List of kart racing championships

The following is a list of kart racing championships. International championships have been held in kart racing since 1964, when the Karting World Championship was inaugurated by the CIK-FIA.

International championships

Active international championships

As of 2025, there are 11 active international titles awarded in CIK-FIA classes, with 50 titles awarded annually:

CIK-FIA

• CIK-FIA World Championship (OK, OK-J, KZ)
• CIK-FIA World Cup (KZ2, OK-N, OKN-J)
• CIK-FIA International Super Cup (KZ2-M)
• CIK-FIA European Championship (OK, OK-J, KZ, KZ2, KZ2-M)
• CIK-FIA Academy Trophy (Academy-Senior, Academy-Junior)

WSK

• WSK Final Cup (OK, OK-J, KZ2, OK-N, OKN-J, 60 Mini)
• WSK Euro Series (OK, OK-J, OK-N, OKN-J, 60 Mini)
• WSK Super Master Series (OK, OK-J, KZ2, OKN-J, 60 Mini)

Other

• FIA Motorsport Games (biennial) (OK, OK-J)
• Champions of the Future (OK, OK-J, KZ, KZ2, KZ2-M, OK-N, OKN-J, 60 Mini)
• Trofeo delle Industrie (OK-J, KZ2, OK-N, OKN-J, 60 Mini)
• Andrea Margutti Trophy (OK-J, KZ2, OK-N, OKN-J, 60 Mini)
• International Deutsche Kart-Meisterschaft (OK-J, KZ2)

Former international championships

• Hong Kong International Kart Grand Prix (1976–1992)
• Japan Kart Grand Prix (1977–1999), also known as the Kart Race in Japan

World championships

• FIA Karting World Championship (1964–present)
• FIA Superkart World Championship (1983–1995)
• FIA Karting Academy Trophy (2010–present)
• FIA Motorsport Games (2019–present)
• FIA Karting Arrive-and-Drive World Cup (2025–present)
• WSK Final Cup (2010–present), previously the WSK Nations Cup
• Champions of the Future Academy Program (2023–present)
• Rotax Max Challenge (2000–present)
• IAME Warrior Final (2021–present)
• WSK World Series (2006–2010), previously the WSK International Series
• International IAME Games (2007–2022), previously the Bruno Grana International Trophy, the IAME International Challenge, and the IAME International Final
• Summer Youth Olympics (2018; no medals awarded)

Continental championships

Africa

• FIA African Karting Cup (2024–present)
• CIK-FIA Karting African Championship (1981)

Americas

• CIK-FIA Pan-American Championship (–2009)
• CIK-FIA North American Championship
• FIA Karting South American Championship
• WSK North American Series (2009)
• T4 Americas Cup (2026–present)
• Challenge of the Americas

Asia and Oceania

• FIA Karting Asia-Pacific Championship (1981–2013, 2015–2016, 2026–present), previously the CIK Asian Open Championship
• CIK-FIA Oceania Championship

Europe

• FIA Karting European Championship (1972–present)
• FIA Superkart European Championship (2002–2019)
• WSK Super Master Series (2010–present), previously the WSK Master Series
• WSK Euro Series (2010–2013, 2019–present)
• IAME Euro Series (2016–present)
• Champions of the Future Euro Series (2020–present), previously Champions of the Future
• Champions of the Future Shifters (2024–present)
• International Deutsche Kart-Meisterschaft (2024–present)
• CIK-FIA European Nations' Championship (1963–1976)
• CIK-FIA Viking Trophy (1990–2012)
• WSK Open Series (2018–2024), previously the WSK Open Cup
• WSK Champions Cup (2014–2024)
• WSK Super Cup (2022–2024)
• Bridgestone Cup (2005–2012)
• WSK Silver Cup (2008, 2012)
• WSK Night Edition (2015–2016)

Middle East

• MENA Karting Championship Nations Cup (2020–present)

National championships

Australia

• Australian Kart Championship (1963–present), formerly the Australian National Sprint Kart Championships
• City of Melbourne Titles (1985–present)
• Australian Superkart Championship (1989–present)

Belgium

• Belgian National Championship

Benelux

• BNL Karting Series (2008–present)

Brazil

• (1964–present)

Canada

• Canadian Karting Championship (1999–present)

China

• China Karting Championship (1997–present)

Finland

• Finnish Karting Championship

France

• French Karting Championship
• Coupe de France
• Grand Prix Open Karting
• National Series Karting (2012–present)

Germany

• Deutsche Kart-Meisterschaft (1962–present)

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong International Kart Grand Prix (1967–1992)

Italy

• Italian ACI Karting Championship (1961–present), previously the Italian Open Masters and the Italian Open Karting Championship

Macau

• Macao International Kart Grand Prix

Netherlands

• Dutch Championship

Norway

• Norwegian Karting Championship

Portugal

• Portuguese Karting Championship (2007–present)

Spain

• Spanish Karting Championship (2004–present)

Sweden

• Swedish Karting Championship

Turkey

• Turkish Karting Championship (2001–2014)

United Kingdom

• British Kart Championships (2019–present)
• Super 1 National Kart Championships (1983–present)
• Kartmasters British Grand Prix (1996–present)
• British Superkart Championship
• Club100 (1993–present)
• British Universities Karting Championship (2001–present)
• British Schools Karting Championship (2003–present)
• Armed Forces Karting Championship (2009–present), previously the RAF Kart Championship and the Inter-Service Kart Championship
• Formula Kart Stars (1996–2016)

United States

National championships

• IKF Grand Nationals (1960–present)
• SKUSA SuperNationals (1997–present)
• Florida Winter Tour (1999–present)
• SKUSA Pro Tour (2010–present)
• United States Pro Kart Series (2013–present)
• SKUSA Winter Series (2018–present)
• Stars Championship Series (2020–present)
• Champions of the Future America Series (2026–present)
• ROK Cup USA
• RMC US Trophy Final
• RMC Winter Trophy
• RMC America's Trophy (2026–present)

Regional championships

• Route 66 Sprint Series (1990s–present)
• Rock Island Grand Prix (1996–present)
• Cup Karts North America (2015–present)
• Sunshine State Karting Challenge (2018–present)
• T4 Series USA
• Texas Sprint Racing Series (2016–present)
• T4 Eastern Cup (2026–present)
• Florida Karting Championship (2026–present)
• ROK Sonoma
• ROK Vegas
• ROK the Rockies

Former championships

• GPKCA World Championship (1959–1961)

Other championships

• Desafio Internacional das Estrelas (2005–2014)
• FAT Karting League (2021–present)
• Florida Winter Tour
• Masters of Paris-Bercy (1993–2011)
• Elf Masters (1993–2001)
• ERDF Masters Kart (2011)
• CIK-FIA Monaco Kart Cup (1995–2010)
• Patras International Circuit for Kart (2009–present)
• South Garda Winter Cup (1996–2023)
• Andrea Margutti Trophy (1990–present)
• Trofeo delle Industrie (1971–present)
• Race of Stars (2003–2013)
• Purdue Grand Prix (1958–present)
• Electric Vehicle Grand Prix (2010–present)

See also

• Commission Internationale de Karting (CIK-FIA) – the primary governing body for international kart racing
• List of international kart racing champions
• Kart racing

References