Suit Up, Episode 1 – Marijn Kremers
Video – TheRaceBox has launched its karting documentary “Suit Up” and the first episode includes a feature on KZ World Champion – and frequent visitor to Australia – Marijn Kremers.
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FIA Karting Appoint Championship Manager
FIA Karting has announced 26-year-old Italian Simone Perego will fill the newly created position of Championship Manager.
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Driver PR: Jackson Brasher, AKC Shakedown
It was the perfect lead in to the opening round of AKC for Jackson Brasher on the weekend, winning his final hit out at the Go Kart Club of Victoria over the weekend.
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Lismore Opens with Double Direction
Lismore Kart Club opened its 2022 season with the two-day double-header Double Direction event. The Noise was there on the day everything ran backwards (includes video).
Paralympian Takes Up Karting
Cairns-based Paralympian Grant Patterson has taken up karting for 2022, hitting the track aboard a modified 4SS Tony Kart (includes video).
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Calleja Top Ten at WSK Super Masters
William Calleja has had a fantastic start to the WSK Super Master Series, claiming tenth in the Mini Final in Italy on the weekend. Lewis Francis also made it through to the OK Junior final.
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Follow The Aussies at WSK Super Masters
Eight Australian drivers are in Lonato for the opening round of the WSK Super Master Series, but only seven are left in the competition after injury forced out one of our juniors.
Aussies Show Promise at WSK Opener
A bunch of Australians contested the WSK Champions Cup round in Italy on the weekend, an event that had a change of venue just days prior to opening practice. Young Melbourne racer William Calleja showed he means business this year, qualifying 3rd and taking a heat win in Mini, while Griffin Peebles had to pull out of a promising OKJ final with an injury.
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Quickie News Briefs!
In this post of News Briefs: Push-back bumpers return for SKUSA, various track and rule updates, race format shakeup for Rotax Pro Tour – plus more!
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Track Closure Chaos for WSK Opener
The sudden and last-minute closure of Adria International Raceway has forced competitors in the opening round of WSK competition, including five Australian drivers, to pack up their gear and head west 160km to South Garda Karting, Lonato.
SP Tools’ Karts to Cars Program
Long time Karting Australia partner SP Tools has announced a pathway to move young karters into Porsche racing with its new ‘Karts to Cars’ program.
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Funding Granted to Extend Bolivar
Further funding has been secured to help enable the Southern Go Kart Club to extend its track at Bolivar, which will result in a layout just under 1km.
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Temporary Rule Reversal
Karting Australia’s 125cc TaG and TaG Restricted classes have reverted to last years rule book for weight and restrictor sizes.
NSW Office of Sport Now Recognises KANSW
Karting Australia (NSW) Inc has received official recognition as a State Sporting Organisation from the NSW Office of Sport.
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Tinini’s Annual Karting Comment
Each year CRG boss Giancarlo Tinini sends out a sporting and commercial review of the previous season, as seen in his view. Here’s his take on 2021.
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Four Aussie Kids Head Overseas
Four young karters have departed Australia to chase the European karting circuit in 2022.
Superkarts Vs Supercars
While most people might think a V8 Supercar would annihilate a Superkart, the performance difference is not so clear cut…
Limited Edition Model Kart
How cool is this? Vroom has launched a line of 1:12 scale model race karts, kicking off with a limited edition representation of the 2013 CRG/TM World Champion.
2022 Superkart Calendar
Here’s an updated version of the Australian Superkart Calendar for 2022 – a state by state collection of the superkart events throughout the country.
Quick News!
Despite taking a bit of a break over Christmas, there are still things happening in the world of karting – such as a major promoter scrapping push-back nosecones and a governing body doing a deal with a well known driver trainer.
Merry Christmas!
Season’s Greetings to all the KartSportNews readers, contributors and advertisers! As we turn off our racing brains…
News Briefs!
Everything from event calendars & industry news to kart crashes and how much cash you need to get to F1.
OTK Trio at IKD
With the addition of Gillard and Redspeed to their range, 2022 will see IKD offer three of OTK’s brands to the Australian market (includes video clip)
KA’s 2022 Manual Now Online
Karting Australia has published its 2022 Karting Manual, which can now be freely downloaded. The 338-page PDF format document covers the competition rules for next year.
The Greater Sydney Kart Club
The North Shore Kart Club has been re-named to better match what it represents; a kart club that encompasses a membership of the Greater Sydney region.