 2010 Robopong 200 Presented by Bridgestone is this coming Sunday! We are still accepting team entries at the standard entry fee and we will also accept entries at the track on race weekend. The extended forecast for this weekend looks great and hopefully the forecast will hold as we get closer to the weekend!
If you are planning on coming out as a spectator to the Robopong 200, we have lots of free spectator viewing areas, we also have grandstands and you are also welcome to bring your own lawnchairs. You can also purchase a pitpass at the track if you wish to visit the pits.
10/1/10 - We have posted the race weekend schedule for the 2010 Robopong 200 Presented by Bridgestone!
9/29/10 - We have some drivers that would like to run in the Robopong 200 if they can find a co-driver(s). If you have a kart and team but are looking for a co-driver (split cost, etc. is up to the individuals) please email us and we can send you their contact information.
9/21/10 - This Saturday and Sunday is the last KRA Series Double Header of the season! You can pre-enter for both races online!

As a reminder, Sunday was scheduled to be the last KRA Series race of the season but due to inclement weather earlier in the season one of the KRA races had to be rescheduled and will be ran on Sunday October 17th. All racers are invited to enter and race in that event.

Due to a scheduling conflict, the 2010 KRA Series Banquet has to be moved from Saturday November 6th to Sunday November 7th. We will post details soon. Sorry for any inconvenience.
9/13/10 - NCMP will be open for practice and kart rentals this weekend!
The current entry list for the Robopong 200 Presented by Bridgestone is now online!
9/9/10 - The 2010 Robopong 200 Presented by Bridgestone TaG endurance race is only a month away! Get those entries in, the deadline for preentries is fast approaching!
8/26/10 - Starting Tuesday August 31st, NCMP will close nightly at 7pm instead of 8pm due to daylight.
8/25/10 - NCMP will be closed on Monday's for the rest of the year starting August 30th. The exception is Labor Day Monday, September 6th, NCMP will be open from 10am to 6pm.
The KRA Makeup Race from earlier this year has been scheduled for Sunday October 17th.
8/23/10 - Just to clarify, this weekend's KRA Series race is a SUNDAY race, a typo on the schedule from earlier this season said the race was on a Saturday but the date printed was a Sunday. The race is on August 29th which is a Sunday. You can pre-enter for the KRA race online!
8/18/10 - The 2010 Robopong 200 Presented by Bridgestone will pay a MINIMUM of $5000 to the winning team and the 10th place team will receive a guaranteed minimum of $1000!
We are working on a program for this years Robopong race, if endurance teams can send in their entries as soon as possible it would be a big help in allowing us to properly promote and organize the event!
8/12/10 - The 2010 Robopong 200 Presented by Bridgestone is only 2 months away on October 9th and 10th! Get those team entries in for the most popular TaG endurance race of the year!
8/9/10 - We hope you enjoyed the live coverage from NCMP this weekend of the WKA Manufacturers Cup National! Special thanks to Rick Doyle for running the camera all weekend!

NCMP will be open from 10am to 6pm for open practice and kart rentals this Saturday and Sunday.
8/5/10 - Make sure you check out NCMP's live audio, scoring and static camera (unless we can find someone to run the camera!) this Saturday and Sunday for the WKA Manufacturers Cup at NCMP!
8/4/10 - The CKI race scheduled for August 13th-15th has been cancelled by CKI. NCMP will be open from 10am to 6pm for open practice and kart rentals that weekend.
8/2/10 - This weekend is one of the biggest races on the NCMP calender with the WKA Manufacturers Cup running this Friday through Sunday! Even if you aren't running in the event it is a great opportunity to come out and see some of the best two cycle racers in the country competing at NCMP!
7/27/10 - A reminder - NCMP's operating hours on Monday's and Tuesday's are 12pm to 8pm. Please see the hours page for complete details.
The Route 66 Sprint Series will be holding a double-header/three-day event at the New Castle Motorsports Park (NCMP) on July 30 August 1 that will utilize two different configurations of the track.
This is a rare opportunity to race on the Iron Man configuration of the track on Saturday, July 31. The National Track configuration will be utilized on Sunday, August 1 which provides a good racing opportunity for those also competing in the following weekends WKA Man Cup event scheduled at NCMP. This event will hold practice on Friday for both configurations of the track and a full race program for all 15 classes on both Saturday and Sunday. There will also be one round of practice held on Saturday and Sunday.

The Route 66 Series invites KRA racers to come out and race against some of the best kart racers in the mid-west during their 8-week summer break from the KRA series. The Route 66 Series has averaged 199 entries at each event this season.

