Sasso’s Junior Sprint
Christian Sasso has joined a long list of karting and motorsport identities who have won the Eastern Lions Kart Club’s annual Junior Sprint Classic.
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Kiwi Numbers Going Up
The number of competition licence holders in New Zealand has hit a 16-year high and the country’s governing body has published a membership report that includes detail and metrics at a level we have never seen in Australia.
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The 2025 OTKs
A wild new front fairing, new brake components and decoration are the key changes for the range of OTK chassis for 2025. Take a look at the new Tony Kart, Kosmic, CS55, Exprit, Redspeed and LN Karts!
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Vale Graham Powles
Two-time Australian Kart Champion Graham Powles has passed away. (EDIT – now includes statements from Glenn Powles and Karting Australia)
Double Trouble at Maryborough
Jackson Olling has taken the inaugural Champion of Champions at Maryborough Speedway, an event that featured two-part Double Trouble finals.
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Kiwi Complaints
Kartsport New Zealand has implemented a complaint system whereby only serious matters with national significance filter through to the nation body; other matters are dealt with at club level.
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Gary Grabs Another Nationals
Victorian veteran Gary Pegoraro has won yet another national title, taking victory in the Superkarts Australia Nationals at The Bend in South Australia on the weekend.
Percat Pivots Chassis Brand
There are big changes happening with Nick Percat’s JND Racing team – it will relocate from Melbourne to Queensland and switch from blue FA Karts to red BirelART chassis for the 2025 season.
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Twilight End To Karting Season
“How bloody good will this be!!” The Victorian karting season’s traditional end-of-year endurance race will finish under lights for the first time in the event’s history.
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NZ Conference Highlights
Kartsport New Zealand has published the financial statements for its most recent trading year, plus the result of the annual elections and make-up of the National Board.
Urwin Confirms KZ World Title Attempt
New Zealand’s KZ National Champion Jay Urwin has confirmed he’ll be competing at the FIA Karting World Championship for the gearbox classes, taking on the headline KZ category in Portugal next month.
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New Format Trialled at Ippy Dirt Karts
The Ipswich City Dirt Kart Club tried a new race format at Saturday’s day/nighter for round 7 of the club championship series. The Noise reports with vids and pics.
Ipswich Championship Round 6
With six rounds down and two to go, many of the classes in the Ipswich Kart Club’s 2024 Championship now have clear leaders, but a couple are still tight at the top and there’s plenty fighting for the podium placings. Here’s Russell Innes’ report from the recent Round 6.
James P2 in Junior World Championship!
James Anagnostiadis is the runner-up in the 2024 World Championship for the OK-Junior class!
World Championship Update
With just the Super Heats to go before the final grids are locked in, it’s looking like at least one Australian will make the finals with another needing a strong result to make the cut.
Poms on Pole at World Champs
Brits have claimed the fastest times in qualifying for the OK & OK-Junior World Championships in England this weekend, while the top placed Aussie is in a strong P13.
GPS Round 5
Will Thompson and Loclan Hennock were both double-class winners at the fifth round of the Golden Power Series at the Albury Wodonga Kart Club last weekend. Ayrton Creagh reports
Preview: OK & OK-Junior World Champs
Australia’s Junior Driver with the Mercedes Formula One Team is one of five Aussies contesting the OK and OK-Junior World Championships in England this weekend. Here are the links you need to follow the action.
The Forgotten World Champ?
Imagine winning a world championship, then having a magazine claim drivers of your gender should be banned from the sport?
World Champs Prep
The fifth and final round of the Champions Of The Future series at PF International circuit has been a valuable shakedown for several Australians preparing to contest the upcoming World Championships.
Orange Retro Festival
It was a two-for-the-price-of-one weekend at Orange, the Karting NSW Kart Festival running combined with Retro Karting Australia’s annual Tony Agland Memorial meeting.
Aussies on WSK Podium
Both Australian karters contesting the WSK Super Cup round at Franciacorta (Italy) on the weekend finished the event on the podium!
DAP Resto – Part 5
Disaster struck Derek’s DAP restoration when the planned rear-end replacement didn’t fit!
Adult Exodus?
Is adult karting on the ropes? Will this sport soon be a ‘kids only’ activity? Alan Dove looks at some Junior Vs Senior numbers.
Sink Hole Shuts Tassie Track
The Launceston Kart Club has had to shut down its race track after a sink hole was found in the racing surface today!