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SKUSA has put together a highlight video of the 2008 SuperNationals from Las Vegas, NV. The video is a bit sponsor heavy, but features some pretty cool racing clips as well as some decent interviews with some big-name drivers.....

Check it out here.

2008 National Guard SKUSA SuperNationals from Eyenovation Multimedia on Vimeo.

Sorry for the delay in posting news, I was out of town last week. There has been quite a bit of news, so I'll do my best to recap most of it... Here is your November edition of "Linkage".

The Star Mazda series has a new team for 2009; Juncos Racing. The new team will field three cars including two series newcomers: fifteen-year-old Michael Furfari and seventeen-year-old Sean Burstyn.

In more Star Mazda news: Conor Daly spent two days testing with JDC Motorsports. According to team owner John Church, the test went very well.

Josef Newgarden spent last Monday driving an Anderson Racing Star Mazda car around Sebring,.... despite thoroughly enjoying the test and the team, the Tennessee resident seems to have his eyes set on the British Formula Ford Championship for 2009. The 17-year-old flew back to the UK last weekend and will spend the balance of this week testing with three Duratec teams. Look for a big announcement soon.....

In the karting world.... Jonathan Thonon claimed the $10,000 check for winning the SuperPro division of the 2008 SKUSA SuperNationals. You can find full results for the TAG and SuperPro divisions here.

In Atlantic Championship news: US RaceTronics continues its aggressive testing schedule for 2009, running Sebastian Saavedra.

Condor Motorsports signed Max Lefevre to contest the 2009 Atlantic Championship earlier today.

Due to some A1GP frustration, it appears Jonny Reid will return to the United States for another year in the Indy Lights series.

In more Indy Lights news, Sam Schmidt continued his 2009 tests running both Charlie Kimball (for a second time) and Dillon Battistini. The duo spent one day on the road course and one day on the oval at Homestead.

Genoa Racing tested Richard Philippe at Homestead last week.

The F3 Euro Series has finalized their team roster for 2009. Two teams were added to the series for 2009... including Kolles TME; the team established by former F1 Force India team boss.

I'm not sure if SKUSA is under contract with Ekartingnews; but for whatever reason they refused to provide me with an entry list until it was released on EKN's website. I had originally planned on doing a rather large preview with some picks for the weekend but as you will soon see, making any kind of picks for this weekend's event is nearly impossible. This years event/entry list for the SuperPro and TAG class is quite possibly the most talented field ever assembled for a karting event, ...without question it's one the most anticipated races of the year for anyone who follows karting and junior formula drivers.

With their "lone knowledge" of the entry list, here is a nice preview of this weekend's SuperPro and TAG divisions written by the staff at Ekartingnews.com. Make sure to look at all the names on the entry list, no matter which professional racing series you follow, you will most likely recognize several names from various sanctioning bodies.

Tony Kart announced today that two time World Champion (2007, 2008) Marco Ardigo will return to the United States this November to defend his SKUSA SuperNationals title from 2007. Ardigo has also won four European championships. The 25 year old Italian star has been driving for Tony Kart since 2005. His resume is well balanced between the direct drive Formula A class and the 125 ICC shifter kart class.

SKUSA announced their CIK approval for the event just last month. Watch for more European drivers to follow suit.

Superkarts!USA announced today that they have obtained the CIK stamp of approval for their 12th annual SuperNationals. The race will be held at the Rio Hotel parking lot in Las Vegas, spanning 7/10ths of a mile with 16 turns. SKUSA promoters hope to draw a large international field to this years race, which is arguably the largest shifter kart event in North America.