Great Barrier Reef Titles
Two events over two days in opposite direction at the Whitsunday Moto Sport club made up the 2021 running of the Great Barrier Reefs Titles. The Noise was there, camera and microphone in hand.
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F100 Live This Saturday
F100 will be under lights at Ipswich this Saturday Night and The Noise will have live feeds through the day and into the evening.
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New Licencing Portal for Karting NSW
Karting NSW’s new customised karting licence management software system, MyKarting Portal, is now live and online. MyKarting Portal tracks all licence details, club memberships, full race history, payments made, penalties …
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Aussies Make RoK SuperFinal
Australian karters Alex Ninovic and William Calleja both contested the 2021 Vortex RoK Superfinal at Lonato, Italy, on the weekend – and both made the finals!
Three Aussies at OK & J World Championship
Three Australians are on the entry list for the 2021 FIA Karting World Championship for OK and OK Junior in Spain later this month, and two of them are officially with an ‘Australian’ team.
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Ipswich Re-Runs The Restricted Titles
Despite the Queensland Championship being the week prior and the initial running of the event in July being cut mid meeting due to COVID, the Ipswich Kart Club finally got the TaG Restricted Titles in the books on the weekend.
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Results: South Australian State Championship
The 2021 South Australian Kart Championship took place at Monarto on the weekend, 86 entries vying for blue plates in the eight classes of competition.
Robinson Vice-Champion in Belgium
Australian Lachlan Robinson has secured the Vice Champion title in the BNL Karting Championship in Belgium (includes video of both days racing)
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Perfect Conditions at Ipswich Dirt Round
It was another fabulous race day a week ago at Ipswich City Dirt Kart Club. Conditions were perfect and the drivers didn’t disappoint. The Noise was there and recorded the action.
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How to: Change Rear Axle Bearings
In this week’s Power Republic ‘How To’ video, Derek shows how to change the rear axle bearings on a typical race kart – removal of the axle and components, swapping out the old with the new in the bearing cassette, then re-installing.
Queensland State Championship
Emerald Kart Club hosted a very successful 2021 Queensland State Championship with a thrilling program of racing and 12 new State Champions awarded their Blue Plates last weekend. Full race report, images and even drone video.
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Video Wrap: WSK Open Cup, Round 2
Here’s the highlights video from Adria Raceway of the second and final round of WSK Open Cup.
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Video: WSK Open Cup, Round 1
Here’s all the action from the Finals of the opening round of WSK Open Cup at Lonato last month.
IKD Race Department Re-Opens
The IKD Race Department will re-open its doors to the public on Monday, October 11. “The last three months have been a tough time for everyone in NSW and we …
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Results: Australian Dirt Kart Titles
The Morgan Dirt Kart Club in South Australia hosted the 2021 AIDKA Australian Dirt Kart Titles last weekend. It was an action-packed event with over 360 nominations contesting five races in each of the 12 classes.
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KNSW Targets Full Racing by December
With state Government regulations allowing karts back on track from October 11, Karting NSW is targeting ‘restricted’ competition later in the month and full ‘unrestricted’ racing events by December.
Promising Performances for Aussies at Adria
The two Australians competing in the WSK Open Cup in Italy on the weekend put in promising performances in their respective classes.
Video: Old Kart Tune-Up
In this week’s Power Republic video, Derek’s getting another old-girl ready to go back on the race track, in this case a Merlin kart fitted with a Rotax FR125 MAX engine.
Metro Series Declared
With two of the three rounds run and no chance to get the third round in by the end of the year, organisers have decided to award the 2021 Vic Metro Series based on current points.
Vale Gary Cooper
Karting lost a great friend last week with the passing of long-time karting photographer, Gary Cooper (includes funeral details)
Jac Preston Returns to Karts This Weekend
Gold Coaster Jac Preston returns to his karting roots at this weekend’s Queensland State Titles aboard the same kart 2019 World Champion Marijn Kremers used when he raced here.
No Australian Kart GP or Ultimate Club Racer for This Year
KNSW’s Australian Kart GP and KA’s Ultimate Club Racer event have both been cancelled for 2021. New dates have been set for next year. Click through for statements from both organisations.
Lando Kart!
Lando Norris has joined a number of other F1 drivers by launching his own brand of chassis – the LN Racing Kart, in collaboration with OTK.
Old Format Revived at WA Championship
A race format not seen at KA Championship level for many years replaced the familiar final-only-counts at the 2021 WA State Kart Championship at Wundowie on the weekend.
Video: Ackermann Steering Adjustments
What is this Ackermann steering you read in the spec sheets of a new kart? And what does it do? In this week’s how-to tech video from Power Republic, Derek overviews Ackermann, how to change it and what it does to the go kart.