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Kol Bailey SKUSA Driver Website

Kol Bailey Kart Racing SKUSA Driver Website

February 9, 2015 by Walters Web Design

Kol Bailey SKUSA Driver Website Launched

Arizona based SKUSA driver Kol Bailey has been racing since age 4. In 2009, he made his trophy kart debut in the Arizona Whiplash Championship. He went on to claim 3 victories, 10 podiums and take 3rd in the championship standings.

Kol Bailey currently races with Cliff Kujala and the Pure Karting Racing Team. Pure Karting has focus on the OTK product line while providing one of the best trackside race teams for regional and national events.

In 2015, Kol Bailey is launching a full assault on the SKUSA Pro Tour and California Pro-Kart Challenge tour. The new season will begin in March as the team heads to Willow Springs where Kol Bailey will be in search of a podium debut.

Kol Bailey Racing is excited to debut their new SKUSA driver website to the motorsports community. Please log on at http://www.KolBailey.com to browse the new driver website.

Stay tuned to the SKUSA driver social media pages and website throughout the racing season to receive up to the updates. The new karting driver website will be updated regularly with news and results. Be sure to visit the photo galleries for any race fans entertainment purposes.

Kol Bailey
http://www.kolbailey.com
https://www.facebook.com/KolBaileyRacing
https://www.twitter.com/kol_bailey
http://www.instagram.com/kol_bailey

Walters Web Design
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http://www.twitter.com/WaltersWeb
http://www.facebook.com/WaltersWebDesign

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About Kol Bailey
Kol Bailey is an American karting driver. He currently completes in the SKUSA series and attends kart races across the United States.

About Walters Web Design
Founded in 2004, Walters Web Design specializes in automotive website development and graphic design. We use advertising and social marketing to help facilitate visitors and potential customers to all our client websites. “We take pride in all of our customer websites and we want each design to be better than our last. We feel this is what has put us above all the rest in our industry.” Walters Web Design is pleased to supply the Kol Bailey SKUSA Driver website link for the first year and we look forward to working with them far into the future.

Kol Bailey SKUSA Driver Website Photos

Jake Craig American Kart Racing Driver Website Launch

Jake Craig American Karting Driver Website

January 19, 2015 by Walters Web Design

Jake Craig American Kart Racing Driver Website Launch

Jake Craig is an American kart racing driver from the state of California. Jake Craig was crowned the SKUSA Pro Tour series champion in 2o14. He picked up two wins and four top 5 finishes in route to claiming the TaG Senior championship. He also took the Rotax Can-Am Series as well as the US Rotax National championship in 2014 as well.

In November 2014, Jake Craig was invited to the Ferrari Driver Academy. The California driver excelled at the Ferrari Factory in Maranello entering the Fiorano Circuit, a private racing circuit. “This has been by far the highlight of my racing career to this point in my life!” Jake described at the completion of the Ferrari driver academy.

Jake Craig Racing is excited to debut their new American karting driver website to the motorsports community. Please log on at http://www.JCraigRacing.com to browse the new website.

Despite a year full of championships, the American karting driver’s biggest accomplishment might be sitting atop the EKartingNews Driver Rankings at year’s end. The solid 2014 season placed Jake Craig 1st overall in the EKartingNews Driver Rankings while competing in the TaG division. These point standings are a way of ranking all the national and regional talent across multiple karting series on a single points sheet. Jake Craig was placed 1st out of 368 total karting drivers within his division.

Jake Craig recently kicked off the 2015 karting season piloting a new Formula K chassis. He unloaded with the new team and claimed a runner-up debut at the Musselman Honda Circuit in the Rotax Challenge of the America’s event. The remainder of the season will have a similar focus to the previous kart racing season, chase series championships.

Previously, Craig was crowned the 2011 SKUSA Pro Tour champion, the young driver has been placing his footprint on the karting industry for several years now.

The 2014 Pro Tour Series champion now looks ahead to 2015 where new challenges lay ahead. He will run with the Formula K racelab team at events across the United States in search of victories.

American karting driver Jake Craig would like to thank all of their sponsors for their help in placing the team on the national karting scene. These include; Formula K, racelab, Complete Trailers and Tru Tech Racing Engines.

