Helmet Cam of Spring 4 Shifter Race courtesy of Connor Iseli

North Texas Karting Club is a member owned facility that provides an excellent atmosphere of family fun and racing excitement. The club features a nine-turn half mile asphalt sprint track and offers racing starting at age 5. Karting is more then just racing, its one of the best parent-child bonding experiences of any sport activity. The fellowship and camaraderie among our members is first rate. Kart racing at NTK is exciting to watch and very competitive. We encourage the public to come to our first class karting facility located only minutes from anywhere within the Dallas - Ft. Worth metroplex area.

NTK has now finished the summer series for 2010. Despite the sweltering temperatures, we had a good series. Many of the classes had tight points battles for podium finishes. The Tag Cadet I class and the Mini Max classes both came down to a battle for position at Summer 6 to determine the series finishes. The combined shifter classes joined us at Summer 6 with 20 entries and put on a great show. The Kid Kart class continued to have a strong showing with several racers completing their rookie races and earning white plates.

Welcome to Kevin Crowe, Justin Hardin, Kurtis Souza, Jeremy Burden, Denis Beaudoin, Jay Goode, Iric Gachman, Jordan Gachman, Seth Higgins, Alex Cruz, Michael Palmer, and Jessica Goode who are all members that raced their first race at NTK.

We also hosted the SWRC series rounds 5 and 6 in July. Racers from around Texas and Oklahoma visited our track for the races and had many compliments. Thanks to all the NTK members that worked the weekend, making it a success for our club.

The Fall series starts on September 11. The first three races are Saturday night races and then we move to Sunday racing for the last three races. We have some special events planned for the Fall. Fall 2 will be family fun night. Chris Williams is race director and is planning a sleepover and games after the race. Plan to come race and stay for the fun afterwards. Fall 5 is Halloween. Reg Richardson is the race director and is planning to have Halloween goodies in the tech barn and pit runner trick-or-treat. Bring some candy to have at your trailer and bring your kids ready to collect some. It is race day, so costumes are not required.

Click here to see the most recent points update.  This is current through Summer 6.  You can contact Lori Richardson if you have questions regarding your points.   Click here to see the Summer champions.

View race results from Summer 6.  Laptimes can be found at RaceLaps.com

Cole Glasson made his third trip to New Castle, Indiana with his coach / tuner DJ Ortiz of Kart Racing Solutions where the two joined the DeFrancesco Racing Team to compete in the 10 year olds 2nd US Rotax Grand National Event. Last year he finished the event in the eighth spot but was determined to place even better in 2010. The young pilot would compete against a tough 33 kart Mini Max field including his three teammates (DeFrancesco, Coultston and O’ Ward) along with other notable National contenders of Dalton and Logan Sargent, Kyle Kirkwood, and Jordan Perry.

Practice went very well as DJ and Cole worked together to get the kart and jetting right for the humid conditions. Throughout the practice week, Cole remained in the top 10 spots and was running consistently well. When official practice began on Wednesday, the final timed practice put Cole in the fastest qualifying group for Thursday’s qualifying session. Cole came out of the gates with a mission to be consistent all week and put himself in a position to compete for the title. Cole qualified 7th out of the field of 33 which would put him starting in the second row of all of his heat races. Heat 1 found Cole in P3 and in a good position to get with the breakaway pack and finish in P2. Heat 2 and 3 put Cole on the outside of row two going into the fast Turn 1. DJ and Cole worked on race strategy to ensure he was smart and made the right race decisions not to get in an incident. Cole would finish Heat 2 in P2 and Heat 3 in P3. The young driver did exactly what he needed to in order to stay in front of the field as he would begin the final day on the outside of Row 2 in P4.

The prefinal would be a battle as the top six drivers pulled from the field and began making multiple runs to the front as they came down the front straight away. Cole would find himself as high as P3 but could not hold on in the final turns and finished the prefinals in P6. This put Cole once again on the “familiar” outside but he was able to squeeze in and find himself in P4 out of the first few turns. Cole battled with the same breakaway group of Perry, D. Sargent, Defrancesco, L. Sargent, and Kirkwood as again the pack slowly began pulling from the field. In the end, Perry and Cole were able to put a little distance between themselves and the next 4 drivers and they battled to the checkered with Perry taking the top spot by only 2/10ths and Cole standing on the podium of one of the biggest National events. It was a great weekend for the 10 year old who walked away with three P2’s, a P3, and a P6 over the event schedule.

Cole would like to thank DeFrancesco Racing and Supertune’s Ben Cruttenden who supported him this weekend along with his teammates Dore Chaponick, Patricio O’Ward, Sebastien Coulston, and Devlin Defrancesco along with their tuners. In addition, special thanks to Bobby Wilson-Team Manager, Andy DeFrancesco-Team Owner, and his long time tuner and coach, DJ Ortiz- KRS Owner, who kept Cole competing for the front position all week and gave him the chance to win the event.

Cole is sponsored in 2010 by DeFrancesco Racing, Supertune USA, Kart Racing Solutions, Total Concept Racing Engines, Frozen Fire Films, Glasson Racing, Bell Racing, Magnets 4 Media and Tyler Web Design. For more information on Cole Glasson or sponsorship opportunities, please visit his website http://www.coleglasson.com Join Cole’s Fan Page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cole-Glasson-Racing/286802299554