No karting can take place in Victoria this weekend due to the five-day lockdown imposed by the State Government that kicks in at 11:59pm tonight (Friday). This will affect a number of race meetings and organised practice days.
Some quick news – karting & covid, Vic commentary & PR, AKC race program, sticker offer, Lithgow erection + more. And Jen’s back to talk karting!
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The Combined Districts Kart Club is looking to create a memorial at the Lithgow circuit in recognition of long serving member Russell Grimson who passed away last month.
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The spectacular, undulating and difficult to master Newcastle kart track is about to be resurfaced. The facility will be closed for two stages of works.
KA has now filled the position left vacant by Mick Doohan as Chairman of the Board of Australian Karting Association Ltd (Karting Australia).
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In this post, multiple updates that cover club/track news, calendar re-schedules, industry info, driver happenings etc – local, national, international.
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Unlikely to see something like this happen in Australia for a while… A group of sanctioning bodies in North America will work together to promote and run a “United States Karting Grand Prix” later this year.
For the past four years, the CIK-FIA has awarded a Rookie Of The Year for drivers up to 16 years of age. In 2020, it was Andrea Kimi Antonelli who claimed the title.
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A massive 343 entries have been received for Round 1 of the Ipswich Kart Club Championship this Saturday, an event that is also the opening round of the KZ2/KA2 Qld Series and shakedown for the AKC opener next week.
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LeCont, MG and Vega respond to questions posed by FIA Karting about the challenges of the 2020 race season.
Karting Australia has confirmed the opening round of the 2021 Australian Kart Championship will now take place on February 19 & 20 at Ipswich. For classes that have vacancies, entries will re-open on February 1st (Monday).
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Queensland’s Kevin Davies, of Kev “The Noise” Davies Commentary fame, has been hit with a ban from Karting Australia.
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Karting NSW has released its 2021 rule books. There are six publications; the overall KNSW Rules & Regulations, plus a handbook for each of five specific disciplines of the sport – Sprint, Enduro, Speedway, Retro and Vintage.
Kiwi racing driver Liam Lawson returns to karts this weekend, entering two classes at the City of Sails meeting in Auckland. “No matter how much you train, if you haven’t been in a kart in a while it is a lot a work!”
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NEWS BRIEFS! In this installment: series updates, industry news, calendar reschedules, club updates, team & driver news, farewell to an icon – sprint, speedway, endurance, superkart – local and international karting info…
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The opening round of the Ipswich Kart Club’s 2021 Club Championship will include the opening round of the new Queensland KZ-KA2 Series. The club has already received entries from four states…
FIA Karting give a summary of 2020, the year marked by the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic
BRP-Rotax has cancelled the 2020 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals. A new Covid lockdown in the host country (Portugal) makes it impossible to run the event, which will not be postponed to another date.
NEWS BRIEFS! Race calendars, relocations, driver news, club news… plus plenty of other stuff.
The opening round of the 2021 Australian Kart Championship has been postponed. Here’s the statement from Karting Australia, plus the result of our reader poll on the matter.
According to Rotax, the 2020 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals are still going ahead in Portugal later this month. While the event will be run “under the highest health and safety standards”, some competitors are worried they can’t even get into Portugal.
Karting NSW is looking to formalise the eligibility of engines in its sanctioned events and will soon open a tender process for manufacturers and/or their Australian distributors to supply control engines.
The Go Kart Club of South Australia has launched a one-make Cadet kart program using the Karting Australia homologated Torini-powered Ricciardo 4SS kart.
A six-round Club Championship plus two other feature events will make up the calendar of club racing at Ipswich Kart Club in 2021.
Karting HQ is now the exclusive Australian importer for the Praga brand of karts.