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SPEED Staff
SPEEDtv.com
The Stars of Karting Series has announced that all remaining 2009 Stars events will be held at the new Pacific Grand Prix at Pacific Raceways circuit just outside of Seattle, Washington.
Additionally, Stars of Karting will be introducing new Rotax and Supermoto Series, as well as a special Winter Series, to be conducted at the facility.
The Stars of Karting Series will continue to support all of the 2009 classes utilizing existing rules and regulations with no changes. (LAT)
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Following an aborted sale of the Series, the advent of the new CKI karting series, which duplicates the Stars of Karting Series’ current class structure, rules and regulations, and event format - as well as employing key Stars operating officials and several Stars dates and venues - forced an unexpected reevaluation of the Series’ direction and future.
The new Northwest focus for the Stars of Karting Series dovetails with the Grand Opening of the Pacific Grand Prix circuit on June 20th and brings Series President Paul Zalud full circle to his ro ots as a promoter in the region.
"When I was approached to sell the series in February of this year, I was prepared to step back from the national spotlight and concentrate on the Northwest and the new track we recently completed,” stated Zalud. "My return here to our own track feels like coming home to where it all started for me in 1994."
The Stars of Karting Series will continue to support all of the 2009 classes utilizing existing rules and regulations with no changes. The Series will honor the results of the first two races completed in the National Schedule and any competitors that may choose to continue to compete in the Series will be competing for a championship that encompasses all six 2009 National-class events and awards will be distributed accordingly.
In addition, from this next race forward, a new Stars championship will start to be tallied and awards will also be awarded accordingly. Additional classes and elements will be added to the series based on Spec Honda and an age and weight class for shifters. If no entries for the Stars of Karting National classes show up to the scheduled events, those classes will be dropped from the series.
Stars of Karting 2009 Northwest Karting Series (National Classes) at Pacific Grand Prix:
July 11-12
August 8-9
September 19-20
October 3-4
The Stars of Karting Series is also very excited to announce the additional of a new Northwest Rotax Series at Pacific Grand Prix, these dates and specific details will be coming shortly.
The Stars of Karting Series is also pleased to announce the expansion of their promotions to include a new 2009 Supermoto Series at Pacific Grand Prix:
June 27-28
August 1-2
September 12-13
October 17-18
Additionally, the Stars of Karting Series will run a 5-race Stars Winter Series at Pacific Grand Prix:
October 31 - November 1
December 5-6
January 9-10, 2010
February 6-7, 2010
March 6-7, 2010
The Stars Winter Series will combine Supermoto, Rotax and Stars classes all in one weekend.
There are many other exciting elements that the crew at Pacific Grand Prix is working on that will make the Pacific Northwest one of the most successful regions in the country for karting and Supermoto action.
