08/12/2026
FIVE WINS IN TWO STATES FOR KYLE BEATTIE RACING AND SKE CHASSIS, KARTER WINS THREE
CONCORD, N.C. -- Kyle Beattie Racing and SKE Chassis took their show on the road this past week, heading west for a pair of major Outlaw Kart events in Illinois and Iowa.
By the time the dust settled, the trip had produced four feature wins, several podium finishes, and plenty of proof that the KBR and SKE racers could get it done well beyond their familiar surroundings at Millbridge Speedway.
The first stop was Viola Boyz Backroad Speedway in Viola, Illinois, for the Backroad Rumble.
Karter “Katfish” Beattie wasted little time making his presence felt, picking up the Intermediate Clone feature victory.
He nearly added more.
In the 250 feature, Karter spent most of the race running second. He struggled to make the bottom groove work late in the race, allowing one competitor to slip past, but still came home third with another podium finish.
The Open feature was a much tougher one to swallow.
Karter again spent much of the race running second and was still there when the caution came out with four laps remaining. On the restart, he picked up a cone and dragged it around the track, forcing him to restart from the rear with virtually no time left to recover.
The final result did not show just how strong the run had been.
Kylea “Speedy” Beattie had some heartbreak of her own at Viola.
She had worked herself into position behind the leader and was beginning to set up a crossover move for the top spot when the kart got sideways. By the time she gathered it back up, several positions had been lost along with her opportunity to race for the win, but it was still one of Kylea's strongest performances of the year.
There were two more trips to victory lane for the KBR and SKE group before leaving Illinois.
KBR customer Wyatt Bird captured the Box Stock feature, giving the team its second victory of the event, and Holden Harder in the "UF0" took the flag in the 250 Winged Outlaw A Main (Karter finished third) to make it three wins on the night at Viola on Saturday.
There was not much time to celebrate or dwell on the races that got away. KBR and SKE group headed for Knoxville, Iowa, and the Outlaw Dirt Kart Nationals at English Creek Speedway.
That is where an already strong trip turned into a big one.
Karter won twice.
He took the victory in the 250/125 Winged Outlaw feature and followed it with another win in Intermediate Winged.
And once again, he almost had more.
Karter finished second in Open 500cc, giving him two wins and a runner-up finish in his three English Creek feature appearances.
The 250/125 Winged Outlaw race was especially strong for the KBR and SKE group, with Holden Harder finishing second behind Karter to make it a one-two finish. Riley Dawson came home ninth, Levi “Beefstick” Ballard finished 14th, and Marshal Dawson was 16th.
In Open 500cc, Coen McDaniel joined Karter near the front with a sixth-place finish, while Riley Dawson finished ninth.
Mekhi Harshaw came home ninth in Adult Wing Outlaw, and Kylea finished 12th in the Box Stock feature.
Put the entire trip together, and the numbers tell a pretty good story.
KBR and SKE racers won four features across two states, with Karter accounting for three of them. He also added a second-place finish at English Creek and a third at Viola while spending significant portions of several other races battling at or near the front.
More importantly, the group showed speed at two tracks away from home and against fields they do not race with every week.
For Karter, Kylea, and the entire KBR and SKE family, it was a Midwest road trip that delivered victories, frustration, lessons, and plenty of reasons to be proud.
Five wins in two states have the team heading home to North Carolina with some renewed confidence, but again, not much time to relax as they get ready for the return to Millbridge this week.
Tuesday and Wednesday night's on-track action begins at 6:15 PM Eastern, while Saturday's on-track action gets underway at 5:30 PM Eastern. Stop out, meet Karter, Kylea, and the team, and pick up some merch at the trailer! If you can't be at the track, the racing is live on DirtVision each night.