Podium & Problems for B&A
Team PR – B & A Kart Racing’s James and Aiva Anagnostiadis tackled the Junior and Senior endurance races at Todd Road on the weekend to finish off a busy 2022 season of karting.
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Top Enduro Effort for NSW Duo
Driver PR – New South Wales had a strong representation at the Shamick Racing Enduro over the weekend, with former and current state champion Reece Cohen and Jackson Souslin-Harlow pairing together for a crack at the big event.
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IKC Concludes Come-N-Try Days For 2022
Ipswich Kart Club concluded its 2022 Come-and-Try-Day program with the fourth and final event for the year last Saturday.
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KNSW Says No to Rotax Pro Tour
Karting NSW will not sanction a Rotax Pro Tour series in 2023. The governing body posted the following statement on its website confirming a proposed agreement between it and RaceMax Pty Ltd will not go ahead.
New KA Board Appointments
Former F1 Race Director Michael Masi and commercial lawyer Melissa Holzberger have returned to positions with Karting Australia, the national body announcing today that both have been appointed seats on the KA Board.
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Pro Karting Duo Win TaG Enduro
Karting veteran Jace Lindstrom and his protégé Declan Somers have taken out an action-packed four-and-a-half hour TaG enduro at Todd Rd.
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KA100 Restrictors Now Available
IAME Engines Australian importer Remo Racing has confirmed that the new 22mm Exhaust Restrictor to be used in the IAME KA100 engine for the KA3 Junior Classes is now available.
KA Reconfigure Development Fund
Karting Australia has announced the establishment of a National Infrastructure Development Fund to replace the AKA Track Development Fund and secure its inherent value.
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2022 Archerville Classic
The third annual Cowbiz Archerville Classic boasted lots of racing and perfect weather across two days last weekend. Jade Stone reports from Launceston.
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Dual Race Directors for 2023 AKC
A number of changes have been revealed for next year’s SP Tools Australian Kart Championship, including track/practice restrictions, homologated driving suit requirement for two classes, plus the appointment of two people to the Race Director’s role.
Dave Hamnett Memorial
TaG Light and TaG Heavy boasted the biggest fields at the 2022 running of the Dave Hamnett Memorial at Manning Valley Kart Club on the weekend. The Noise was there to capture the action!
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KNSW Changes for 2023
Karting NSW has announced a number of changes – many around restrictor sizes – to consolidate classes and create bigger fields in 2023. Here’s the organisation’s press release on how that will happen.
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Stolen Karting Package
The Classon family in Melbourne has had its karting trailer and race-winning equipment stolen.
Koda’s World Challenge
Driver PR – Micro Max Australian Kart Champion Koda Singh took on the biggest challenge of his young career recently at the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals in Portugal.
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Family Friendly Racing at Gippsland
It can’t be argued that karting is not a family sport, with multiple sets of siblings on the podium at Sunday’s race meeting in Morwell.
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Lakeside Auskarts Finale
The Noise headed to Lakeside on the weekend for the seventh and final round of the 2022 Auskarts 4-stroke Championship
Archie Closes Year With Podium
Driver PR – Archie Bristow raced his final meeting of the 2022 season – and his second in Cadet 12 – at the Go Kart Club of Victoria’s Gold Cup on the weekend.
Anagnostiadis’ Vegas Experience
Team/Driver PR – B & A Racing’s James and Aiva Anagnostiadis contested one of the largest kart race meetings in the world recently, taking on the famous SKUSA Supernats in Las Vegas.
Basso Clinches VCS
Driver PR – Mathew Basso headed to Ballarat the other week with one goal in mind – to become the 2022 Victorian Country Series champion.
Dvorak Tries Formula Ford
Driver PR – Runner-up in the 2022 Junior Australian Kart Championship, Victorian karter Toby Dvorak tried out a Formula Ford and manual gears for the first time at Winton Raceway recently.
Country Series In The Books at Ballarat
A huge effort from the Ballarat Kart Club to prepare the venue after weeks of rain allowed the 2022 DPE Kart Superstore Victorian Country Series come to a successful conclusion last weekend.
Pollard Concludes Country Series Campaign
Driver PR – Approaching the end of a full season of karting, Liam Pollard headed to a wet and wild Ballarat over the weekend for the final round of the Victorian Country Series.
Juniors To Race Retro in 2023
Retro Karting Australia will offer a Junior Clubman Yamaha class in its 2023 race season.
NSW Guns Team Up for TaG Enduro
Driver/Team PR – Jackson Souslin-Harlow and Reece Cohen are no strangers to success at the highest level of Australian karting, but both realise they have a mountain to climb to take out the Shamick 4.5-hour TaG Enduro at Todd Road next month.
Bristow Steps up at Ballarat
Driver PR – Archie Bristow made history in Ballarat on the weekend, earning a podium on his debut in the Cadet 12 class while also taking out the DPE Victorian Country Series in Cadet 9.