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 …
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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).
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KA Acknowledge National Volunteer Week
Karting Australia has acknowledged National Volunteer Week (May 16-22) and the essential role that volunteers play to keep this sport alive.
NZ Goldstar Concludes in Hawkes Bay
Three tough rounds with 15 races and three Grands Prix came to conclusion in Hawkes Bay on the weekend as 120 karters contested the finale of the NZ Goldstar karting series.
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Driver PR: Mathew Basso, VCS Rnd 2
After taking second place at the opening round, Mathew Basso was in contention for victory at Warrnambool’s VCS event last weekend – until he got driven over.
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Country Series Warrnambool
Tricky conditions greeted the 176 entries at the second round of the DPE Kart Superstore Victorian Country Series at Warrnambool on the weekend. Andrew Hayes reports.
Agland Wins The Agland Memorial
Nick Agland has taken out an emotional win in Retro Karting Australia’s Tony Agland Memorial meeting at Dubbo on the weekend.
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Ultimate Club Racer Returns
After an hiatus due to the covid pandemic, Karting Australia’s Ultimate Club Racer event returns this November where more than 200 amateur drivers are expected to compete at Monarto, SA.
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Green Light for Junior Top Guns
The second resurfacing of the Oakleigh Kart Club’s circuit is now complete and (hopefully!) cured to enable the delayed Junior Top Guns meeting to take place in a weeks time.
Ten Titles for QLD Kart Championship
Ten classes will be competing for state title Blue Plates at the 2022 Queensland Kart Championship at Warwick at the start of July.
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New IAME Winners in Mariembourg
The second round of the IAME Euro Series continued at Karting des Fagnes in Mariembourg, Belgium, with 181 drivers across the three categories; 89 in X30 Senior, 47 in X30 Junior and 45 in X30 Mini.
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Mothers Day Meet at Warwick
Warwick Kart Club hosted a Mothers Day race meeting last Sunday. Results are below. Photos and video by Kev Davies.
Mid-Meeting Call-Off at Ipswich
The Ipswich City Dirt Kart Club had to call off its race meeting last Saturday after rain hit the venue, making the surface un-raceable.
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Lismore Back On Track
The members of the Lismore Kart Club have been busy over the past two months repairing their track that was damaged during the areas worst flood event in living history.
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SKUSA Confirms SuperNationals Venue
In what can only be described as a full-circle announcement, Superkarts! USA has confirmed the milestone 25th edition of the SKUSA SuperNationals will be held at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino this November.
KA100s Feature at IKC Championship Round
229 starters assembled at Ipswich Kart Club last Saturday for Round 3 of the IKC Championships, which also doubled as the KA100 Titles for KA4 Junior Light, KA3 Junior and KA3 Senior.
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Interview: Tomass Stolcermanis
Young Latvian driver Tomass Stolcermanis has enjoyed racing competitively in in FIA Karting’s OK Junior category last year, and OK this year, with his father as mechanic.
NZ Goldstar Decider This Weekend
The Manawatu and TRC Toyota WPKA Goldstar karting series heats up with the final round of the championship set for Hawkes Bay this weekend.
“We Did It Dad” – Flood Disaster To Blue Plate
The Lammers family was badly affected by the devastating floods in March. But with the help of friends, family and the karting community, young Joel was able to get back in a kart and won the 2022 ACT State Title.
Euro KZ/KZ2 & KAT Kick Off at Genk
Three Australians are entered in the opening round of the FIA European Championship for KZ2 and the FIA Karting Academy Trophy (includes event preview, schedule & link to entries)
Video: Replacing Crankshaft Seals
Leaky crankshaft seals will rob performance in a two-stroke engine. In this video by Power Republic, Derek shows how to replace the seals on an IAME kart racing engine without …
Electric Championship Cancelled
A lack of entries has prompted the promoter of the German Electric Kart Championship to cancel the 2022 edition of the series.
Round 2, European OK & OKJ Championship
Harry Arnett contested the second round of the European OK and OK Junior Championship in Spain on the weekend in preparation for his assault on the FIA Karting Academy Trophy.
Gippsland Club Races
The third round of the Gippsland Go Kart Club’s 2022 club championship was contested at Tramway Park Raceway on Sunday. Here are the results and photos.