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Karting news briefs from around the globe… Alice arrives in France, Aussie ‘Kart to Survive’ doco, Junior Sprockets dates, club promotion, plus lots of industry snippets.
WA Karting Stalwart Gary Light Retires
Long standing Karting WA President Gary Light has announced his retirement from the position, effective immediately.
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Denzil Dominates Tassie Statewide Round
Driver PR – Denzil Sargent wrapped up the Tasmanian Statewide Series in emphatic fashion on the weekend, dominating the KA4 Junior Heavy class at the final round by qualifying fastest and winning every race with margin.
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Sunny Sunday at VCS Wimmera
There was rain, there was fog, there was sunshine! 176 Victorian Country Series competitors plus crew enjoyed the re-vamped Wimmera Kart Racing Club circuit for round 4 of the series last weekend. Andrew Hayes reports.
Sandown Discount for KA Licence Holders
Holders of a Karting Australia race licence can get discount pricing on ticket purchases for this weekend’s Repco Supercars Championship round at Sandown.
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Warwick’s Brass Monkeys
It was a cold day for the return of the Brass Monkeys meeting at Warwick on Sunday. Click through for the videos, photos & results!
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Preview: Newcastle AKC Finale
A three-way fight for the KZ2 title between ACT’s Josh Fife, Victorian Jay Coul and WA’s Sam Dicker will be a highlight of the final round of the Australian Kart Championship in Newcastle this weekend. There’s also five kids in with a chance at KA2…
Archie Clean Sweeps Horsham
Driver PR – Having just won the City of Melbourne Titles, Cadet 9 racer Archie Bristow kept the momentum going in Horsham, clean sweeping the category at the fourth round of the Victorian Country Series.
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Vintage Karting at Warwick
from Kev ‘The Noise’ Davies The Queensland Vintage karts were on track at Warwick on Sunday. They were tremendous again with some fabulous machinery on show. List of who ran …
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DNF Hinders Pollard at VCS Round
Driver PR- Liam Pollard was looking to accumulate more championship points as the Victorian Country Series headed to the Wimmera Kart Club for round 4, but an opening heat DNF was not the way to start.
Basso Bags Wimmera VCS Win
Driver PR – After qualifying P3, Mathew Basso made a clean sweep of the KA4 Junior Light class at the Wimmera round of the Victorian Country Series on the weekend.
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Midsummer Mashup in Texas
It might be Texas, but the Amarillo Kart Circuit is a scaled-down replica of the Turkish Grand Prix Istanbul Park track. 163 drivers took part at the penultimate round of the Texas Sprint Racing Series.
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Patrizicorse Team Wrap, City of Melbourne
Team PR – The busy year continues for Patrizicorse, the team heading down to Victoria for the City of Melbourne Titles last week, running six drivers across four classes and entering Sunday with a shot at winning two junior classes.
Photo Finishes at Route 66 Round
There were many close finishes as 103 drivers contested the Route 66 Sprint Series rounds five and six event at the extended Cincinnati Kart Plex earlier this month.
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Top Half Series Kicks Off in Hamilton
A record 162 karters lined up in Hamilton on the weekend for the first of four rounds of the NZ upper North Island series which provides a pathway from club racing to higher levels of the sport.
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Ace Masters for Vegas SuperNats
A number of iconic Australian karters are off to Vegas later this year for the SKUSA SuperNationals – Kip Foster, David Sera and Jace Lindstrom could all be banging wheels in X30 Masters, and it might be possible for you to race in Vegas too!
Reader Poll Results
KartSportNews ran a couple of reader polls the past few weeks, one on COVID, the other on OK-N. The results are in!
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Williams Captures Cooloola Cup for F100
Chris Williams has overcome very slippery conditions, a setting sun and a dozen Queensland F100 rivals to take out the F100 Cooloola Cup on Saturday.
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Australian Superkart Champions Crowned
Engine failures had a dramatic affect on the standings in the 2022 Zucoins Australian Superkart Championship that concluded with the second and final round at Phillip Island on the weekend.
Tassie Junior Stars in Melbourne
Driver PR – Tasmanian junior racer Denzil Sargent starred at the City of Melbourne Titles on the weekend, qualifying fastest and finishing on the podium in KA4 Junior Heavy.
Reynolds Races Self Built Kart at CoM
Driver PR – Victorian karter John Reynolds took on one of the biggest meetings of his career in a kart he designed and built himself, racing at the pointy end of the TaG Restricted Medium field at the City of Melbourne Titles.
Pocket Rocket Brothers Take on Melbourne Cadets
Driver PR – The Pocket Rocket Brothers, Oscar and Koda Singh, took on all the other kids in both Cadet classes at the 36th running of the City of Melbourne Titles over the weekend.
Front Row For Briggs at City of Melb
Driver PR – 14-year-old privateer racer Ethan Briggs showed he’ll be one to watch in future, qualifying on the front row of KA3 Senior Medium at the City of Melbourne Titles.
Matthews & Tulloch Take TaG Titles at Ipswich
Jace Matthews and Marc Tulloch were the winners of the feature classes at the Graham Acreman Memorial TaG Titles meeting at Ipswich on Saturday. 249 competitors contested the event which was also round 5 of the IKC Championship.
Basso Overcomes Illness for Top Ten Finish
Driver PR – Tik Toker Mathew Basso made another visit to the Go Kart Club of Victoria in season 2022, this time taking on the 36th running of the Panduit City of Melbourne Kart Titles in the competitive KA4 Junior Light class.