The New OTK Karts for 2022
What’s your colour? OTK has officially shown off the new 2022 look for its range of kart brands. Check out the styling for Kosmic, Exprit, EOS, LN (Lando), Redspeed, Gillard and original Tony Kart.
KA Release National Calendar for 2022
Karting Australia has released its National karting calendar for next year. In addition to a five-round AKC, there will be an additional two-round ‘National Series’ that will include an Australian RoK Cup.
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Tony Kart Unveil The 2022 401RR
Tony Kart has officially unveiled its 401RR chassis for 2022 and the new karts are set to be in Australia next month.
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Driver PR: Riley Blaxell’s First Blue Plate
Riley Blaxell headed to the final two rounds of the Premier State Cup last weekend with one aim – to be the New South Wales State Champion in Cadet 12. Mission accomplished.
Optimising Gearshift Points
Reducing lap times is the aim of the game and one area that time can be found is optimising the gear shift point – and it’s different in the lower gears compared to the higher gears..
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Driver PR: Reece Cohen’s NSW State Cup
Reece Cohen is a well known name in the Karting Australia circuit, having won many titles, open meetings and AKC rounds. But one thing that has alluded him is a state championship in the KZ2 ranks.
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Driver PR: Elliott Cleary, NSW Premier State Cup
Elliott Cleary is a young driver making waves in season 2022! Cleary who has only been racing for around 18 months (not counting COVID breaks) has starting to make a …
NSW Premier State Cup
Wild weather and tough conditions couldn’t stop the 130-odds karters contesting the final two rounds of the KA-NSW Premier State Cup at Newcastle on the weekend.
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Youngsters Shine as Goldstar Kicks Off in Taranaki
Some proven performers and talented tyros were on fire as the 62nd annual WPKA Goldstar Series got underway in Taranaki last weekend, drawing an impressive 110 karters to the event.
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Champions Crowned at Peninsula Dirt Kart Finale
The Senior & Junior champions were determined at the Yorke Peninsula Dirt Kart Club’s last race meeting for 2021 last Saturday, and it was a hotly contested event with 100 drivers over 10 classes.
Driver Profile: Andrew Cain
Andrew Cain started in sprint karts in the late 80s, took a break (family etc), returned to sprint in 2019, and then went superkarting in the non-gearbox Rotax class.
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Lando Kart Coming to Oz
DPE Kart Technology has confirmed it will be distributing the new Lando Norris kart in 2022 with the first batch of chassis expected to hit our shores late March next year.
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Stony Creek Club Day
Racing returned to the Stony Creek Kart Club yesterday, Saturday November 27, with the fifth round of the club’s 2021 championship. Photographer Steve Dansie was there, capturing the images below. …
Canberra Track Set To Close
The Canberra Kart Club’s Circuit Mark Webber is scheduled to close in 12 months time. But don’t stress – the closure is a planned event to allow the finalisation of the second stage of the track’s extension.
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Video: Karting Q&A with Power Republic
This week’s Power Republic video is big Q&A session, Derek answering a bunch of karters’ questions.
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WSK Final Cup
Some strong individual performances but no major result at the end is probably an accurate way of describing how the Australian drivers went at the WSK Final Cup at Adria Raceway in Italy last weekend. Here’s the Aussie wrap and official finals day report, pics and video highlights.
Driver PR: James Lodge, GKCV Race Day
Returning to the track after the covid break, James Lodge dominated the X30 class at Todd Rd on Sunday, qualifying fastest and winning all four races.
GKCV Club day at Todd Rd
The Go Kart Club of Victoria hosted the first kart race meeting in Melbourne for many months, 165 drivers taking to the Todd Road circuit last Sunday.
Driver PR: Kristian Janev, GKCV Race Day
Kristian Janev returned to the Go Kart Club of Victoria over the weekend to compete in the ultra-competitive KA3 Junior class, eventually winning the class with three wins out of four starts.
Driver PR: Aiden Schweikert, GKCV Race Day
Aiden Schweikert took to the November Club Day at the Go Kart Club of Victoria last Sunday against over twenty other Cadet 12 drivers.
Driver PR: Ashton Cattach, GKCV Race Day
Ashton Cattach took to the Go Kart Club of Victoria over the weekend for the November club day meet. With a highly competitive KA3 Senior Light field of over twenty drivers that included some of the best drivers in the state and country, Ashton was in for a hard and tough weekend.
Driver PR: Cooper Stapleton, GKCV Race Day
Despite missing practice, having trouble fitting in the kart and a lack of running on the current tyre since January, Cooper Stapleton was still able to make the podium at the Go Kart Club of Victoria’s race day last weekend.
Bumper Junior Fields for Goldstar Kickoff
One-hundred-and-twenty karters, will kick off the first round of the 62nd annual Goldstar Series at Taranaki, NZ, this weekend. Click through for the official event preview.
Driver PR: Jack Jenkins, GKCV Race Day
For the first time in his karting career, Jack Jenkins raced at the Todd Rd circuit in Melbourne, spending much of the time in the top three of the Cadet 12 class.
Team PR: GKCV Race Day
Cadet 12 drivers Aston Hill and Dino Maio plus KA3 Junior pilots Aris Kyriakou and Chadd Moore represented the Country Karts/Tecno Victoria team at the Todd Rd club day last weekend.