Karting News Briefs
| 14 January 2015 |
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- Is AIDKA spreading to Victoria? The Australian Independant Dirt Kart Association already sanctions racing in WA, NT, Qld and SA. The image below has popped up on social media from a group looking to construct a circuit to AIDKA spec for racing in the Mildura/Sunraysia area. They are in the process of trying to get some land approved and are to present a proposed 598m layout (below) to council.
pic - AIDKA Mildura/facebook
- Queensland's Harrison Hoey will compete aboard Ricciardo Kart in the Rotax Pro Tour (Junior MAX) and Australian Kart Championship (KFJ). He's pictured below with William Yarwood of Project X Racing. "It's with great pleasure we welcome Harrison Hoey to the team" Yarwood wrote.
pic - ProjectX/Facebook
- Mitchell McLellan will commentate all six rounds of the 2015 Victorian Country Series. After what he describes as a break-out year in 2014 (commentary at the Queensland State Championships, Victorian Closed and City of Melbourne Titles), McLellan says it is a fantasitic opportunity to pick up the Country Series. "It’s a fantastic series and run in a highly professional manner" he told KartSportNews. "I'm excited about the prospect of working with some new clubs in 2015." McLellan's MMS Commentating will kick off the first trackside call for the year on February 15 at Portland for Country Series round 1.
- Remo Racing advise another 400 IAME KA100 engines arrived last Friday. "Engines are in stock and available now" Remo said. A further 300 KA100s will arrive on January 22. An initial batch of 300 arrived by air in December. KA100 engines are available from all reputable kart shops in Australia. If you have any questions please contact Remo Racing (03) 5382 0241. More on Remo Racing.
pic - Remo Racing
- The CIK-FIA has announced that the 4th Historic Coppa dei Campioni will be held at the Jesolo Pista Azzura circuit on May 17. The CIK-FIA Super Cup for Historic karts will support the KZ World Championship meeting at the famous Le Mans Karting International Circuit on 13 September. Specific regulations and entry forms will be available soon from ASI at www.asifed.it and Retrokart France at www.retrokart-france.fr
- After having $20,000 of karting equipment stolen two years ago, WA's Henry Lake will make a comeback at the Rotax Pro Tour, which kicks off in Melbourne from January 23 to 25. The 14-year old will race in Junior MAX aboard Birel. More HERE.
- Smarten up your kart for the new season with some KartSportNews stickers! They come in packs of 10, are already contour cut, posted free within Australia and have a clear gloss laminate to protect the inks from petrol and cleaners. Click HERE for more info.
- Speaking of AIDKA clubs... the Weipa Dirt Karting Club in Northern Queensland is in the process of building a new circuit. With the next closest track at Alice Springs(!), they've designed this track to have five different layouts - which extends to ten when run in reverse direction.
- Queensland 4-stroke organisation Auskart Racing will run a practice/sign-on/exhibition racing day at the Lakeside Park (north of Brisbane) venue on January 25. "This is an excellent opportunity to get your kart sorted for the racing rounds" Auskart advised KartSportNews. "There will be more racing and less practice rounds this year. We are aiming to have 12 championship rounds including two 'away' rounds and two endurance rounds." The opening race dates for 2015 are February 8 and 22.
- DD2 may, or may not, be an official 'points' class at the opening round of the New Zealand Rotax MAX Challenge series in just over 2 weeks. Kartsport New Zealand planned to allow the new Evo DD2 engine to run at the opening round, however supply delays from Rotax (late delivery of a component by a sub-contractor) has thrown this plan into doubt. Midday of Wednesday 21 January will be decision time... Read the full message from the KSNZ President HERE.
- Dutch team Keijzer Racing, winner at the last two German Championships, will switch to CRG chassis for the 2015 season. The Willemjan Keijzer run team will field Martijn van Leeuwen in KF and Bard Verkroost in KF Junior. The race programme will include the German Championship, WSK and CIK-FIA Championships plus other International races.
pic - CRG
- Want to know who is driving for which team in Europe this year? Kartlink.com is maintaining a list of teams and their drivers for 2015 CIK and WSK events - view it HERE. They've also got one for Rotax HERE.
