Moving up in the world: New Motor in the shop for next year!
Matthew is moving up to the BP class! In some parts of the country it's called different things including Box Stock, Builders Prepared, or Junior Wing, but either way it's the top class of winged kart...
Camera SD card was full, so the only video we got was hot laps from Bullring Nationals. However, we pointed the camera at the driver and got some cool footage!
August 30 driver interview! Finally a winner!
Matthew won his first race, and you can see here from the driver just how excited he was. What an awesome day!
August 18th post race interview
Hear all about Matthew's runner up finish from the 18th of August, right from the driver!
This marked his best-ever feature finish!
Career Feature win number 1!!! August 30 at Plessis.
After nearly 3 years of racing, it finally came together for Matthew. His first feature win!
A caution free contest saw a great battle between Matthew and Case Hommes. Finally got the first win out ...
August 30 Heat at Plessis Motor Speedway. Started 5th and got 2nd!
Heat Racing action from season championship night at Plessis!
We started 5th. We always seem to draw the back row. Matthew was able to make moves and find himself in 2nd by the checkered flag. A grea...
August 18th Plessis Motor Speedway Feature
It was our best finish ever!
After a string of 3 straight 3rd place finishes, Matthew finally got 1 better and finished 2nd! The best part is he really had to earn it, starting 6th. We didn't have th...
Aug 2, 2025 Post-race Interview
Hear from the driver after a 3rd consecutive podium.
Plessis Motor Speedway August 2nd Heat
Heat action from Plessis last Saturday!
We actually bent the right rear wheel, so we came into the pits with less than 2 pounds of air left. He got slower and slower as the heat went on.
Still had ...
Last Saturday at Plessis Motor Speedway they let us qualify! There was an issue with timing, so we don't know who was fast, but Matthew absolutely loved doing something a little different. I really, r...
Hot Laps!
The time where dad says "spread out and give yourself plenty of space" and Matthew immediately doesn't do that.
July 18 race night breakdown
Matthew finished podium again! Then we had a little extra fun with a go pro. Hear from the wheel man himself.
It is impossible to not be extremely proud of this kid.
Plessis Feature on June 21st! The one where we got 3rd on a flat tire!
June 21, 2025. Started 5th, got to 3rd.
Lapper spun and rejoined in front of us, Matthew tried to run the top and hit the fence. Ran the rest of the race with a flight right rear tire and hung on to...
Plessis heat on June 21, 2025
We drew last in the heat! Matthew moved up one spot, and had a fun battle with our friend @csracing8714 for 5th!
Heartbreak at Plessis while leading.
We were so close to that first win. So, so close. Instead, we ended the feature upside down in a big way.
Plessis Motor Speedway Heat Win!
It never gets old to hear it. "Heat. Race. Winner."
Matthew started 3rd and charged to a heat win at Plessis last Saturday. It set him up to start pole in the feature.
Back at Plessis: Hot Laps
We were back at Plessis to kick off their 2025 Season on May 24th.
Enjoy hot laps!
Golden Spike May 3rd A Feature!
Wild weekend ends in a wild way.
We started 7th, and had some good confidence going in for sure. Matthew had a great start, moving quickly to 5th and looking to pass for 4th!
Some disagreement as t...
Saturday May 3rd: LCQ at Golden Spike
The setup got close to figured out, finally! Matthew was fast. Matthew was passing people on the top. We went from 5th to 3rd to move on to the A!
Enjoy this video, curtesy of @mbtvsports, DeWall Ra...
Golden Spike Speedway - May 3rd heat race
Video from @mbtvsports!
Matthew had a rocket launch start to the heat. He played it perfectly! When the caution flew for a spinner, he though it was for him jumping the start. Dad has to do a better ...
Day 2 Qualifying at Golden Spike!
Day two of the AJC Series race was on Saturday at Golden Spike. It started in a decent way for the Little Rock Rocket!
With 12 really tough karts in competition, this was good for a 7th place finish ...
Golden Spike Day 1 A Feature
Day 1 A feature from the AJC Series race at Golden Spike.
We didn't have a tach hooked up, so we didn't realize until after the feature we were down about 400 rpm from where we should have been. Eit...
Qualifying at Golden Spike!
Night number 1 of the 2025 Season was Friday night, May 2nd!
It was our first ever trip to Blue Earth, and our first ever time qualifying. Matthew was pumped, but in classic Matthew Lloyd Racing fas...
Run the top! Plessis Motor Speedway Heat Race
We found video of Matthew's heat race at Plessis Motor Speedway where he decided he wanted to run the top. The kid made it work...sort of. It was very, very fun to watch.
I straight up stole the vide...
Kee Kart Speedway Fair Special! July 18, 2024
Matthew has been fast before. Matthew has been aggressive before. This race was the perfect combination of those two things coming together! I was so thrilled with how he raced, but it all ended in he...
With all the flooding and rain, we haven't been able to race for a while and really don't know when we will again. That being said, we still wanted to have some fun with the go pro, so we made a littl...
Plessis Motor Speedway June 8th: Feature
It's our first career podium finish! Matthew's best finish ever came on Saturday night. 3rd! He was so excited and happy. However, it didn't come easy. We were involved in two incidents before the fir...
Plessis Motor Speedway: June 8th, 2024 heat
Watch our heat! The heat where Matthew completely forgot to be aggressive and decided he was scared of the throttle pedal!
The night didn't start out great in this heat, but come feature time he sec...
Kee Kart Speedway: May 26, 2024 Feature
Well, it's the worst finish of Matthew's short 2 year career. We had a bad day, he got hurt in the heat and just doesn't have confidence at Cherokee. We'll try again June 8th at Plessis.
Plessis Motor Speedway Feature May 25, 2024
We started 3rd, hit the wall, fell to 6th, and eventually finished 5th. We still just cannot get that kart to turn in the center of the corner.
Try again in 2 weeks!