US Open/USRGN Pre-Entry List: Over 100 Rotax Drivers!

We’ve been granted permission to publish the list of drivers registered for the US Open/US Rotax Grand Nationals in New Jersey and as we hinted before, it’s looking pretty good and much better than we were initially expecting after everything that has happened to the US Rotax scene over the past six months.

The event will be all Rotax Max classes as organizers have cut out the Shifter classes after little interest was shown in the pre-entry, which leaves us puzzled given the number of shifter drivers in the Northeast USA region, but nonetheless we are excited for the action that will be on track.

There are no less than 20 drivers in Micro-Max, Mini-Max and Rotax Senior and we expect Rotax Junior to eclipse this number as well when all the last-minute registrations roll in. Hopefully posting the list will entice a few last minute entries as well.

PSL Karting leads the number of entries with seventeen drivers supporting their BirelART or Ricciardo Kart colours. BENIK Kart has a good contingent of Micro and Mini drivers, while a number of teams enter with good number of drivers as well including Prime Powerteam, J3 Competition, Nitro Kart, Speed Concepts Racing, Rolison Performance Group, Mike Doty Racing and BBR Karting. On top of it all, there are a number of privateer efforts as well to round of the paddock. It is good to see the entries spread across many different tents. It’s no 250-driver race, but it’s still pretty well supported.

Interestingly, there is only a couple international drivers, a number much lower than we anticipated, with the majority being from the USA or Canada.

Six drivers enter the race already qualified for the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals as Mini-Max racer Jack Armstrong (COA), Rotax Senior’s Ryan MacDermid (US Open Vegas), Ryan Norberg (FWT), DD2 driver Jeffrey Kingsley (FWT) and Rotax Masters drives Scott Roberts (FWT) and Billy Cleavelin (COA) have secured their tickets in previous races.

While it’s late, it’s not too late to enter for those interested. Click here to register.

Finally, the official schedule will be released next week.

Rotax Micro-Max

Rotax Mini-Max

Rotax Junior Max

Rotax Senior Max

Rotax DD2/DD2M

Rotax Masters Max

**Designates driver is already qualified for the 2017 Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals.