Former Title Holders Underline Importance of Karting
The international success of former national karting champions underlines the importance of karting in the bigger picture of racing.
The international success of former national karting champions underlines the importance of karting in the bigger picture of racing.
The seventh season for the Texas Sprint Racing Series kicked off last weekend with its ‘Winter Warm-up’ event held at the NOLA Motorsports facility in Louisiana. A record 177 entries filled out the 12 categories.
Years of experience gave third-generation karter Mat Kinsman a winning edge in the premier KZ2 class at the opening round of New Zealand’s Giltrap Group ProKart Series in Hamilton last weekend.
Karters from Auckland and all points south are set to celebrate a ‘return to (near) normality’ this weekend as the Hamilton club hosts the opening round of this year’s ProKart Series under a unified NZ-wide Level 1 COVID-19 alert level.
The Bahrain International Karting Circuit will host the 2021 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals in December. It will be the first time the event, often referred to as The Rotax Worlds, has been held in the Kingdom.
Team PR – The opening round of the WSK Master at Adria last weekend was the first outing for nearly the whole CRG team, which competed in all four categories, Mini, Junior, Ok and KZ.
Organisers of the Rotax Pro Tour will respond to the recent statement from Karting Australia that Pro Tour competitors would not be able to qualify for the Grand Finals.
Karting Australia has sent a statement to previous Rotax Pro Tour competitors stating that the 2021 Pro Tour is an ‘unrecognised competition’ and that drivers contesting it cannot qualify for the World Finals.
Event Preview: one of the first victims of last year’s COVID-19 lockdown, Kartsport New Zealand’s Mainland Series has over 60 karters signed up for the three weekend/six round series that kicks off with a double-header this weekend.
It was mixed fortunes for the Aussies in the Finals at the WSK Champions Cup round at Adria on the weekend. Griffin Peebles scored a strong 7th in Mini while James Wharton DNFd in OK.
The opening meeting of the international karting season, the WSK Champions Cup in Adria, has been highly successful with 337 drivers from 51 countries challenging each other across four categories.
With the 2021 season about to start, the CRG Racing Team has made official the last pieces to complete the team’s new driver line-up, announcing three Spanish drivers in Mini, OK Junior and OK.
Team PR – The Leclerc by Lennox Racing team won at its seasonal debut on the Adria Karting Raceway circuit with Viktor Gustavsson, who dominated the KZ2 final.
Australians James Wharton and Griffin Peebles have both qualified strongly at WSK Promotions’ first event for the year, round 1 of the Champions Cup at Adria Raceway.
The factory Tony Kart Racing Team has announced its driver lineup and event schedule for international events in 2021.