- The pre-registration list for the 2015 Australian Kart Championship has been updated. The list below was taken from karting.net.au and shows pre-registrations as at 9:00am today:
KA12
11 Mack Nixon
12 Luke Sawyer
13 Zayd Tones
14 Ethan Wyllie
15 Hugh McGuire
16 Cody Burcher
17 Hugo Simpson
18 Tex Starr-McKoy
19 Jai Brown
20 Paige Raddatz
22 James Wharton
23 Mia Bolton
24 Sean Larkin
26 Kai Allen
27 Jesse Keeling
28 Harry Hutchins
29 Adam Tomsett
30 Jobe Stewart
31 Marcus Lobko
33 Jasper Ellery
34 Cooper Webster
36 Aythyn Robotham
37 Bayley Douglas
40 Jack Pennacchia
43 Jac Preston
44 Jaiden Pope
45 Ty Spencer
47 Angus Giffin
48 Blake Purdie
49 Will Nixon
53 Bailey Hazard
55 Declan Arkadieff
61 Casey Cleaver
62 Amber Miller
63 Ben Jenkinson
64 Kacey Mann
65 Zaiden Barry
67 Troy Fortanier
68 Hugh Barter
69 Luke Coveney
70 Aaron Oliver
72 Jack Grambauer
76 Emerson Harvey
80 Callum Bishop
81 Oscar Comley
82 Corbin Bailey
88 Declan Matthews
90 Riley LeGarde
93 Braydon Callaghan
94 Kobi Williams
95 William Seal
96 Bailey Collins
97 Jacinta Hoey
98 Rhys Kemp
99 Adam Slattery
TBA Jay Hanson
TBA Antonio Mastroianni
TBA Jacob de Cerqueira
TBA Rhys Kemp
TBA Gabriel GasperakKA Junior
11 Luca Krkovski
12 Josh Smith
13 Tyson Harvey
14 Jordan Caruso
15 Zak Lobko
16 Thomas Smith
17 Cooper Murray
18 Cody Brewczynski
19 Spencer Ackermann
20 Zac Raddatz
21 Joel Jamieson
22 Riley Matheson
23 Declan Fraser
24 Dale Zimmerman
25 Declan Arkadieff
26 Jordan Giannopoulos
27 Simon Fallon
28 Jack Hutchins
29 Jaylyn Robotham
30 Andreas Veryinis
31 Hamish Ribarits
32 Courtney Prince
33 Jack Doohan
34 Harrison Kilpatrick
35 Michael Clemente
37 Jack Bell
40 Cory Arnett
41 Kody Garland
42 Thomas Fritz
43 Taine Venables
44 Angelo Mouzouris
47 Jarrod Costello
48 Nicholas Carroll
50 Bailey Sagaidak
51 Raith Sheerans
53 Hayden Jericho
55 Jordyn Sinni
61 Nicholas Matthews
63 Harrison Carr
65 Marcos Innes
66 Joshua Thomas
71 Michael Jones
72 Joshua Fife
73 Jason Bowyer
74 Jace Matthews
76 Christian Pancione
77 Jordan Poynting
78 Aaron love
80 Nathan Hadlow
81 Oscar Piastri
82 Lachlan Mineeff
83 Travis Worton
85 John Doria
88 Cooper Hay
89 Tayla Cullinane
90 Reece Sidebottom
91 Josh Denton
92 Jack Harders
93 Broc Feeney
94 Jake Sawyer
95 Troy Alger
96 Samuel Downing
97 Ben Bargwanna
98 Jacob Dowson
99 Henry johnstone
TBA Nicholas Schembri
TBA Flynn Gore
TBA Damon Papasergio
TBA Holly Espray
TBA Skaife Ward
TBA Lachlan Newman
TBA Taylor Hazard
TBA Keb Evans
TBA Jordan Kervers
TBA Jarva Sheerans
TBA Theodore Livanes
TBA Jacob DowsonKA TAG
11 Zac Soutar
12 Nicholas Bennett
13 Matthew Waters
14 Jack Black
15 Matthew Wall
16 Luke Baldry
17 Luke May
18 Greg Perry
19 Paul Rodgers
20 Jayden Veale
21 Brenton Simonds
22 Regan Payne
23 Mikhali Triantafillidis
24 Hudson heath
25 Shaun Costello
26 shay Mayes
27 Daniel Wallis
28 Jack Woodfall
29 Leigh Cocker
31 Aron lawrence
32 Corey Sweet
33 Rick Pringle
34 Jordan Conder
35 Gaven Whitmore
37 Aaron Ivers
38 Matt Mahar
39 Nathan Burgess
41 Chris Provan
42 Jo Mackay
44 Mathew Byrne
45 Nathan Tigani
46 Aaron Borg
47 Troy Morrissey
48 Jarad Neinert
50 Corey Ainge
51 Tim Farrell
