01/19/2026
Community Update – Shasta SuperMoto & Shasta Kart Club Track
As many of you know, we’ve been working behind the scenes with the City regarding the future of the kart and SuperMoto track.
Our clubs operated for years under an evergreen agreement and, during discussions with the City, we were told we were grandfathered in. At one point, we ourselves proposed terminating our agreement only so we could transition under a master lease, with the understanding that our existing terms, schedules, and programs would remain unchanged and that other use of the track would be limited.
In prior City Council discussions, Council members expressed that they did not want to see long standing, community based clubs displaced or overrun by larger operators, and that any master lease structure should protect existing programs rather than replace them. That intent matters, because a master lease holder should be neutral, not a competitor.
What has occurred instead is that another operator has been allowed to use the track, plan expansions, and publicly announce new programs for the same discipline we built and operated, including bringing in a former SuperMoto club member to run our sport, while our club was excluded from planning and ultimately locked out.
n a recent public Facebook Live broadcast, Tony Trimp of Redding Motorsports Park stated that Redding Motorsports Park has not been able to meet the insurance structure requested by the City Attorney, including the higher per-occurrence and umbrella coverage levels, and that its insurer cannot currently write that policy. Despite this publicly acknowledged limitation, Redding Motorsports Park has continued operating and planning facility changes, while our club was ultimately locked out for not meeting the City’s insurance structure. Throughout our years of operation at the facility, we maintained the same insurance coverage that had been accepted by the City and that is widely recognized as industry-standard for motorsports operations.
In that same broadcast, Mr. Trimp stated that he is searching for individuals to operate karting activities and that Hawk Mazzotta would be running SuperMoto activities at the facility. These public statements reflect a shift from a neutral master lease concept to the announcement of new operators for disciplines long operated by existing, community based clubs and do not align with what was represented to us.
Tomorrow, January 20, 2026, we will be speaking at the City Council meeting starting at 6:00 PM to ask for fairness, consistency, and transparency before any long-term decisions are finalized. We are not asking for special treatment — only that commitments made during negotiations be honored and that long-standing programs be treated equitably.
If you are a rider, parent, volunteer, or community member who values grassroots motorsports, you are welcome to attend tomorrow’s City Council meeting and share your perspective. We respectfully ask that all comments remain calm, factual, and focused on protecting community programs and fair process.
Thank you to everyone who has supported this program and the families who helped build it.
Shasta SuperMoto
Shasta Kart Klub
Redding City Council Meeting:
January 20, 2024 at 6:00 pm
Address: 777 Cypress Avenue
Redding, CA 96001
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