Karting News Briefs


  12 March 2014
   
 

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  • The official names of the CIK classes in this year's Stars of Karting championship have changed. For 2014 the three 'pro' categories will reflect the title as required by the CIK - KZ2 replaces the former class name of Pro Gearbox (KZ2), KF2 replaces the former class name of Pro Light (KF) and KF3 replaces the former class name of Pro Junior (KF-J). Entries for the opening round at Ipswich later this month are now open. See the Race Calendar page for series and round Supp Regs. Link to the championship entry form (both CIK and support classes) HERE.

  • TaG Super Series points after round 1 can be found HERE (PDF).

  • I helped out my brother Grant at the Gippsland Kart Club's races at Morwell the other week. The kart came in from the morning carby session as per the photo below. I promptly accussed him of dropping a wheel off the edge of the circuit and covering it in dirt. He denied he'd been off track. "Yeah, right..." I murmured. On closer inspection, the filth on the kart is not dirt at all; it's soot and ash! The overnight wind direction caused talcum powder-like ash from the nearby fire in the Morwell open cut mine to coat the circuit - and everything else in town.

    pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews

  • Thanks to the great support from DPE, the Emerald Kart Club will be offering a kart chassis as part of the Sterns Bulk Haulage 2014 Emerald Club Championship. The Championship is open to all AKA licence holders (regardless of which club you're a member of). It will cost $70 to enter which includes a series shirt. Every time you enter one of the eight club rounds, you'll get a ticket in the chassis draw. If you race 4 rounds you receive an extra bonus ticket, and do all eight rounds you'll get another bonus ticket! The prize chassis will be supplied to the corresponding class that the driver competes in during the year.

  • WSK Champions Cup Videos from the second of the two rounds at La Conca:


    Above: KZ2 Final


    Above: KF Final


    Above: KFJ Final


    Above: 60 Mini Final

  • There are just 4 weeks left to submit an entry in the inaugural Australian Schools Karting Championship. With entries closing on 11 April and accepted on a first in basis, organisers are encouraging potential participants to submit their team entry as soon as possible. See www.kartschool.com.au for more.

  • This is floating around in the public space of Facebook - it just has to be shared!


  • Update #3 to the 2014 Karting Australia Manual is available - click HERE to download. The update (current 27/2/14) includes changes to:
    • 16.7g) – CIK Championship gridding
    • 17.20, 17.21 – Qualified First Aid, Ambulance at Events
    • 22.2 – ELF Euro102 and BFK107 replaced with ELF LMS (due to availability issues)
    • 25.2 (iv) and (v) – Consolidated into a single clause

  • CIK-FIA website 'news' updates:
    • 2014 to be a landmark year for Historic karts - click HERE
    • The European KZ2 Championship summary - click HERE
    • Registration opens for all CIKFIA competitions in 2014 - click HERE
    • Norway honoured with Emil Antonsen (European KZ2 Champion) - click HERE
    • Singapore's Fong Wei Jie Asia Pacific KF Karting Champion - click HERE
    • Fong Wei Jie, the first Asia Pacific Champion from Singapore - more, click HERE

  • Former European karting champion Mats van den Brand has combined karting with rallying with the Gymkhana Dirt X-Kart featured in the video below. RaceXpress.nl report the 23-year old built the machine by modifying a 125cc Tm powered Intrepid gearbox kart. With the current tyres, it's good for 120km/h on dirt. He calls the machine X-kart (cross kart).
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  • Grenfell Kart Club update:


  • Wollongong Kart Racing Club update:


  • Four rounds and $8000 up for grabs in the 2014 NAB Cup:

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