52 Michael Smith-Crossing
53 Nathan Taylor
54 Arron Hindle
55 Blaine Densley
56 Thomas Chitty
57 Melissa Whitmore
58 Nikolaj Thomas
59 Dean Foster
61 Kerry Avramidis
62 Bryce Davidson
63 Jaxon Reihana
64 Russel Provan
65 Joseph Pasquale
66 Trent Rogers
67 Greg Moores
68 Lachlan Saccardo
69 Jarrod Spencer-Harper
70 Brendan Nelson
71 Matt Parker
73 Mark Keilar
74 Troy Woodger
75 Scotty matheson
76 Christopher Sandrone
77 James Cornfoot
78 Matthew Distill
79 Courtney Gough
81 Klinton Hancey
83 Mitchell Griffin
84 Robert Hooper
85 Trent Usher
86 Timothy Edwards
87 Reece Broady
88 Lindsay Bunt
89 David Sultana
90 Luke Flynn
91 Hamish Leighton
92 Ryan Aitken
93 Travis Millar
94 Brad Jenner
95 Stephane Majman
96 David Sera
97 Jayden sharrad
98 Rohan Kinens
99 Paul Pittam
TBA Wayne Bourke
TBA Ryan O’Sullivan
TBA Aaron Jackson
TBA Matt Slavin
TBA Aaron Jackson
TBA Lauren Shand
TBA Phil Smith
TBA Chris Coombe
TBA Jordan Murphy
TBA Mathew Collins
TBA Ben Floyd
TBA Martin Swindells
TBA Hayden Miller
TBA Jordan tasker
TBA Andrew Parsons
TBA Brad Sloan
TBA Ben Floyd
TBA Simon Chase
TBA Chris Cheetham
TBA Mitchell mackay
TBA Tabatha Badger
TBA Luke Thomas
TBA Jonathon Bradshaw
TBA Bjorn schultheiss
TBA Matthew Smith
TBA James Wilkins
TBA Nicholas Dalton
TBA Jonathon Bradshaw
TBA Tyler Morrison
TBA Zak Lobko
TBA Jayden Veale
TBA Michael Dorman
TBA Amos Noon
TBA Clem O’Mara
TBA Tyler MorrisonKA 1
11 Zac Soutar
12 Matthew McLean
13 Nicholas Bennett
14 Aaron Borg
15 Matthew Wall
16 Shay Mayes
17 Luke May
18 Lachlan Gibbons
19 Spencer Ackermann
20 Kip Foster
21 John Sheppard
22 Nick Becker
23 Adam Levi
24 Bradley Marsh-Stepney
25 Charlotte Poynting
27 Alan Fitzpatrick
30 Zak Lobko
31 Aaron Jackson
32 Trevor Whitby
33 Justin Francis
34 Jordan Nicolaou
36 Daniel rochford
38 Ben Edwards
40 Robert Thorburn
41 Adam Mercer
42 Jordi Marcon
44 Thomas Chitty
47 Jarrod Costello
54 Ben Gray
56 Dean Foster
58 James Litzow
64 Glenn Riddell
66 Trent Rogers
70 Brendan Nelson
71 Jeff Rahaley
72 Harrison Knight
76 Christopher Sandrone
77 Shayne Piper
88 Josh Buchan
89 Wayne Bourke
91 Tom Hughes
94 James Sera
95 John Reynolds
96 David Sera
98 Lucas Walters
99 Tabatha Badger
TBA Leigh Nocolaou
TBA Sarah Collins
TBA Kody GarlandKF2
1 Reserved for Troy Loeskow
2 Reserved for Nathan Tigani
3 Reserved for Jarryd Ebzery
4 Reserved for Scott Sorensen
5 Reserved for Leigh Nicolaou
6 Reserved for Joshua Smith
7 Reserved for Matthew Waters
8 Reserved for Adam Willison
9 Reserved for Harry Hayek
10 Ben Edwards
11 HDR Arrow Karts
12 Scott Sorensen
14 Daniel Holihan
16 Zac Soutar
27 Blaine Densley
29 Josh Tynan
41 Jack Black
72 Harrison Knight
81 John Iafolla
92 Steeley Noda-Barnes
96 Liam McLellan
98 Adam WillisonKF3
1 Reserved for Jayden Ojeda
2 Reserved for Christopher Sandrone
3 Reserved for Zane Morse
4 Reserved for Aaron Cameron
5 Reserved for Bryce Fullwood
6 Reserved for Drew Ridge
7 Reserved for Andrew Kahl
8 Reserved for Joshua Fife
9 Reserved for Matthew Foyle
10 Reserved for Joshua Rogers
11 Luca Krkovski
12 Thomas Steele
14 Jordan Caruso
15 Cody Donald
16 Cooper Murray
17 Ryan Suhle
18 Cody Brewczynski
19 Josh Denton
20 Zac Raddatz
