Kiwi ROK Class Winners Racing In Melbourne


press release 12 August 2016

This weekend, New Zealand karters Jackson Rooney and Liam Sceats will spearhead a three-strong Kiwi challenge at the 32nd City of Melbourne Titles meeting at the Kart Club of Victoria's Todd Road kart track. 

The pair, Rooney from Palmerston North and Sceats from Auckland, earned the right to compete at the meeting by winning their respective classes (Rooney Vortex Mini ROK, Sceats Cadet ROK) at the 2015/16 Bayleys WPKA Goldstar Series.

Jackson Rooney (left) and Liam Sceats with a new Cadet 12-spec Vortex ROK-engined Tony Kart
Above: Jackson Rooney (left) and Liam Sceats with a new Cadet 12-spec Vortex ROK-engined Tony Kart
pic - Supreme Kart Supplies

They will be racing in the Cadet 12 class in brand new Tony Karts with Mini ROK engines supplied and run by the Tony Kart Australia team as part of a prize pack put together by New Zealand Tony Kart and ROK importer Supreme Kart Supplies & Engines and Manawatu Toyota.

Joining them on the grid in the Cadet 12 class at the meeting will be fellow Kiwi karter Kaden Probst from Auckland who will be run by the Shamick Racing squad. Probst has been racing karts for the past two years and recently won the Cadet ROK class in the annual CRC Speedshow Top Half Series.

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