Qld Superkarts
Dylan Mavin won the Ampol Driver Award at the third round of the 2023 Ultimate Steel Framing Queensland Superkart series at Lakeside Park Raceway recently.
Entry Point to International Racing
RGMMC is now taking entries for the first event in its new global concept, ‘Champions Of The Future’, pitting drivers against each other in identical equipment in Senior, Junior and Mini categories.
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A Very Dodgy Guest!
Power Republic has produced its first podcast! Check out who Dezzy talks with for Episode One…
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Biggest Ever City of Melb This Weekend
This weekend will see the most competitors ever to contest the City of Melbourne Titles assemble at Todd Rd.
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More Laps at Morwell
Numbers were up in Cadet 12 as were the number of races for each class at the Gippsland Go Kart Club’s July race day on Sunday.
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Walton Vice-Champion in Academy Trophy
With the final round conducted in Italy over the weekend, Queensland teenager Max Walton has recorded Australia’s best-ever finish in the FIA Karting Academy Trophy.
Lammers, Bondarev & Marti Crowned at Cremona
The new FIA Karting European Champions for 2023 are Rene Lammers (OK), Oleksandr Bondarev (OK-J) and Hugo Marti (Academy Trophy). Finals day report plus live stream video.
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Bewley Aims For The Pros
Driver PR – With his focus set on a professional career in tin-top racing, 15-year old Tom Bewley made an overnight dash from an intensive week at the Elite Motorsport Academy to compete in the NZ Schools Karting Championships in Auckland.
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Aussies In Italy
Several Australians are competing in the FIA European Championship round at Cremona, Italy this weekend, and one of them has started superbly with P3 in qualifying and a heat race win!
States & Nationals at Speedweek
A unique double-header, effectively running two events across a four-day “Speedweek”, will see the Queensland State Cup plus the Rotax ‘Nationals’ on track at Ipswich at the end of September.
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Kiwis Contesting International Events
Two young New Zealand karters are taking on the best in the world this weekend at international karting events in Italy and the USA.
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More Superkart Titles for Urban
Ryan Urban added another two Superkart championships to his CV on the weekend, claiming the NZ 250 Inter and Rotax Max Heavy titles at Manfeild. Arrow took home the Manufacturers Cup.
‘Karts for Hope’
After losing a valued and much-loved club member in August last year, a kart club in New Zealand is hosting a ‘Karts for Hope’ event to raise awareness of mental health, plus fundraise for the I Am Hope Foundation.
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Pocket Rocket AKC Report
Team/Driver PR – Having returned from some tough racing in Europe, the Pocket Rocket Brothers Koda and Oscar Singh were back on circuit for the SP Tools Australian Kart Championship recently for the penultimate round in Ipswich.
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NT Kart Championship
The Darwin Karting Association hosted the 2023 Northern Territory Kart Championship earlier this month, July 6 to 9. Eight classes were contested and included several interstate drivers.
The Young Guns of Lismore
The Wynnum Haulage 2023 Young Guns Titles at Lismore was once again a magnificent show case event for the youngsters of the sport. The Noise reports.
Winter Challenge Accepted
The Ballarat Kart Club’s 2023 Winter Challenge has been run and won – in sunny Horsham! Race wrap and photos.
The Geelong Drop In
The Geelong Kart Club will be hosting a mid-week ‘drop in’ night at its circuit next month, targeting people who have an interest in getting involved in the sport,
Fast Adjusters for KR Karts
The latest version of Fast Adjusters is available to suit the Kart Republic range of senior chassis, ie Kart Republic, FA Alonso, Will Power and DAP.
A New Championship for Victoria
The Geelong Kart Club will host the first running of the AASA Victorian Sprint Kart Championship at its impressive Corio facility on October 28 and 29. Blue plates will be on offer across 15 classes…
Karting News Briefs
There’s LOTS of current karting related news in this post, but there’s also some content that is a bit dated because it didn’t get published when it was supposed to…
Champions Return for Superkart Nats
This weekend’s KartSport New Zealand National Superkart Championship will see defending champions return to have a crack at retaining their titles in four of the five classes on offer.
Can Max Do It?
All eyes will be on Max Walton in Italy at the end of the month to see what he can do in the final round of the FIA Karting Academy Trophy (event preview)
Rear Bar Retainer
Don’t get DQ’d due to the rear bumper coming adrift – install a Bumper Keeper Kit!