Klarich Wins Albany WA KZ Round
Jake Klarich won the round-4 final of the WA KZ2 series in Albany on the weekend – an event that started with a wet track and ended with a red flag.
Month: August 2017
Junior Karters Tour PRA Workshop With Winterbottom
Mark Winterbottom has taken a group of 20 young karters for a tour of the Prodrive Racing Australia headquarters ahead of this weekend’s final round of the Australian Kart Championship in Melbourne. Includes video.
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Nine New Zealanders to Contest AKC Final
Nine Kiwi karters have crossed the Tasman to contest the final round of this year’s Australian Kart Championship at Todd Rd in Melbourne this weekend.
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Super One Series, Round 9
A change in the championship lead took place in five of the six classes at the sunny Shenington round of the Super One Series last weekend.
Kiwis Broadcast The NZ National Conference
*video link updated* You have to admire the Kiwis. Their National Conference of Clubs was live streamed over the internet and “we had all the Club Delegates, plus members of the karting trade and series promoters, working together as one to formally and thoroughly review each aspect of the sport and put on the table any and every option they wanted to see KartSport consider going forward if we are to sustain and grow membership.”
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Gippsland’s August Races
Results and photos from the Gippsland Go Kart Club’s August race day on Sunday.
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AKC Decider In Melbourne This Weekend
The battle for victory in the 2017 Australian Kart Championship will go down to the wire in Melbourne this weekend. Here’s the preview and official race program with time table, entry lists etc.
Karting News Briefs
Here’s a bunch of varied karting related new briefs from Australia and around the globe to finish off the week
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Oakleigh’s Day/Night August Club Round
Oakleigh Go Kart Club ran its traditional Saturday Day/Night meeting for the August club day in preparation of shaking off winter. But winter wasn’t quite done…
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It’s All In The Timing
Major concerns have been expressed regarding the content of a document that Karting Australia has distributed to its clubs during the week.
Get To Vegas With Benik
Benik Kart Australia is giving young Aussie drivers the chance to race with the most successful Cadet team at the 21st SKUSA Super Nationals in Las Vegas this November. There are also Junior, Senior & Masters TaG packages available.
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DPE X5 Race Suit & Retail Price
DPE Kart Technology has trickled out a little more information about the new X5 model – the design of the race suits and the pricing of the kart.
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The Longevity of Todd Road
Rumours have been building that the Todd Road karting facility in Melbourne will be forced to close by the end of next year. Wrong. Here are the facts.
Australian Vintage Kart Prix 2017
Vintage karters from all over Australia & New Zealand brought their favourite karts & engines to Ipswich for the 2017 Australian Vintage Kart Prix. Running against the clock for various TT Trophies, all entrants were in contention for the Terry Fullerton ‘Best of Show’ award.
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Big Numbers at Oz Superkart Festival
The 2017 Festival of Superkarts saw one of the largest gatherings of road race machines in many years. Over 70 drivers from all states that race Superkarts attended the event at Phillip Island on the weekend.
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Jones Awarded WA KZ Drive
Michael Jones is the fourth X30 driver to receive the call up to race a round in the WA KZ Series via its Arrive-and-Drive program. Michael was interviewed prior to the round this Saturday.
KartSport NZ Launch Revamped Coaching Academy
The governing body for karting in New Zealand has launched a revised Coaching Academy and 10-member team that now offers more one-on-one driver training.
How-To Tech: Fitting A Seat
Power Republic’s Derek Jones has prepared this step-by-step guide (and video) about fitting a seat to a kart chassis.
RIP – Duffy Livingstone
Duffy Livingstone, considered to be the world’s second person to have built a go kart and the man after which the IKF’s Duffy Awards are named, has passed away.
SERA Set For September; Will Include Race Suit
The X5 SERA kart is set for official release in September and each kart will include a new SERA-branded race suit as part of the deal.
Kiwi’s Present Their Rotax Grand Finals Squad
A mix of youth and experience make up the seven-strong Kiwi squad set to travel to Portugal later this year for the 18th annual Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals.
Super One Series, Round 8
The Super One Series is reaching its climax in the UK. Round 8 was in Scotland at the Larkhall circuit on the weekend.
City of Melbourne Packs ’em in
The 33rd running of the City of Melbourne Titles saw a close to 20% increase in entry numbers over last year, plus Brad Jenner win the unofficial feature class of TaG Light.
South East Zone Series Concludes at Lake King
The small rural hamlet of Lake King was the venue for the final round of the South Eastern Zone Championships for 2017. Frank Viola reports (includes series placings).