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AboutKentucky WildKarts is a non-scripted Reality TV series about a rural coal-mining community that’s obsessed with family, god and most of all, Racing. Before a career in NASCAR, you have to win on rural dirt go-kart tracks predominantly scattered across the Deep South. In the deeply religious town of Manchester in Clay County, Kentucky, population 22,000, family time is race time. Friday nights are spent at the kart track getting warmed up for Saturday’s race. Young, old, male, female. The only way to earn respect is to win. Down here racing isn’t just a hobby it’s everything. And tempers are the only thing that gets hotter than the engines. The show will follow multiple families’ day-to-day lives and explore their individual stories about life in the rural Deep South, their personal struggles, religion, every family’s mutual love for Racing & the heated competition and rivalries that exist at the track.

Family

Racing in Clay County, KY is truly all about family. Every team that comes to the track is made up of multiple family members all with their own unique histories, stories & a passion for racing. Family teams range in size from a father-son duo to families as big as 30 members.

36 year old underground coal miner Terry Dean Jones with 9 year old son Rowdy

William “Bopper” Minton, 44, leads the cast of crazy characters in Clay County. Bopper is a local legend and the most famous person in town since appearing on the international reality competition show “The Amazing Race” (CBS). Bopper is the Go-Kart Race Coordinator and Host down at D&K Racing. He is definitely the “mouth of the south” on the microphone.

Bopper Minton

21 year old Dustin Minton, nephew of Bopper Minton, is a champion motocross racer and part-time mechanic at the local Ford dealership. Dustin wants to start racing go-karts if his uncle can arrange a car for him. When Dustin’s not working at the shop or taking big air on the motocross track, you can find at home building custom hotrods and street racers.

Dustin Minton

10 year old Madison, only child of Bopper Minton, is one of the funniest people in Clay County. A girl who’s 10 in age but talks like an adult, Madison keeps everyone in stitches with her unfiltered and opinionated view of the world and everyone around her.

Madison Minton Sandy Voils (Minton)Sandy, Bopper’s 42 year old common law spouse and mother of Madison, is the glue that holds the family together while they struggle to make daily ends meet. Her strong faith in the Lord gets her by most days.

The Deaton FamilyAllie Deaton (17), Lou Deaton (15) and father Bug Deaton (40) make up Deaton Racing, one of the best racing families in the County. Living and working on the property of Deaton’s Junk Yard, Allie & Lou have grown up working on cars. 15 year old Lou is one of the best female divers in the area and is a fierce competitor.

Big Rog46 year old Barbourville, KY native Roger “Big Rog” Stewart is the owner R & M Auto Sales & Repair located on the property of Deaton’s Junk Yard. He is an ASE Master Certified Technician that had his own racing career cut short after a devastating car wreck that injured his back permanently. He now heads up the Deaton Racing Pit Crew and is charge of keeping Lou Deaton the girl to beat on the local tracks.

Darrell JonesD&K Kartway

54 year old Darrell Jones runs D & K Kartway along with his wife Kathleen, a 61 year old former x-ray and ultra sound technician. Darrell & Kathleen have been hosting races at the track that sits on their personal property for over 20 years. A master metal fabricator & mechanic, Darrell builds custom Race motorcycles, Outlaw motorcycles, Go-karts, and off road buggies. He also holds the patent to his own tool called the “t-handle ratchet”.

Sandy Hicks60 year old Sandy Hicks is a true pioneer in the world of today’s women drivers. She is the first woman to drive a 72 passenger school bus and the first woman to haul coal from the biggest coal company in that part of the Country. In a union controlled industry dominated by men, Sandy faced fierce resistance and harsh protest when she applied and eventually won those jobs in the 70's and 80's. Jobs which she continued for over 30 years.

Sandy is now best known as “the matriarch of Hall Racing”. You can find her every weekend screaming and waiving her towel for all of the Hall racing family drivers and cooking her famous Salmon patties, which have been dubbed at the track as "Sandy patties". Don’t mess with her either, she carries a loaded pistol in her back pocket everywhere she goes.

Cousins Brad & Josh HallHall Racing

From the storied local Hall racing family, 21 year old Brad & 20 year old Josh are the two drivers most likely to make it professionally if they can just make it out of Clay County. Both highly educated with soon to be bachelors degrees, you can find these two hunting and fishing together just as much as on the track.

With two of the best personalities around, Josh was hilariously quoted saying, “My most talented skill is that I can say one word to my cousin/racing partner Brad Hall & have him ready to kill me in under 2 seconds.”

Sarah Elizabeth SibertHall Racing

21 year old Sarah Elizabeth Sibert, girlfriend of top local racer Brad Hall, is a local funeral home secretary. She caught the racing bug after she started dating Josh. As an up and coming driver in the growing local female pool of racers, Sarah’s amazing personality and good looks make her popular with the boys and brews jealously amongst the girls. She is currently studying at Summerset Community College in nearby London, KY to become a registered nurse.

