In the high-stakes world of karting, success is often measured by dedication: the endless hours of testing, tuning, and track time sacrificed by young racers. Yana Kapoor, however, is rewriting the formula, proving that elite performance can coexist with demanding...

In a display of tenacity against a world-class field, young American kart racer Yana Kapoor has secured her first international points in the Champions of The Future series, competing in the event aligned with the F1 Academy program at Al Ain Raceway. Following a...

Yana Kapoor has concluded her 2024 international karting campaign in the Challenge of the Future Academy (COFTA) series, describing the truncated season as the most transformative experience of her racing career. Though she competed in only eight of the twelve rounds...

The year 2024 marked my debut in the Senior karting category, a season dedicated to intense juggling—balancing racing and academics, dreams and deadlines. I missed more races than I had intended; school always came first, yet racing never left my mind. One particular...

I'd been racing in the Challenge of the Americas (COTA) series for a while, and honestly? I was usually running mid-pack. This series operates on a different level—it’s packed with full-time homeschooled racers, national champions, and international talent. For me,...

Early in my California karting days, I was racing both 2-stroke and 4-stroke engines at All Star Karting. The 4-stroke grid was always bigger and tougher. It felt like every weekend I was climbing a mountain just to stay in the fight. At the summit of that mountain...

It's wild to trace the beginnings of a racing career back to a bowl of M&M’s and a TV screen. The true starting line for Yana Kapoor was the family sofa. As a seven-year-old, she and her older brother, Yashom, would sit cross-legged, watching NASCAR. Initially,...