21 Brock Kenny
24 Rhys Astley
27 Simon Fallon
33 Jack Doohan
34 Alexander Barboutis
36 Morgan Feast
37 Jack Bell
38 Antonio Astuti
39 Valentino Astuti
41 Kody Garland
48 Nicholas Carroll
55 Jack Winter
60 Henry Lake
61 Kiara Beattie
65 Tyler O’leary
66 Joshua Thomas
71 Dylan Hollis
72 Joshua Fife
73 Harrison Carr
74 Jace Matthews
77 Broc Feeney
78 Aaron Love
81 Oscar Piastri
83 Joshua davey
85 Angelo Mouzouris
86 Nicholas Carroll
87 Benjamin Harders
88 Jack Casey
91 Tom Hughes
92 Josh Rogers
93 Zane Goddard
95 Aaron Cameron
96 Tony Hopkins
97 Harrison Hoey
99 Cameron Shields
TBA Lachlan Hughes
TBA JOSH SMITH
TBA tyler everingham
TBA Keb Evans
TBA Tomas Gasperak
TBA Alec Morse
TBA Zane MorseKZ2
1 Reserved for Joey Hanssen
2 Reserved for David Sera
3 Reserved for Kyle Ensbey
4 Reserved for Kel Treseder
5 Reserved for Christopher Hays
6 Reserved for Jordie Ford
7 Reserved for Matthew Wall
8 Reserved for Darren Burke
9 Reserved for Jason Faint
10 Reserved for Jason Pringle
11 Pierce Lehane
12 Daniel Price
14 Josh Smith
15 Matthew Wall
16 Kristopher Trotter
17 Benjamin Redjepi
19 Troy Woolston
21 Robert Hooper
22 Jason Faint
25 Zack Wilson
25 Shaun Costello
29 Damian Ward
29 Kyle Ensbey
30 Daniel Currey
31 Jason Burns
33 Callum Walker
35 Jason Pringle
39 Troy Bretherton
42 Johnny Grother
43 Mason Barbera
44 Jonathon Mangos
45 Mick Buckley
47 Sam Houston
51 Brock Plumb
52 Matthew Hunt
58 Retired in honour of Aaron Ivermee
60 Mathew Erdmann
63 Jarryd Ebzery
66 Peter Richards
68 Kris Walton
94 James Sera
96 David Sera
97 Chris Hays
98 Jaie Robson
99 Marc HugelshoferX30
11 Pierce Lehane
12 Daniel Price
13 Robert Chamberlain
14 George Michaelides
15 Troy stone
16 Zac Soutar
17 Matt Parker
18 Greg Perry
19 Hamish Leighton
20 Shaun Costello
21 Brenton Simonds
22 Jake Downs
23 Adam Levi
24 Stephen Simpson
25 Matt Tesoriero
26 Anthony Higgs
27 Daniel Wallis
28 Cody McKay
29 Alfonso Carbone
30 Dylan Slits
31 Tommy Quinlan
32 Corey Sweet
33 Brett Wheeler
34 Jordan Nicolaou
35 Nathan Taylor
36 Daniel rochford
37 Aaron Ivers
38 Hayden Slattery
39 Alastair Lee
40 Matthew Distill
41 Adam Mercer
42 Brett Porter
43 Kyle Rethus
44 Chris Provan
45 Brett Porter
46 Aaron Baldry
47 Shaun Francis
48 Ben Stewart
49 Brad Jenner
51 Tim Farrell
52 Michael Smith-Crossing
53 Samantha Millar
54 Arron Hindle
55 Blaine Densley
56 Dean Foster
61 Haydn Felici
63 Jarryd Ebzery
64 Russel Provan
65 Ben Floyd
66 Trent Rogers
67 Clem O’Mara
68 Luke Jones
69 John Sheppard
70 Brendan Nelson
73 Brody Appleby
75 Peter Bergman
76 Steve Clee
77 Matthew Boylan
78 Alex Baker
79 Courtney Gough
81 Klinton Hancey
83 Mitchell Griffin
84 Daniel Edmonds
86 Aron Lawrence
88 Stephane Majman
90 Luke Flynn
92 Ryan Aitken
93 Jules Grieco
94 James Sera
95 Brandon Doolan
96 Kurt Hill
97 James Cornfoot
98 Adam Willison
99 Lindsay Bunt
TBA Justin Francis
TBA Chris Coombe
TBA Leigh Nicolaou
TBA Neil Faulkner
TBA Nathan Grover
TBA Cohen Archer
TBA Brad Jenner
TBA Lee Gardiner
TBA Ben Floyd
TBA Brad Stewart
TBA Hayden Miller
TBA Kip Foster
TBA Andre Morgan
TBA Jackson Lines
TBA Graham Prajbisz
TBA Matthew McLean
TBA David Brewer
TBA Rohan Kinens
