Karting News Briefs


  17 July 2013
 

kartings news from anywhere...

  • Rotax Rankings Manufacturers' Cup points after Pro Tour Gympie:


  • The ART Grand Prix Karting Australia race team will be making its official race debut at the fourth round of the CIK Stars of Karting series at Eastern Creek later this month. "We will be competing in TAG Light with our team's driver, Aaron Borg, and providing support to our customer in TAG-R Light" ARTGPA's Duvashen Padayachee informed KartSportNews. The team has recently been testing with both Rotax and X30 engines.

  • junior sprint classic advert$500 of prize money is on the line for the winner of the Junior Clubman "Champion of Champions" feature race at the annual Junior Sprint Classic at Puckapunyal on September 7 and 8. $1100 of cash will be distributed down to 5th place. The 20-lap feature race is open to the first 24 finishers in the regular Junior Clubman class final. The event will also have a dedicated Girls Junior National class at 130kg (with no maximum kart weight, open to A, B, C and P licence holders). Supp Regs and Entry form HERE (PDF).

  • Ringwood Kart Centre has a number of second-hand karts for sale on the shop's website, mostly 'ready-to-race' packages with either TaG or Yamaha engines. Click HERE to have a look.

  • We publish a number of North American race reports on KartSportNews, but there's also the free online mag "Go Racing Magazine" which covers it in more detail with more photos. Check their June issue HERE. It includes several race reports in its 56 pages, plus a feature on the late Linda Emmick, an American karting icon who passed away last month.
    go racing magazine june table of contents
    Above: The Table of Contents for the current Go Racing Magazine, with Dean Martin in a spot of bother at Thunder Hill...

  • Applications for the CEO position with the AKA close on Monday, July 22. Details were published here on KartSportNews on July 9. The Reader Poll is still open - do you think the person appointed to this position should have previous experience in the racing industry, or should they NOT have previous experience? Or is experience in the field irrelevant to a CEO position? Go click a responce before we close the poll.

 

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