AKC Heads To Perth in 2023!
The Australian Kart Championship will have a round in WA and a secondary ‘National Series’ will be introduced once AKC is over. That and more as Karting Australia reveals its National Calendar for 2023.
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Bristow Clean-Sweeps Hamilton
Driver PR – In his first time at the venue, Archie Bristow made a clean sweep of the Hamilton Vic Country Series round on the weekend, going on to win the Cadet 9 final by over 11 seconds.
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Strong Points Despite Mistake
Driver PR – Mathew Basso collected another strong haul of points at the Hamilton County Series round, but rued a mistake that cost a certain victory in the heats.
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Pollard Makes Podium at Hamilton
Driver PR – Despite starting towards the rear of the field, Liam Pollard managed to make the podium at the fifth round of the Victorian Country Series last weekend.
Rotax’s Rainy Euro Final Round
The rain teemed down in Germany on the weekend as the final round of the 2022 Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy was contested at Wackersdorf. Drivers with Australian connections, Sean Butcher & Lachlan Robinson, finished 6th and 9th respectively in Senior MAX.
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15-Year-Old Karter Drives 300 km/h Supercar
KA3 Senior Australian Kart Champion Alex Ninovic got a taste of a twin-turbo Porsche 996 recently in preparation for an upcoming S5000 open wheeler test.
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Musgrave Doubles Up at Santa Maria
Billy Musgrave scored double wins last weekend, taking victory in Pro Shifter and KA100 Senior at round five of the California Prokart Challenge.
Top Half Round Two in NZ
There was a mix of success from those who prospered in the opening round and newcomers to the series in the second round of the Giltrap Group Top Half Series in Auckland last weekend.
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Aussie Octet at OK, OK-J World Champs
Australia will have its largest contingent of drivers at the FIA World Karting Championship this weekend with eight drivers lining up across the OK and OK-Junior categories in Sarno, Italy.
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Win & Podiums for Pro Karting
Team PR – The Pro Karting team of drivers earned multiple victories and podium placings at the fifth round of the Golden Power Series last weekend.
Classon Captures Round Win
Driver PR – “We didn’t quite have the pace to win but things went our way and we’re wrapped with the result” is how Benjamin Classon’s dad described his son’s run to first place at the weekend’s GPS round.
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DJM’s Rochy Report
Team PR – DJM Race Engineering continued its Golden Power Series assault over the weekend with 10 drivers across eight classes at the Rochester round.
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Champion Team GPS Report
Team/Driver PR – Carl Gibson’s Champion Motorsport took two drivers to the most recent round of the Golden Power Series at Rochester over the weekend.
Rowe’s Charge Forward at Rochester
Team/Driver PR – Jamie and Isabel Rowe both experienced problems in their preliminary races before charging to strong podium finishes in the finals at Rochester’s Golden Power Series round.
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Mixed Fortunes for Bright Trio
Team/Driver PR – The Bright Brothers Racing trio contested round five of the Golden Power Series on the weekend and experienced everything from podium to DNF.
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Pollard’s Solid Power Series Round
Driver PR – Making his first visit to the Rochester circuit, Liam Pollard contested the fifth round of the Victorian Golden Power Series last weekend in the tough TaG Heavy class.
Hugo Makes GPS Podium
Driver PR – Hot off a podium at Numurkah’s Australasian Titles meeting, Hugo Garraway was back on circuit over the weekend for the 5th round of the Victorian Golden Power Series at the Rochester Kart Club.
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Top Five at Round Five
Driver PR – Aiden Schweikert made the trip to the 5th round of the Victorian Golden Power Series over the weekend, leaving Rochester with a top-five result.
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Lord Beats Target at Rochester
Driver PR – Levi Lord bettered his target of a top-five for the weekend when he finished fourth in the Cadet 9 final at round 5 of the Golden Power Series.
Solid Result for Series Leader
Driver PR – Cadet 12 racer Jack Jenkins entered the fifth round of the Golden Power Series as the points leader and came away from the event with another strong podium.
Big Crowds Entertained at Rock Island Grand Prix
Andrew Budjoso was crowned King-of-The-Streets for the second year in a row at the 27th running of the Rock Island Grand Prix street race.
Route 66 Concludes at Autobahn
The 2022 Route 66 Sprint Series concluded with a double-header round at the Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, Illinois.
National Championship for Family Team
Driver PR – B & A Kart Racing’s James and Aiva Anagnostiadis took on the final round of the Rotax Pro Tour at Coffs Harbour on the weekend. The duo was super competitive with James winning the National Title for Junior MAX.
Archie Earns Red Plate
Driver PR – Archie Bristow loves the little track at Numurkah, and he’ll love it even more now having taken out his first “plate” event, winning the title in Cadet 9.
Blake Wins at Ipswich
Driver PR – Hot off a podium finish at the AKC finale, Blake Haigh returned to the Ipswich Kart Club over the weekend for the September round of the club championship.