- Dates
- March 19–21, 2027
- Venue
- GCKI Katy
- Place
- Katy, TX
The season opens at Gulf Coast Karters in Katy.
TKL Katy Classic is a three-day race weekend on the purpose-built circuit that held the 2026 Katy Classic.
Weekend schedule
Weekend schedule posted about two weeks before the event.
2026 weekend order, for reference
The 2026 season pages listed the sessions in this order. The 2027 Katy Classic clock times post with the official schedule.
Friday
- Track practice
Saturday
- Practice
- Qualifying
- Heat 1
- Kid Kart — warm-up, practice, qualifying, pre-final, final
Sunday
- Warm-up
- Pre-finals
- Finals
- Three-day race weekend, Friday March 19 through Sunday March 21.
- Full championship roster, from Kid Kart through the FZ125 shifters.
- Live timing and results through Alpha Timing.
- Entries through the TKL registration portal.
What to expect
- Club
- Gulf Coast Karters
- City
- Katy, TX 77494
- Weekend
- Fri–Sun
- Classes
- All 16
Gulf Coast Karters sits in Katy, on the west side of Houston. The club runs a purpose-built kart circuit. TKL raced here in May 2026 for the first Katy Classic. Season 3 starts on the same piece of asphalt.
The weekend is March 19–21, 2027. The class roster is the 16-class card, including Rotax Nano MAX and LO206 Kid Kart. Kid Kart runs Saturday only, with its own warm-up through final, at $75.
Timing is Alpha Timing, the same system that scored 2025 and 2026.
Track
Circuit map coming soon.
GCKI — Gulf Coast Karters, Katy, TX 77494
Last year at Katy
Season 2 (2026) Round 2 GCKI Katy: Podium Celebration
Podium celebration at GCKI Katy, in front of the Ginetta race car. 2026 Round 2.
Classes
- Micro MAX
- Mini MAX
- Junior MAX
- Club MAX
- Senior MAX
- Masters MAX
- 125 MAX DD2
- LO206 Cadet
- LO206 Junior
- LO206 Senior
- LO206 Heavy/Master
- Tillotson Senior
- Tillotson Master
- FZ125 Senior
- FZ125 Masters
- Rotax Nano MAX & LO206 Kid Kart