RAKC


ROAD AMERICA
KARTING CLUB

2 Great Race Series 1 Great Race Track

2 Championship Race Series

RAKC a 7 race series on select Saturdays

(runs both 2 cycle & 4 cycle karts)

TERAKC a 14 race series on Tuesday nights

(runs 4 cycle & Kid Karts only) on 1/2 track

The Kart Classes

Drivers compete in different classes

according to their age and motor choice

Age 5 to 7 Kid Kart Class

Age 8 to 12 Sports Class

Age 12 to 15 Junior Class

Age 15 & up Senior Class

The Motors

4 cycle 2 cycle (RAKC)

Briggs Animal Yamaha KT100S

Kohler XKE H.P.V. 100

T.a.G 125

Rotax

Kid Kart uses the Comer C50/C51

The Briggs & Stratton MotorPlex

The track is a .8 mile kart track that is located

inside the 4 mile track between turns 6 and 11

It's a FIK/CIK approved track with over 50 feet

of elevation change - a technically challenging

track with some of the best corners in karting!

Wide, Fast and Fun

UP COMING EVENTS

Tue. July 7th TERAKC race#8

Wed. July 8th Open Practice

July 10-12th WKA Manufactures Cup

www.worldkarting.com for info

Tue. July 14th TERAKC race#9

Tue. July 21st TERAKC race#10

Wed. July 22nd Open Practice

RACE DAY SIGN-IN

Enter Gate 4 Cty Trk J.

RAKC Gate opens 8am

TERAKC Gate opens 4pm

Registration Cut-off times

RAKC 12pm - TERAKC 6pm

Get slips to scoring ASAP

Entry Fee's

Drivers Member $20 Non-Member $40

Crew Pit Pass $10

Spectator Pass $5 or $10 per car

Wednesday Practice Days

Race Day Format

Open Practice Schedule (click here) pdf

RAKC Practice 9am to 12pm

Sign-in 11:30am to 5pm @ Gate 6 Office

Pending Weather Conditions

TERAKC Practice 4:30 to 6pm

on-track practice sessions 12pm to 6pm

Call 1-920-893-5013 Track Hotline

(2) 5 lap heats (1) 10 lap feature

Fee's Member $20 - Non $40 Crew Pass $10

Latest News:

June 30th Race Report: TERAKC race #7 marks the halfway point of the 2009 season for the Tuesday night series.

In tonight's action, the Animal Stock classes Jerry Mueller captured his first win of the season in heat #1, in heat #2 it was Derek Kaat

over Jerry, in the feature Jerry lead the majority of the 10 laps until Derek took the lead with a few laps to go.

In the Animal Sports and Kohler Junior group it was Josh Steinke and Austin Arenz with clean sweeps.

Kohler Seniors had some crazy moments once again, when the group settled down we had Lindsay Hoftiezer and Nic Hammann

battling for the lead in every race, in their feature they traded the top spot multiple times before Lindsay took the checker flag 0.086

ahead of Nic.

Animal Juniors Collyn Winkel and Evan Pecore took turns with mechanical problems, Evan had throttle problems for both heats and

Collyn broke his exhaust header in the feature.

The Animal Seniors were full of fast paced action, with most scoring the fastest lap times of the year, the top 2 times came from

Erick Heling at 36.03 and Colin Gliniecki at 36.06 both laps came in the feature. Erick Heling took his first feature win of the year.

Feature's top 3:

Animal Stock Sports: Derek Kaat, Jerry Mueller, Hunter Annis Animal Sports: Josh Steinke, James Barber, Ross Weiland

Kohler Junior: Austin Arenz, Jake Schoenborn Kohler Senior: Lindsay Hoftiezer, Nicolas Hammann, Niki Feld

Animal Junior: Evan Pecore, Collyn Winkel Animal Senior: Erick Heling, Travis Cevaal, Zach Zimbal

We had 6 Kid Karts joining in tonight's action (thanks)

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June 23rd Race Report: Race #6 Tuesday night series. hot and sticky conditions didn't stop anyone from putting on a good show.

First up Animal Stock's Jerry Mueller and Hunter Annis took turns chasing Derek Kaat in the heat races, but when the feature came up

Hunter grabbed the lead and Derek had to chase him and had to settle with second place.

Animal Sports and Kohler Junior had Josh Steinke and Austin Arenz taking wins in their classes.

Then we had the Kohler Seniors take to the track, I don't know how this 9 kart class does it, but tonight we had at one point karts

going 4 wide out of the double apex corner (this is just to much fun, isn't there rule against going 4 wide?) in the feature the front

runners swapped lead a few times during the 10 lap race.

