Burris Racing

Burris Racing Producer and distributor of high quality competition Karting products and American made Burris tires The story, however, starts long before that.

Burris Racing as the company it is today was established in 1976. As a teen, Mike Burris began racing karts in 1958 and with access to his father’s machine shop would make various parts for his own kart as things failed. As time went on, his competitors began asking if he could make the same pieces for them. So in the evenings Mike would produce the various components and sell them to support his

racing. Eventually, Mike went to work full time at Burco Manufacturing in Hawthorne, CA near the Los Angeles Airport. The Karting side of the business was a small part, but paid its own way. The bills were paid by the specialty machining and government jobs that Mike’s father Bob had relied on, but that was soon to change. One of the items that Burco produced was clutch replacement parts for a new style oil bath designed clutch that was on the market but had some weak links. The new Burco parts made the clutch better then what was originally designed and they sold well. This lead to a complete clutch design that was marketed under the Burco name - which would become the dominant clutch throughout karting for many years. In the early 1970’s, the combination of Mike’s growing family and escalating cost of real estate in the Los Angeles area prompted him to move to the growing suburb of Orange County. This was a common trend, and commuting from OC to Los Angeles was a real task due to the increased number of people commuting from their homes in the OC to Los Angeles. With the daily grind of spending 2-3 hrs a day commuting wearing on Mike, he and his father decided to divide the business and Mike would establish Burris Racing in a 1,500 sq ft industrial unit in Santa Ana. The initial product line consisted of pistons and rings for the McCulloch and Italian engines, Mikuni Carburetors and motor mounts. In the early days, Mike was the book keeper, shipper, packager, janitor, sales department and anything else that needed to be done. His son Kurt would ride his bike to the shop after school and help where he could with packaging, sweeping or answering the phone until it was time to head home for dinner. Many nights, Mike would head back after dinner to continue with the work that needed to be done or to prepare for an upcoming race. It was soon apparent that Mike needed some full time help to be able to grow and build the business. Mike hired Debbie Murray to take care of many of the tasks that kept him from pursuing other ideas and she freed up his time to make those pursuits. In the 1970’s, the popular kart tires were Carlisle Super Slicks and Goodyear Blue streaks. These were more or less industrial tires that were adapted to competition Karting. In other forms of racing there were big gains in tire technologies during that period, and Mike recognized an opportunity. He soon found Joe Jacobs who had recently started the racing division at McCreary tire and they decided that they had the capabilities to produce Kart tires and move forward. It wasn’t long after Mike had invested everything that he had into a Burris tire that Bridgestone and Dunlop appeared on the scene with their versions. The Burris tire was competitive from the start and won many major events across the country. With the increase in politics on the sprint side of the industry and the appearance for more opportunity for growth on the Speedway Karting side, it was an easy choice of where to put the company emphasis. Burris has the largest number of tracks and series who contract with them each year to use their tires exclusively. The biggest selling point is that the tires will heat cycle multiple times and not degrade in performance which offers great value to the racer and helps the tracks in keeping the economics in check and their racers coming back. It doesn’t hurt that the tires are made in the USA either…

Today, Burris subcontracts all of the manufacturing to various vendors who make the products to the specified designs and dimensions. The products come in and are inspected and packaged before being sent out to the over 250 Burris distributors worldwide. The business has come a long way since it began in the little industrial unit in 1976. A new, state-of-the-art 13,000 sq ft warehouse in Huntington Beach, Calif. is packed full of karting tires, wheels, oils, starters, safety equipment, mounts, Yamaha YF200 R1 engine kits and more – and the business has grown to be one of the best known names in the industry.

Check out the Farm Track in Science Hill, KY Saturday 10-19 for the Doodle Tribute raceCall Jojo for parking or question...
09/18/2024

Check out the Farm Track in Science Hill, KY Saturday 10-19 for the Doodle Tribute race

Call Jojo for parking or questions 606-271-1433

Save the date....10-5-24 for the 11th annual Burris Fall Nationals and Wayne Overton Memorial to be held at Mountain Vie...
02/29/2024

Save the date....10-5-24 for the 11th annual Burris Fall Nationals and Wayne Overton Memorial to be held at Mountain View Raceway in Spring City, TN

Dan Kapuscinski Motorsports Promotions has put together the New York State Burris Weekly Series Championship to include ...
01/25/2024

Dan Kapuscinski Motorsports Promotions has put together the New York State Burris Weekly Series Championship to include 8 tracks utilizing their local points events as points generating towards a year end championship (details included below)

Thank you Dan for putting the effort in to make this happen!



NEW YORK STATE BURRIS RACING WEEKLY CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES TO DEBUT IN 2024

**Update** - Lebanon Valley Kart Track is also part of the program, for a total of eight facilities

WEEDSPORT, NY (January 24, 2024) – In an effort to help reconnect weekly karting facilities in New York State, Dan Kapuscinski Motorsports Promotions and Burris Racing have partnered to debut the New York State Burris Racing Weekly Championship Series in 2024.

With the introduction of the New York State Burris Racing Weekly Championship Series, drivers at Burris Racing facilities will have the opportunity to score points throughout the season in order to see how they rank against other drivers in the state.

