There was an on-track altercation between Driver A and Driver B. Driver A crowded Driver B to the grass coming to the line, and there was a wheel-hop, and both Drivers went off, with Driver B hitting the tire barrier pretty hard.
Driver A comes from a team that does extremely well, so many people think they are “cheating” or are “in the pockets of the series” or “get special treatment”, so there was some boiling over of emotions from some people in the paddock. Driver B’s team manager then came up to Driver A’s kart while it was on the stand walking back to the tent and grabbed the side pod and flipped the kart off the stand, upside down onto the ground.
Driver A was penalized for the on-track incident which seems to have been largely agreed by most (even the driver’s team) to be a poor, dumb move that was too aggressive.
Driver B’s team manager was suspended for his post-race actions of flipping the kart off the stand.
Driver A was escorted off the premisses as there was essentially a mob forming at the scale line. Keep in mind both drivers are minors.
There were also some legal threats made, violent threats made etc. by various people afterwards as well.
Here are the two statements made by SKUSA post-event:
STATEMENT FROM SUPERKARTS! USA REGARDING SATURDAY’S X30 SR RACE IN TOOELE, UTAH
Tuesday, 28 June 2022 08:38
Following the X30 Senior Final on Saturday June 11th, SKUSA wants to reassure our customers that the incidents that took place at the end of the race - on and off the track - are not acceptable nor will be tolerated at any SKUSA event. SuperKarts! USA is taking these situations tremendously serious.SKUSA has taken preliminary actions on both incidents, resulting in a driver and a team principle being suspended from all SKUSA or SKUSA - sanctioned events until a full investigation is completed and our disciplinary committee comes to an agreement.
We want to assure our participants that safety is our top priority. These individuals are in violation of the SKUSA Rulebook:
Section 108 DISCIPLINARY ACTION; sub paragraph 108.2.3 DANGEROUS: Performing an act or omission that creates an obvious and serious risk to others- with deliberate disregard of the consequences.
We would like to reiterate that any time a participant is involved in breaching SKUSA’s rules of conduct, on or off the track, we will ensure that the proper actions are taken – sternly and swiftly.
Although the public may not see everything that we are doing to handle and prevent these types of incidents from occurring, we are working very hard to keep all of our drivers and; attendees safe and held accountable when participating in our series.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF INTENT FROM ROK CUP USA, SKUSA AND USPKS
Monday, 20 June 2022 16:00
Starting immediately, the named organizations and their affiliated series will be working together to raise the level of professionalism in the sport of karting in the United States, both on the track and in the paddock.We will be working together closely to develop a system which honors the disciplinary actions taken by one organization or series, across all named organizations and affiliated series. Our series will no longer be a place for bad behavior, to include, but not limited to both acts and threats of violence, by attendees and drivers alike. No competitor or attendee should have to worry about their physical safety at karting events in the United States and no longer will these bad actors be able to simply take that behavior to another series.
A little more info here: https://forums.kartpulse.com/t/new-cross-series-cooperation-on-discipline-in-us/