Race day Timetable

OVKA Race Days follow the following timetable & formats. 

Note: Times always subject to change due to weather or track condition. For OVKA Night Race events, all times are shifted forward accordingly from Gate Opening time.

7:00am – Gates Open: Gates to the track open, visit the entrance building on your way in to sign-in and purchase a Pit Pass Wristband. Find an open pit spot, either in the Free Pit Spots, or your own if you’ve reserved and paid for one.

Pits are open for Setup.

7:30am – Registration & Pre-Tech Opens: Visit the Scoring Tower to Register for your class, and rent a Timing & Scoring Transponder (if needed) and purchase fuel (if needed). You will be given Pre-Tech form to complete and return to complete registration. If this is your first race with OVKA, you will need a member of the Tech Team (Tech Director or Race Director) to inspect your kart and sign-off on your tech form that the appropriate safeties are in place.

Pick-up your fuel and transponder, and prepare your kart for Warm-up.

9:00am – Class Warm-Ups: Each class will be given two 5-minute warm-up sessions. 

The order of warm-ups will be posted on the board at the head of the grid. Each class will go in-turn and then the cycle will repeat for the second session. You must turn laps in at least one warm-up session to compete in the races. Small classes of similar speed may be combined. 

11:00am – Drivers Meeting: A Mandatory drivers meeting will take place on the grid before racing starts. Minor drivers MUST have a parent present at the Drivers Meeting. 

You will then be released to take your kart through painting, where each controlled component will be marked. Anything painted cannot be replaced for the remainder of the event without approval from the Tech Director.

11:30am – Races Start: Competitive sessions will now begin. These can take a number of different forms at OVKA, which are explained in the following section.

OVKA Race Formats

Each race begins by lining up on the grid in your given position. (New Karters will be required to start at the rear of the field for their first THREE race EVENTS). A warm-up lap of the larger G&J Kartway "pace oval" and rolling start are used when coming to take the green flag.

NOTE: The first racing lap when given the Green Flag at G&J Kartway uses the cut-through from Turn 1 to the back straightaway to allow adequate space for the field to fall into line. All other racing laps use the configurations as shown on the Track Configurations diagram.

Pea-Pick (Winner Take all): In this format, there will be three races for each class. The first race will have its starting grid set by a random draw. The order will be posted on the board at the head of the grid before racing starts. 

The second race will start with the starting grid for the first race inverted. The average finishes for the first and second race will then be computed, and the Final race will be set with the best average finisher from the first two races starting first, and progressively down the field from there. The finishing order of the final will determine how points are paid out for the day.

Race lengths at G&J Kartway in this format are typically 8-10 lap Heat Races and a 10-12 lap Final.  

Qualifying Format: In the qualifying format, the first session after the drivers meeting will be a 5-minute session very similar to warm-ups, where all drivers will be allowed to freely run hot laps. The fastest single lap from each driver will be used to set the field for the first race. The finishing order of the first race will then set the field for the Final. The finishing order of the final will determine how points are paid out for the day.

Race lengths at G&J Kartway in this format are typically 8-10 lap Heat Races and a 10-12 lap Final.  

Qualifying + Extended Final:  This format proceeds exactly like the qualifying format above, but with no heat race and a single, longer Feature Race.

Race lengths at G&J Kartway in this format are typically a 15-20 lap Final.

Champ Race Special Format: The OVKA Memorial Champ race is a special 2-day event held each summer. The race format for the Champ Race features standard warm-up sessions on Saturday, followed by a special qualifying session where each driver is given only 2 laps to set a fast time. On Sunday, drivers are offered an optional warm-up session, followed by a Heat race which sets the grid for the Feature. Top finishers in the Feature receive trophies/plaques at this race.

Race lengths at G&J Kartway in this format are typically a 10-12 lap Heat and a 15-20 lap Final.