02/27/2026
REGISTRATION OPEN FOR 2026 CHALLENGE OF THE AMERICAS EVENT AT PKRA. 60 ENTRIES NEEDED BY MARCH 14TH TO MAKE THE EVENT HAPPEN.
Greetings Challenge Racers and Teams.
It is no secret that numbers were down at our opener at K1 Circuit last week. So low, that I took a significant financial loss organizing the event. Track costs there are exorbitant and not sustainable, but we took the chance and it didn’t pay off. I can’t continue down the path of hemorrhaging cash. Doing it once was extremely painful, but necessary. Doing that 3 more times is impossible.
The new K1 club series has garnered the support of Southern California and a number of teams that have supported the Challenge of the Americas for the last 19 seasons. Unfortunately, the new program decided to schedule on top of our next two event weekends, unnecessarily forcing racers to choose a race program.
Therefore, for our Phoenix event I give you, our racers, the role of choosing the fate of our program. We need 60 entries committed to our PKRA event or the rest of the season will be canceled. After nearly 20 years, and with a heavy heart I say this, the choice is yours. I don’t want K1 to go down as the final Challenge of the Americas race weekend, but I need your support.
PKRA entry for R3 and R4 opens today and will remain so until 11:59pm on March 14th. I know it is early, so we only ask for a $500 entry down payment. The balance can be paid at a later date, right up until the race weekend, or even at the event. Should we not get 60 entries your $500 down payment will be refunded in full.
Thank you,
Andy
Register here: https://raceselect.com/cota//2026
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