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ROUND SPIKEY THINGS – The Kartech Eco Sprocket is a high quality, great value sprocket and available in sizes 63-97 tooth. Get one on your kart today, or grab some spares ready for when you need them. Visit https://dpekartsuperstore.com/products/kartech-eco-sprocket now. (Order before 12pm Mon-Thurs for same day dispatch. Free delivery Australia wide on all orders over $200)
WORLD RECORD – Lex is a karter, the machine has kart components in the back end, so this qualifies for KartSportNews 🙂 Well done Rick & Lex on your Guinness World Record of most powerful drift trike (prototype) which produced 96.4 kW (129.27 bhp).
EURO VID – WSK Euro Series opening round re-cap from Franciacorta:
ALANA ABROAD – Victorian youngster Alana Gurney has been selected as part of Iron Dames Young Talents event. She will be one of 20 young kart racers from around the world between the ages of eight and 13 who dream of a career in motorsport and represent the next generation of female racing stars at the event to be held in Francoiacorta, Italy later this month.
RIP CHAMP – We are saddened to hear that former National karting champion Robert Grieve has passed away. The Victorian won two Australian Kart Championships, both in the booming 200cc Super class, the first in 1992 at Geelong, then in 1995 at Dubbo.
ENDURO – Townsville Kart Club’s Tony Lovasi Enduro Memorial is this weekend with timed races for Cadets, Juniors and Seniors. An array of classes will compete in each race (see image, below):
ENTRY ANALYSIS – Once again, lots of drivers competing at the big dirt kart meetings are racing multiple classes. Almost 35% of the entrants at the NT Dirt Kart Titles will be racing more than one class. Here’s the breakdown by club and state.
AGLAND MEMORIAL – The fourth stop of RKA’s 2024 season is the Tony Agland Memorial at Orange in September. This is in combination with KNSW’s Kart Festival. “The Orange kart club has a fantastic track that hosts some great close racing” the organisation posted., “There are some flowing sections for the F100s to scream to 20K and the tightest hairpin in Australia! This makes it a great challenge for how you set your kart up and is all apart of the fun.”
EURO – RMC Euro Trophy, highlights from the Franciacorta round finals:
EURO – Highlights from the European Championship round 1 for KZ, KZ2 and KZ2 Masters:
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WANTED: $ BILLIONS – You or your kid wants to race Formula One? You’d better have deep pockets, or be friendly with someone who does! Speecafe recently listed typical budgets required to move through the “ladder” to F1. The numbers are eyewatering. Read more on speedcafe HERE.
RIP ROB AMESS – Talented helmet painter and designer Rob Amess has passed away. The Canberra Kart Racing Club said it was deeply saddened to hear of its former member’s passing. “Rob was well known throughout the broader karting community for his RAD Design helmets. Our thoughts go out to Rob’s family and friends during this time.”
QLD SPEEDWAY – Here’s the SKAA calendar for Queensland speedway karting for the 2024/25 season:
VIC ENDURO – The Geelong Kart Club will be hosting the very first 4SS Victorian 2-Hour Endurance Championship on Sunday, November 24. It will be a 4SS-only event with practice, qualifying and sprint races, followed by the two hour endurance race. Enduro weight is 310kg combined, so Light/Heavy or Medium/Medium driver combinations could all work. Race Notes:
- 210 Torini Clubmaxx only
- 2 x Drivers per team
- Trophies and Prize Money
- Maxxis, MG Red and Vega tyres accepted
SLOT KART – Not sure who, when, how or why, but for an electric kart, it looks pretty cool!
REVERSE – The 2024 City of Adelaide Titles will be contested in the reverse direction at the Southern Go Kart club’s Bolivar circuit.
JUNIOR COMMITTE – The Eastern Lions Kart Club (the club that runs the popular Pucka circuit) has taken the initiative to form a committee comprising junior members. The club’s executive has appointed Jack Jenkins, Matthew Bartolo, Leonardo Basilone, Levi Lord, Maeve Castles, James Humphrey and Blake Germanchis. “As a team, the Junior Committee will be involved in helping with event organisation, making suggestions and assisting with decisions on things that affect younger karters at the Club” the club posted. Jackson Lee will oversee and mentor the Junior Committee, collating the Committee’s ideas and bringing them to the Executive Committee and Members of the Club for approval.
CANADA ACADEMY – Journie, a Canadian fuel station and convenience store chain that sponsors Kyffin Simpson’s Chip Ganassi Racing Indycar, has launched a driving academy. Racer.com reports three promising karters between the age of 10-13 were selected for the academy’s first class; Sloan Sterling, Marley Chaudhaury and Nigel Longley (pictured below). “The Canadian karting scene has been one of those environments that’s produced such good talent that has found success globally” karting industry veteran Chris Wheeler said. “To help Journie put a spotlight on the talent coming out of Canada is a really unique opportunity. Oftentimes, I feel like some of the young Canadian talent gets overlooked because they’re not in development programs or some of these other karting series that are in the United States.”
DESIGN REQUEST – Superkarts! USA has put the word out they’re looking to the karting community to develop the track layout for this year’s 27th edition of the SKUSA SuperNationals. “Our goal is to welcome everyone to be involved with our track layout for this year’s SuperNationals,” SKUSA CEO Tom Kutscher said. “We’ve had several awesome temporary circuits in the last 26 editions of the race. Now, we want to blow up the status que (sic) and replicate a layout that racers want to see built outside the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Lonato, Suzuka, Le Mans, Genk, La Conca, any circuit you think would be a killer track to race on in Vegas, we want you to tell us.” Submissions will be accepted up to July 29, but they cannot include elevation changes or bridges. Then, for one week in August, karters will get to vote which layout they want. Over 500 competitors are expected to do battle on November 13-17. Pre-entries are currently open and once again a number of Australians are expected to compete. Info is HERE.
ELECTRIC VENUE – A new indoor karting facility has opened in Victoria. PowerPlay Moorabbin is Melbourne’s first multi-level circuit and first to feature only electric karts in its fleet. The Moorabbin track is the third PowerPlay venue to open since 2020. The other two are in Western Australia. (EDIT: a reader tells us there was a multilevel track in Lilydale a few years back.)
EVENT – Entries are open for the 2024 South Australian Kart Championships. This will be held at the Monarto Karting Complex on August 10th and 11th using the full circuit in anticlockwise direction. Unofficial practice will be available on Friday the 9th. Karters are reminded to submit their pit request while entering. Camping is available by expression of interest.
RMC – Here are the finals from the RMC International Trophy at Le Mans last weekend.
INDUSTRY – CRG recently conducted research into what karters wanted when purchasing a kart. They could choose a maximum of three characteristics. The results are below. Interestingly, CRG noted that Design & Graphics accounted for 7.5%, but among younger people this figure rose exponentially.
CRIME BUSTERS – The Dubbo kart circuit is being used to help divert young people away from the criminal justice system through a go-kart reward initiative. For good behaviour, class attendance and respecting peers, six students per week are selected to race karts purchased by the Orana Mid-Western Police District. Read more on the ABC News website HERE.
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