Alpen-Cup · Team race · Speedarena Rechnitz
Endurance
Four or seven hours as a team: strategy, a kart change every hour and a long race day with your team-mates. In the Pro class with long stints, in the Amateur class with shorter stints of around 30 minutes.
At a glance
- Who it's for
- For teams of two or more drivers. Pro class for experienced teams with long stints, Amateur class with shorter stints of around 30 minutes.
- Format
- 27 min warm-up and 3 min qualifying, then a 4 or 7 hour team race. Kart and driver change every hour with a fixed 20-second stop.
- Scoring
- Trophies for the top 3 in Pro and Amateur at every event and in the championship. Points for the top 10 per class plus 1 point each for fastest race lap and pole – 4- and 7-hour races count the same.
- Entry fee
- 4 hours: €480 per team, early bird €450 (approx. −5%) · 7 hours: €795 per team, early bird €740 (approx. −5%)
- Participants
- 15–25 teams per event
- Venue
- Speedarena Rechnitz, Gewerbepark 29, 7471 Rechnitz, Austria
Requirements
- Team of at least two drivers and no more drivers than race hours – at least one weighing about 68 kg or more (for the Heavy class)
- Minimum age 15 (born 2012 or earlier)
- Minimum height 1.58 m
- Open to drivers from Austria and the EU
Included in the entry fee
track hire, timing, race control, driver briefing, track staff, kart changes and pit stops, new, softer tyres, photographer, trophies and award ceremony.
How an Endurance race works
Pro or Amateur – your choice.
Every team chooses its class. The Pro class is for very experienced drivers with good stamina – stints of at least one hour are recommended. The Amateur class is aimed at hobby and occasional drivers: an additional pit stop exactly in the middle of every race hour makes for shorter stints of around 30 minutes.
Before the race there is a 27-minute warm-up, then the karts are refuelled, and a 3-minute qualifying decides the grid position – the team's fastest lap counts. Every driver change goes over the scales. You will find the exact schedule on every event page.
Kart and driver changes
After every race hour you change kart and driver – with a fixed 20-second stop, which race control shows with a timer. The next kart is already waiting. The order of the changes follows the previous year's championship standings or the order of registration. Pro and Amateur teams change alternately: there are always two karts ready in the pits; Pro teams take over karts from Pro teams, Amateur teams those from Amateur teams.
Weight classes
As in Blitz Endu, there is Light (a minimum total weight of 245 kg, about 80 kg driver weight) and Heavy (a minimum of 260 kg, about 95 kg). The weight class changes with every hourly kart change; a maximum of 30 kg of ballast is allowed. Drivers therefore need a body weight of at least about 54 kg for Light and at least about 68 kg for Heavy, and every team needs at least one driver who can reach Heavy. Drivers who are too light receive a time penalty even when fully loaded.
Dates
Endurance dates 2027
Alpen-Cup Endurance – Round 1
27 min warm-up + 3 min qualifying + 4 h team race
Speedarena Rechnitz · 08:15–14:25
Alpen-Cup Endurance – Round 2
27 min warm-up + 3 min qualifying + 4 h team race
Speedarena Rechnitz · 08:15–14:25
Alpen-Cup Endurance – Round 3
27 min warm-up + 3 min qualifying + 7 h team race
Speedarena Rechnitz · 08:30–18:00
Alpen-Cup Endurance – Round 4
27 min warm-up + 3 min qualifying + 4 h team race
Speedarena Rechnitz · 08:15–14:25
Alpen-Cup Endurance – Final
27 min warm-up + 3 min qualifying + 7 h team race · Final
Speedarena Rechnitz · 08:30–18:00
- There are currently no upcoming Endurance dates.
Past races are in the race calendar archive.
Regulations & Season Agreement
All documents as PDF in English, German and Hungarian. The English version is binding; the German and Hungarian versions are translations. Send the Season Agreement with your first registration of the season.
EnglishOfficial version
DeutschÜbersetzung
Is your team ready?
Choose a date above – on the event page, a button opens a pre-filled registration e-mail for your team. A photographer is included, so you can take the race day home in pictures too.