Spring Update

WRKC Spring newsletter

Spring has sprung and that means the 2022 race season is almost here! WRKC has been working hard behind the scenes to ensure this upcoming season is an exciting and successful one for all of our members. This newsletter contains some important information for the upcoming season – make sure to keep reading so you are ready to hit the track!

Welcome New Members
First of all, we would like to extend a warm welcome to all of the new members that have joined us this season! We look forward to meeting you at the track. We hope that you join us at Driver Training Day on May 7^th so we can show you the ropes & get you ready for the race season. In the meantime, if you have any questions about the club, upcoming events, or go-karting in general please reach out to [email protected] or an executive member and we would be happy to help.

Upcoming Events
Mark your calendars – we have some exciting events coming up!

Spring Track Clean Up Day – April 9th, 2022 8:30-11:30am
We are looking for some members that are interested in lending a helping hand to get our track ready for the season. If you are interested in helping, please email [email protected] or reach out to Jody Prince at 519-404-9523.

Driver Training Day – May 7th, 2022
All rookies and second year drivers are invited to join us to get familiar with the WRKC club and get some track time with coaching and support from our volunteers.

Practice Day – May 8th, 2022
WRKC will organize and supervise a practice session for all classes from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm.

Track layouts for first 3 race days: we have released the track layouts for the first 3 race days below. We are thrilled to launch some new track layouts again this season – stay tuned for updates on the layouts for the rest of the season.

– Race #1 – May 14th, 2022 – standard track configuration (CCW)
– Race #2 – May 28th, 2022 – standard track configuration (CCW)
– Race #3 – June 11th, 2022 – backwards direction (standard track configuration – CW)

Make sure to complete your waiver before coming to the track!
Waivers must be completed electronically for this race season by all participants, mechanics, and volunteers – if you are going to be on the grid at all this season you must complete a waiver! We will not be accepting any paper waivers.

Annual waivers can be completed at https://waterloorkc.speedwaiver.com/nigjl

Please be sure to complete this waiver and bring a screenshot of the confirmation to the track each race day. We will be checking that waivers are completed at registration each morning and handing out wrist bands to drivers, mechanics, and volunteers that have completed the waiver.

We will be checking wrist bands to ensure that anyone who is on the grid or track has completed a waiver and entering the grid without signing the waiver will have repercussions.
– Step One – click on the link provided. It will then send a text message to your mobile phone with the link for the waiver. Follow steps.
– Step Two – sign the waiver on your smart phone
– Step Three – show your waiver at the sign in booth and receive your arm band.

Volunteers needed:
The WRKC is looking for people to do various jobs both on the track (ex: corner marshal) and off the track (ex: scales, timing and scoring, newsletter, etc) for our 2022 race season. These positions can be volunteer-based (including for the required volunteer hours for high school graduation) or can be eligible for an honourarium. We invite anyone who has any interest in any of these roles to reach out to us at [email protected].

Assigned / Prepaid parking:
We will have prepaid parking available this year for the WRKC events, this will NOT include Karts Stars & Octoberfest events.

An email to all registered 2022 members will be sent out with information on how to obtain as parking spot, if you had prepaid for a parking spot in the previous years, you would have been contact already to confirm if you are returning and wanting your original spot. All inquiries can be sent to [email protected]:
This will be on a first come first served.

A few more housekeeping items:
Practice outside of our scheduled events is available to be scheduled through the track owner and is not affiliated with WRKC. The track has some other events scheduled in April so please be sure to call the track owner to schedule time to practice before arriving.If any members have and unneeded Honda restrictors that they reach out to an executive members or email [email protected] so we are able to use and share them with new members.

Thank you to our 2022 sponsors!
Thank you to our new and returning sponsors for their generous contributions to the club.

Class Sponsors
Cadet Collison Racing
Novice Touchwood Cabinets
Jr. Light Walker Machinery
Jr. Heavy Network Sewer and Watermain
Sr. Medium Expressway Trucks
Masters Flamboro Machine Shop

Race day sponsors:
Reliance Precision
Silvabuilt Construction
Network Sewer and Watermain
Grindstone Landscaping
Northside Trophies
Kittys Ice Cream Garage
Expressway trucks
VSR Racing
Platinum Karts and Parts
Wow 1 Day Painting
Invisible Fence K/W
Go Hot Water.ca
Bast Medical
T. Weber Paving