Big Mover at Champs of Future
Australian junior Lewis Francis was the big mover at the Champions Of The Future round at Franciacorta, Italy, on the weekend, moving up an incredible 72 positions across the event.
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Video: World Champs Review
Here’s the highlights package of the three shifter kart finals from Wackersdorf, starting with the hugely popular Masters race, then the KZ2 World Cup and finally the KZ World Championship.
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Rotax Euro Trophy Decided
The 2023 season of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy is history with the final round held at PFI in the UK recently.
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Cowbiz Archerville Classic
80 karters assembled at Archerville Raceway across the weekend to chase the black plates that were up for grabs in the “State Cup” Cowbiz Archerville Classic IV. Jade Stone reports.
Portland’s Slip-N-Slide VCS Round
The Portland District Kart Club hosted the penultimate round of the DPE Kart Superstore Victorian Country Series on the weekend, but there were varying degrees of track moisture throughout the event.
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Warwick’s Junior Top Guns
There was great racing all weekend at the Warwick Kart Club for the 2023 Wash-It Australia Junior Top Guns meeting. The Noise reports.
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Photo Finish at Wackersdorf
Paolo Ippolito is the new KZ World Champion and Niels Tröger won the KZ2 World Cup, but the most spectacular finish at Wackersdorf was in KZ2 Masters. Italian karting icons Davide Forè and Alessandro Manetti crossed the line side-by-side, Forè adding another title to his long list of achievements. But it was a race for victory that New Zealander Daniel Bray should have been part of…
TaG Titles Feature at IKC
Another huge meeting was run at Ipswich a week ago, hot fields in the feature TaG Light and TaG Heavy classes, plus several Rotax categories prepping for the National Cup.
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Live Stream – KZ World Champs
The live stream of Finals Day at the KZ World Championships kicks off here Sunday night around 6:20pm AEST.
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King Andrew’s 3rd Rock Island Crown
Andrew Bujdoso captured his third consecutive King Of The Streets shifter title at the 28th running of the Rock Island Grand Prix in Illinois, USA.
Nick Takes The Tony
Nick Agland put in a super drive from the rear of the field to win the Tony Agland Memorial for F100 at the Retro Karting Australia round at Orange on the weekend.
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Excitement Renewed at Blossom Event
With an enthusiastic push from the KartSport Hawkes Bay committee, the annual two-day Blossom event that runs in both directions showed strong sparks of yesteryear.
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Nail-Biters at Numurkah
The 2023 Australasian Kart Titles was a cracker, 137 entries racing for a red plate across 12 classes. But who nabbed the Commentator’s Award for the weekend?
WSK Euro Series Opener
Australian drivers once again showed they can run with the best in Europe as they contested the opening round of the WSK Euro Series at the Franciacorta Karting track in Italy on the weekend (with video)
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Summer Series Info Released
Karting Australia has published the regulations for its first ever Australian Summer Series, a four-round two-event championship for what appear to be 10 manufacturer supported classes for IAME, Rotax and Vortex karters. It will also have a penalty point system for driver misconduct.
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Diverse Entry for Gearbox World Championships
Two Australians and a bunch of Kiwis are on the entry lists for the upcoming KZ World Championship event at Wackersdorf, Germany, in a week’s time.
Rotax Qualifier This Saturday
A busy race meeting is scheduled for Ipswich this Saturday with TaG feature classes, rounds of multiple series plus an official National Cup qualifier event for the Rotax Light, DD2 and DD2 Masters categories.
Bi-Directional Blossom
A special ‘run what ya brung’ Open class will round out the action at this weekend’s 54th running of the KartSport Hawkes Bay bi-directional Blossom meeting.
IAME Euro Champions Crowned
Almost 200 of the best IAME teams and drivers contested the three categories in the IAME Euro Trophy finale at the unpredictable Genk circuit to crown the 2023 Champions.
Dicker Claims AKC Title
Western Australian driver Sam Dicker has been crowned the 2023 KZ2 SP Tools Australian Kart Champion after an exhilarating Grand Final day for the Series at Port Melbourne’s Todd Road circuit.
Sunday Showdown for AKC Honours!
After a dramatic day at Melbourne’s Todd Road Circuit, all but two SP Tools Australian Kart Championship categories are up for grabs on Grand Final day tomorrow, with four of the classes seeing top runners separated by six points or less.
Great Barrier Reef Titles
Sponsored by Jess Golding Motorsport, the 2023 Great Barrier Reef Titles provided good honest grass roots racing across two days last weekend. The Noise reports from Whitsunday Raceway.
The Three Big Ones
Arguably the three most significant trophies in Australian sprint kart racing these days is the trio of special silverware awarded to three drivers at the conclusion of the Australian Kart Championship.
Lewis Top 10s Genk
Australian junior karter Lewis Francis finished in the top ten at the fourth round of the Belgian IAME Championship at Genk last weekend.
Hurricane Hilary Cuts Cali Prokart Round
Hurricane Hilary shut down proceedings at Adams Motorsports Park on the weekend, the three-day, two-round event turning into a two-day one-round deal.