Story by Bruce C. Walls
Photos by:
Bruce C. Walls
Susan Taylor-Walls

De Leon Springs, FL-Gates for the American Kart Racing Association’s (AKRA) Fifth Annual Christmas in Dixie were scheduled to open at 2 p.m. Sunday December 27th. But by 10 a.m. that morning a line of trailers were at the gate eagerly ready to compete in what would be the largest of three major dirt karting events held in central Florida the week between Christmas and New Years. So the gates at Volusia Speedway Park in De Leon Springs, FL were opened early for racers from 11 states who were joined by Canadian and Australian teams for two days of competition on the speedway’s ¼-mile sealed karting clay oval.

The entire event was presented in free live streaming video on AKRA’s web site. Over 12,000 people, including a Japanese family, viewed each day’s mains.

Mind Game Motorsports and Walt Barnes Racing, provided event fast time awards. Each fast time winner received a 12 pack of ‘Sport Drinks’ in addition to watches and other contingency prizes.

Davis Dominates Labor Day Bash

Story by Bruce C. Walls
Images by:
Bruce C. Walls
Susan Taylor-Walls

CARNESVILLE, GA-Eleven-year-old Dawsonville, GA racer Spencer Davis is on a mission to earn 100 wins in his 2009-racing season. After three weeks on the road winning races in three states Davis returned home to Georgia where he added five wins to his record during the 3rd Annual AKRA/Tri-State Labor Day Bash at the Georgia Karting Komplex in Carnesville, GA September 4-5. There six hundred fellow karters from 10-states joined him for a chance to earn AKRA and Tri State points plus the purses offered.

Promoting Your Racetrack

By Bruce C. Walls


When I talk with racetrack owners about promoting their track you’ll hear a collective moan. “It’s a lot of work and I don’t have the time and it costs a lot of money,” they groan. But like any other business good promotion is the key to success. Many small businesses fail to include an advertising budget in their business plan, others that do often waste those funds because they don’t understand how best to use funds set aside for promotion and advertising. Yes it is a lot of work, yes done right it takes some time and you have to spend a little money. Sorry, but that’s how it works