Tony Kart Dominate Rotax Euro Trophy Mid-Season
The French Val d’Argenton circuit hosted the latest round of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy on the weekend, and the majority of winners were on Tony Kart chassis.
Driver PR: Aiden Schweikert, GPD Rnd 3
After winning the previous round at Bendigo, Cadet 12 racer Aiden Schweikert dropped a chain in qualifying at Albury and had to start the opening races off the back.
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Driver PR: Jai George, GPS Rnd 3
In a field of nearly thirty drivers, Jai George was looking to keep his championship hunt alive and make up points to the drivers ahead of him in the championship. A win was exactly what was needed,
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Update to Karting Australia Manual
Karting Australia has issued advice of an update to the 2022 Australian Karting Manual. The changes were effective from 26 May, 2022.
Driver PR: Archie Bristow, GPS Rnd 3
Archie Bristow out of Bristow Motorsport took to the track over the weekend for the third round of the Golden Power Series at the Albury Wodonga Kart Club.
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Golden Power Series, Round 3
Conducting its first open meeting since 2019, the Albury Wodonga Kart Club enjoyed a stellar turnout of 255 entries across 13 classes for the third round of the Victorian Golden Power Series on the weekend. Mitch McLellan reports.
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Junior Top Guns
I was able to get down to Oakleigh last Saturday for the first round of Junior Top Guns. As regular readers of this site will know, Top Guns is traditionally …
AKA Annual Report
Following its AGM yesterday, the Australian Karting Association Ltd Annual Report for 2021 has been made public by Karting Australia (includes download link)
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Rotax Re-Format
Rotax Pro Tour promoter RaceMax has revealed there have been “high levels of opposition” to its proposed race format for the Ipswich round next month.
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Wyhoon Stateside
Victorian junior karter Ryan Wyhoon will perform racing duties while on a family holiday in the United States. He’s just had his first day at the GoPro Motorplex in Mooresville, …
Crucial Kristianstad
The third round of the European OK and OK Junior Championships will run in Sweden on June 2 to 5 and there are a couple of Australians entered in the …
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The Budget Kart Challenge
Alan Dove of Karting1 fame set himself a ‘budget kart challenge’ some time back. Well, the challenge has now been met! “It only took two-and-a-half years to get done but …
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News Briefs
Some quick industry-based karting news briefs from abroad, plus links to Euro Rotax round stream this weekend.
Bray, Bewley, Baker Top ProKart Round
Australian Josh Fife finished runner-up in New Zealand on the weekend where the cream rose to the top in the damp conditions in Hamilton.
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All States Represented for QLD Championship
Over 200 entries, including representation from every state in Australia, have been received so far for the 2022 Queensland Kart Championships to be held at Warwick on July 1 to 3.
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Almost 200 at Texas Spring Round-Up
How’s this almost four-wide finish at the second round of the Texas Sprint Racing Series last weekend? Almost 200 karters contested the event at Speedsportz Racing Park.
McCullagh Wins Phil Goss Memorial
Eighty-five competitors from across Tasmania (and a couple of interstaters) contested the 14th annual Phil Goss Memorial, Anthony McCullagh winning the 2022 edition under lights at Launceston.
Back-To-Back at Buttonwillow
Another chunk of the $70,000 season prize package was awarded at the second consecutive round at Buttonwillow for SKUSA’s California ProKart Challenge series a week ago.
Aussie Champ Racing in NZ
Two-time Australian KZ2 champion Josh Fife is taking on the Kiwis this weekend, competing in the third round of the Toyota Gazoo Racing New Zealand ProKart Series at Hamilton.
Interview: Luigi Colucci, Tony Kart Factory Driver
Eighteen-year-old Luigi Coluccio is one of the benchmark driver in the OK category and has built a fine record of achievement over the years, including multiple World Championship podiums.
Tough Initiation at Academy Trophy
New Zealand’s Lochy McGregor had a tough initiation against some of the world’s best junior karters in the opening round of the 2022 FIA Karting Academy Trophy in Genk, Belgium.
Garth Tander Joins KA Board
After accepting the invitation after Troy Bundy retired, four-time Bathurst 1000 Winner Garth Tander has now been appointed to the Karting Australia Board of Directors.
Survival Series: Damaged King-Pin Replacement
This week’s Power Republic tech video is a new clip for the “Race Day Survival Series“, showing how to replace a bent kingpin. If you’ve got access to a battery …
Rotax Pro Tour, Round 2
The second round of the Rotax Pro Tour (Australian Rotax MAX Challenge Series) was held at Geelong, Victoria, across the weekend. The meeting also crowned blue plates for the Victorian …
Aussies Move Forward in Genk
All three Australians racing at Genk, Belgium, on the weekend moved forward in their classes as the meeting progressed, two of them making the Finals (includes live stream recording).