30+ year motorsports journalist, eKartingNews.com Publisher, USF Pro Championships Insider, YouTube show host #Bookit
Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
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Heading into the EKN studio at 8:00 pm ET tonight with David Cole and a few guests to discuss the current state of the Masters classes in US karting. Join US on the EKN YouTube channel or Facebook page.
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The EKN Roundtable returns! Tune in tonight at 8pm Eastern / 5pm Pacific to join in the discussion with the topic: The Future of Masters Racing. On the panel will be Michael Dittmer, Matt Machiko, Paul Montopoli, and Mike Smith.
#EKNRoundtable #FutureofMastersRacing #karting
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Happy Birthday, Pato. You've come a long way, kid. 👊🏁 It's been so fun to have been part of your journey. Best of luck this month.
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If there's a good use for ChatGTP, this is it.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, David Cole!!
And...we're getting In-N-Out Burger on Thursday night on the way up to K1 Circuit for the Challenge Karting opener.
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Who's ready to get this new season of @USFProChamps racing underway?? I know I am.
Well, the wait is over.
USF Juniors kick things off at 2:15 pm EST today. Tune in on the YouTube channel or the mobile app so you don't miss a lap.
youtube.com/watch?v=0qcNBiUR…
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Shoutout to @FloRacing! A Saturday night with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour on the TV from @newsmyrnaspdwy with sub-zero temps outside here in Canada. Modifieds are so badass and @bobdillner is rocking the pre-show from the grid. Let’s go racing! #floracing
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I'll be live again tonight at 7:00 pm EST with a new USF Pro Insider show. You can tune in on the USF Pro Insider Facebook page or on my YouTube channel:
Link: youtube.com/watch?v=7_DB1wXB…
PODCAST ALERT: The studio is ready and I'll be sitting down with a pair of @VelocityRD drivers tonight at 7:00 pm EST. Frankie Mossman and Ryan Giannetta will join me to discuss 2025 and look forward to 2026. Hope you tune in.
youtube.com/watch?v=7_DB1wXB…
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Suiting up this weekend for the first time in a year. Excited to be on the entry list for this weekend's Cup Karts North America Grand Nationals 9 at New Castle Motorsports Park. I'll be racing with Precision Performance Karting again on a Coyote Zenith. Should be fun. #karting
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If you didn't see the first @USFJuniors race here at @Mid_Ohio today, you should check it out. For the youngest drivers in the @USFProChamps, they put on a show of hard-fought, respectful, side-by-side racing. Green-to-checker. Just want we want to see.
youtube.com/watch?v=pGWyJaPp…
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Catch our interview on this weekend's @USFProChamps TV coverage of @USFJuniors at @Mid_Ohio. We go live with qualifying at 8:45 am ET on Saturday morning.
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I’m sure @RobHowden is getting a great interview with #OliverWheldon! @AndrettiGlobal development driver @USFJuniors #VRD @Mid_Ohio
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Just a quick #ThrowbackThursday to Jack Harvey's win in the @INDYNXT Freedom 100 in 2015. It was an impressive victory, for certain. He was always a great interview on @IndyCarRadio and his work with @IndyCarOnFOX has been fantastic. Wishing him the best in the #Indy500 .
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Had a bunch of fun with my USF Pro Championships driver analysts for the day here at NOLA Motorsports Park. USF Juniors drivers Ty Fisher and Michael Suco joined me for the call of USF2000 and USF Pro 2000, respectively. Joey Brienza sat in for the USF Juniors race, but I forgot to snap a pic. 😉 All three drivers did an awesome job providing insight into the track and the races.
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My ‘office’ for the weekend at the new K1 Circuit in Winchester, CA for the third and fourth rounds of the Challenge of the Americas. #BookIt
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With the 2025 @USFProChamps season kicking off in just over a week's time at the @GPSTPETE, I recorded my first of three preview podcasts yesterday. I've started with my preview of the @USF2000 series, working through the schedule, a few interesting stats, and the entire entry list. If you want to know who'll be lining up on the grid this year, this is a must-listen.
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We have a new @USFProChamps pre-season show coming this Friday, but before it drops, make sure you check out the first episode with Dan Andersen, series owner and founder.
youtube.com/watch?v=7_TYOZ_s…
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If you're a driver with the goal of getting to @IndyCar, the USF Pro Championships series is unquestionably the best route. To learn more about the program, check out the videos on the series' information site.
usfprochampionships.info/
#USFPro #USFJuniors #USF2000 #USFPro2000
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Saw a link on Jace Demark's Instagram story to a new video he's produced for his YouTube channel. It's very well done and provides a look at this impressive young man, who's joined me in the @USFProChamps broadcast booth on numerous occasions.
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So I’m back at IRP to call this year’s @USFProChamps Freedom 75/90 after last night’s rainout. The sun is shining, Silver Crown just finished their warmup, and we’re scheduled to go green with the USF2000 race at 11:15 am.
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Getting ready to go live for USF Pro 2000 Race 2 here at the World’s Greatest Race Course. Watch all the action on the USF Pro Championships YouTube channel or on the app. #USFPro
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A final quick note on the run by @L_Lundqvist76 today at Barber. Check out his hat in this photo, signifying Linus' first @INDYNXT win in 2021 at the Alabama facility. He was stellar that day as he was today. I think we all knew that Linus was destined for big things. #INDYBHM
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Such a fantastic drive for @L_Lundqvist76 and an opportunity to deliver a result for @CGRTeams. Loved his comment about diving into Dixon’s fuel saving data and learning a ton. This kid is the real deal. #INDYBHM
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Any time you get a chance to chat with your brothers at @Indycarradio, it’s a good day. Stopped by to see Mark Jaynes, Nick Yeoman, and Chris Pollock in the studio at Barber. Best in the business, right here. #INDYBHM
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Zach, found a good shot of you and Sage, as well as Patrick McKenna, from the 2010 season finale at Road Atlanta. The start of what has now been 15 years of USF2000 racing as part of the @INDYCAR ladder.
