Will "The Thrill" Racing

07/09/2026

Top 10 @ New Castle for Will "The Thrill" Racing!! 🏁📈

🚐 Will threw his name in the hat 🎩 for his new Red Slide Cadet class club night race at New Castle Motorsports Park this weekend and showed some pace and race craft in a big step up in class size and kart speed, and did GREAT, the final started at 1:10am, what!?

Will has done great at his home track in his new cadet class winning 3 out of 4 races, but like kid kart he has to be able to do it at any track so it’s time to pay our dues and learn this new class

Qualifying: Will got quicker each practice, passed a kart in qualifying and then got held up some and ended up 17 out of 23 karts which was pretty good first time there

Then the skies opened up and it got crazy with rain ☔️ and wind 💨

Pre-Final (dry): Didn’t quite bunch up to the pack on the start and fell from 17 to 22 in the first turn (good lessons) - he started battling and made some awesome passes and finished 15th 📈

With the weather delay and a long schedule of racing, Will’s final didn’t start until 1:10am!! 🫣

Final (dry): 2 start wave offs and then when they did start he dropped back a few spots again towards the end of the field (we’ll work on it!) - but battled back AGAIN like a champ in dark, slick conditions and worked his way through the field and finished 9th!!! It was so awesome to watch him get after it at 54mph!!

Sunday: GREAT times with Brady Morgan who took some laps in the #111 Cusick Morgan Motorsports special and did awesome also!! He was so ready to get back on track! Good times with new friends, scooter rides, and peeling rubber of tires 🛞

31/08/2026

HUGE CONGRATS 🎉 to our INDY NXT sponsors Cusick Morgan Motorsports and Juan Manuel Correa on their FIRST podium in INDY NXT finishing 2nd at The Milwaukee Mile!!!

Wisconsin has been good to JM and Will this year 🏁 Milwaukee for JM & Road America for Will "The Thrill" Racing 🏆

27/08/2026

Happy 8th Birthday to Will the Thrill!!

26/08/2026

Cup Karts North America North Rd. 3 @ Norway Motorsports Park recap:

With the CKNA North Championship on the line, there was plenty of speed for the #111 Coyote Motorsports Kryptonite claiming P1 pole position BOTH days 🏆 and going purple multiple sessions in a field separated by tenths 💪🏼 the Lawson Speed Shop power was hummin!

Saturday: Heat 1 & 2 winner 🏆

-playing with his friends, Will took a soccer ball to the eye with his glasses on right before the final, we iced it the best we could be he did not have any fire in him going out in the final on pole - by the 2nd corner he went from 1st to 4th. A few laps later he pressed a little too hard and spun trying a move and finished last - he was devastated for sure knowing what was on the line 😢 but he still had a shot Sunday

Sunday: Only way to win the Championship was to win the final

Heat 1: finished 2nd after starting on pole

Final: kept 2nd place on the start which was huge - the leader and Will developed a nice gap over 3rd & 4th and the shootout was on.

Will made a great pass for the lead down the backstretch and defended the inside, but going into the hairpin the outside kart turned down into Will which resulted in a failure to leave room to race penalty on them, but both karts were taken out of the lead of the race.

All Will could do was watch the field, the race win, and championship win go right by him. (Video in comments)

We were all devastated for him with the pace he showed all season and how hard he tried, he was consistently the kart to beat - it’s so hard to open that helmet full of tears, but he will have his day!

(6) Regional races
(4) P1 poles, (2) P2
(1) Win
(2) 2nds

This championship gave us our share of bad luck and then some being taken out of 2 different races while leading, and 2 other penalties that were called warnings also affected our points. BUT, it is better to have been in position to win a championship and lost it then to have not even been a factor; it was a heck of a drive, dude 🏁

Congrats to our technical alliance partner Rob & Chargin Charlie Meurer on the championship 🥇

Next up: Cadet racing

26/08/2026

QUICK TIP!

Mounting Vega Tires on skinny Kid Kart rims.

24/08/2026

Back-to-Back P1 Pole Awards 🏆 in a tight field at Cup Karts North America North Regional at Norway Motorsports Park

The #111 Coyote Motorsports Kryptonite powered by Lawson Speed Shop is fast 👊🏼

23/08/2026

22/08/2026

When we wake up we run for the Cup Karts North America North Regional Championship both Saturday and Sunday 🏁

3 or 4 drivers could win it, Will is one of them!! 🏆

Follow live scoring on the Race Select app 😋

Let’s Go Will!!!

19/08/2026

Cup Karts North America ‘26 Summer Nationals recap 🏁

Overall, a positive take can be made for a trying weekend where another National podium slips through the cracks despite showing P2 pace in many sessions 🤷🏻‍♂️

Will got to race and play with his IndyCar hero Scott Dixon’s son, Kit, which was a totally cool experience!! They were incredible to be around and very down to earth, we won’t forget that experience ever and hope to reunite at Grand Nationals 🏆 Scott even remembered signing Will’s race helmet a few years ago 😎

THANK YOU to our sponsors for getting us a chance at another National race!! A National Podium is well in reach!!

Cusick Morgan Motorsports | Williams Roofing & Construction Inc. | Strong Elevator Service LLC Brody Strong Racing | Slanman Customs | Isringhausen Imports | Carrollton Bank | 1 Stop Auto Shop, Inc. | Lawson Speed Shop

The good 😊:

The shiny gold Coyote Motorsports livery was so cool ⚡️
Friday practice: P2, P2, P3, P2 ⚡️
Great times with the Dixon’s and Meurer’s and the rest of our CKNA friends 👊🏼

The ugly 🤦🏻‍♂️:

Qualifying: (P10) - ☔️ rain session, which Will excels in the rain, so we were not too worried about that part, but Dad made a HUGE air pressure mistake in the rear which slowed Will down tremendously and made him loose and ended with a spin - another kart hit him and snapped the right front tie rod and the session was over

Heat 1: (P9) - ☀️ dry session and Will moved up from 10th to 7th but got ran off into the grass on a straight and lost the 3 spots he gained just like that - passed 1 more kart to finish 9th

Heat 2: (P13 last) - ☔️ rain session with a much better setup looking to make up spots still trying to reach a podium - Lap 1 kart spins in front of Will with no where to go and clips the left front on their kart and snaps the left tie rod this time, session over no spots gained and finished last

Final: (P9) ☔️ last min rain session, quick change from dry slicks to wet rains on the grid under pressure, Will did his best and drove to 9th, but wasn’t the finish we had hoped for heading into the weekend with P2 speed and capability

Pops, we missed you this year at Nationals, but we knew you were there 🪽

Thank you to the Alexander’s & Stoner’s for all of your help and all who followed along [Ken Anderson]🤝❤️‍🔥

Next up CKNA North Regional finals this weekend Aug. 22-23 where Will has a shot at the title sitting currently in second place 🏁

18/08/2026

Racing into 2nd grade!!
Another year of the same goal….. Indy car driver