USA International Raceway event moves to July 10-11 to help gear up for Superkarts! USA Pro Tour event

St. Louis, Missouri – With the recent announcement of the confirmed 2010 schedule for the Superkarts! USA Pro Tour, the Central States Challenge has moved the date for the double header weekend to July 10-11 at the USA International Raceway. The Shawano, Wisconsin facility is a new addition to the SKUSA regional program and with the new SKUSA Pro Tour set to compete in mid-July, series officials elected to move round four and five to the week prior.

“With the Superkarts! USA Pro Tour coming into our region, we want to make sure all competitors are ready for the event,” stated Superkarts! USA Central States director Pam Freund. “With our program hosting an event prior to the SKUSA SummerNationals, this will allow the organization and the racers to help adapt to this premier facility. We are thankful for the addition of this great facility to our program and thank them for working with us during this scheduling process.”

The Central States Challenge event will be contested on the same USAIR facility, however, the circuit used will not be the exact same layout for the SKUSA SummerNationals. The SKUSA Pro Tour event will utilize a special Pro Tour layout that will be determined before the track opens for the new season, not available for racers at anytime before the event in order to maintain a desired level playing field. The layout for the SCSC weekend has not yet been determined as well.

In addition to the revised schedule, the SCSC is proud to announce three added class sponsors to the 2010 program. Newly developed Crockett Motorsports - a new GP Kart dealer operation out of the St. Louis area - will support the S2 category on the year. The TaG Senior division is supported by two companies. Ostrom Painting & Sandblasting is owned by David Ostrom, father of SCSC competitor Drake Ostrom. John Gnau owns Unique Heating & Cooling and will also support the TaG Senior division, a category his son Kyle Gnau competes in.

To find out more about being part of the 2010 SKUSA Central States Challenge, visit www.centralstateschallenge.com or contact Pam Freund at 636-262-7678 or else email pamelafreund@att.net .  It is recommended that regional competitors submit their membership and license applications to SKUSA headquarters as soon as possible. These forms are available on www.superkartsusa.com

2010 SKUSA Central States Challenge Schedule
May 15-16: New Castle Motorsports Park - New Castle, IN *
June 26-27: Gateway International Raceway - Madison, IL
July 10-11: USA International Raceway - Shawano, WI *
August 21-22: Precision Driving Center - Kansas City, MO
September 11-12: I-55 Raceway - Pevely, MO

* Double Header Weekend

About the Central States Challenge:
The CentralStates Super Series was conceived to serve the Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Illinois-based drivers who want to run a quality regional sprint series that is located a little closer to home. A strong, fair, and fun regional series with great competition is the best of all worlds. And their status as SKUSA's Midwest Regional Series just pushes the competition level up that much more! Entering its third year, the 2010 schedule includes seven races held at five locations, such as New CastleMotorsportsPark, Gateway International Raceway, I-55 Raceway in addition to new facilities - Kansas CityPrecisionDrivingCenter and USA International Raceway. Check them out at www.centralstateschallenge.com as they travel to some of the absolute best tracks in the Midwest.

About Superkarts! USA:
Established in 1995, Superkarts! USA is dedicated to shifterkart and TaG racing and is the leader in the field, currently promoting five regional racing series. Racing programs are currently running in Southern California, Northern California, Hawaii, Missouri and Iowa, and are being joined by the newest regional series in Colorado – in cooperation and support from official tire supplier MG Tires. In 2010, the organization will launch its new SKUSA Pro Tour, which will feature a pair of major events in the Northern and Central United States, all leading up to the annual SKUSA SuperNationals, the biggest shifter kart race in the world, held every November in Las Vegas, NV.  For more information on SKUSA, please visit www.superkartsusa.com