“If it’s not fun, then it’s not worth doing.”
– Bernie R.
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Our Next Race: April 28th
Race Format Sunday Race Details:
Sunday’s race will be at the McMinnville track ran in the anti-clockwise or counter-clockwise direction with the configuration being in the original long track layout.
Location: Mac Track (McMinnville Fairgrounds), 2770 NE Lafayette Ave, McMinnville, OR 97128, USA
When: April 28th, 2024
How to Register: PKA 2024 Race Registration Step 1 (jotform.com)
2024 Pacific NW Race Calendar
Sykart Indoor Racing Complex
SIRS – Spring League 2024
[Thursdays – 7pm to 9:30pm]
No Junior League at this time
- TBD
Track Layouts To Be Determined
Pat's Acres Racing Complex
PARC – 2024 Race Season Schedule
- March 24th – Senna P4
- April 14th – Senna P4
- May 5th – *
- June 30th –
- Aug 11th – Hybrid Race Format (LO206)
- Sept 29th – Night Race*
- Oct. 20th – *
Portland Karting Association
Oregon State Karting Championship Series
2024 Race Season Schedule
- R01 – March 17th – Senna P3
- R02 – April 28th – *
- R03 – May 12th – New Track CCW*
- R04 – May 19th – *
- R05 – June 9th – *
- R06 – June 23rd –
- R07 – July 7th – *
- R08 – Aug. 11th – *
- R09 – Sept. 15th – *
- R10 – Oct. 20th –
Why are we here?
“RacingForBeginners.com” is a site for people of all ages and experience levels. If you are a parent who has a child that is showing interests in racing or if you are unsure on how to get your child into racing, then you’ve come to the right place. If you, yourself are interested in racing but unsure how to start or where to start, then we can help you with that too. The nice thing with racing is that there are many skills that cross over from karting to Formula 1. There are different styles of racing and you might just need to find the one that fits you. That’s why this site is here, to help you with your start into racing and to help you discover your style of racing.
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Meeting Senna
Senna was born in 2008 and started racing in early 2017 when our local indoor kart racing center, SyKart; allowed him to race. Senna wasn’t the fastest racer in the beginning but there were a lot of young racers that were competitive enough to keep him wanting to go back and do better. His first ever league, with only a handful of session to practice with, got progressively better throughout the season. In his first league he didn’t win any races but he did have a couple of second place finishes and the rest were third or lower. That didn’t stop him from continuing to want to go back and want to learn the art of racing indoor karts.
