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.
Racing
Loeskow Starts Title Defence With A Win
Troy Loeskow’s defence of the Australian KZ2 Championship kicked off with a win at Ipswich last night, while there were plenty of new winners in the other classes. Here’s the official race report from round 1. (UPDATE: link to Championship points added)
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Results: Australian Kart Championship, Round 1
AKC round 1 results from Ipswich, plus link to photos. More to follow…
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Aussies Qualify Well at WSK Champions Cup
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.
AKC Kicks Off In Ipswich
National level sprint karting returned to competition today at the opening round of the 2021 SP Tools Australian Kart Championship in Ipswich, Queensland.
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The Norton Rogers Memorial Meet
A 100-lap enduro, awarding of a Life Membership and presentation of the Norton Rogers’ Memorial all took place at Gladstone last weekend. The Noise was there – and had a drive!
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Preview: AKC Round 1 at Ipswich
Despite Victorians unable to access Queensland, the opening round of the 2021 Australian Kart Championship will still boast over 260 entries at Ipswich this Friday and Saturday.
330+ At Ipswich Opener
Boosted by extra karters treating the event as an AKC Shakedown, the opening round of the Ipswich Kart Club’s 2021 championship (and round 1 of Qld KZ2/KA2 series) was massive with a record setting 334 entries.
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Colossal Country Series Opener at Cobden
The 2021 DPE Kart Superstore Victorian Country Series kicked off with a huge meeting at Cobden last weekend. Click through for the official race report, results, photos and videos.
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Doin’ The Dirt In Ipswich
The Noise reports from Ipswich City Dirt Kart Club, the opening round of the club’s 2021 championship with videos, photos & results.
Race Program, AKC Round 1
The official race program for the opening round of the 2021 Australian Kart Championship has been published. Includes the timetable for both days, list of entrants in each class plus other information.
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Club Season Opens at Albury-Wodonga
Albury-Wodonga Kart Club members united to kick-start the 2021 club championship in style on Sunday. Bailey Dixon reports via a remote Karticle.
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Lawson Licks ‘Em at City of Sails
He came, he saw, he conquered – on his return to the sport, New Zealand racing driver Liam Lawson won two classes at Auckland’s City of Sails Two-Day Challenge.
50-Lap Handicap Features at Lithgow Opener
A capacity field of karts contested the 50 Lap Classic feature race at Combined Kart Club’s opening round of its 2021 Championship at Lithgow.
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OTK Dominates Challenge Of the Americas Opener
The OTK product line was front and center throughout the Challenge of the Americas opening round at the Phoenix Kart Racing Association facility in Glendale, Arizona.
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Preview: Ipswich Club Championship, Round 1
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…
Bellars Three-peats Young Guns
Wyllie’s Kart City Young Guns kicked off Launceston Kart Club’s 2021 season last Saturday evening, Elliot Bellars taking out the feature race for the third consecutive year.
Junior Top Guns
Just on 120 entries contested the eight classes that opened the 2021 Victorian karting season with Junior Top Guns at Oakleigh the past couple of days.
4 Hours Dry, 3 Hours Wet at SEK QLD Finale
It started fine, but it ended wet – very wet! Here’s The Noise’s take (and videos) on the SEQ Qld final round at Ipswich that included singles, twins and F100s.
Canberra’s 2020 Champions
Youngster Kobe McInerney has been crowned the overall champion at the Canberra Kart Racing Club for 2020. Other awards went to…
Tasmanian Kart Championship
In mixed conditions all weekend, 105 competitors slogged it out across 10 classes to fight for the 2020 Tasmanian Karting Championship on November 28-29 at the Launceston Kart Club venue.
AKRA NSW State Titles
Almost 100 karters competed in AKRA’s NSW State Titles on the weekend. Here’s the race report, photos and results from Wollongong.
Dalby Done Till ’21
It was a hot day at Dalby for the final race event of 2020. The finals got underway after a huge spit roast dinner, and The Noise was there, taking video and photos during the day and into night.
Millsy Takes WA KZ2 Series
A win at the fifth ‘Grand Finale’ round of the WA KZ2 Series has sealed the championship for Blake Mills.
NSW Superkart Club Championship Placings
Mark Robbin has taken out the overall 2020 Club Championship for the NSW Superkart Club. Following the final round at Sydney Motorsport Park last month, Robin beat home Lee Vella and Adam Stewart in the overall club points.