The new weekly series, which mimics that of the Hoosier Racing Tire Weekly Championship facilitated by DIRTcar, will not require any weekly or member fees to be associated with the series. Drivers must simply support local Burris tracks in New York State and they will earn points toward their yearend totals.

“Thank you to Kurt and everyone at Burris for committing to this program in 2024,” said Dan Kapuscinski. “I think this program will be a fun way to track progress across the state and help to promote the weekly levels of our sport through the season at no extra cost to racers.”

Points will be awarded based on a driver’s best 12 finishes at any participating Burris facility. Points are awarded based on the number of karts starting a feature race, with up to 16 karts being counted. The race winner will be awarded 2 points per kart, with a maximum of 32 points going to a winner.

Participating tracks include Allegany Memorial Speedway, Can-Am Speedway, Lebanon Valley Kart Track, Moose Mountain Racing Club, Oswego Kartway, Ransomville Speedway, Turkey Trot Raceway and Weedsport Kartway.

Tracks will determine which of their weekly divisions fall into one of eight categories to be tracked. Divisions included are Red Clone, Green Clone, Purple Clone, Blue Clone, Unrestricted Jr. Clone, Clone Light, Clone Heavy and Clone Super Heavy. In order to be included in a listed division, that class must be a points class at that weekly facility.

Weights, ages and certain track specific rules may vary; with exception of the listed restrictor plate for that division. Weights for adult clone classes may also vary.

At the end of the 2024 season, eight drivers will be crowned as a New York State Burris Racing Weekly Series Champion. Each champion will receive a set of Burris Racing tires, a Burris Racing State Champion jacket and a custom trophy. The runner-up in each division will also receive a set of Burris Racing tires, with the driver finishing in third earning a set of right side Burris Racing tires; all at no cost to competitors.

In total, Burris Racing and DKMP will provide more than $6,500 in contingencies and awards to drivers for supporting their local racing facilities in 2024.

Introducing a new series in Ohio....Thank you Bear for putting it together.For questions, please contact the Ohio Valley...
01/25/2024

Introducing a new series in Ohio....Thank you Bear for putting it together.

For questions, please contact the Ohio Valley Predator Championship



The 6 tracks that will host Ohio Valley Predator Championship races for 2024:

Dixie Hollow Speedway
2 Brothers Raceway
Hillbilly Hillside Speedway
Limestone Valley Racing Mower Speedway
Little Muskie Speedway
BearTrax Speedway

All 6 tracks are on Facebook under these respective names. Go to their page and like to begin following. Remember this is a new endeavor for 2024. Please be respectful and positive, these tracks have worked hard to bring you a championship experience for local kart racing in the Ohio valley. There will be growing pains and a lot of questions, but be mindful that 6 tracks are opening their doors to racers with one set of kart rules for an adult and kids class. More information to follow.

Big event coming to Wheelersburg Raceway Memorial weekend (Saturday 5-25/26-24Contact Wheelersburg Raceway for more info...
01/25/2024

Big event coming to Wheelersburg Raceway Memorial weekend (Saturday 5-25/26-24

Contact Wheelersburg Raceway for more information



WOW!!!!
Giving away over $8000.00 in payouts with NO ENTRY FEES!!! I know where I'll be Memorial Weekend!!! Better get your parking now!!!

Good luck from Burris Racing to multi time Chili Bowl Champion car owner and badass fabricator Andy Bondio’s entries for...
01/09/2024

Good luck from Burris Racing to multi time Chili Bowl Champion car owner and badass fabricator Andy Bondio’s entries for the 2024 Chili Bowl.

Drivers - Zach Daum (47X) and Brad Mosen (47)

Lots of racing and lots of money October 20-21 at The Farm Track in Science Hill, KY
10/15/2023

Lots of racing and lots of money October 20-21 at The Farm Track in Science Hill, KY

After starting in the rear of the field, Sean Kennedy took the win in FXT taking the new BURRIS 15 x 9.0-8 treaded tires...
09/11/2023

After starting in the rear of the field, Sean Kennedy took the win in FXT taking the new BURRIS 15 x 9.0-8 treaded tires to victory circle at the NASGRASS event at Florida Flywheelers Park
Congrats Sean and thank you for putting your trust in BURRIS tires!
Photo credit to FOTOS by Foster

Never forget.....
09/11/2023

Never forget.....

Aussie bound 🛳
08/16/2023

Aussie bound 🛳

Nearly 600 entries registered for the Midwest Race of Champions this weekend. Good luck to all of the competitors
07/29/2023

Nearly 600 entries registered for the Midwest Race of Champions this weekend. Good luck to all of the competitors

Coming to Godspeed Raceway 10-7-23
07/22/2023

Coming to Godspeed Raceway 10-7-23

Coming to Godspeed Raceway 10-7-23
07/22/2023

Coming to Godspeed Raceway 10-7-23

Wesley Crabtree's awesome mower sporting his new Burris tires
06/01/2023

Wesley Crabtree's awesome mower sporting his new Burris tires

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