The Animal Junior and Senior group must have been watching the Kohler's, as they too had close pack racing with many position

changes during their races. We had 5 Kid Karts tonight (thanks parents)

Feature's top 3:

Animal Stock Sports: Hunter Annis, Derek Kaat, Jerry Mueller Animal Sports: Josh Steinke, Ross Weiland, James Barber

Kohler Sports: Garrett Braun Kohler Junior: Austin Arenz, Tyler O'Connor

Kohler Senior: Nicolas Hammann, Lindsay Hoftiezer, Niki Feld Animal Junior: Zach Hawley, Robby Mueller, Collyn Winkel

Animal Senior: Travis Cevaal, Erick Heling, Zach Zimbal

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June 20th Race Report: After a full day of June Sprints action on Road America's 4 mile track, their other track sprung into action

at night, the 3rd annual RAKC night race at the Briggs and Stratton MotorPlex, with plenty of spectators and plenty of karts on hand

this turned out to be quite a night of racing.

First up we had the 50cc Kid Karts take to the track with a group of 10 young racers (good job drivers and thanks parents).

Then the Rent-A-Kart group of 15 karts hit the track (I think they had a few pro ringers mixed in?) but it was very entertaining.

A group of Sports Classes went next, they had some good battles through the heat races, in the feature Animal Sports Josh Steinke

took the win over Jacob Zellner followed by Ross Weiland, James Barber, Natalie Decker and Braden Muench, in Yamaha Sports Bill

Faust took the win over Austin Hobbs, Derek Kaat beat out Hunter Annis in Stock Sports, and Jacob Barth took Kohler Sports.

The next group was made up of Animal Junior, Senior and Kohler Junior. Collyn Winkel had a clean sweep tonight followed by Sam

Potier, Max Kittleson and Ethan Hansen in Animal Junior.

The seniors had a close battle going between Travis Cevaal and Erick Heling they split the heats and Travis took the feature followed

by the rest of this 6 kart class, and Austin Arenz took the win over Nick Miller in Kohler Juniors.

The Yamaha Lite and Heavy Group had Alex Miller and Walter S. Lehnhoff win the heat races, and Paige Decker take the feature win

in the Lite class, the Heavy's had Jeff Markwardt and Tom Braun win the heats, and Scott Vielgut take the feature.

Next up the HPV class, we had a mix up for the heat races of this class with some of this 18 kart group running a Junior weight while

the class weight is 340lbs. they were separated for the feature race (sorry about that) in the Juniors Paige Decker took the win

followed by Jeffrey Bartz and Nathan Crane, in the Senior class it was Andrew Hobbs followed by Jamie Sieracki and Grant Zimmerman

Then the Badger TaG Masters took to the track, Nicole Baier followed by Glen Luening and Jeff Hanssch made up the top 3 in the

feature race (thanks for coming).

Next up the Rotax Jr,Sr and Masters took to the track along with the TaG class, Rotax Junior had Michael Bunge over Shawn Sharkey

Rotax Seniors had Eric Schumacher followed by Cody Elliott and Carlos Gonzalez for Rotax Masters, in the TaG class it was Derek

Crane followed by Carrie Farron and Brian Williams.

The last group was the Rotax DD2's, Brad Theys took the win over John Schiessl and Alex Langer.

RAKC's next race August 8th, full track day race hope to see you there.

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June 20th Night Race News: Thanks to everyone for making this special event, SPECIAL!!! Our race program was a bit over

whelmed had a few glitches and ran a little longer then planned, but I think we put on quite a show for the spectators and I'm pretty

sure most drivers had some fun, with entries totaling around 120 we had a record number of competitors for a club race !!!

There is no major incidents to report, which is always good, and we hope that some of the racers checking us out for the first time

will come back for more of our club events in the future. Race report coming.

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June 16th Race Report: Race #5 Tuesday night series. With pending weather looming we tried to get the whole program in, We

came up short by 7 laps for the Animal Junior and Senior group, as it turns out we should waited a little longer before cancelling it,

the track started to dry off fast (don't know if the sealer patch area's would have?). Now to the racing! our normal close racing turned

even closer in the Kohler Senior class with side by side and 3 wide action thru the whole group, didn't see any touching either, now

that's what I call good and fun racing (fantastic job!). The Animal Junior and Senior heat races had a lot of action too, Robby Mueller

and Zach Hawley looked like they were tethered together, Zach took the first heat and Robby the second one by 0.035 in the Animal

Senior class the blue karts dominated again with Zach Zimbal and Travis Cevaal going at it (someone change their color, so we know

who's who). It was clear sailing for Derek Kaat and Josh Steinke in the sports classes, and once again Austin Arenz in Kohler Junior.

