Video: Restoring a Vintage DAP
Here’s part 1 of Power Republic’s new video series, restoring a “barn find” DAP kart!
Australian Dirt Kart Titles
Three days of high-revving dirt-flinging action at the Tatiara Karting Club has seen the Australian Dirt Kart Champions crowned for 2023.
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4-Stroke Arrive-N-Drive
The Four Stroke Karting Association of NSW has gone into partnership with Karting HQ Australia to facilitate an arrive-and-drive Tillotson Racing Series at five of its planned eight race meetings next year.
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Adelaide Enduro
The Wesley Bowden / Brayden Parkinson combo beat home a capacity field of 4SS karts to take home Adelaide Enduro honours at Bolivar on the weekend.
Intrepid Returns to Australia
The Intrepid brand of kart returned to Australia last year and for 2024 the importer will be running “Intrepid Driver Program Australia”, rewarding the winner with a race on the world stage.
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Rotax Euro Season Confirmed
Seven classes (5 x combustion and 2 x electric) will feature in the 2024 Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy. Here’s the calendar and prize list of Grand Final tickets.
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Cooloola Closes Out 2023
The Cooloola Coast Kart Club ran its last race meeting of the year on Sunday and can now prepare the track for resurfacing in the off-season.
Preview: Capri Cup at Ipswich
Ipswich Kart Club will round out a hugely successful season of racing on Saturday with the 8th and Final Round of the 2023 Club Championship, the Capri Cup.
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Mirko Wins Rental Kart World Contest
Italian Mirko Barletta and Canadian Jeffrey Petriello have taken out the two finals at the 4th annual Rental Kart World Contest by CRG at 7 Laghi Circuit, Italy.
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Golden Power, Round 6
The sixth and final round of the 2023 Victorian Golden Power Series was run on the border over the weekend, nearly 280 karters taking to the track at the Albury-Wodonga Kart Club.
Nth & Sth Island Champions Crowned
New Zealand’s top karting talent travelled to the bottom of each major land mass for the North and South Island Karting Championships on the weekend.
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Poll Result: Re-Starting
A reader poll was run the other week in the wake of the unfortunate re-starting accident at the OK World Championship. Here’s the result with comments from readers.
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Orange Awards at Silver Plate Event
The annual Ultimate Club Racer event awards silver plates to the class winners, but this year there’s going to be a bunch of orange plates handed out in certain classes.
Round 6 Relocation
The next round of the DPE Victorian Country Series has changed location. Karting Victoria has confirmed the round scheduled for Ballarat on November 18-19 will now take place at Cobden.
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Basso’s Golden Moment
Driver PR – Junior karter Mathew Basso has taken out the 2023 Victorian Golden Power Series, overcoming a poor qualifying to take the final round victory.
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Record Texas Sprint Series
It was another record-setting year for the five-event Texas Sprint Racing Series that was sanctioned by two governing bodies, SKUSA and IKF.
Ranking Roll-Out
The International Karting Commission has approved the roll-out of a ‘National’ version of its driver ranking system, to by used by ASNs around the world (includes 2024 FIA-CIK calendar)
VIC Open Looms
Karters from multiple governing bodies will compete in the battle for the blue plates at Geelong on October 28-29 with the running of the first ever AASA Victorian Open Sprint Kart Championship.
WSK Announce 2024 Schedule
For those who might be looking at an international program of racing in 2024, WSK Promotion has revealed its proposed race calendar for next year.
Ippy Dirt, Round 10
Almost 100 karters contested round 10 of the Ipswich City Dirt Kart Club’s championship at the weekend’s twilight meeting. The Noise reports.
Choose Your Flavour
DPE Kart Superstore has huge savings on a range of OTK chassis with $1000 or more off Kosmic, EOS and Lando Norris karts.
4SS Boosts Gippsland Race Day
A field of 4SS karters boosted the numbers at the Gippsland Go Kart Club’s October race day, which was ironic considering numbers were down due to Karting Victoria protecting a 4SS meeting.
Congrats to Life Members
The Orange Kart Club has awarded Life Memberships to two people who have been contributing to the club for more than three decades – Ross and Jude Preen.
Aussie Podiums at ROK Cup Superfinal
Two Australians made the podium at the 2023 ROK Cup Superfinal in Italy on the weekend, Luca Nici and Jay Coul finishing an excellent second and third in the ROK Shifter class.
Summer Series Double Delight
The Australian Summer Series kicked off in Albury-Wodonga with a new format that, according to the KA report, had competitors and spectators buzzing with excitement across the weekend. Here are the highlights.