‘Mini Mallala’ Kart Track To Open

A kart track that represents a scaled down version of Mallala will open next month at Mallala Motor Sport Park, north of Adelaide. The kart track uses part of the full size circuit with a cut-through that cleverly reproduces a smaller version of the full circuit.

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Flooded Kart Tracks

The rains in Queensland and NSW have caused havoc to many areas, damaging and destroying public and private assets, plus, unfortunately, loss of life. Go Kart clubs have not escaped the deluge.

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Tillotson Approved

The Tillotson 225RS 4-stroke engine can now be used for testing and practice purposes for four-stroke endurance racers on Karting NSW circuits.

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How-To: Replace Bent Tie-Rods

Power Republic goes back to basics in this instructional tech video, how to swap out damaged tie-rods (steering rods) with new ones.

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Champions of the Future Winter Series

The Champions of the Future Winter Series kicked off at the Franciacorta circuit last weekend and a couple of Australians were there clocking up miles on the international stage (includes official report and video stream)

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FIA Allows Russian Drivers to Compete

The FIA has announced Russian drivers will still be allowed to participate in FIA events, but will have to race under the neutrality of the FIA flag.

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Tassie Re-Starts Statewide Series

For the first time since 2019, the Tasmanian Statewide Series is back on track, over 80 competitors arriving at Archerville Kartway on the weekend for the opening round of 2022. Jade Stone reports.

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Expanded AKC Stream Comes With Cost

Commencing this weekend, the 2022 Australian Kart Championship will offer more hours of live stream coverage than ever before, plus an expanded commentary team and more cameras. However, the stream is going behind a paywall.

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Tearing Up Orange

Having received $765,000 of Government funding for track upgrades, the Orange Kart Club’s race track is now closed and parts of the circuit are being torn up.

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Dyno Test: Old v New Rotax Restrictor

In this week’s Power Republic video, Derek throws an engine on the dyno and does a direct comparison of last year’s exhaust restrictor to this years and lets the wiggly lines of the dyno run tell the tale.

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Interview: Pierrick Bottollier, Apex Timing

Apex Timing has been working with the FIA Karting Championships for about ten years, initially in the field of timekeeping but now a wider range of services such as bar coding for tyres and automated ticketing for rental centres. FIA Karting spoke with the company’s co-founder.

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Huge Opener for Golden Power Series

The 2022 Golden Power Series kicked off over the weekend at the Goulburn Valley Kart Club under clear skies and warm weather. 218 entries were taken with thirteen classes being run across the weekend. Mitchell McLellan reports.

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108 at Warwick Round One

One-hundred-and-eight drivers attended round 1 of the Warwick Kart Club’s Championship at Sandy Creek Raceway a week ago. The Noise was there with his video camera.

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The New Tyres

Most of the active Karting Australia karters have probably now raced on the new tyres for 2022 from Maxxis and LeCont. How have you managed on the new rubber?

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Career Opportunity at DPE

DPE Kart Superstore is looking to employ a new team member to a role that will cover various duties at its Head Office in Melbourne.

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Stony Creek February Races

The Stony Creek Kart Club conducted its February race day earlier this month. Steve Dansie was there to capture the action.

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Ipswich Dirt Karts Open Season

The Noise was dodging the dirt at Ipswich City Dirt Kart’s opening round of the 2022 season (includes video).

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WSK Super Master, Round 2

It was a tough event for the Aussies at WSK Super Master round 2, DNF’s and penalties preventing all but one of them from making the Finals. Here’s the Aussie wrap plus report and photos from Europe.

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Gippsland Kicks Off 2022

With everyone on new tyres on a 32-degree day, grip was high and the lap times low for the opening event on the Gippsland Go Kart Club’s calendar for 2022, the February club day on Sunday.

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Round 1, IKC Championship + Cadet Titles

255 starters got the Ipswich Kart Club’s 2022 Championship off to a flying start last Saturday with the Cadet Titles meeting. Even the local Mayor turned up! Russell Innes reports.

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Preview: WSK Super Master Series, Rnd 2

The second round of the WSK Super Master Series is about to get underway in Lonato with a record participation of 360 drivers from 54 different countries, including a bunch from Australia.

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Massa No Longer CIK President

The FIA’s high-profile CIK President Felippe Massa has been replaced, India’s Akbar Ebrahim now filling the head position of the International Karting Commission.

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Comeback Kart Club

A regional Victorian kart club has been re-formed with the intent of going racing again.

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