Winner to Recieve a Full Season Scholarship with Skip Barber's Race SeriesBraselton, GA. (July 25, 2012). In 2011, karters from all over North America competed in the 16th annual Skip Barber Racing School  Karting Scholarship Shootout. This fall, October 15-18th, the  17th Annual Karting Scholarship Shootout  travels to the historic Virginia International Raceway to showcase the world's most talented karters and help in the next step in their racing carreer.

For an entry fee of $3,000, the next generation of racecar drivers will have the opportunity  to learn about racing open-wheel formula cars, what it takes to be a complete  driver and to compete for scholarships for the 2013 Skip Barber Racing School race season. Observed by a panel of motorsports experts, fifty karters will be coached as they go through a series of tests both on and off the racetrack.The expert panel will evaluate each driver onOn-track Performance Off-Track Presentation & Business Plan Effective Listening and Ability to Apply Feedback Participants will also take part in the following seminars:Media Training Driver Development Sponsorship Physical Fitness  Competitors will also gain exposure from the event, with constant media coverage of the shootout.

The Karting Scholarship Shootout is exclusively for karters with no professional auto racing experience and no Skip Barber Racing School race event experience. Racers who do not meet the requirements below can elect to participate in the Skip Barber Racing School Summer or Winter Race Series to qualify for the Championship Shootout which will be held at Road Atlanta on December 14-16, 2012.

By limiting the field to strictly karters, Skip Barber Racing School returns to the core commitment of providing scholarship opportunities for karters to advance to professional racing via the Skip Barber Racing School ladder and also the MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development ladder. An integral part of the MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development ladder and the Mazda Road to Indy, Skip Barber Racing School allows racers to  advance through its system of race schools and race series with the possibility  of earning scholarships to move up to the next level at the conclusion of each championship