2025 Rules & Regulations

  • Any driver aged 16 or over can race in the EKS. It is advised that only drivers with significant outdoor karting experience should enter into the 2-stroke rounds due to the nature of Daytona’s DMAX karts which are the fastest hire-karts in Britain

    Drivers aged 14-15 can race in the EKS, however will require explicit permission from Luke Battersby to race in the series due to circuit-specific age restrictions. Please contact luke@elitekartingseries.co.uk with a brief overview of your karting history if this applies to you.

    To race in 2-stroke rounds 14-15 year old drivers must have passed their DMAX assessment at a Daytona circuit by either taking part in an EKS Group DMAX Tuition or by booking a private DMAX assessment.

    14-15 year old drivers must have some form of championship experience or have been RT10 assessed to race at Buckmore Park.

    14-15 year old drivers unfortunately cannot race at Warden Law due to their age restrictions.

    Drivers aged 14-17 must also attend events alongside a parent or guardian.

  • Upon arriving at an event, drivers will be weighed and handed any ballast, if available, which they require to reach the minimum weight of their weight class. It will then be solely the drivers responsibility to keep hold of and handle their ballast throughout the event, before returning their ballast at the end of the event.

    Drivers who fail to return their ballast in full at the end of the event will be required to cover the significant costs of replacing the ballast which they have lost. This cost is usually £30 per kilogram lost.

    Either all or a random selection of drivers will be weighed after each session near the pitlane exit gate. Drivers will be weighed whilst wearing all of their race gear and whilst carrying any seat insert and/or ballast which they are using.

    Any driver found to be underweight after a session will be disqualified from that session. They will score points equivalent to last position in that race and all the drivers who finished behind them in that race will gain a position. The disqualified drivers lap times will be invalidated and hence if the session is Qualifying, Race 1 or Race 2, they will then start the following race in last position.

  • The EKS takes a hard line on driving standards and will not tolerate dirty driving. A strong emphasis is placed on leaving drivers enough space and allowing others to re-overtake if a position is gained unfairly. Fundamentally, drivers are expected to treat others how they would like to be treated.

    If a driver is more than half a kart length alongside another driver at any moment in time, at least one kart width of space must be given.

    Drivers who do not drive cleanly will be spoken to once we become aware of their poor driving. If a driver continually fails to drive cleanly, they will be removed from the series.

  • Before each event the EKS passes a penalty guide onto the race director of the event and asks for the guide to be used where possible when awarding penalties. This guide demonstrates the penalties which are usually awarded in the EKS in an effort to maintain penalty consistency across events.

    Please be aware that the EKS cannot race direct events and penalties are awarded by each circuits race director. The race directors discretion will always be used when awarding penalties.

    Below is the penalty guide which is passed on to each circuit. Please be aware that this is only a guide and penalties may differ from what is listed below depending on the nature of the specific incident.

    • Contact warning = 1 point deduction for that race.

    • Dangerous defending (i.e. late move) = 1 point deduction for that race.

    • Bump and pass (i.e. contact from behind causing an overtake) = 5 second penalty.

    • Forcing a driver off the circuit (i.e. no attempt made to leave a driver sufficient space) = 5 second penalty.

    • Takeout but returns position = 1 point deduction.

    • Takeout then fails to return position = 30 second penalty.

    • Excessive number of a particular warning in that race (usually 3 or more) = 30 second penalty.

    • Underweight = Disqualification and scores points for last position in that race. Back of the grid start for the next race.

    • Intentional takeout = Disqualification and likely series ban.

    Penalties regarding yellow flags and the safety of track staff are left strictly for the circuit to decide however they are usually either a 30 second penalty or a black flag.

  • Splits

    When required, drivers will be split up into ability-based groups known as splits using their average championship points score in their classes National Championship. This is calculated by dividing each drivers total points by the number of rounds they have raced in in their National Championship.

    Drivers who are making their season debut will be assigned to an appropriate split based on their known ability level.

    These splits allow drivers to race against those of a similar pace level to themselves and make for competitive racing regardless of ability level.

    Race Points

    Each race within a split scores equal points, thus making each race as important as any other in that split.

    Split 1

    The victor of each Split 1 race will score 50 points with drivers scoring points accordingly in each race:

    1st: 50, 2nd: 47, 3rd: 45, 4th: 43, 5th: 41, 6th: 40, 7th: 39, 8th: 38, 9th: 37, 10th: 36, 11th: 35, 12th: 34, 13th: 33, 14th: 32, 15th: 31, 16th: 30, 17th: 29, 18th: 28, 19th: 27, 20th: 26, 21st: 25, 22nd: 24, 23rd: 23, 24th: 22, 25th: 21, 26th: 20, 27th: 19, 28th: 18, 29th: 17, 30th: 16, 31st: 15, 32nd: 14, 33rd: 13, 34th: 12, 35th: 11, 36th: 10, 37th: 9, 38th: 8, 39th: 7, 40th: 6, 41st: 5, 42nd: 4, 43rd: 3, 44th: 2, 45th: 1.

    Split 2

    The victor of each Split 2 race will score 40 points with drivers scoring points accordingly in each race:

    1st: 40, 2nd: 37, 3rd: 35, 4th: 33, 5th: 31, 6th: 30, 7th: 29, 8th: 28, 9th: 27, 10th: 26, 11th: 25, 12th: 24, 13th: 23, 14th: 22, 15th: 21, 16th: 20, 17th: 19, 18th: 18, 19th: 17, 20th: 16, 21st: 15, 22nd: 14, 23rd: 13, 24th: 12, 25th: 11, 26th: 10, 27th: 9, 28th: 8, 29th: 7, 30th: 6, 31st: 5, 32nd: 4, 33rd: 3, 34th: 2, 35th: 1.

    Split 3

    The victor of each Split 3 race will score 30 points with drivers scoring points accordingly in each race:

    1st: 30, 2nd: 27, 3rd: 25, 4th: 23, 5th: 21, 6th: 20, 7th: 19, 8th: 18, 9th: 17, 10th: 16, 11th: 15, 12th: 14, 13th: 13, 14th: 12, 15th: 11, 16th: 10, 17th: 9, 18th: 8, 19th: 7, 20th: 6, 21st: 5, 22nd: 4, 23rd: 3, 24th: 2, 25th: 1.

    Overall Results

    At the end of each event, these point scores for each driver will be added together to form the overall results for that event.

    Championship Points

    Drivers finishing position in the overall results will then decide how many championship points they receive. The Split 1 points system will be used to allocate championship points.

    Team Championship Points

    After each round, the individual point score of a driver who is a member of a team will be added together with their teammates point score to form their team point score for that round.

  • Each National Championship consists of 3 drop rounds whilst each Northern Championship and each Southern Championship consists of 2 drop rounds. This will remain the case if any event is cancelled.

    These drop rounds allow drivers who cannot attend every round to still fight for the championship.