There will be a free cookout for all in attendance on Saturday after the races hosted by Ostrom Sandblasting & Painting. Prizes will be given at each drivers meeting by drawing including a set of Bridgestone tires and gift certificates.
7/22/10 - This weekend will see the two Midwest WKA Divisonal Series team up for a huge event at NCMP with the Great Lakes Sprint Series and Midwest Sprint Series putting on a combined race! This is a great opportunity to tune up before the WKA Manufacturers Cup National visits NCMP in two weeks time!
7/19/10 - Unfortunately we have not received enough entries to make the Ironman a viable event for the Race for Riley so we have cancelled the Ironman portion of the event and have added TaG Senior to the class line up. We are contacting Ironman entrants to change your entries. You can still enter the Race for Riley online.
The Race for Riley raceday schedule is available here. We will run the fast track layout, class weights for TaG Senior will be the same as KRA Senior and TaG Heavy will be the same weight as KRA TaG Masters/Sportsman (both weight groups posted below). The Motori 7 engine is not allowed in any TaG class.
Tag Senior Class - PRD, Easy Kart - 350 lbs.

All Other Engines - 400 lbs.
7/18/10 - The 2010 Race for Riley is only 3 days away on Wednesday July 21st! The Race for Riley is a great annual charity event benefitting the Riley Children's Hospital! The classes offered for the Race for Riley will be TaG Senior, TaG Heavy, Yamaha Junior, Yamaha Junior Sportsman and Kid Kart. Those classes will qualify, have a 10 lap prefinal and 12 lap final. You can enter the Race for Riley online or print off the entry PDF.
6/30/10 - Attention TaG Racers, KRA will no longer require the black starter ring gear that bolts on the back of the friction hub to be in place. Simply put, they break and cost the racer money when they come apart. There seems to be no difference in performance, this applies to all TaG classes.
6/26/10 - The 2010 Race for Riley is less than a month out on Wednesday July 21st. The Race for Riley is a great annual charity event benefitting the Riley Children's Hospital! We have changed the race program for 2010 and have incorporated the Ironman 100 TaG race into the schedule. The classes offered for the Race for Riley will be TaG Heavy, Yamaha Junior, Yamaha Junior Sportsman and Kid Kart. Those classes will qualify, have a 10 lap prefinal and 12 lap final. You can enter the Race for Riley online or print off the entry PDF.
You can also enter the Race for Riley and have a chance to compete against John Andretti in the NCMP Corporate Karts! See the Race for Riley website for additional details.
6/23/10 - Saturday is Rotax racers last chance to get a punch for the Rotax US Grand Nationals at NCMP! Saturday June 26th starting at 3pm will be the last Rotax Central Indiana Challenge race this season. This race will allow Rotax racers an opportunity to run enough events to participate in the 2010 Rotax US Grand Nationals. The Saturday Race Schedule is available for the Rotax event. A reminder, this is a Rotax event and Mojo Tires as well as Motul oil will be required for all competitors. You can pre-enter the Rotax Challenge race online.
6/15/10 - Thursday through Saturday is a very unique event with the Vintage Kart Association visiting NCMP. It's a great event and a good chance to see how karting has evolved through the years along with some of the pioneers of the sport. See the VKA website for details.
Sunday is race #6 of the KRA Club Series. You can pre-enter for the KRA race online!
6/8/10 - With our updated summer hours we have also changed the Kid Kart practice hours on Tuesdays to 5pm-8pm.
6/4/10 - Starting on Monday, NCMP will be open from 12pm to 8pm Monday's and Tuesday's all summer. NCMP will still be open Wednesday's through Sunday's from 10am to 8pm.
6/2/10 - The KRA Series Round #5 will be this Sunday June 6th. You can pre-enter for the KRA race online!
For the Rotaxian's, Saturday June 5th starting at 3pm will be the second of three Rotax Challenge races this season. This race will allow Rotax racers an opportunity to run enough events to participate in the 2010 Rotax US Grand Nationals. The Saturday Race Schedule is available for the Rotax event. A reminder, this is a Rotax event and Mojo Tires as well as Motul oil will be required for all competitors. You can pre-enter the Rotax Challenge race online.
5/22/10 - Our live timing feed should be up and running all day Sunday starting around 10am. If you want to keep up with the KRA races as they happen check out the Live Page! We are going to try having live track audio and chat enabled as well. Just keep in mind that we are still trying to iron out all the bugs so please be patient if the feed goes down on occasion.
5/4/10 - After polling racers in the KRA Series 125cc Shifter class we have adjusted the weights, the Stock Moto engines will remain at 390 lbs. and the Modified Moto/ICC Engine is now at 415 lbs.
4/27/10 - This Sunday May 2nd the KRA Series will run Rain or Shine. You can pre-enter until Friday night at Midnight online!
For the Rotaxian's, Saturday May 1st starting at 3pm will be the first of three Rotax Challenge races this season. These races will allow Rotax racers an opportunity to run enough events to participate in the 2010 Rotax US Grand Nationals. The Saturday Race Schedule is available for the Rotax event. A reminder, this is a Rotax event and Mojo Tires as well as Motul oil will be required for all competitors. You can pre-enter the Rotax Challenge race online.
4/13/10 - Starting this week track hours will change, Monday through Wednesday hours will be 10am to 6pm and Thursday through Sunday the track will be open from 10am to 8pm.
4/8/10 - On Saturday April 17th the Young Guns Oval Series will be putting on a race at NCMP on the paved oval. We will also have a few classes for sprint (road course) type karts to allow KRA racers to come out with their existing equipment and run on the oval for fun! The KRA Oval sprint kart classes will use YHC or YKC Tires, the karts must be road course karts but the setup on the chassis is open.
KRA Oval Classes and Weights -