Feature's top 3:

Animal Stock Sports: Derek Kaat, Hunter Annis, James Fletcher Animal Sports: Josh Steinke, Ross Weiland, James Barber

Kohler Junior: Austin Arenz, Jake Schoenborn, Tyler O'Connor Kohler Senior: Nicolas Hammann, Lindsay Hoftiezer, L.J. Falk

(by grid) Animal Junior: Robby Mueller, Zach Hawley, Collyn Winkel Animal Senior: Zach Zimbal, Travis Cevaal, Colin Gliniecki

50cc Kid Karters: Cody Pike, Preston Ruh, Grace Ruh, Ben Zimmerman, Taylor Perl

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Tire Reminder 2 cycle classes only: The YHC tire will be used for the entire 2009 season, the new YKC tire will not be allowed for

any points classes, make sure you have enough to get through, remember we still have 5 races to go after the July break.

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June 9th Race Report: Race #4 for the Tuesday night series. Clean sweeps were the name of the game tonight, except for the

Kohler Senior class where it seems like we have a different winner every week.

Lindsay Hoftiezer and L.J. Falk took turns winning the heat races, in the feature Nic Hammann got in the mix challenging L.J. on every

lap of the 10 lap race, the pair were followed closely by Lindsay. We had 6 Kid Karts racing tonight

Feature's top 3:

Animal Stock Sports: Derek Kaat, Hunter Annis, Jerry Mueller Animal Sports: Josh Steinke, James Barber, Ross Weiland

Kohler Sports: Garrett Braun Kohler Junior: Austin Arenz, Jake Schoenborn, Tyler O'Connor

Kohler Senior: L.J. Falk, Nicolas Hammann, Lindsay Hoftiezer Animal Junior: Zach Hawley, Collyn Winkel

Animal Senior: Zach Zimbal, Colin Gliniecki, Travis Cevaal,

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June 2nd Race Report: Race #3 for the Tuesday night series was meet with good weather and good racing. First in the new

Stock Sports class, we had Derek Kaat going for his 3rd clean sweep, until newcomer Hunter Annis took the lead at the start of the

Feature, with Derek making multiple attempts to pass Hunter during the 10 lap race, but Hunter held on for his first win by 0.297 at

the line (great job guy's)

It was clear sailing again for Josh Steinke in Animal Sports and for Austin Arenz in Kohler Junior, but it looks like their competition is

getting a little closer.

The Kohler Senior Class had 8 karts battling it out, when the dust settled it was Nicolas Hammann coming out with the feature win.

Animal Junior Robby Mueller took his first win of the year with a clean sweep. We had 9 Animal Seniors running tonight with good

battles thru out the field. 50cc Kid Karters Grace Ruh, Preston Ruh, Taylor Perl and Kenny Mayer put on a good show (thanks)

Feature's top 3:

Animal Stock Sports: Hunter Annis, Derek Kaat, James Fletcher Animal Sports: Josh Steinke, James Barber, Ross Weiland

Kohler Sports: Garrett Braun Kohler Junior: Austin Arenz, Jake Schoenborn, Tyler O'Connor

Kohler Senior: Nicolas Hammann, Lindsay Hoftiezer, L.J. Falk Animal Junior: Robby Mueller, Zach Hawley, Collyn Winkel

Animal Senior: Zach Zimbal, Travis Cevaal, Erick Heling

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May 30th Race Report: The Saturday Series finally get's the season started!! After some brief morning rain and track drying, we

had a round of practice and then the racing (fun) started. With nearly 70 karts in attendance the series started out with a bang for 09,

and made for an interesting opening day of good racing. First group up, the 50cc Kid Karts putting on a good show for us (thanks

parents) next group was made up of the Sports classes, they served up some good battles through out the day.

The 4 cycle Juniors and Seniors also had close battles, Animal Seniors Erick Heling and Colin Gliniecki had a good scrap going, Colin

took heat#1 by 0.213 then Erick took heat#2 by 0.283 but in the feature Colin had a off track excursion letting Erick cruise to the win.

Next up Yamaha Lite and Heavy's feature with Scott Vielgut and Jeff Markwardt putting on a racing clinic, side by side action thru out

most of the 10 lap race, Scott came out on top by 0.099 at the checker.

In the H.P.V. class Heather Sotelo and Grant Zimmermann mixed it up, heat#1 Heather by 0.321, heat#2 Grant by 1.342 and in the

feature Heather came out with the win over Grant closely followed by Nikki Feld.

