ATTENTION OVKA MEMBERS: G&J Kartway will be CLOSED for practice this week for facilities work and cleanup for the CKNA event this weekend. G&J Kartway is expecting a large crowd for CKNA so members who are not participating MUST move their trailers out for the weekend. If you are participating please move your equipment to your registered CKNA location. The post G&J Kartway Closed for Practice This Week in Preparation for CKNA appeared first on www.OVKA.com - Ohio Valley Karting Association ..read more

ATETENTION OVKA MEMBERS: G&J Kartway’s crews are working hard to finish off the remaining track work this week, and our plan is to kick off the season as scheduled next weekend: SATURDAY April 13th will be our Karting 101 class. This class is designed for new members to become acquainted with kart racing and OVKA race procedures. We will be doing full safety inspections of all karts, and have a classroom session and track walk for all new members to introduce them to G&J Kartway and will finish with warm-up sessions and non-points heat races to get some time on the track. Existing mem ..read more

There are still a few pit spaces for the 2024 OVKA season available at G&J Kartway. Please check the updated map HERE to see which spaces are open. You can contact our Pit Space Coordinator Rex Johnson at the information on the 2024 Pit Space Reservation form HERE to reserve your space. We’ll see you at the track! G&J Kartway has requested that trailers not be moved into the track until April 6th, the weekend before Karting 101 & the Charity Race. The post OVKA Pit Spaces Still Available for 2024 – Move in Day April 6th! appeared first on www.OVKA.com - Ohio Valley Karting Associa ..read more

ATTENTION OVKA MEMBERS: G&J Kartway crews have been hard at work cutting out the legacy turtles and pouring new, modern apex and runoff curbing around the facility. They will continue to work next week to be ready for the 2024 OVKA Season. That being said, we do not believe that the new concrete will be 100% ready on our March 30th opening day as we had hoped. Instead, on March 30th we will be transitioning our Opening Day Event to our annual Clean-Up Day. We welcome all OVKA members and friends out to the track to help position crash bags, garbage cans, and help get get the rest of the t ..read more

TRACK UPDATE: After some scheduling delays, we have broken ground on installation of modern FIA curbing at G&J Kartway, with concrete work beginning this week. Unfortunately, this effort will require us to postpone our planned Opening Day Event. We appreciate your understanding and flexibility as we work to bring these exciting updates to this historic facility. We will tentatively set our new Opening Day date for Saturday, March 30, to give the new concrete time to cure and finish grading and sodding the track edges where they meet the new surface levels. The post New Modern Curbing Comi ..read more

View the February Board Meeting Agenda HERE for the upcoming meeting on 2/6/2024 at 7:00pm at the link on the Board Meeting Page. The post February Board Meeting Agenda appeared first on www.OVKA.com - Ohio Valley Karting Association ..read more

The 38th Annual OVKA Kart Racing Swap Meet is THIS SATURDAY, February 3rd, 2024. Below is the Vendor Map and Information for Load-In. There are just a couple of spaces left, so we will leave registration open through the end of the week for stragglers. CLICK TO DOWNLOAD VENDOR MAP CLICK TO DOWNLOAD VENDOR LIST CLICK TO DOWNLOAD VENDOR INSTRUCTIONS The post 2024 OVKA Swap Meet: Vendor Map and Info appeared first on www.OVKA.com - Ohio Valley Karting Association ..read more

The Official 2024 Rulebook and Schedule have been ratified by the OVKA Board for the upcoming season, and have been updated on their respective pages. The 2024 OVKA Schedule contains two races on new configurations at G&J Kartway labeled as “X Configs.” These will use the Turn 2 cut-through on every lap, as opposed to just racing Lap 1. We’re excited to see you all out at the racetrack for the upcoming season! The post 2024 Rulebook and Final Schedule appeared first on www.OVKA.com - Ohio Valley Karting Association ..read more

We’re excited to see you all on Saturday, January 20th for our 2023 Season Awards Banquet. Details at the Banquet Page. The post 2023 Season Awards Banquet appeared first on www.OVKA.com - Ohio Valley Karting Association ..read more

TIRE EXCHANGE: OVKA and Hoosier Kartsport will be offering a Tire Exchange at the OVKA Swap Meet on February 3rd, where you can exchange NEW, IN-WRAPPER R60B compound tires for new R70 compound tires of equivalent size. To help us prepare, please let us know how many R60B tires you plan to exchange by filling out the form HERE. Remember: OVKA will be running R70 compound tires for ALL CLASSES in 2024. The post Tire Exchange appeared first on www.OVKA.com - Ohio Valley Karting Association ..read more