Kiwis Head To World’s Largest 4-Stroke Event
Three New Zealanders are heading to the United States to compete in the CKNA Grand Nationals, a four-day event that has over 500 entries in the Briggs LO206 class.
Preview: Queensland State Cup
Over 210 entries have been received for the 2023 Queensland State Cup at Ipswich this weekend, an event that’s part of the club’s “Speedweek” that includes the Rotax National Cup.
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Seven Kiwis Off to ROK Finals
The 21st edition of the ROK Superfinal will bring together more than 400 drivers from 35 nations, including seven Kiwi drivers across junior and senior divisions.
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Thomas’ Top Honours at NSW Titles
Driver PR – The NSW Kart Championship has a long winner’s list of past and present motorsport stars and last weekend Thomas Williams added his name to the list.
Glorious Golden Power Series
Tight racing, big sends and dominant performances – the penultimate round of the 2023 Golden Power Series hosted by the Gippsland Go Kart Club at Morwell on the weekend had it all. The juniors and cadets in particular put on some great racing and there was a special and unique Driver Of The Round awarded.
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NSW ‘Wash It’ Kart Championship
Lismore hosted the 2023 NSW Kart Championship on the weekend, almost 200 entries contesting the 11 championship classes. The Noise reports.
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Basso Victorious at Morwell
Driver PR – Leading the points entering the round, Mathew Basso had to overcome a change of team ownership and outside starting positions, but eventually collected a haul of points from Tramway Park.
Will Wins Again
A couple of Aussie kids contested the fifth and final round of the Italian Karting Championship at Franciacorta on the weekend and both finished the series well inside the top ten.
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Texas Series’ Fall Finale
The 2023 Texas Sprint Racing Series concluded on the weekend with the running of the ‘Fall Finale’ at Speedsportz Racing Park.
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Brad Jenner Joins Percat’s Kart Team!
One of Australia’s most decorated karters has joined a new team that will contest its first full Australian Kart Championship campaign next year.
Quick News Briefs
Another massive post of Quick News from the past weeks – new products, club updates, event information & more. Karting news from around Australia and around the world!
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2023 Vic Open Info
Karters will be battling for blue plates at the AASA Victorian Sprint Kart Championship at Geelong next month. Of note is that this event will be open to drivers holding a valid licence from one of several governing bodies.
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Changes At Oakleigh
After significant track modifications and now securing the final round of next year’s AKC, the Oakleigh Kart Racing Club in south-east Melbourne continues to log change.
USA Rotax Champions Crowned
The 2023 Rotax MAX Challenge US Trophy Final has crowned the new champions for this season and awarded 12 drivers with tickets to the RMC Grand Finals in Bahrain later this year.
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New Tracks For 2024 AKC
The 2024 Australian Kart Championship calendar has been revealed and includes two circuits new to AKC – Coffs Harbour and Oakleigh.
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Guitars at Tamworth’s C2C
Surfboard trophies are the tradition on the Gold Coast and now the Tamworth Kart Club hopes to have established a new tradition, awarding guitar trophies to the series winners of the Coast-2-Country Series on the weekend.
South Australian Kart Championship
Southern Go Kart club hosted the 2023 South Australian Kart Championship at the re-configured Bolivar circuit on the weekend and the club’s President took out one of the titles!
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Gippsland Shakesdown
With the Golden Power Series round at the venue this weekend, the Gippsland Go Kart club enjoyed the company of extra karters on Sunday as racers ran the club’s September club day as a shakedown for GPS.
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New Owners at Melbourne Kart Centre
James and Sam Sera have sold one of the country’s leading kart retail businesses, Melbourne Kart Centre. After seven years as owners, the husband and wife team will soon hand the keys over…
8th Year for OTK & Academy Trophy
For the eighth consecutive year, OTK Kart Group has provided the FIA Karting Academy Trophy with professional equipment and technical support for the one-make category for drivers 12 to 14.
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Gustafsson Tops KZ Ranking
Viktor Gustafsson’s runner-up placing at the KZ World Championship has moved the Swede to the top of the FIA’s International Kart Ranking for KZ. However, overall he’s 44th, right behind Australian Mini driver William Calleja.
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Big Mover at Champs of Future
Australian junior Lewis Francis was the big mover at the Champions Of The Future round at Franciacorta, Italy, on the weekend, moving up an incredible 72 positions across the event.
OTK Factory Tour
Take a video tour of the impressive OTK factory in Italy – the first video is the OTK Kart Group’s Engine Division and the second covers the Chassis Division.
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Video: World Champs Review
Here’s the highlights package of the three shifter kart finals from Wackersdorf, starting with the hugely popular Masters race, then the KZ2 World Cup and finally the KZ World Championship.
Rotax Euro Trophy Decided
The 2023 season of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy is history with the final round held at PFI in the UK recently.