Owen Neisel Motorsports

Race Results

Career statistics — Ignite Challenge & KCA Challenge

P1

Best Finish

5

Podiums

8

Top 5 Finishes

17

Race Starts

Season

2026

Event	Series	Field	Result	Notes
KCA Challenge — Round 6 Season Finale	KCA Challenge	13 karts	P1	KCA Challenge Champion. Won to clinch the season title — went P3 to P1 in the heat race, then won the Final by about 2 seconds in a 13-kart field. Ran a 41.4 almost every lap with roughly half a tenth of spread, finishing about 12 seconds clear of his closest championship rival.
KCA Challenge — Round 5 Rain Race	KCA Challenge	11 karts	P7	A tough day in the rain — struggled with pace all day in an 11-kart field. The result sets up the season finale as a shootout for the championship.
KCA Challenge — Round 4	KCA Challenge	5 karts	P1	Second win of the season. A very consistent run from start to finish, extending the championship points lead in a 5-kart field.
Elkhart Grand Prix 206 Senior Sportsman	206 Senior Sportsman	17 karts	P2	Best finish at the Elkhart Grand Prix. Started P1 but had a mistake at the start, settling for a runner-up finish in a 17-kart field.
Elkhart Grand Prix 206 Senior	206 Senior	27 karts	P8	Very strong finish after getting unlucky with bottleneck crashes in Turn 1 in both heat races and the Feature.
KCA Challenge — Round 3	KCA Challenge	6 karts	P1	First career win. Crossed the line 7.7 seconds clear of the field in a 6-kart race, a result that moves Owen into the championship points lead.
Quincy Grand Prix	Ignite Grand Prix Challenge	38 karts	P27	Qualified P12 — the pace was there. DNF in both races: collected in a Race 1 wreck, then sidelined by a mechanical failure in Race 2.
KCA Challenge — Round 2	KCA Challenge	6 karts	P2	First career podium. Crossed the line 7 seconds clear of P3, controlling the gap through the final laps to lock in a dominant runner-up finish in a 6-kart field.
Margay Ignite Challenge — Kart Circuit Autobahn	Ignite Challenge	30 karts	P5	Recovered from P24 after a Race 1 incident. A major jump from P25/P27 at the same event the year prior.
Margay Ignite Challenge — Norway Motorsports Park Rd. 2	Ignite Challenge	24 karts	P14	Only Owen's second time at the track.
KCA Challenge — Round 1 Heat Race	KCA Challenge	8 karts	P7	Qualified last. Running as high as P3 before a sudden axle failure late in the race sent the kart loose and dropped the finish all the way back to P7.

Season

2025

Event	Series	Field	Result	Notes
Elkhart Grand Prix	Ignite Grand Prix Challenge	12 karts	P5	Strong result at a marquee event racing as a full privateer.
KCA Challenge — Round 6	KCA Challenge	10 karts	P5	Consistent top-5 result to close out the KCA season.
Margay Ignite Challenge — Kart Circuit Autobahn	Ignite Challenge	22 karts	P17	Early-season race, building pace in a 22-kart field.
Quincy Grand Prix of Karting	Ignite Grand Prix Challenge	39 karts	P27	Largest field of the season. Strong experience at a major street circuit event.

Season

2024

Event	Series	Field	Result	Notes
Elkhart Grand Prix	206 Senior	33 karts	P27	First ever karting race of Owen's career.