Jake Craig is in constant pursuit of new advertising partners. If you are interested in becoming involved with the kart racing team please contact them via the team website for more information. Various sponsorship packages are available to fit any budget! They would be happy to explain in detail how motorsports marketing can benefit your business.

Stay tuned to the teams social media page and American karting driver website throughout the year to receive up to the minute updates. The new team website will be updated regularly with event changes and race results. Be sure to visit the photo albums as well for any race fans entertainment purposes.

Jake Craig
http://www.JCraigRacing.com
http://www.instagram.com/JakeCraig60
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jake-Craig-Racing/287496561262345

Walters Web Design
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About Jake Craig
Jake Craig is a kart racing driver from California. Previously, Craig was crowned SKUSA Pro Tour champion, the young driver has been placing his footprint on the karting industry for several years now.

About Walters Web Design
Founded in 2004, Walters Web Design specializes in automotive website development and graphic design. We use advertising and social marketing to help facilitate visitors and potential customers to all our client websites. “We take pride in all of our customer websites and we want each design to be better than our last. We feel this is what has put us above all the rest in our industry.” Walters Web Design is pleased to supply the Jake Craig American karting driver website link for the second year and we look forward to working with them far into the future.

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BLOG: Worlds Collide As Formula One Returns To America

2012 Formula One Returns To America (Circuit Of The Americas) The Track

November 15, 2012 by Shane Walters

It’s been five long years since the premier form of motorsports has crossed the pond into the United States. Primarily dominated by oval racing fans, America’s corn fields and high rise buildings alike are filled coast to coast with rabid fans who follow the NASCAR circuit. However, this form of oval racing fails to reach the radar of anyone on the other side of the ocean. Wherever the destination, Formula One brings the world with it.

During the 2008 season, F1 had 600 million sets of eyes glued on the television tube (per race), nearly double the U.S. population. In comparison, this makes the NASCAR viewing audience appear a small sewing circle at just 5 million. Furthermore, the cumulative F1 television audience was calculated to be 54 billion during the 2001 season.

F1 is the undisputed polar opposite of what the general American expects to see when they enter a racing circuit. Bumpers are replaced by wings, roofs replaced by helmets. Full blown rocket ships on wheels will enter the Circuit Of The Americas in Austin, Texas this weekend making the oversized NASCAR stock cars look like small ill-handling trucks. While in 2012 their isn’t much of anything stock on a stock car, F1 is the future of everything automotive. For years, these formula teams have laid new technology groundwork while simultaneously paving it for auto manufactures worldwide.

The purest form of racing in the United States isn’t done on pavement. Here our tracks are carved in dirt then covered in late models or sprint cars who slide sideways and turn right to go left. While we have an equally strong base of asphalt tracks and fans, the same types of cars will be found on both with a few minor changes.

Europe on the other hand grows their motorsports fan base through the use of karts, similar in size but much different than your Target shopping carts. These are really really fast karts, topping 125 miles per hour on a regular basis with built in, yet unnatural, seat warmers as these buttox holders scrape along the racing circuit. Karting is the only form of racing machines capable of reaching g forces equal to F1 cars as they turn on dimes simultaneously hopping over the curbs, chasing the hundredth of a second advantage.

These two very different worlds of motorsport will again collide this weekend for the first time in five years. Tomorrow, practice 1, cars will be unleashed on the shiny new circuit for the first time. The first purpose built Formula One track ever constructed in the United States. Built around a state-of-the-art 3.4-mile circuit track with capacity for 120,000 fans and an elevation change of 133 feet, the facility is designed for any and all classes of racing – from motor power, to human power.

Previously, the United States Grand Prix took place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, that was 2007. Two years prior arguably the most controversial sighting in Formula One history, as over half the sporting teams refused to compete. These teams were obligated to use a set of tires that were faulty for the IMS banking and sure to cause disaster. Only a handful of cars using a different brand of tires crossed through turn 1. Following the event, tensions ran extraordinarily high between track owner Tony George and F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone who was later quoted saying it did not matter to him whether or not there was a Grand Prix in America.