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Here's a little flashback for you, Sage. @USFPro2000 with @AndrettiGlobal. Race 1 at the 2010 @GPSTPETE. Fresh out of karts and winning formula car races. 👊🏁
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Ready for a busy day of commentary here at NOLA Motorsports Park. Two qualifying groups and six races on the docket here with the @USFProChamps and the Continental Tire Grand Prix of Louisiana. Tune in on the series app or YouTube channel. #BookIt #USFPro
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Sunrise at 7:44 am and command to fire the @USFPro2000 cars at 7:55 am for a 8:00 am green flag. We're not wasting any time this morning as we wrap up the opening weekend of the @USFProChamps here at the @GPSTPETE. 😀
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Nothing like 20 minutes of 'fill time' before the @USF2000 command due to wall repair. Kudos to VRD's Nikita Johnson for fielding all my questions and topics as we worked to keep the commentary rolling for we could find fire the engines. Nice work, Nikita! A++
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This is what racing in the @USFProChamps is all about, climbing the ladder to @IndyCar. @PabstRacing's Max Garcia showed his pure emotion after his first @USF2000 victory. I've called Max's races since he was in cadet karting, so I'm so pleased to have been part of this moment.
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Shoutout to the @USFPro2000 drivers for a clean and green practice session at the @GPSTPETE to start the 2024 season. Impressive!! Less than two second separates the entire field.
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The first episode of the new @USFProChamps show - The Pace Lap - is now available on YouTube as well as the series app. I had a ton of fun chatting with USF Juniors champion Nicolas Giaffone and series runner-up Quinn Armstrong. Check it out...
youtube.com/watch?v=O-UBFw-1…
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Enjoying this coverage of the Open Wheel Showdown on @SPEEDSPORT with @ralphsheheen on the mic. Getting a Supermodified fix and pumped for the winged sprint car 100-lap main event. Congrats to Dave Danzer on his Super victory.
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In 2012, Charles Leclerc wasn't the only future F1 driver who raced at the SKUSA SuperNats in Las Vegas. Current F1 champ @Max33Verstappen qualified on pole in the headline KZ class but broke on lap 8. Max was super easy to interview despite his young age.
📸 David Cole - EKN
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This weekend isn't the first time that @ScuderiaFerrari's @Charles_Leclerc has raced in Las Vegas. Charles competed at the 2012 @SuperKartsUSA SuperNationals at the Rio for ART GP and finished fourth in TaG Senior after qualifying on the pole.
It all starts in karting.
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This year's SKUSA SuperNats kicks off next week, and I'll be flying to Vegas on Monday to start our EKN Trackside coverage on Tuesday. If you missed our first OutLap preview show on YouTube, make sure to check it out.
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Another sign that the USF Pro Championships are wrapped for the year. It’s time to host the annual Championship Celebration, honouring this year’s title winners; Nicolas Giaffone, @simonsikes, and @OceanbyMR.
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Awesome news this morning as Superkarts! USA has added my KA100 Master class to their upcoming Pro Tour SummerNationals at New Castle at the end of the month, so I'll be back in the seat soon. Immediate training will focus on this race, with a long-range target of the SuperNats.
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Hoping to get on-track at the SKUSA SummerNationals at New Castle on July 28-30, but will need to drum up 10 pre-entries by Monday for the class to be added. We'll see how things go with recruitment. Until then, I'll be hitting the gym. The push to #SuperNats26 starts now.
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With my day done here at @roadamerica, we’re watching the @INDYNXT race from Turn 3. Shoutout to my guys from @IndyCarRadio with the call…and the track for this AWESOME PA system. @John_Ewert, the speakers are so clear and crisp down here. So great for the spectator experience.
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Don’t forget this one that showed up on my phone when I left it in the unsupervised vicinity of the Viking. I may have did a little editing. 😂
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Digging through my FormulaCar Magazine archive and found Volume 3, Issue 1 (May 2005) to bring to Rafa Matos, as he's on the cover. Inside, I found this flashback to @GrahamRahal and @MarcoAndretti in Star Mazda at @RoadAtlanta. Felt timely here in the month of May. #Indy500
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After wrapping up the USF Pro 2000 podium celebration here at IMS, I slipped up into the @IndyCarRadio booth to see these pros starting the call of @IndyCar qualifying. Always a pleasure to see @JaynesMar and @DaveyHamilton in the command center. #BestInTheBusiness
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Here’s the halo on the Tatuus USF-22 of Elliot Cox, who had Max Garcia land on top of him in T7 at Indy. I spoke with Elliot, and he’s fine, and a quick inspection of his helmet shows no marks. The halo did its job.
#USFPro / #TeamCooperTire / #halo / #USF2000 / #IndyGP
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So we’re watching a show on YouTube about the ‘Best Sandwich in Every States’ and Indiana’s is the pork tenderloin sandwich. Then they show this dude! I yell out…”that’s GEORGE!”.
So @Oilpressureblog, Mug-N-Bun? 😜
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Happy Birthday to my right-hand man at @eKartingNews, THE David Cole! Have a great day and weekend, my friend.
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Getting ready to watch @USFPro2000 champ @17LouisFoster take on the TGR Formula Regional Oceana front runners at Milfeild in NZ tonight on the series Facebook page. USFPC driver @lucasfecury_, @RyanShehanRace, @jacobabelracing, and @billy_frazer14 are also in the field. #BookIt
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Always love a January night on the couch watching the #ChiliBowl on @FloRacing. Off to the SKUSA Winter Series in the morning. #TweetMyFloSeat
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