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Karting NSW has released its 2021 rule books. There are six publications; the overall KNSW Rules & Regulations, plus a handbook for each of five specific disciplines of the sport – Sprint, Enduro, Speedway, Retro and Vintage.
Victor Sousa’s passion for motor sport dates back to his youth, and while he’s never actually raced in karting, he’s been one of the most active officials.
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NEWS BRIEFS! In this installment: series updates, industry news, calendar reschedules, club updates, team & driver news, farewell to an icon – sprint, speedway, endurance, superkart – local and international karting info…
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The opening round of the Ipswich Kart Club’s 2021 Club Championship will include the opening round of the new Queensland KZ-KA2 Series. The club has already received entries from four states…
The Italian CKR brand has revealed the look and specification of its 2021 models: Barracuda, Blueshark, Torpedo, Stingray and Marlin.
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Wyllie’s Kart City Young Guns kicked off Launceston Kart Club’s 2021 season last Saturday evening, Elliot Bellars taking out the feature race for the third consecutive year.
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Just on 120 entries contested the eight classes that opened the 2021 Victorian karting season with Junior Top Guns at Oakleigh the past couple of days.
BRP-Rotax has cancelled the 2020 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals. A new Covid lockdown in the host country (Portugal) makes it impossible to run the event, which will not be postponed to another date.
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NEWS BRIEFS! Race calendars, relocations, driver news, club news… plus plenty of other stuff.
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The opening round of the 2021 Australian Kart Championship has been postponed. Here’s the statement from Karting Australia, plus the result of our reader poll on the matter.
According to Rotax, the 2020 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals are still going ahead in Portugal later this month. While the event will be run “under the highest health and safety standards”, some competitors are worried they can’t even get into Portugal.
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Should the opening round of the 2021 Australian Kart Championship go ahead? There are a number of issues to consider; let us know your opinion.
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Karting NSW is looking to formalise the eligibility of engines in its sanctioned events and will soon open a tender process for manufacturers and/or their Australian distributors to supply control engines.
The Go Kart Club of South Australia has launched a one-make Cadet kart program using the Karting Australia homologated Torini-powered Ricciardo 4SS kart.
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Karting HQ is now the exclusive Australian importer for the Praga brand of karts.
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NEWS BRIEFS! Mostly (but not just) club-based news and updates to kick off the new year…
It is a sad start to 2021 with the news that long time karter, official and club administrator Russell Grimson has passed away.
Karting Australia’s rule book for 2021, the Australian Karting Manual, is now available. It must be downloaded (includes link) as there will be no printed copies distributed.
Karting NSW is aiming to reduce cost for competitors by allowing a number of non-genuine replacement parts to be used in the IAME 100cc Reedjet and Vortex Mini Rok engines.
Six of Tom Williamson Motorsport’s karting drivers got to sample a Super-3 V8 Supercar recently – ride with Elly Morrow, Beau Pronesti, Jordi Marcon, Zac Heard, Jackson Souslin-Harlow and Winston van Laarhoven as they take their first laps.
It started fine, but it ended wet – very wet! Here’s The Noise’s take (and videos) on the SEQ Qld final round at Ipswich that included singles, twins and F100s.
Karting Australia has published a summary of its ‘major rule changes’ that are coming for 2021.
A quick post of some pre-christmas News Briefs – local to international, club level to pro, plus Dave Sera’s Track Walk tips!
OMP is the first company to produce a product that meets FIA Karting’s new standard for chest and rib protection devices that will become mandatory in 2021.
