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Races
18/09/17
The two biggest winners of the previous two Xtream Rock Island Grand Prix powered by Mediacom events squared off in several head-to-head clashes at the world’s largest karting street race. Cal Stewart, Concord, NC, winner of five races in 2016, and Tony Neilson, Delmar, Iowa, winner of six races the previous year, each won three races in 2017.
Stewart won in Yamaha Heavy 2 and the Travis DeVriendt Memorial LO 206 Heavy race -- the largest class of the day with 44 entries. He also won TAG Senior, edging Anthony Honeywell of Tulsa, Okla....
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Races
18/07/17
LeCont Tires and importer WR Motorsports have announced LeCont’s contingency program for the 2017 Xtream Rock Island Grand Prix powered by Mediacom. LeCont is also the sponsor of this year’s King of the Streets open shifter race at Rock Island.
Drivers who win on four LeCont tires will receive a LeCont jacket and a set of tires. The awards will be presented to qualified winners in the following classes only: Yamaha Medium, Yamaha Heavy 1,...
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Races
08/05/17
Registration is now open for the 2017 Xtream Rock Island Grand Prix powered by Mediacom, to be held Sept. 1-3, 2017 through the city streets of Rock Island, Ill.
To enter please do one of the following:
1) Go to Raceday, log in and update your driver account. This is where you provide updated address, phone number, email, transponder number, kart...
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Races
16/03/17
The Xtream Rock Island Grand Prix powered by Mediacom and the United States Auto Club (USAC) have announced that the world’s oldest and largest karting street race will operate under a USAC license in 2017.
Licensing is especially important for foreign drivers who wish to compete at Rock Island without risk of having punitive action taken in their home country as a result of competing in a non-...
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Races
19/09/16
Cal Stewart, Remo Ruscitti and Josh Lane score multiple wins as records fall at Xtream Rock Island Grand Prix powered by Mediacom.
The 22nd annual Xtream Rock Island Grand Prix powered by Mediacom, the world’s largest karting street race, saw lap records fall in 12 classes – sometimes multiple times within a race...
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02/08/16
Rock Island Grand Prix is proud to be the first kart race in North America sponsored by LeCont tires. LeCont, exclusively imported to North America by WR Motorsports, will sponsor this year’s King of the Streets shifter kart race.
King of the Streets is one of the most coveted titles that can be won in North American karting and is always one of the headline races at the Xtreme Rock Island Grand Prix powered by Mediacom. As...
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22/07/16
The Rock Island Grand Prix has announced a new partnership that places Mediacom Communications as the first naming rights sponsor for the world’s largest karting street race. The high-performance race held annually over Labor Day weekend will now be named the Xtream Rock Island Grand Prix powered by Mediacom.
Mediacom, the area’s leading broadband provider, signed-on for a three-year sponsorship that will provide the Rock Island Grand Prix with television advertising valued at more than $55,000 and...
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19/07/16
The Rock Island Grand Prix, Vega Tires and TS Racing have announced a contingency program worth $5,600 to participating racers using Vega Tire compounds. The contingency program is available in all classes where Vega Tires are legal, excluding Vintage and Ignite classes.
Drivers who win a race on four Vega Tires will receive $200 in cash. Those finishing second on Vega Tires will receive a $100 gift certificate from Vega and those finishing third on Vega Tires will...
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30/06/16
The Rock Island Grand Prix welcomes Vintage karts as a regular part of the racing.
The Rock Island Grand Prix has put together an exciting race program for 2015 as it heads into its third decade as one of karting's premier festival event race weekends. As in the past, The Rock...
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17/06/16
The Rock Island Grand Prix has announced that this year’s open shifter King of the Street race sponsored by MG Tires will honor the memory of former Superkarts! USA executive Jim Murley who died earlier this year of cancer.
Rock Island will also continue to race in memory of local karter and multiple Rock Island champion Travis DeVriendt who died in 2015.
“While controversial at times, Jim Murley brought...
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25/05/16
After announcing significant changes in the race program last year, the Rock Island Grand Prix has modernized its online registration program for 2016. This year’s race will continue the format introduced last year which features a pea pick and heat race for qualifying and the opportunity to run two races on the same set of tires in Briggs and Yamaha Heavy classes.
The only change in the class lineup for 2015 is the dropping of the 80cc shifter program and addition of a Margay Ignite Shootout Junior class. Also, the vintage kart program has become more focused...
