Endurance Karting - Charlotte, NC April

Here's what happened:

An EXCITING weekend of Racing in Charlotte!

This past weekend’s event was held at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC. It was a spectacular week both for the racing and the weather. Weekend racers brought out many indoor center teams as well as car club members from Andretti, Victory Lane, BMW, and NASA.

Saturday’s 6 hour race had 17 teams.
Team size ranged from a 2 man team
(veterans Kartenflugen)to 4 man teams. We welcomed new racers Preston Pirates and Happy Go Lucky. Team AAA Racing, a father, son and friend team forGreensboro, NC, took their first overall win with Endurance Karting. Fastest lap went to Chuck Lopez earning him his second coveted yellow hat of the season.

Sunday’s 1.5 hour race had 22 teams participating. It was the closest race in Endurance Karting history. The top 8 overall finished on the same lap, with the next 5 only 1 lap behind. In the final 5 minutes it was Saturday’s winner, AAA racing chasing down father son team Ace Motorsports. AAA managed to overtake the kart separating the two teams in the second to last lap… AAA, hopping in the seat, continued to gain, but in the end, Ace Motorsports won by only 0.393 seconds. It was a fantastic race to the end.

Photos shared by participants and spectators.

Thank you to the NASCAR Technical Institute students who helped out both Saturday and Sunday.

6 Hour Endurance Race - Saturday

Place	Kart #	Team Name	Class	Laps
1	17	AAA	GTPro	360
2	1	1-800-We-Insure #1	GTPro	359
3	12	TSG Racing	GTSP	359
4	8	Go Racing	GT40	359
5	18	1-800-We-Insure #3	GTPro	358
6	16	Fromudna	GTBB	357
7	2	DRR	GT40Pro	357
8	27	Sponsor Hire	GTPro	357
9	26	Kartendflugen	GT40Pro	355
10	3	Slipstream	GTBB	354
11	15	1-800-We-Insure #2	GT1	352
12	29	Team Atlantic	GTBB	344
13	22	United BMW/UUC	GTSP	340
14	28	Happy Go Lucky	GT1	337
15	23	Preston Pirates	GTSR	335
16	21	For Racing	GTSP	331
17	5	Team Pink Panther	GTSP	320

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1.5 Hour Endurance Race - Sunday

Place	Kart #	Team	Class	Laps
1	21	Ace Motorsports	GTP	95
2	1	AAA	GTP	95
3	3	Victory Lane Karting	GTP	95
4	8	Black Sheep	GTP	95
5	17	FOZ	GTP	95
6	19	18 Fingers	GT40	95
7	4	Jetallica	GTSP	95
8	18	Team Hammer	GTSP	95
9	14	Corey's Racing	GT40Pro	94
10	26	Gekkostate Racing	GTBB	94
11	15	HOP	GTP	94
12	27	Van's Fans	GTP	94
13	28	Maven Motorsports	GTBB	93
14	13	Red Bull	GTBB	93
15	25	Red Shells	GT1	92
16	2	Man Bear Pig	GT1	91
17	7	Team Atlantic	GT40	90
18	22	TSG Racing	GT40Pro	90
19	9	Team Atlantic Too	GT40	89
20	29	Defensive Driving	GT1	89
21	20	Paint, Plumb & Kitchens	GT1	87
22	12	Big-n-Fast	GTSP	87
23	16	Team Rookie	GTSR	84