Wharton Switches to KZ2

As he prepares for a switch to cars, James Wharton contested his first WSK meeting in the KZ2 class at Sarno on the weekend. Includes highlights video and Finals day report.

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Kiwi Nationals Return This Weekend

After being ‘covid-cancelled’ last year, around 120 karters from all over New Zealand are either in Christchurch already, or making their way there, for KartSport New Zealand’s 2021 National Sprint Championship meeting at Carrs Rd Raceway this Easter weekend.

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Winter Warmup Meet for Texas Sprint Series

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.

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McLaren Sign Up A Young Karter!

McLaren has signed last year’s European OK Junior karting champion, 13-year-old American Ugo Ugochukwu, to a “long-term agreement”.

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Electric Kart Championships

Electric kart championships are starting to pop up around the world. BlueShockRace has two categories and power output levels kicking off in Europe next month.

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RIP Faye ‘Ludybug’ Pierson

The woman often referred to as the Queen of Karting, Faye ‘Ladybug’ Pierson, passed away earlier this month. Pierson had been part of karting since the sport was invented in the late 50s, initially as a competitor but also via the family’s Bug Karts business.

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WSK Super Master Series, La Conca

Arvid Lindblad (OK – KR/IAME), Alex Powell (OK Junior – KR/IAME) and Christian Costoya (Mini – Parolin/TM) won the three classes contesting round 2 of the WSK Super Master Series at La Conca on the weekend. Two Australians competed at the event…

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‘Near Normality’ for NZ Karters This 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.

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Bahrain To Host Rotax Grand Finals

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.

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Tough WSK Masters Opener

After displaying promising pace at the venue the week prior, neither of the Australians at the opening round of WSK Super Masters at Adria Raceway were able to replicate their impressive form.

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Positive Shakedown for CRG Team in Adria

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.

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Pro Tour To Respond to KA Statement

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.

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Rotax Pro Tour – What’s Going On?

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.

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Big Interest as Mainland Series Re-Boots

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.

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Aussie Wrap – WSK Champions Cup, Adria

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.

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WSK Champions Cup

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.

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Perez, Ferrer & Moya Complete CRG’s Lineup

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.

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Leclerc by Lennox Racing Wins Adria

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.

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