Despite facing different race formats to the day prior, Day Two of the KA Summer Series proved the term ‘cream always rises to the top’ could not have been truer, with multiple Gold Medal winners from Saturday doubling up.
Karting Australia’s latest innovation, the Summer Series, has roared into life with a combination of curiosity and excitement in Albury-Wodonga – in ironically cold, unseasonable conditions.
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It’s bright, it’s a proven product, it just won the Junior World Championship and it’s available now.
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Nine Australian karters are competing on the world stage this weekend, contesting the 21st edition of the ROK Cup Superfinal at Lonato, Italy. Here are the links you need!
Some impressive fields lined up for two days of action at the penultimate round of the NZ Top Half Series in Auckland on the weekend.
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Here’s the official highlights reel from the 2023 OK and Junior World Championships at Franciacorta, Italy, on the weekend (includes Xavier Avramides interview)
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British karter Joe Turney was hospitalized after being struck by a kart while he attempted to re-start his machine in the Final of the OK World Championship at Franciacorta on the weekend. (Reader Poll: have your say)
The 2023 OK World Championship seemed to be the race nobody wanted to finish, collisions galore seeing many of the stars of the category wiped from the event prior to a red flag. In Juniors, the only Australian in the field was wiped out of 10th place mid-race.
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Team PR – CRG drivers performed well at the OK/OK-J World Championships, however it was a bitter end particularly for Gabriel Gomez, taken out of the lead in an incident with Joe Turney.
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The 2023 California ProKart Challenge came to a close the other week with a double-round finale at the Adams Motorsports Park in Riverside.
Karting Australia has announced the five drivers it has selected to represent Australia at the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals.
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Another cracker night was presented for round 9 of the Ipswich City Dirt Kart Club’s 2023 Championship, attracting 92 entries across the classes. The Noise reports.
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Australian karters proved super competitive at the Asia Pacific Motorsport Championships in Malaysia last weekend, several earning medals and Queenslander Ky Burke winning the Junior title.
VIDEO – Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Zac Brown go for a skid in karts with the RFM team in Italy.
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Over 100 four-stroke karters contested the seventh round of the Auskart Racing SE Qld Championship at Cooloola Coast on the weekend.
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Combined Districts Kart Club hosted the 2023 NSW State Sprint Titles at Lithgow on the weekend, over 220 entries competing for blue plates.
Local driver Harrison Hoey was the big winner at the 2023 Australian Rotax National Cup hosted by Ipswich Kart Club on Saturday night, winning two classes in dominant fashion.
Tiger Kart Club hosted the 2023 WA Kart Championship at Wanneroo on the weekend. Results, photos and link to the live stream replay.
Will Thompson added his name to the storied list of Champion of Champions winners at the annual Junior Sprint Classic on the weekend.
Team PR – The Energy Corse Australia team took a small group of four drivers to the Warwick Kart Club’s Junior Top Guns event, coming home with a win and several podium placings
Can you change a full set of tyres in 41 seconds? That’s what the winner did in a sensational tyre changing competition at Ipswich that featured some of the sports biggest names.
Driver PR – Here’s Zac Walvin’s diary from the Tillotson T4 Nations Cup event held in Spain a week ago.
Rotax has confirmed the 2023 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals in Bahrain will feature an “electrifying” addition that will give 12 non-qualified Mini drivers an extra race.
Four Australians contested the one-make Tillotson T4 Nations Cup in Spain last weekend, all qualifying for their finals but unlucky not to be able to bring home a top ten.
241 drivers will compete for the OK and OK-Junior World Championships, including three Aussies taking on the world’s best at Franciacorta next week.