ProKarting’s AKC Round 4 Report
Team PR – Melbourne-based ProKarting fielded a team of eleven drivers, including several from New Zealand, at the fourth round of the National Championships in Emerald on the weekend.
Matthews Moves Forward in Championship Hunt
Driver PR – Despite missing the opening round, Declan Matthews has put himself into contention for a top three placing in the Australian Championship with another strong performance and podium at Emerald.
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Challenging AKC Round for Schweikert
Driver PR – Aiden Schweikert made the flight up to the sunshine state for the fourth round of the SP Tools Australian Kart Championship but endured a challenging race meeting in the oversubscribed Cadet 12 class.
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The Bob Gartside Memorial
Despite a bunch of drivers not able to turn up because of covid, the Ipswich City Dirt Kart Club experienced its biggest event ever on the weekend with the running of the Bob Gartside Memorial. The Noise reports.
Challenging Behaviours For Ninovic
Driver PR – Australian Kart Championship front runner Alex Ninovic has expressed disappointment at losing series points from being “on the receiving end of other driver’s mistakes” at the Emerald round.
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WSK Euro Series Round 1
A bunch of Australians contested the opening round of the 2022 WSK Euro Series at Lonato on the weekend and they all made the finals at a huge event that saw 244 drivers race across the four classes (includes video highlights package)
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Cruz Continues March Towards AKC Title
Driver PR – Cadet 9 front-runner Cruz Kelly continued his strong run of national and state level results with a dominant display at the Emerald AKC round last weekend.
State Championship Trio for Energy Corse Australia
Team RP – Energy Corse Australia drivers Kurtis Tennant and Ky Burke have won three state titles across two events on consecutive weekends.
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Promising Performances Unrewarded for Kiwi AKC Racers
There was plenty of promise without ultimate reward for the six-strong group of kiwi karters who ventured across the Tasman for the fourth round of the SP Tool Australian Karting Championships in Queensland.
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Schools’ Championships Spread Around Sth Island
Titles were spread around the South Island when the New Zealand National Schools Championship honours were decided across four classes at KartSport Southland on the weekend.
Fife Takes Championship Lead In Emerald
Josh Fife has taken the lead of the KZ2 standings in the 2022 SP Tools Australian Kart Championship after an almost perfect weekend at the penultimate round of the series …
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DNFs Throw AKC Wide Open
The heat racing at Emerald’s Australian Kart Championship round has produced some results that will have Championship implications, none more so than KZ2 where title combatants have struck trouble.
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240+ Kick Off WSK Euro Series
The opening round of the WSK Euro series has kicked off at South Garda Karting (Lonato, Italy) and there’s a bunch of Australians and a Kiwi contesting the event (includes link for live stream).
VIDEO: OK & OK-J Euro Championship Final
Here’s the post-produced video summary of the final round of the 2022 European OK & OK-Junior Championship at Franciacorta, Italy, last week. There’s plenty of action (especially in OK-Junior) and big celebrations for the Tony Kart, Parolin and Kart Republic teams.
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How To Follow AKC Emerald
Here are the links you need to follow the Australian Kart Championship round at Emerald, Queensland, across the weekend.
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Levi’s Courageous Comeback
Last year, Levi Lord broke his arm in a crash at the Pucka round of the Golden Power Series. This year, the Cadet 9 driver returned to the same event and was never out of the top ten.
OK-N Breaks Cover
OK-N engines from TM, Vortex, IAME and Modena hit the track for an official ‘demo run’ at the final round of the European OK/OK-J Championship last week.
Riley Harrison Wins The NT Kart Championship
Driver PR – Riley Harrison made the long trek up to the Northern Territory Kart Championships and took a string of victories, ending the event as the Champion of Cadet 12.
Another Win for DJM at GPS
Team PR – Brett Jenkin was the top scorer for the DJM Race Engineering team at last weekend’s Golden Power Series round, winning the TaG Restricted Heavy class.
Bright Brothers GPS R4 Team Wrap
Team PR – Bright Brothers Racing returned to the Golden Power Series over the weekend for the fourth round of the championship. fielding all three brothers in different classes.
Tyler Takes First GPS Podium
Driver PR – In just his ninth race start, Tyler Calleja has run up the front end of last weekend’s Golden Power Series round, qualifying his CC Racing powered Kosmic on the second row of KA4 Junior Heavy and scored a podium in the final.
Supercars Drivers Ready for Emerald AKC
Two current Supercars Championship drivers will contest the fourth round of the Australian Kart Championship in Emerald, Queensland, this weekend – James Golding in KZ2 and Jake Kostecki in X30.
Territory Podium for Basso
Driver PR – Melbourne KA4 Junior driver Mathew Basso headed to the top end and placed runner-up in the Northern Territory Kart Championship at Hidden Valley on the weekend.
Alice Buckley: FIA Girls On Track Finalist
Queensland karter Alice Buckley has been selected as one of the 14 finalists in the FIA Girls on Track Rising Stars Program. This could potentially lead to Formula 4 drive and a spot in the Ferrari Driver Academy.
Another Podium for Jack
Driver PR – Series points leader Jack Jenkins scored his fourth podium in four rounds of GPS when he finished runner-up in the Cadet 12 final at Eastern Lions Kart Club.