Greenville, South Carolina - You’ve heard the hype, now it’s finally here. WKA’s annual consumer trade show, KartFest 2010, will go off this Friday and Saturday at the Carolina First Center in Greenville, South Carolina. Trade show hours for both Friday and Saturday are 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

This year’s show will again feature numerous exhibitors from every side of the industry. KartFest attendees will find kart shops, chassis manufacturers, engine builders, safety equipment dealers, media sources, pit equipment and racing series. Other highlights of the show will be the annual WKA / SFI 4-Cycle Tech Seminar beginning at 10:30 a.m. Saturday and Town Hall meetings for the Gold Cup, Speedway Dirt and Speedway Pavement series. Click each link to read more about the Tech Seminar and the Town Hall meetings.

As always, awards banquets for WKA’s three 4-cycle touring series will be held at KartFest. Friday night, Jan. 29, will see the top winners from the 2009 Briggs & Stratton Speedway Dirt Series accept their awards. This will include Triple Crown Champion Dee Paschal, who collected five national championships on the Dirt tour last season.

Saturday night will feature a dual banquet with racers and teams from both the Bully Clutches Gold Cup Series and Rage Karts Speedway Pavement Series accepting their awards. The night will include three Triple Crown champions taking the stage, all of them from the Gold Cup Series. Junior driver Dakota Bell and senior competitors Brett Farmer and Gary Lawson will be awarded their Triple Crown. This will mark the second straight year Bell and Lawson have won the prestigious award.

Trade show hours are 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The trade show season is in full swing and this is sure to be another great one for all in attendance.