Like many technicians working for a large international team, Rickard Kaell, now 45, started in karting as a driver. In 2019, he took on new responsibilities as team manager of the Sauber Karting Academy.
A trio of long-term local club karters has taken on the might of more highly rated teams to win the first ever KartSport New Zealand Briggs National Endurance Championship in Wellington on Saturday.
Hamilton’s Osborne brothers Fynn and Clay claimed a rare family double at the opening round of the 60th anniversary WPKA Goldstar Series in Taranaki over the weekend.
Kiwi karters Matthew Hamilton and Nathan Stewart beat some long odds with big wins at the 23rd annual SuperKarts USA (SKUSA) SuperNationals meeting in Las Vegas on Sunday.
For the past three years, Harry Thompson, now 15, has been one of the most dedicated drivers on the international scene in the OK-Junior and then OK categories, especially in the FIA Karting Championships. He’s now off to KZ.
Now 50 years old, Sweden’s Joakim Ward is a respected team manager in the international karting paddocks, where he has a strong presence, particularly in OK and Junior.
The top Kiwi finisher at the 22nd SKUSA SuperNationals meeting last year, Matthew Hamilton, and fellow Christchurch karter Jacob Douglas, spearhead a seven-strong Kiwi squad at the 23rd annual running of the event that starts today in Las Vegas.
Throughout 2019 an Australian junior karter consistently took it to Europe’s best on the international karting stage. James Wharton speaks with the CIK-FIA.
Hosted by Barossa with the support of several other SA clubs, The Bend will host the opening round of the 2020 Australian Kart Championship. There’s also been a date change for the final round at Todd Rd.
His father manages the famous Wackersdorf kart circuit in Germany, but it’s only in the last few years that Valentino Fritsch took up the sport. Now he’s making up for lost time.
The first ever Ultimate Club Racer event has come to an end at South Australia’s The Bend Motorsport Park with winners coming from no less than five Australian states in a dramatic final day that crowned Australia’s best club karters.
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