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RIP Tony Agland

Thursday 13th August, 2020Thursday 13th August, 2020 by ksn_admin

Tony Agland, father of former Australian Champion Nick, has passed away.

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Strong Return To Club Championship Racing at Ipswich

Wednesday 12th August, 2020Wednesday 12th August, 2020 by ksn_admin

A massive 264 entries fronted at Ipswich earlier this month for the return of club championship competition. Click through for the full race report.

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Rotax Grand Festival Cancelled

Wednesday 12th August, 2020Wednesday 12th August, 2020 by ksn_admin

BRP-Rotax has cancelled the Micro and Mini MAX Grand Festival for 2020. The event was to have taken place in the Netherlands later this month.

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Cool Runnings at Warwick

Tuesday 11th August, 2020Tuesday 11th August, 2020 by ksn_admin

The Noise reports an amazing weekend at Warwick with the club’s Cool Runnings meeting that attracted 100 entries. Here are the photos, results and race videos.

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Snow Can’t Stop Clubman Cup and Phil Goss Memorial

Tuesday 11th August, 2020Tuesday 11th August, 2020 by ksn_admin

Five-inches of snow coated the track at Launceston Kart Club last week, but thankfully it cleared enough to run the 2020 edition of the KA3 Clubman Cup and Phil Goss Memorial.

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Video: Minute Gauge & Tillotson Carburettors

Sunday 9th August, 2020Sunday 9th August, 2020 by ksn_admin

In this how-to tech video, Power Republic show how to use a minute gauge to measure and set the jetting on a Tillotson carby.

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KA Covid Update

Friday 7th August, 2020Friday 7th August, 2020 by ksn_admin

Karting Australia today issued a message to all its clubs and state associations regarding karting and the Covid situation. It includes an explanation of how practice can still be run in certain areas of Victoria, plus updates on all the other states.

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Peebles Tops Podium at Adria

Wednesday 5th August, 2020Wednesday 5th August, 2020 by ksn_admin

Australian karter Griffin Peebles bounced back from a technical failure to take a win at Rok Italia at Adria Karting Raceway last weekend.

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South Australian Calendar

Wednesday 5th August, 2020Wednesday 5th August, 2020 by ksn_admin

Karting South Australia has published a list of race dates for the remainder of 2020 that includes the State Championship, plus metro and country race meets.

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Restructure for Motorsport Australia

Wednesday 5th August, 2020Wednesday 5th August, 2020 by ksn_admin

Motorsport Australia has announced centralisation of its activities and the closure of state offices with an anticipated job loss of 10 to 15 people.

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Karting Closed in Victoria

Tuesday 4th August, 2020Tuesday 4th August, 2020 by ksn_admin

Karting in Victoria has once again been shut down due to Covid-19, the state body pulling all race and practice permits due to Government regulation.

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Photos: Zuera European Championship Round OK/OK-J

Tuesday 4th August, 2020 by ksn_admin

Here are the official images from the European Championship round at Zuera on the weekend. Race report, results and videos were posted yesterday HERE.

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Euro Update: James Wharton

Tuesday 4th August, 2020Tuesday 4th August, 2020 by ksn_admin

At just 14 years of age, James Wharton is competing in his first season of racing the OK category in Europe. Covid-19 shut down his race program for several months, but he’s now back competing at the top level in WSK and FIA karting. Kartcom.com recently posted a summary of his season so far, and a bit of history of where he’s come from.

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KNSW Release Mission, Vision & Values

Tuesday 4th August, 2020Tuesday 4th August, 2020 by ksn_admin

In an update on Friday, the Board of Karting NSW published its Mission, Vision and Values statement.

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European Championship Rnd 1 – Zuera

Monday 3rd August, 2020Monday 3rd August, 2020 by ksn_admin

After all the delays due to COVID, the 2020 European Championship for OK and OK Junior finally got underway in Spain on the weekend, Kimi Antonelli (OK) and Tuukka Taponen (Junior) winning for Kart Republic and Tony Kart respectively. Unfortunately, Australia’s James Wharton got caught up in spectacular crashes and didn’t make the final.

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Video: Tyre Life & Care

Sunday 2nd August, 2020Sunday 2nd August, 2020 by ksn_admin

In this week’s video, Derek talks about go kart tyre life and how to get the most out of your tyres.

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Karting Victoria Cancels All Open Meetings for 2020

Friday 31st July, 2020Friday 31st July, 2020 by ksn_admin

Karting Victoria has cancelled all ‘open’ race meetings for the rest of the year. This means there will be no Country Series or Golden Power Series for 2020.

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Enduros & F100s at Warwick

Tuesday 28th July, 2020Tuesday 28th July, 2020 by ksn_admin

The enduro karts slugged it out for two days and the F100s decided their Queensland champion at the SEK Qld round at Warwick on the weekend. The Noise was there – here’s the evidence!

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