A few weeks ago, the German Kart Championship presented its innovative racing program for the 2021 season. But a few changes caused criticism among long-standing teams and drivers. The organizers took this to heart and adjusted the racing program once again. Among these adjustments are the lowering of the DMSB Shifterkart Cup registration fee as well as not merging the two shifterkart categories DSKM and DSKC.

The German Kart Championship is going to start into the new season on the Erftlandring in Kerpen from May 7th – 9th. During the past weeks, all the necessary arrangements for a successful year have been made. The highest German kart racing series promises continuity and high quality.

Charles Leclerc keeps on testing and doing lots of mileages at the track of South Garda Karting in Lonato. Here's some footage of the second consecutive day in his shifterkart.

In times with no live on track action we decided to take a look in our archives. The video below contents a crash with multiple shifter karts. This footage is shot last year at the German Kart Championship (Deutsche Kart Meisterschaft), class Shifter Karts KZ. Watch the first round crash at Prokart-Raceland in Wackersdorf below.

The fifth round of the California ProKart Challenge was contested on September 7-8 at the home of the Santa Maria Karting Association. The two-day event for the Superkarts! USA regional program took to the 7/10-mile ‘Nationals’ configuration. Despite some dust storms throughout the weekend, the weather was dry and sunny, allowing the 15 categories to continue their championship chases.