K & P Manufacturing

Quality products from one of the pioneers of chassis and karting product manufacturer

AZUSA, CALIF. -- K & P Manufacturing is the oldest manufacturer of karting chassis and karting products in the world. Throughout this time K & P Manufacturing has taken a continental pride in presenting quality products throughout the years.

K & P Manufacturing produces racing kart chassis, fun karts, concession karts and junior dragsters. K & P also sells Birel chassis. K & P presents the full line of its "Bug" Chassis. In addition, K & P is working with developers of "Electric Packages" for both a rental and a racing chassis. This move was precipitated by the clean air and environmental laws that have come out.

K & P Manufacturing is also a Bridgestone/Firestone tire distributor. They have a retail store at their factory site where they sell L & T clutches, Digatron, Douglas Wheels, MCP and Enginetics brakes and all major parts and accessories.

K & P Manufacturing produces rolling, folding, pushing kart stands and kaddies, several of which have unique feature. One pushes with caster front wheel; one steers with spindle front wheels and a wagon steering tongue; one is strictly for dirt with 410-350-10 wheels/tires with the front two wheels pivoting completely around. They have other popular models available such as the KKF-P2 pushing model; the KKF-D4 dirt model and the KKF-S3 steering model.

K & P Manufacturing is one of the sponsors of the NorCal 8 Race Champion-ship Tour, the Gold Cup Sprint Championship Series in the Northwest, the Tennessee Karting Association Series and many local year end club awards.

Many drivers currently enjoy the quality of K & P Manufacturing products. Drivers like Eddie Lawson and his 250 Yamaha, Rick and Mona Sturgeon, Jody and Jesse Krug, Kimball Williams, Mike and Mark Hudson, Al Unser's two grandchildren and many, many more.

Tom and Faye Pierson started K & P Manufacturing in 1957. K & P is a family owned business that now has 10 employees including sons Tommy, Jon and grandson Tommy Jr.

The beginnings of K & P began when Tom and Faye purchased an original go-kart in kit form for Christmas for kids. However, Faye could not stop racing it. This led Tom and Faye to begin making chassis in the family's garage. They quickly moved to a building in Azusa in the early part of 1958. Here they fabricated all karting parts and had an assembly line that pumped out karts at a record clip of 200-250 karts a day. Faye continued to race all around the country and internationally for the next three years.

K & P Manufacturing's hours are 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Walk-ins and phone orders are encourage. Call and order K & P's catalog at a cost of only $1.