WSK Open Cup Round 2
James Wharton was the best performed of the five Australians that contested second and final round of the WSK Open Cup at the International Circuit 7 Laghi in Italy on the weekend. But he didn’t finish the final.
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CRG Homologate Two Chassis for Mini Class
CRG has homologated two configurations of chassis for the International Mini kart (Cadet) category in 2020.
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No State Series in Tassie in 2020
Karting Tasmania has pulled the pin on the Apple Isle’s Statewide Series for 2020, citing it was not financially viable to run. The change, however, means the 2020 calendar will contain “some new and exciting events”.
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Wet Weather Affects NZ Top Half Final
Wet conditions added an extra challenge to the final round of the Top Gear Top Half kart racing series at the Kartsport Bay of Plenty club’s Visi-Line Raceway at Te Puke on Sunday.
Video: Q&A Session
The people at Power Republic have put together a Q&A video covering a wide range of questions from viewers.
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RKA Expands In 2020
Retro Karting Australia will expand its 2020 series to five rounds, with a new event planned for South Australia in July. It’s also looking at adding a Clubman Super Heavy class.
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Karting Quickies
New look karts, time-lapse kart build, event details, industry movements, club news and more…
Pierce Lehane Retires
One of Australia’s top karters, with multiple Australian championships and a European Championship to his name, has decided to retire from driving.
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QSC’s Last Hurrah for 2019
The Queensland Superkart Club’s last hurrah for 2019 was run at Morgan Park Raceway last weekend.
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New: The Leclerc Kart!
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has launched his own brand of kart which will include chassis suitable from Cadets through to Seniors and even rental karts.
Rain Masters at Industry Trophy
James Wharton finished on the podium at the famous Industry Trophy meeting at Lonato on the weekend, but lost the placing due to a time penalty.
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Video: KA Carby Tune
Power Republic’s latest How-To video: high and low speed jet settings plus pop-off pressure for the Tillotson carburettor used on the KA100 engine (includes settings for KA3 and KA4).
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Noisy Series @ Dalby, Round 2
A fantastic day/night of karting was held at Dalby last weekend with the second round of The Noise Summer Series. Here’s the race report, photos and video of all the finals.
Two Days for Blue Datto Enduro
Weights, tyres and times have been announced for the Blue Datto enduro, which features a massive $25k prize pool.
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WSK Open Cup, Rnd 1
It was not a great weekend for the Aussies at the WSK Open Cup round 1 at Lonato on October 24-27 (includes video of all four finals)
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Gippsland’s October Race Day
Gippsland Go Kart Club’s October club day was raced at Morwell last weekend. All photos by Steve Dansie
Interview: Alessandro Sferrella
Starting as a 7-year-old in 1986, European ICC Champion in 2001, Alessandro Sferrella is now a race team manager and owner of the Greyhound Seats brand.
Podiums at Rotax Grand Final
Australia has scored a couple of podiums at the Rotax Grand Finals which featured a number of crazy finals overnight.
Rotax’s New E-Kart Project
Rotax has announced a new electric kart project that, unlike the Rotax THUNDeR, features a powertrain developed in-house by BRP-Rotax.
Aussie Report: Pre-Finals
The qualification heats and pre-finals are done and the majority of Team Australia has made it through to the Finals, which will be live streamed tonight (AUS time).
RMCGF Qualifying: Toparis & Barter Top Aussies
Costa Toparis and Hugh Barter are the top placed Australian qualifiers at the Rotax Grand finals, taking second and third fastest in their respective classes.
Live Stream, Rotax Grand Finals!
The live stream of the Rotax Grand Finals has started! Follow the action in Italy…
KNSW Will Hold Its Own Nationals in 2020
Karting NSW has announced it will run its own Australian Title in 2020. The association has released calendar of events for next year that includes a Rotax Series, standalone NSW state title plus it’s “traditional” karting events and the current zonal series.
Rotax Muffler Matting
The Rotax Grand Finals are on, and all the new karts and engines will have new exhausts with fresh matting. But as you start clocking up the hours on the …