Redwood Outlaw Karts season continues, with four divisions in action this weekend – Times-Standard

July 3, 2024

Fallon Ludwig celebrates her victory in the Box Stocks race on Saturday, June 29, 2024, at the Redwood Outlaw Karts in Redwood Acres. Ludwig was one of four winners on Saturday. (Dylan McNeill/The Times-Standard)

The Redwood Outlaw Karts season continued on Saturday at the Redwood Acres Fairgrounds with the second race of the 2024 season. Redwood Outlaw Karts offers six different kart racing classes for different age groups, with everyone from 5-year-olds to adults eligible to race.

Their 2024 season began last month and runs through early October, with seven more races still on the schedule. Saturday’s race saw over 20 drivers compete in the various classes on a beautiful day of racing on the North Coast. On Saturday, four of the Redwood Outlaw Karts were in action in Point’s Race #2. Malachi Johnson won the 250/500 main race, Marcus Finney won the Flat Karts main race, Fallon Ludwig won the Box Stock main race, and Anissa Curtice won the Caged Clone event.

The drivers will compete for the Redwood Outlaw Karts at Redwood Acres in Eureka on Saturday, June 29, 2024. The next Redwood Outlaw Karts race is scheduled for July 13. (Dylan McNeill/The Times-Standard)

Some of the winners were Humboldt County locals, Curtice and Finney are both from Eureka. Johnson came from Medford, Oregon to claim the win, and he wasn’t the only Oregonian celebrating Saturday, as Ludwig is from Coquille, Oregon, proving that Redwood Outlaw Karts is a racing destination for the area.

Cody Caylor’s No. 11 car takes an aggressive turn that eventually flips him over at the Redwood Outlaw Kart races on Saturday, June 29, 2024. Four classes were in action Saturday in Eureka. (Dylan McNeill/The Times-Standard)

Curtice and Johnson not only took the main race win, but also secured the fastest lap times in their classes: Curtice needed 11.564 seconds in the Caged Clone class, Johnson’s best time in the 250/500 class was 11.241 seconds.

Phoenix Venza posted the fastest time for the Box Stock with a time of 11.586 and Michael Lawrence did the same in the Flat Kart class with a time of 11.578. Lawrence, Venza and Curtice all set new track records on Saturday.

Phoenix Venza competes in the Box Stocks class in the Redwood Outlaw Kart Series at Redwood Acres Fairgrounds in Eureka on Saturday, June 29, 2024. Venza set a new track record on Saturday. (Dylan McNeill/The Times-Standard)

Racing for Redwood Outlaw Karts continues Saturday, July 13. Admission to the races, which typically begin at 1 p.m. and last until approximately 6 p.m., is $20, with children under five admitted free. Families interested in racing should contact [email protected] for more information.

Dylan McNeill can be reached at 707-441-0526