KART (Karters of America Racing Triad) was founded in mid-1994 at the request of
karters, promoters, and sponsors in the mid-America area and is a not-for-profit
corporation in the state of Missouri formed to enhance and promote the sport of go kart
racing. It is a middle-America based organization founded for the purpose of having
middle-America people making decisions on the future of kart racing in
middle-America. The intent is to have stability and consistency in the rules by placing a
freeze on rulechanges lasting for 2 or 3 year periods except for true emergencies or
safety concerns, and the karters racing in a division (sprint, speedway, or enduro)
making the decisions for that division. What this means is enduro and sprint directors
will not vote on items pertaining to speedway and vice versa. This is accomplished by
having 3 directors elected from each division (sprint, speedway, and enduro). The 3
directors from each division along with the members from that division will determine
the rules and direction for that division. 

Some of the goals of KART are that middle America kart racers not have to travel to
either coast to be able to experience top-level karting, thus saving them travel time and
huge sums of money that they can better-spend on other things, and that kart racing in
middle America prosper in the future.

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Just beginning its 12th full racing season, KART membership continues a steady growth

and has held National Championship events in all three divisions of kart racing for all 11 seasons. 

See the "KART National Championships" page for current national event information. 

At these events competitors will compete for the coveted "Triad"

Both single events and series’ are sanctioned in all three divisions of kart racing. At the
present time KART sanctions events and tracks in Iowa, Illinois,
Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. 

Mike Baldus is the KART President/ Administrative Director, Linda Baldus is the 
Executive Secretary. In addition to this administrative division, there are 3 directors in
 each of the three racing divisions.  Additionally, there are 2&4-Cycle Tech Committees,
 Series’ Co-ordinators, Division Advisory Committees, all in place to help make
 KART what was originally intended that it be, the best karting organization for middle
 America. All of these folks work on a volunteer-basis. KART has one full-time
 office worker.