EXHIBIT 99.1

PRESS RELEASE
June 13, 2002

                                                           For Immediate Release
                                                       Contact: Theodore Forrest
                                                             Phone: 985-419-8120


              KARTS INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED ANNOUNCES RECEIPT OF
                                NOTICE OF DEMAND


Hammond, LA - June 13, 2002

The management of Karts International Incorporated,  along with the subsidiaries
Brister's   Thunder  Karts,   Incorporated   (Brister's)   and  USA  Industries,
Incorporated (USA) was served Notice of Demand of payment by the Clerk of Court,
21st Judicial  District  Court,  Parish of Tangipahoa,  State of Louisiana.  The
demand concerns a promissory note agreement between the Schlinger Foundation and
KII entered into on May 17, 2000. The Notice gives KII,  Brister's and USA three
(3) days to  provide  payment  of said  promissory  note.  Failure  to make this
payment  will  result in a Writ of Seizure and Sale being  issued and  executed.
Karts  International,  Incorporated is currently  reviewing possible avenues for
remedy of this  situation.  As has been noted in recent  releases,  KII has been
attempting to overcome the financial and ethical  quagmire it has been placed in
by certain  former  members of  management  and officers of the  company.  It is
deeply regretted that our continuing  effort to improve our  relationships  with
our  investors,  business  partners,  and  community  have been, in our opinion,
repeatedly  sabotaged  by  shortsighted  attempts  to destroy KII and those high
values that we seek to  represent.  Our current  financial  situation is largely
attributable  to the  undermining of our core values by those former  associates
and reaffirms to us that their separation from our company has only improved the
integrity and honesty of KII. We have sought to move forward as a company and as
a member of our community.  We are financially  unable to file our first quarter
10Q at this time.  As always,  we place our faith in God and trust in His wisdom
to see us through.