We had a group of H.P.V. Juniors racing with us today, preparing for the upcoming regional and national events, thanks for coming out.

Great Northern Rotax Series had a good group of Seniors and DD2's joining in the action. !!!Next Race June 20th night race!!!

Today's Feature Winners:

Animal Stock Sports: Derek Kaat Animal Sports: Josh Steinke Animal Junior: Sam Potier Animal Senior: Erick Heling

Kohler Sports: Jacob Borth Kohler Junior: Austin Arenz Kohler Senior: Jamie Falk Yamaha Sports: Mike McAndrews

Yamaha Lite: Walter S. Lehnhoff Yamaha Heavy: Scott Vielgut H.P.V.: Heather Sotelo H.P.V. Junior: Nick Stagl

TaG: Brian Williams Rotax Senior: Cody Elliott Rotax DD2: Bill Kohlhagen

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May 19th Race Report: Race #2 for the Tuesday Night Series, we were greeted with good weather and a smoother track, thanks

to a new process of inferred heating and rerolling of the surface, it is part of a on going project which includes adding run off area to

the front straight kink among other track improvements. Smooth sailing is what we had for most the front runners from race #1, we

did see improvements for the new racers (it takes time, hang in there) we also had challengers emerging in the Kohler Senior class

Lindsay Hoftiezer and L.J. Falk took turns winning the heat races and in the feature L.J. shadowed Lindsay's every move but came up

short by .182 of a second at the checkers, in the Animal Senior class Zach Zimbal and Travis Cevaal went to battle, first Zach took

both heat race wins over Travis, in the feature Travis took the lead and held off the hard charging Zach for the win. The Gear Box

food stand announced they will give out free lunch awards through out the season, thanks! We had 7 kid karts tonight, thanks parents

Feature's top 3:

Animal Stock Sports: Derek Kaat, James Fletcher, Hunter Annis Animal Sports: Josh Steinke, James Barber, Ross Weiland

Kohler Junior: Austin Arenz, Jake Schoenborn, Tyler O'Connor Kohler Senior: Lindsay Hoftiezer, L.J. Falk, Nicolas Hammann

Animal Junior: Zach Hawley, Evan Pecore, Collyn Winkel Animal Senior: Travis Cevaal, Zach Zimbal, Erick Heling

TERAKC takes next week off, next race is June 2nd. The Saturday Series next race May 30th. See you at the track!!

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May 12th Race Report: On a cool and windy night the Tuesday night series kicked off the 2009 season. Nice to see several new

race teams joining the club, along with past members made for a anxious group of racers ready to race. The new Stock Sports class

running the Briggs LO206 engine had 4 drivers taking to the track, we hope to have more joining them in the upcoming weeks for

this beginners class. 8 karts made up the Animal Senior class with half of them past champions of that class, so watch for the battle

to warm up during the season. We had 5 Kid Karts running tonight, thanks

Feature's top 3:

Animal Stock Sports: Derek Kaat, Jerry Mueller, Hunter Annis Animal Sports: Josh Steinke, Ross Weiland, James Barber

Kohler Junior: Austin Arenz, Jake Schoenborn, Tyler O'Connor Kohler Senior: Lindsay Hoftiezer, Todd Hoftiezer, Harold Welhouse

Animal Junior: Zach Hawley, Robby Mueller, Evan Pecore Animal Senior: Travis Cevaal, Zach Zimbal, Erick Heling

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May 9th Update: RAKC#1 ended up rained out after 3 heat races the light rain which wasn't predicted started (weatherman?)

Save your wrist band for entry at the next Saturday race May 30th. Thanks to all that came out!!

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December 8th News: Thanks to all who came to the banquet, it was our biggest and I think best yet. From the comments

about the trophies, prizes and the food that I heard I think most agree. We would like to thank Roger Mueller for a stellar job of

announcing the event. Banquet photos and the slide show pictures will be posted on the photo page soon.

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Dec 1st News: Big news for our track!!! Two big karting series are coming in 2009, first up will be the Midwest Sprint Series

June 27th & 28th see www.midwestsprint.com for more info. Then the WKA Manufactures Cup Series on July 10th to the 12th

see article http://www.worldkarting.com/pg/news/2008-11/roadamerica.html more info at www.worldkarting.com

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5/02/08 New weather hotline number! call 1-920-893-5013 to check status of Motorplex events, you'll be greeted by a

answering machine with current info.

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MotorPlex manager Mike Kertscher, Race Director Aaron Rindt