Wet Ipswich Season Opener
Video interviews and some of the racing (and results) from a very wet opening round of the Ipswich Kart Club’s 2018 club championship.
Racing
Stony Creek February Race Day
29 karters kicked off the 2018 season at Stony Creek on the weekend for the track’s first club day of the year.
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Flack’s Fairing Curtails Top Ten in Italy
A front fairing penalty cost Marcos Flack at top ten result in Italy on the weekend. Josh Fife was also threatening the top ten when he DNF’d the KZ2 final. Here’s the race wrap plus photos from Adria
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Fifey 6th in Quallie, WSK Super Master Series
Josh Fife has qualified an excellent 6th in KZ2 at the WSK Super Master Series opener. Marcos Flack is 27th in 60Mini. Here’s the qualifying wrap and some photos (includes live stream link)
Pro Tour Points
Point score for the Rotax Pro Tour after the opening round has now been released.
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Bakkerus & Burt Grab NZ Rok Cup Advantage
Youngtsers Hayden Bakkerus and Kiahn Burt have grabbed an early advantage in the 2018 ROK Cup NZ by winning the annual City of Sails meeting in Auckland on the weekend
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Debutantes & Seasoned Pros Take Pro Tour Victories
Rotax Pro Tour round 1 is done. Here’s the official Finals day report and photos from a scorching Todd Rd
Pro Tour Round 1 Results
Results from today’s Finals at the opening round of Rotax Pro Tour
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Woolston, Moore and Rogers Lead The Way at Pro Tour
Pro Tour racers had to contend with a hot and humid Melbourne today as qualifying and the heat races were contested at Todd Rd, but the conditions couldn’t stop Troy Woolston, Lane Moore and Josh Rogers from winning all their heats.
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Live Timing: Pro Tour & WSK Champions Cup
Here are the links you need for the weekend to follow the opening round of Rotax Pro Tour in Melbourne, plus the two Aussies in Italy at the WSK Champions Cup round.
Buckley Scoops Nicole Franks Memorial at Ladies Cup
Alice Buckley was awarded the Nicole Franks Memorial Trophy at the 2018 edition of the Ladies Cup event at Lithgow. (UPDATE: more podium pics added 26/1/18)
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Ethan Wyllie Nails McDonald’s Young Guns
The Wyllie name is synonymous with Tasmanian karting, and now young Ethan has put his name on one of the state’s most coveted trophies – the McDonald’s Young Guns shield.
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Red Flag Can’t Stop Tassie Speedway Kart Titles
Lack of time due to a red flag stoppage meant the A-Main finals were not completed, however that didn’t prevent a result for the 2018 Tasmanian Speedway Kart Titles
Newcastle Kicks Off 2018
Newcastle Kart Racing club conducted the first round of its 2018 Championship on the weekend. Here’s the race wrap and photos
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Junior Top Guns, Round 2
The rain continued at Oakleigh for the second and final round of Junior Top Guns 2018. Round 2 report & photos, plus overall series result
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Junior Top Guns, Round 1
Rain once again affected Junior Top Guns, 101 entries (an increase on last year) contesting the opening round last night. Here’s Paul Griffiths’ race report from a slippery night at Oakleigh Raceway.
AIDKA’s 2018 Calendar
AIDKA has released the organisation’s race and events calendar for 2018. Key events for the independent dirt karters this year are…
Race Report: Ipswich Kart Club Championship, Round 8
Here is Geoff Salmon’s race report from the eighth and final round of the Ipswich Kart Club’s 2017 championship.
KA100 Makes WKA Competition Debut in USA
The KA100 engine has made its WKA competition debut in America, a field of 14 contesting the WKA’s annual Daytona Kart Week.
Pace Images’ Top Ten Photos of 2017
Pace Images’ Ben Roehlen has given us permission to publish his Top Ten favourite photos from 2017. Here they all are with Ben’s comments on each…
Round 9 Concludes a Year of Growth for AKRA
The ninth and final round of the Australian Kart Racers Alliance (AKRA) series at the Wollongong track in Kembla Grange on December 3 marked a year of growth for the organisation.
Urban Leads NZ Superkart Resurgence
Rather than put others off, Ryan Urban’s pace and professionalism is helping attract both attention and a new wave of drivers to the fastest branch of the sport in New Zealand.
Ipswich’s Final Round for 2018
The eighth and final round of the Ipswich Kart Club’s 2018 series concluded at Willowbank on December 2, commentator Kev capturing lots of the racing on video (includes link to club series points)
Race Report: Queensland State Cup / Capri Cup
Here’s Geoff Salmon’s race report from the 2017 Queensland State Cup held at Ipswich a week ago.
Queensland State Cup
The 2017 Queensland State Cup was run at Ipswich last weekend, the event honouring the contribution to karting by Alf & Maureen Capri. Watch full videos of all the racing