The World Karting Association, or WKA, North America’a largest sanctioning body for kart racing. It was founded in 1971.

Website: http://www.worldkarting.com

Phone: 704-455-1606

The WKA Racing Series:

Briggs & Stratton Speedway Dirt Series
The largest racing series of any karting program in the US, it hosts an average of 800 entries participating in twenty-five 2- and 4-cycle classes per event. Beginning its season each year at the Municipal Stadium in Daytona Beach, people from all over the country come to compete against the best dirt racers in the nation.

Hortsman Gold Cup Series
The oldest and most traditional 4-cycle sprint series held on karting specific road courses, it features 18 classes to choose from. This series remains to be one of the most competitive, averaging over 350 entires per national.

George Kugler/Bridgestone Manufacturer’s Cup Series driven by Mazda 
This series provides seventeen 2-cycle classes from 80cc engines all the way to 125cc shifter karts allowing a place for everyone to compete. The points season consists of 5 events held at asphalt road course facilities and averages 450 entries per event.

Rage Karts Speedway Pavement Series  
Our 4-cycle asphalt series is only 8 years old and has become one of the fastest growing asphalt series in the country. It consists of 22 classes of intense competition racing on asphalt oval tracks of 1/6 mile to 1/4 mile.

Dunlop Tire Road Racing Series driven by Mazda
This series, consisting of 38 classes, visits Super Speedways such as Daytona, Lowe’s, VIR, and Summit Point. The Road Racing Series features laydown and sprint style karts with 2-and 4-cycle engines reaching speeds up to 150 mph.

Member Profile:

In 1959, during karting’s early beginnings, Competition Karting, Inc. had its early beginnings as well. Current co-owner Dan Klutz worked for Doss & Sons of Winston-Salem, NC, and began servicing the early kart engines due to Doss & Sons’ dealer arrangements with McCulloch Chain Saws.By 1973, the karting business became large enough to open a division of Doss & Sons Saws, then known as Competition Karting Specialties. 

By 1978, Klutz and current partner Lewis Dowell bought Competition Karting Sales and renamed it Competition Karting, Inc.A 6000 square foot nondescript building with creaky, wooden floors near downtown Winston-Salem served CKI for 34 years. From that building CKI grew to become a major retailer and wholesaler of karts and kart products.The expansion of CKI’s business during the 1980s into more national mail-order sales and dealer distribution prompted the move into an ultra modern 15,000 square foot facility in Welcome, NC, just south of Winston-Salem.

Located in the Welcome Industrial Park, CKI now enjoys a larger retail showroom, loading docks, expansive office space in addition to all the warehouse space. Developed by Richard Childress, the Welcome Industrial Park is also home to Richard Childress Racing NASCAR race team headquarters.

CKI was built on a nearly 4 acre site in the rear of the development. CKI supports national karting events with a well-stocked parts store on wheels and relies on local dealers to handle the parts reselling duties at the local tracks in the Carolinas.

Website: http://www.ckikarts.com

Contact: 9 Austin Ln. Welcome, NC 27374 336-731-6111

Member Profile

WMS Products – Karting Parts Machined to win. WMS Products is a manufacturing company dedicated to producing components for the Go-Kart industry. WMS Products is owned and operated by the Williams family of Madison, North Carolina. This second generation family has built their reputation on providing high quality parts with personal service to match. 

WMS Products is a company with a rich racing heritage and background. Jimmy Williams began racing in the 1960’s, and eventually owned and operated the 311 Speedway of Madison, North Carolina. Allan Williams, the current President and son of Jimmy, began racing at the age of four, and has raced at the state and national level for many years. This hands on approach and involvement in the racing industry has given WMS Products a competitive edge in designing and producing the best possible components in the industry. WMS Products was started in 1989, with only a Bridgeport Mill, sander, saw and drill press.

From these humble beginning, they have grown to having machines and equipment worth over one million dollars. Having this diverse equipment and knowledge base has given WMS the ability to produce almost any part needed for the racing industry.

WMS Products, currently sells it’s products through qualified Kart dealers. If you are interested in any of our products, please contact us today, and let us help you with your Karting needs. 

Website: http://www.wmsproducts.com

Contact: 
3536 US 220 
Madison, NC 27025

Phone: 336-548-1889
Fax: 336-548-9790