Matthew DezarnDezarn Racing

28 year old Clay County native Matthew Dezarn is one of the best racers around with one of the most inspirational stories. Born completely deaf with no way of verbally communicating with anyone besides his mother through sign language and with the recent death of his father who introduced him to racing and ran his pit crew, he is one of the most motivated and passionate drivers around all while dealing with people in his own words “having no respect for a deaf racer.”

Landon Smith &Wes SmithLS1 Racing

9 year old Landon Smith is an amazing youngster with 33 local go-kart wins to prove it. Born with a hearing defect which requires him to wear hearing aids, it has not stopped this young man from crushing the competition. His father, 31 year old Wes, a natural gas engineer from Clay County, struggles to continually find work to support his son’s racing career while his 28 year old wife Jody aspires to go back to college one day to become a nurse.

Bobby Williams & Wilkie Lee CouchCouch Racing

17 Year old Bobby Williams has been racing since age 12. He quickly climbed the local ranks and won the 2012 Bluegrass Nationals, the largest race in the state of Kentucky. Abandoned by his Mother when he was little, Bobby’s racing life is lead by his grandfather Wilkie, a 64 year old ATV and Motorcycle Mechanic for over 30 years. Wilkie builds some of the fastest motors around all while constantly reminded of the loss of both of his step children to separate but equally tragic motor vehicle accidents.

Eddie Stewart & Harlan “Hoppy” SmithStewart Racing

41 one year old Eddie Stewart (above right) from near by Goose Rock, KY is the best and most feared driver at the track. Driving since before he could walk, Eddie has dominated the local circuit for years winning virtually every major event you can race in while 38 year old Clay County native Harlan “Hoppy” Smith is in charge of keeping Eddie’s car crossing the finish line with the checkered flag each week. A self taught mechanic who’s engine skills have helped Eddie Stewart dominate at D&K racing week after week. He also pit crews for young Landon Smith on the side.

Carrie HubbardHubbard Racing

Carrie Hubbard is your typical 14 year old girly-girl who’s on the school cheerleading team and loves fashion and boys. But once behind the wheel she is a feared competitor and is cousins with hometown race legend Eddie Stewart. Hubbard racing is lead by her father Richard, a 44 year old local Engineering Technician who keeps Carrie’s car in top shape.

Pearl Wayne & Preston SpurlockNasty Boy Racing

38 year old Pearl Wayne has been Underground Coal Mine Foreman in Clay County for over 17 years. A former high school football standout & single father, Pearl has dedicated his life in a dangerous profession to give his only son Preston, 12, a better life. By age 5, Preston had already made waves by winning multiple dirt bike championships and now races karts. They are both a part of Nasty Boy Racing along with Pearl’s cousin Terry Dean Jones and his children.

Terry Dean JonesNasty Boy Racing

36 year old Terry Dean “Wildchild“ Jones, also a single father to kids Connor & Cameron, leads a family that simply lives, eats and breathes Racing. An accomplished racer himself running in the “Run what you bring” & “400 super heavy Proclone” classes, Terry Dean has also been an underground coal miner, Diesel Repairman & under ground electrician for his entire professional career.

Connor “Rowdy” Jones & Cameron “Bam Bam” Jones Nasty Boy Racing

9 year old Connor “Rowdy” Jones is an accomplished racer for his young age already having won “The Track Championship” in his first full year of racing Karts & placing 2nd in the Bluegrass Nationals at Clay City, KY in 2013.

He is also mechanically inclined installing his own cams in his Honda clone 6.5 Motor.

6 year old Cameron “Bam Bam” Jones is just starting to race karts but when not a the the track he can be found riding his dirt bike, at home playing Xbox or eating his favorite Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches where he’s quoted saying, “mmm… aint nothing like them!”

Deter

Rabbit

71 year old Richard “Deter” Wagers, a former underground coal miner & heavy equipment operator is best known as the “Nut” of the track. Deter always has the best stories to tell. For a man with absolutely no teeth, you can always find him at the track eating one of D&K Racing’s famous chilidogs and having his favorite Yoo-hoo Chocolate drink (which he pronounces Yahooooo!).

A 39 years veteran of the local Coal Industry, 59 year old Russell “Rabbit” Smith can always be found at D&K racing on the weekends getting in everyone's business. When he’s not hanging with his nephew Matthew Dezarn in the pits he is hitting on every girl he lays eyes on!

Pat’s Snack BarIf you want to hear the latest in local gossip or what's happening in the racing community, you head over to Pat’s. A local institution and watering hole owned by the richest man in the city, Pat’s is THE local hangout serving the best burgers in the County.

ReligionWhether it’s Race Track owner Darrell leading the teams in prayer before the races or individual drivers praying before they hit the track, religion is a huge part of everyday life in Clay County.

DramaTempers are the only thing that gets hotter than the engines at D& K Racing. Illegally suped-up engines, pit crews cheating and deliberate on-track crashes are just some of the things that make people’s blood boil on race night.

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