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WKA Mazda / Bridgestone Manufacturers Cup Series
Margay Sprint Championships – Daytona Int’l Speedway
Daytona Beach, Fla. – December 28-30, 2011
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N.J. Sprint Series
Yamaha Rookie Sportsman Fin. 1
FT – Alex Verhagen 47.452
Mike Doty Racing
Yamaha Rookie Sportsman Fin. 2
FT – Alex Verhagen 47.225
RLV Tuned Exhaust
Cadet Sportsman Final 1
FT – Cordova 45.850
Grand Products / Top Kart
Cadet Sportsman Final 2
FT – Lemke 45.673
Adkins Speed Center
Komet Sportsman
FT – Smith 45.168
PCR
Komet Jr Lite
FT – Kalish 42.134
Orlando Kart Center
Komet Jr Heavy
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Komet Lite
FT – Donald 42.059
TSRacing.com
Komet Heavy
FT – Donald
Grand Products / Top Kart
Parilla Leopard
FT – Stewart 40.892
Franklinkart.com
TaG Final 1
FT – Beasley 40.703
DRT Racing
TaG Masters Final 1
FT – Jewell 41.912
OTK Kart USA
TaG Final 2
FT – McMurray 40.635
MRP / Birel
Yamaha Sportsman Lite
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Comet Kart Sales
Yamaha Sportsman Heavy
FT – Holden 46.010
Woltjer Racing Engines
Yamaha Jr Lite
FT – Kalish 43.581
Verde Speed Resources
Yamaha Jr Heavy
FT – Jens 43.281
Margay Racing Products
TaG Masters Final 2
FT – Jewell 41.448
Yamaha Supercan Lite
FT – Pesek 44.040
APPCO Karting
Yamaha Supercan Heavy
Championship Racing Performance
Kid Kart participants
Mark Fineis
Carter Mears
Jake Williams
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WKA Mazda / Bridgestone Manufacturers Cup - National 2-cycle sprint racing at its finest
The WKA Manufacturers Cup Series possibly is the most competitive 2-cycle sprint karting series in the United States.Over the past several seasons Manufacturers Cup nationals have averaged over 500 entries per event. The traditional season opener, annually held Dec. 27-30 at the Daytona Int’l Speedway Sprint Track, regularly boasts over 600 entrants with a record of 690 in 2010.
With nearly every racer running multiple classes on a Man Cup weekend, 500 to 600 entries means approximately 250 to 300 drivers.
The six-race tour features events throughout the eastern half of the country and teams based throughout the country, including the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and West Coast.
In 2012, the series travels to Daytona; Kershaw, S.C.; Wampum, Pa.; South Bend, Ind.; Norway, Ill.; and New Castle, Ind.
Event schedule
A typical Manufacturers Cup weekend consists of four days. Thursday is parking and registration; Friday is practice; and Saturday and Sunday are devoted to one round of morning practice, qualifying, pre-finals and finals for each class.
The only deviation is Daytona, which consists of the same daily schedule, but the days of the week vary from year to year and always fall on Dec. 27-30.
Class structure
Five age categories make up the WKA Man Cup class structure.
Yamaha Rookie Sportsman (age 7 to 10) offers more inexperienced youngsters a chance to hone their skills before advancing to the Jr Sportsman categories (age 7 to 12), which offer three divisions – Cadet, Yamaha and Komet (KPV) Sportsman.
Racers between the ages of 12 and 15 have four divisions in which to compete – Yamaha Jr Lite and Heavy and Komet (KPV) Jr Lite and Heavy. Each of these divisions regularly has entry counts over 35 and some of the stiffest competition in all of junior-level karting.
The fourth age category is “senior,” which is for karters 15 years old and up. Seven divisions make up the Man Cup’s senior class structure – TaG 1, TaG 2, Parilla Leopard, Komet (KPV) Lite, Komet (KPV) Heavy, Yamaha Supercan Lite and Yamaha Supercan Heavy.
The fifth category is “masters,” which is reserved for drivers age 35 and up. TaG Masters is the only class in this category and it runs both Saturday and Sunday on a Man Cup weekend for one class championship.
Click here for more information on the Man Cup Series class structure.
A rich history
WKA’s Manufacturers Cup Series has long history of gifted racers who’ve gone on to successful careers in the highest forms of American motorsports. These include IndyCar and NASCAR stars Danica Patrick and Sam Hornish Jr., the late Dan Wheldon, IndyCar racer turned team owner Sarah Fisher and NASCAR up-and-comer Paulie Harraka.
NASCAR Sprint Cup standouts Jamie McMurray and A.J. Allmendinger continue to compete in the Man Cup Series when their schedules allow. The two have competed in the TaG divisions for several consecutive years at WKA Daytona KartWeek’s Margay Sprint Championships and both attended the Zoom Zoom Nationals at Carolina Motorsports Park in March 2011 on an off-Cup weekend.