Most importantly, as an American I’m thrilled that for this weekend only it’s not required I stay up until 4AM just to watch a practice session.

Written By: Shane Walters

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WALTERS WEB DESIGN FOUNDER LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE

April 9, 2012 by Shane Walters

APRIL 9TH, 2012 (ST. LOUIS, MO) I founded Walters Web Design in 2004 and since then thousands of hours have been spent moving a mouse in circles attempting to create the most eye appealing websites possible. 8 years and 300 website designs later I feel I have succeeded providing internet presence for drivers, teams and companies specifically in the motorsports industry.

Beyond website development I have pursued a racing career with the main intent of feeding a cold blooded addition to the sport. In recent years racing has led me to high powered, light weight road racing karts following the SKUSA Pro Tour and now defunct STARS of Karting Series. However, in the past I have piloted dirt oval cars and have plans to return to oval racing scene in the future because that form of racing fits my driving style much better than turning left followed by right hander or two.

I have a long list of halfway pursued hobbies that I try to fill as much as my time with as possible. Many years ago I picked up a camera and started snapping pictures of karts as they flew by at 100+mph. Until recently this hobby was held strictly in the presence of a racing surface. Recently, I have began taking photos beyond the gates of a motorsports complex, most of these pictures are posted on my new website. I have many locations in mind that I would like to visit soon, those photos when taken will also be posted.

Please point your web browsers to my new website http://www.ShaneWalters.net to browse photos throughout my racing career, among much more racing related content. You can also view photo albums from around the St. Louis area that I have recently snapped. A single blog post has also been placed on the site as well, though I have plans to expand this section of the site in the future.

Follow me on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ShaneDWalters and subscribe to my facebook timeline on http://www.facebook.com/ShaneWaltersOnline both of which are updated on a regular basis.

For more information on motorsports design team Walters Web Design please visit us online at http://www.WaltersWebDesign.com . To receive the latest race team news, photos, videos, results, website and graphic releases please follow us on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/WaltersWeb and we are also on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/WaltersWebDesign .

About Shane Walters
Current SKUSA Pro Tour karting driver with a full list of hobbies halfway pursued. I’m also the sole founder of Walters Web Design and as a result I spend most of my day moving a mouse in circles. The rest of my day is spent brainstorming the darkest corners of my thoughts for the most offensive, off the wall and embarrassing twitter posts I can possibly create. Why? So the content of my account is greatly divided from the average twitter user and perhaps install a smile on your face at my expense.

About Walters Web Design
Founded in 2004, Walters Web Design specializes in motorsports website development and graphic design. We use advertising and social marketing to help facilitate visitors and potential customers to all our client websites. “We take pride in all of our customer websites and we want each design to be better than our last. We feel this is what has put us above all the rest in our industry.”

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PRESS: SKUSA PRO TOUR READIES FOR LAUNCH AT SPRINGNATIONALS

April 22, 2011 by Shane Walters

This year’s Superkarts! USA Pro Tour is fast becoming one of the bright spots of American karting for 2011, as our sport is now rebounding from being hard hit by the recent economic recession. Despite the continuing issues with the national economy, karting is certainly fighting back as entry numbers in the primary regional series have been extremely encouraging, and SKUSA is part of this recovery. There is positive momentum building all over the country and SKUSA’s West Coast-centric ‘Pro Tour’ is enjoying significant buzz regarding good fields in virtually all of its classes. The opening round of the SKUSA Pro Tour – the Honda Racing/HPD SpringNationals in Tucson, AZ – is now less than a week away and the research performed by the EKN staff shows that this program will see significant growth for 2011. The inaugural Pro Tour launched last spring at Infineon Raceway with just over 100 participants and the forecasted numbers for this year’s opener are north of 170.

The 2011 SKUSA Pro Tour will consist of three events, anchored by the granddaddy of them all, the SuperNationals in Las Vegas in November. The season kicks off on the April 29 – May 1 weekend in Tucson, Arizona for the second running of the SpringNationals. As recently announced on EKN, Honda Racing and Honda Performance Development (HPD) have signed on as the title sponsor for the event, helping to raise the bar for an event that SKUSA’s Tom Kutscher is aimed at making into a “mini SuperNats”.

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