Victorian Mathew Basso and his dad Paul made the almost seven-hour drive to the Sapphire Kart Club for its State Cup meeting last weekend, the Tony Kart driver returning home with the title and a Black Plate.
After the covid enforced break from karting, Ashton Ardley returned to racing at Puckapunyal on the weekend. But despite posting his fastest ever time on the current tyre around the undulating circuit, problems forced him back in the KA4 Junior Light pack.
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Chadd Moore resumed his 2021 karting season at the November Eastern Lions Kart Club race meeting over the weekend, racing in KA3 Junior after a switch of class and chassis mid-season.
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After a long three-month covid lockdown break, Aiden Schweikert was excited to take on the large thirty-one kart Cadet 12 field at Puckapunyal last Sunday.
Ashton Cattach made his first appearance on the karting scene in six months at the Eastern Lions Kart Club over the weekend, tackling a big field of 18 KA3 Senior Lights.
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A team of four drivers hit the track at the Eastern Lions Kart Club last weekend, two in Cadet 12 and two in KA3 Junior.
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The Australian Superkart Events brand has reformed to establish a two-round Australian Superkart Championship for 2022. It will encompass the Australian Superkart Classic at The Bend in March, followed by the National Festival of Superkarts at Phillip Island in August.
The excitement of returning to the race track after such a long break was rewarded with a podium placing for Jeremey Kay at the Eastern Lions Kart Club race day on the weekend.
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Back at his home track for the November club day, Jack Jenkins ran up front and grabbed second place in a massive field of Cadet 12 racers at Puckapunyal on Sunday.
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Gabriel Elkayam, Jenson Burns and Leighton Thorley won their respective categories at Ipswich Kart Club’s Cadet Titles last Saturday, that also encompassed round 6 of the club’s 2021 Championship. IKC’s Russell Innes reports.
Peter Nuske was crowned the 2021 Club Champion at the Queensland Superkart Club’s gala awards last Saturday, October 30.
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Ipswich Kart Club was recognised for its strong contribution to attracting visitors to the region as part of being awarded the Sporting Organisation of the Year in the annual Ipswich City Sports Awards.
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With just one month to go until the “Blue Plate” AKRA NSW State Titles, karters came out in droves for the last round of the Wollongong Kart Raceway’s 2021 Club Championship.
UPDATE 4/11/21: lots of photos added!
The 2021 Tasmanian Kart Championship concluded at Burnie yesterday. The winners were…
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Here are the fastest qualifiers in all 10 classes at the Tankworld Tasmania Tasmanian Kart Championship, North Western Kart Club, Burnie.
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Karting Australia last night issued an update for its Victorian clubs following the Public Health Order relaxing of restrictions.
The North Shore Kart Club has found a new home with news today that Karting Australia and KA-NSW have signed an agreement to host events at the Indy 800 circuit.
Canberra Kart Racing Club has announced a memorial meeting for recently passed member Greg Williams where a perpetual trophy will be awarded each year.
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The Western Australian KZ2 Series concluded at Cockburn last weekend as part of the 2021 City of Perth Titles meeting, an event that attracted over 160 entries. Here are the results and full race videos from both days.
After experiencing some “track surface difficulties” at a previous race meeting, fresh hotmix has gone down at the Cairns Kart Racing Club.
Aligning with the latest State Government announcements, racing is set to return to kart tracks in Victoria. This will be for club-based competition, however an actual schedule of event dates and locations is not expected until later in the week.
Work has begun on the track extension at the Oakleigh Kart Racing Club in Melbourne.
Two events over two days in opposite direction at the Whitsunday Moto Sport club made up the 2021 running of the Great Barrier Reefs Titles. The Noise was there, camera and microphone in hand.
F100 will be under lights at Ipswich this Saturday Night and The Noise will have live feeds through the day and into the evening.