Tony Kart Unveil The 2022 401RR
Tony Kart has officially unveiled its 401RR chassis for 2022 and the new karts are set to be in Australia next month.
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Optimising Gearshift Points
Reducing lap times is the aim of the game and one area that time can be found is optimising the gear shift point – and it’s different in the lower gears compared to the higher gears..
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NSW Premier State Cup
Wild weather and tough conditions couldn’t stop the 130-odds karters contesting the final two rounds of the KA-NSW Premier State Cup at Newcastle on the weekend.
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Lando Kart Coming to Oz
DPE Kart Technology has confirmed it will be distributing the new Lando Norris kart in 2022 with the first batch of chassis expected to hit our shores late March next year.
Stony Creek Club Day
Racing returned to the Stony Creek Kart Club yesterday, Saturday November 27, with the fifth round of the club’s 2021 championship. Photographer Steve Dansie was there, capturing the images below. …
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Canberra Track Set To Close
The Canberra Kart Club’s Circuit Mark Webber is scheduled to close in 12 months time. But don’t stress – the closure is a planned event to allow the finalisation of the second stage of the track’s extension.
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Video: Karting Q&A with Power Republic
This week’s Power Republic video is big Q&A session, Derek answering a bunch of karters’ questions.
WSK Final Cup
Some strong individual performances but no major result at the end is probably an accurate way of describing how the Australian drivers went at the WSK Final Cup at Adria Raceway in Italy last weekend. Here’s the Aussie wrap and official finals day report, pics and video highlights.
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GKCV Club day at Todd Rd
The Go Kart Club of Victoria hosted the first kart race meeting in Melbourne for many months, 165 drivers taking to the Todd Road circuit last Sunday.
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How-To: Fix Bent Rear Bar Bolts
In this week’s Power Republic how-to video, Derek demonstrates the easy way to repair rear bar bolts on your go kart. Although this is performed on a Tony Kart, it is a very similar process for other brands of chassis.
News Briefs!
Click through for a quick round of news briefs covering various industry, product, club and event categories.
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NSW State Rotax Titles
The NSW State Rotax Titles were contested at Coffs Harbour last weekend. Just over 80 entries hit the track in seven classes, Junior MAX the biggest field with 27 starters.
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Queensland State Cup
“Oh my God!” is all The Noise could say after the Queensland State Cup at Warwick on the weekend which featured a strong entry, plenty of close racing and even a fly-over birthday banner! Click through for the results, pics and the video evidence.
Atrocious Winter Cup
The last final of the day at the 2021 Winter Cup at Lonato was red flagged with two laps to go with parts of the track basically flooded after a day of wet and miserable weather. Despite the tricky conditions, a couple of the Aussies did have some sunshine moments.
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Karters Added to Grove Junior Team
Queensland karters Oscar Targett (15) and Mika LeMasurier (13) have been signed to the Grove Junior Team development program.
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The 2021 Bartel Classic
The GKCSA was proud to honour life member John Bartel with the running of the Bartel Classic at the Monarto Karting Complex earlier this month.
How To: Read The Tune with Data Analysis
This week’s Power Republic How To video covers LAMBDA data analysis to tune the engine, from videoing Easitune lights to using MyChron’s awesome software to really investigate what’s going on.
Gippsland’s November Race Day
The Gippsland Go Kart Club returned to racing on November 14, getting all four races in for each class before the threatening rains drenched the circuit.
State Cup Shakedown at Warwick
The shakedown meeting for the Queensland State Cup took place at Warwick on Sunday. Click through for the results, photos and ‘Noisy’ video of all the finals.
New Club Formed To Use Newcastle Track
A new kart club has been formed and affiliated with Karting NSW to use the Cameron Park race track in Newcastle, which is home to the Karting Australia affiliated Newcastle Kart Racing Club.
Ipswich Dirt Karts
from The Noise – Wow what a weekend! Saturday November 6 was a brilliant afternoon & evening of racing at Ipswich City Dirt Karts where over 50 drivers fronted for a great race meeting. Photos & video of the action.
Comparison: Easitune v MyChron
In this week’s Power Republic tuning tips video, Derek compares the Easitune LAMBDA sensor and the MyChron LCU1 kit. He shows the fitting of each to a kart, then runs through a comparison of the two systems based on cost, ease of use and functionality.
Two Big Events for Superkarts’ Australian Championship
The Australian Superkart Events brand has reformed to establish a two-round Australian Superkart Championship for 2022. It will encompass the Australian Superkart Classic at The Bend in March, followed by the National Festival of Superkarts at Phillip Island in August.
Cadets Feature at IKC Round 6
Gabriel Elkayam, Jenson Burns and Leighton Thorley won their respective categories at Ipswich Kart Club’s Cadet Titles last Saturday, that also encompassed round 6 of the club’s 2021 Championship. IKC’s Russell Innes reports.
CRG Presents New Homologation Chassis
A new brake system with ‘adaptive brake assistant’, new aerodynamic bodywork and a new KT5 chassis are the features of CRG’s latest equipment homologation.