TaG Senior 360 lbs.
Unlimited - Shifters (Moto 390 lbs./ICC 405 lbs.), Modified 4 Cycles No Minimum, Any Single Speed Two Cycles No Minimum

Clone Senior, Oval Kart, Open Tires 360 lbs.
4/2/10 - Our live timing feed should be up and running all day tomorrow starting around 10am. If you want to keep up with the KRA races as they happen check out the Live Page!
We are having phone issues at NCMP. If you call the track during business hours and the phone just rings and rings please hang up and call back after a few minutes.
4/1/10 - NCMP will be open until 8pm on Friday April 2nd.
3/31/10 - We have the 2010 KRA Series Raceday Schedule available for download.
3/30/10 - The rescheduled KRA Series Race #1 will take place this Saturday April 3rd! If you already entered for the KRA race before this week we will use that entry for this weekend, if you haven't entered yet you can pre-enter until Thursday night at Midnight online! If you already entered for last weekends race but can't make it for the rescheduled race please call the track.

3/26/10 - The track will be open for practice on Good Friday and closed all day on Easter Sunday.
3/23/10 - Since the HPV Junior class was announced fairly close to the start of the 2010 season we have had some concerns from racers that they didn't have enough time to adequately prepare for the first race. Nothing will change with the class but we will allow 4 drops in the HPV Junior class this season instead of 3 for all other KRA classes.
The Racers Grill trackside restaurant will be open this Saturday.

This Sunday is the opening round of the 2010 KRA Series! The KRA online entry form is up and going so you can preenter KRA events from home with your credit card!
3/21/10 - We are working on providing live content during our KRA races and special race events this season at NCMP. This is a work in progress and we are sure there will be some speed bumps and technical glitches along the way as we figure it all out so please keep that in mind and bear with us! One new feature we have is MyLaps Practice. If you have a MyLaps personal transponder (formerly AMB) you can use it on practice days and the results will automatically post to NCMP's MyLaps Practice page. We haven't worked all the bugs out yet but it is available. The MyLaps Practice page is available here.
Also we plan on providing live timing on our website during all KRA races and NCMP special events like the Ironman 100 and the Mazda Robopong 200 Presented by Bridgestone. The page for the live timing can be found here. We also plan on providing live video during some of our events this season but there is still a lot to do on that front!
3/15/10 - The KRA Series will have the Komet KPV Junior for the 12-15 year olds this season. The KPV class with KRA will allow the new style or old style clutch.
We have added an additional qualifying race for the Rotax series to our calender. The race will take place on Saturday June 26th.
3/12/10 - NCMP opens tomorrow for the first practice of the 2010 racing season! The weather doesn't look real promising for dry running but the track will be open for garage owners no matter the weather. Regarding kid kart practice, Kid Karts Only will run this Saturday and Sunday and next Saturday and Sunday (March 20-21) from 12:30pm to 1:30pm and 3:00pm to 3:45pm. Kid Karts will also have practice every Tuesday night from 4pm to 6pm. If we have 10 or more kid karts show up on Tuesday night's we will extend kid kart practice.
The KRA online entry form is up and going so you can preenter KRA events from home!
2/23/10 -The 2010 KRA Membership form is now online.
2/2/10 - For 2010 KRA will add a Clone engine 4 cycle class. The Clone engines are low cost and must be run very close to box stock and the class is becoming very popular at many tracks. We will be using the new WKA International Class engine rules available here (sections 710 thru 710.20). KRA will also have a $200 claimer rule on the clone class for the engine. The Clone class will run on track with the Briggs Animal class and scored seperately. The class will also have open tires and sizes and a minimum weight of 365 lbs. The class will also allow CIK style bodywork or traditional style 4 cycle bodywork.
We realize this is a fairly outlaw approach in regards to bodywork and tires but a lot of new karters have purchased a wide variety of used, low cost equipment and this class will hopefully allow them to race without further expense. For a complete breakdown of the rules please visit the Classes Page.
1/21/10 - Happy New Year! The 2010 KRA Schedule is now available in PDF here!
After attending the WKA sprint race at Daytona as well as the first round of the Florida Winter Tour and seeing that the 08 Leopard is every bit the equal to the 09 Leopard, KRA will allow the 09 Leopard to compete in all KRA events. If for some unforeseen reason the 09 Leopard were to gain an advantage there would be a weight penalty imposed on the 09 Leopard.