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.

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 members are welcome to enter this event as well.

SUNDAY April 14th will be our annual Charity Race. This non-points event will feature the Pea-Pick format with two heats and a feature race. Proceeds will be donated to local charitable organizations and donated dry-good will be given to local food banks.

We will update you with any schedule or format changes as needed this week based on weather or track conditions.

UPDATE: The G&J Kartway Concession Stand will be CLOSED on Saturday 4/13 but OPEN as usual on Sunday 4/14.

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.

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 track ready for the 2024 season. This will be a great help to G&J Kartway be ready for reopening. We will meet at 10am and lunch will be provided for all volunteers.

Thanks for following along with us in the off-season and we can't wait to celebrate our 60th Anniversary Season with you!

Please contact Aaron Banfield or Elliot Bokeno with any questions.

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.