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Larson Announces Outlaw Kart Showcase
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The most lucrative one-night event in Outlaw Kart racing history will take place Tuesday, September 8 at Cycleland Speedway in Chico, California.
The Outlaw Kart Showcase presented by Kyle Larson Racing will offer a $20,000 purse in the Outlaw Kart Open Division with a staggering $5000 going to the overall high point earner during the night. The Outlaw Kart Showcase will also host a night of racing for the Box Stock division and the 250 Outlaw Karts.
Drivers are expected to attend this event from all over the country.
Cycleland Speedway is arguably regarded as the best training ground for today’s youngsters looking to climb their way up through the motorsports ladder. Back in the early to mid-2000’s, promoter Lowell Moural ran a Tuesday night race before the Gold Cup Race of Champions at Silver Dollar Speedway. This race was called the Outlaw Kart Showcase. The Showcase was one of the most anticipated nights of racing for the kart drivers. After a few years the scheduling of the event didn’t work and eventually was dropped from the yearly Cycleland schedule.
One driver who remembers what that night meant to him and is now racing in the pinnacle of our sport is Elk Grove’s Kyle Larson. It seemed only fitting that Larson host a race at the track that holds so many great memories for him.
“As a kid, we used to run the Tuesday night at Cycleland before the Gold Cup at Silver Dollar Speedway,” said Larson. “It was always the race I looked forward to running every year and now being a part in bringing it back feels great.
“It was cool because most of the World of Outlaw drivers at the time would come watch us kids race. It made us feel all pretty special.”
Racing an Outlaw Kart definitely has helped define Larson. From 1999 to 2007, Larson had 510 main event starts and accumulated 129 A-main event victories. He earned a staggering 27 total championships with four being National Championships. At age 13, he entered his first midget race at Phoenix’s Manzanita Speedway and finished fifth. He was the first 14-year-old legally approved to race a sprint car in California. Larson rocketed through the motorsports ladder winning in every form of open wheel division.
Some of the many highlights on his extensive racing resume include winning the Gold Cup Championships at Chico for two consecutive years, sweeping the Four Crown Nationals at Eldora, winning the prestigious Belleville Midget Nationals and the Turkey Night Grand Prix USAC Midget race.
On February 11, 2012, Larson won the first pavement stock car event he entered. This past season, Larson won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year Award.
“Cycleland Speedway was the place where I cut my teeth and learned how to race,” said Larson. “It’s where I developed my style as a driver, met some of my closest friends and where people starting hearing my name.”
The Outlaw Kart Showcase presented by Kyle Larson Racing will offer a $20,000 purse in the Outlaw Kart Open Division with a staggering $5000 going to the overall high point earner during the night. The Outlaw Kart Showcase will also host a night of racing for the Box Stock division and the 250 Outlaw Karts.
Drivers are expected to attend this event from all over the country.
Cycleland Speedway is arguably regarded as the best training ground for today’s youngsters looking to climb their way up through the motorsports ladder. Back in the early to mid-2000’s, promoter Lowell Moural ran a Tuesday night race before the Gold Cup Race of Champions at Silver Dollar Speedway. This race was called the Outlaw Kart Showcase. The Showcase was one of the most anticipated nights of racing for the kart drivers. After a few years the scheduling of the event didn’t work and eventually was dropped from the yearly Cycleland schedule.
One driver who remembers what that night meant to him and is now racing in the pinnacle of our sport is Elk Grove’s Kyle Larson. It seemed only fitting that Larson host a race at the track that holds so many great memories for him.
“As a kid, we used to run the Tuesday night at Cycleland before the Gold Cup at Silver Dollar Speedway,” said Larson. “It was always the race I looked forward to running every year and now being a part in bringing it back feels great.
“It was cool because most of the World of Outlaw drivers at the time would come watch us kids race. It made us feel all pretty special.”
Racing an Outlaw Kart definitely has helped define Larson. From 1999 to 2007, Larson had 510 main event starts and accumulated 129 A-main event victories. He earned a staggering 27 total championships with four being National Championships. At age 13, he entered his first midget race at Phoenix’s Manzanita Speedway and finished fifth. He was the first 14-year-old legally approved to race a sprint car in California. Larson rocketed through the motorsports ladder winning in every form of open wheel division.
Some of the many highlights on his extensive racing resume include winning the Gold Cup Championships at Chico for two consecutive years, sweeping the Four Crown Nationals at Eldora, winning the prestigious Belleville Midget Nationals and the Turkey Night Grand Prix USAC Midget race.
On February 11, 2012, Larson won the first pavement stock car event he entered. This past season, Larson won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year Award.
“Cycleland Speedway was the place where I cut my teeth and learned how to race,” said Larson. “It’s where I developed my style as a driver, met some of my closest friends and where people starting hearing my name.”
