ATTENTION RACERS:

G&J Kartway will be CLOSED starting on October 9, 2023 for a full circuit repave, modernization of the track's curbs, upgrades to facility's overhead lights, and other renovations.

OVKA would like to extend our gratitude to the Gregg family for the extensive and ongoing planning effort that has gone into this project, and we look forward to working with the track to debut a refreshed G&J Kartway for OVKA's 60th anniversary season in 2024.

This is a large slate of projects whose schedules may be influenced by weather in the coming months, so we thank you for your cooperation and understanding while the track is unavailable. If you plan to store trailers or equipment at G&J over the winter, they must be moved completely out of the pit areas and back against the tractor pull field.

As always, you can stay up to date with news at OVKA.com and our social media channels. We will keep you appraised of the progress of work and the planned reopening schedule throughout the offseason.

We ask you to please take the time to thank Gary Gregg and the whole Gregg family for their decades of support, hard work, and dedication to keep club-level kart racing thriving and affordable.

G&J Kartway Repave

Work at G&J Kartway officially kicked off on Monday, October 10th, 2023, with removal of the top layers of track surface, and grinding out and filling in of the larger cracks and seams that had opened up in the old asphalt layers. Work will continue while the weather holds to begin paving the new asphalt layers.

OVKA Off-Season Hangouts

JOIN US: Next Saturday for our first Off-Season Hangout at Dayton Cars & Coffee. We're going to schedule several of these meetups in the upcoming months at rotating locations around Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky, for our members to get out and mingle away from the hectic schedule of race days.

Come out and get to know your fellow OVKA members and help spread the word about OVKA Kart Racing!

Congratulations to G&J Kartway on the completion of the major paving work and thank you for arranging for these upgrades for 2024! We also want to thank Wagner Paving Inc. for their fine work and dedicated efforts this week.

While we know many of you are excited to get out to test the new surface, G&J Kartway remains CLOSED while work is fully finished on the track and we allow time for the asphalt to cure. The track surface is still very fresh, and hot, sticky racing tires can risk pulling the asphalt apart if not given the proper time to fully set. Allowing a healthy curing period well into this winter will protect against premature damage and guarantee a longer useful life for the new track surface.

We will work with G&J Kartway to announce the official re-opening date for practive when it is appropriate, and we appreciate your cooperation and understanding in helping to protect the significant investment that has gone into this project.

As always, keep up to date on all of our social media channels, as well as OVKA.com!

As discussed in this month's Board Meeting, here is the TENTATIVE 2024 OVKA Schedule. We've worked hard to factor in your feedback from this season, while also providing off-weekends for practice and family events between nearly every points race on the calendar. Here are the highlights:

CHARITY RACE: will be moved to the Spring, the day after Karting 101. This will act as a great Warm-Up Race for everyone to get used to the new track surface and dial in their setups.

NIGHT RACES: three Night Race dates (5/18, 6/8, and 8/3)

DOUBLE HEADERS: two double-header weekends (6/22-23, and 7/20-21)

MEMORIAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: 7/6-7