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  18 September 2015
   

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  • Bob the Builder stumbled across some karts at Bunnings Fyshwick recently. Canberra Kart Racing Club had organised a karting promo and we hear Bob was most impressed with the DD2 on display. The club will also be holding a fundraising night on October 24 for the benefit of Zane Morse and his trip to the Rotax Grand Finals in Portugal.

    pic - CKC

  • The official track map for the 2015 Cold Stone US Open of Las Vegas finale event at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino has been released, below. A larger PDF version is HERE.


  • Oscar Piastri had planned to contest the Junior KF World Championships at La Conca, Italy, but has confirmed that he won't be competing due to a problem with his entry. "I'd like to thank everyone at Karting Australia, CAMS and IAME who tried their best over the last week to help me out especially, Remo Luciani, Craig Denton, Mick Doohan, Eugene Arocca and everyone else that lobbied CIK-FIA on my behalf. I really appreciate it" he wrote on Facebook. "I will also not compete at the X30 World Final later this year as we begin the search for a new team and make our plans for next years racing season. I really want to thank my mechanic Alex Baten for the great year. We had some great results, a few mistakes and some bad luck, but we always had great speed and we worked together."

  • Australian Motoring Enthusiasts Party Senator Ricky Muir has outlined the great economic and social benefits of motorsport in Australia and called for further Government support. More on the inpitlane website, including video of Muir's (and others) Upper House speach, HERE.

  • David Sera was back behind the wheel yesterday, testing his Deadly KZ at Todd Rd in preparation for Race of Stars. "Overall it was a productive day getting back behind the wheel of a KZ kart after close to a year" Dave wrote on Facebook. "We made some minor adjustments to the front end of the kart which helped the overall grip. We're confident we haven't lost any speed from last year."
    dave sera deadly kart
    pic - Deadly/Facebook

  • Video of the live stream from Sunday's racing at round 4 of the Australian Kart Championship:


  • More video coverage of the City of Adelaide Titles, this time Junior Clubman, courtesy of Kart Action Media. (more vids from the event on YouTube HERE)


  • Same venue, different event. 1994 Nationals, Clubman Heavy - a cracking race!


  • The traditional Victorian Closed Titles is no more. Actually, it's been renamed, the 2015 event now carrying the tag "Victorian State Cup". It'll be held at the Albury-Wodonga circuit on December 5-6. Supp Regs are on the Race Calendar page HERE. Black plates will still be awarded to the class winners which they can use on their kart in their class for the next 12 months.


  • Concerns have been raised about the future layout of the Bolivar karting facility in Adelaide. Adeladienow.com.au report that work is approved to start on the 'Northern Connector', a "crucial $985 million Adelaide road link". Thing is, it gets mightly close to the kart track! Will there be enough room for runoff at the hairpin? Major construction will commence in May next year with the project expected to take nearly five years to complete. Read more HERE.


  • Meanwhile in NSW, more noise is being made about the proposed international spec kart track at Mount Panorama, Bathurst. And it's good noise - Council approval! (more about that on abc.net.au HERE). This sketch of a possible configuration on the allocated land surfaced on social media recently. Not too sure about the proximity of that house...

    pic - BathurstKartClub/Facebook

  • VIDEO: On-board with James Sera, AKC round 4 at Newcastle (X30, heat 1 start - and what a start!):


  • UK's Karting Magazine has reported that famous Italian karting publication Vroom is no longer producing the UK version of the magazine. They're even offering Vroom UK subscribers the opportunity to 'transfer' their remaining subscription to Karting Magazine for no extra cost. More info HERE.

  • By claiming podium spots in each class at the final round of the New Zealand Prokart Series, KZ2 racers Ryan Grant, Chris Cox and Aaron Wilson, plus KZ2 Masters' Tom Curran, Jared MacKenzie and Steve Brown have earned entries to the big Race of Stars meeting in Queensland next month. Joining them in a nine-strong Kiwi team will be Mitch Brown, Leo Bult and Roger Beuvink.



  • Ballarat Kart Club is another Victorian club struggling to get race numbers and is trying to work out how to get people back to the grass roots level in 2016. They're surveying club members to see what brings them to the track and what turns them away. "We want to know how to get more people to club days in 2016" the club wrote on Facebook. Ballarat members who complete the survey get $10 off their September or October club day entry fee. The survey is open to Ballarat members and any guest who ran a club day at Haddon Park. Feel free to have a read of the survey - click HERE.

  • Latest K-Racer video, Col talking about selecting 2-stroke oils for karting. Make sure you don't use any of that 'shitty' oil he speaks of! ~ kracer.com.au:


  • Dates for the 2016 Rotax Euro Challenge, plus the Rotax Winter Cup and International Open, have been released. Strangley, the venues are yet to be revealed.


  • Karting cup cakes. Are those things really edible?? (Oh, and happy birthday Billy!)

    pic - City Karts/Facebook

  • CRG was the most presented brand at LeMans last weekend for the KZ World Championship and International KZ2 Super Cup. In total, 30 drivers competed on CRG chassis - 7 in KZ and 23 in KZ2 - representing 22% of the total entry across the two categories.

  • Lots of photos of the KZ and KZ2 action from LeMans on the weekend are in a gallery on the circuit's Facebook page HERE.

    Le Mans ACO/Facebook

  • Entries are now open for the 2015 Rotax Pro Tour Grand Final at Ipswich, Oct 2-4. Supp Regs are HERE.


  • Another one for the "when is a kart, no longer a kart" file!


  • And another...


  • KartSport New Zealand has released a rule update that allows KZ2 Masters and Rotax DD2 to "full Non-Championship status to enable Clubs to offer this class at all Group E and Group F (Club Day) events". Basically, that means these classes can be offered as Series classes (eg WPKA Goldstar, Top Half and Mainland) and at other signature events, eg Blossom, Citrus, Winter Cup, etc. The full bulletin is HERE.

  • This is what caused Alec Morse's retirement from the KF3 final at the most reent round of the AKC at Newcastle. Don't see that every day!

    pic - Morse/Facebook

  • Head out to Kurri Kurri (NSW) Speedway tomorrow to watch the 2015 Australian Speedway Kart Title! Racing starts at 9:30 and will proceed into the evening.


  • Pile-up at LeMans on the weekend, Italian PCR driver Loris Spinelli exiting his KZ on the opening lap:


  • Queensland karter Jordan McGregor has announced he's off to Formula 4. The 17-year-old will make his debut in the controversial new category at the Gold Coast 600 event on October 23-25. Full details on speedcafe HERE.

  • Article on Vroom about tyre cheating - err, 'manipulation' - and how BRP-Rotax are taking steps to ensure their competitions are free of this. Click HERE to have a sniff.

  • With the KF and KF Junior World Championships looming, it's fitting to watch this Magazine-style video summary (it's the telecast from Motors TV, presented by Australian Ian Salvestrin) of the third and final round of the CIK-FIA European Championships at Kristianstad:


  • Another event catering to Yamaha engine owners, with $500 up for grabs to the winner of Clubman Light:


  • River City Titles at Monarto:



  • Wollongong Kart Racing Club, Club Championship Round 6 @ Picton:


  • The famous Industry Trophy, 44th edition to be held at Lonato:

 

 

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