Bright Brothers GPS R4 Team Wrap
Team PR – Bright Brothers Racing returned to the Golden Power Series over the weekend for the fourth round of the championship. fielding all three brothers in different classes.
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Tyler Takes First GPS Podium
Driver PR – In just his ninth race start, Tyler Calleja has run up the front end of last weekend’s Golden Power Series round, qualifying his CC Racing powered Kosmic on the second row of KA4 Junior Heavy and scored a podium in the final.
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Supercars Drivers Ready for Emerald AKC
Two current Supercars Championship drivers will contest the fourth round of the Australian Kart Championship in Emerald, Queensland, this weekend – James Golding in KZ2 and Jake Kostecki in X30.
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Territory Podium for Basso
Driver PR – Melbourne KA4 Junior driver Mathew Basso headed to the top end and placed runner-up in the Northern Territory Kart Championship at Hidden Valley on the weekend.
Another Podium for Jack
Driver PR – Series points leader Jack Jenkins scored his fourth podium in four rounds of GPS when he finished runner-up in the Cadet 12 final at Eastern Lions Kart Club.
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Classon’s Close Call
Driver PR – Benjamin Classon endured some incredibly close but fair racing at the front of the KA4 Junior Heavy field at Puckapunyal on the weekend, but ultimately missed victory by less than 2 tenths.
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Consistent Cattach at GPS Round
Driver PR – Ashton Cattach scored valuable championship points with a consistent performance across the races in the fourth round of the Golden Power Series on the weekend.
Ups & Downs For Janev Brothers at GPS
Driver PR – Brothers Kristian and Lukas Janev competed against each other for the time in a number of years at the Golden Power Series round at Puckapunyal on the weekend. Despite very different experiences, they finished the TaG Light final one behind the other.
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More Points for Pollard at GPS Round
Driver PR – Liam Pollard scored more points towards his Golden Power Series assault over the weekend, despite starting the event with an electrical gremlin.
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Butcher Bags Euro Rotax Round Win
Sean Butcher has taken a double victory at the Mariembourg round of the Rotax MAX Euro Trophy to extend his championship lead in the Senior MAX class. Racing under the UAE banner, fellow Australian Lachlan Robinson headed the Senior rankings after the heat racing, but ran into trouble in the first final.
Fabcon Racing Team Report from GPS
Team PR – Fabcon Racing returned to the Eastern Lions Kart Club for the fourth round of the Victorian Golden Power Series over the weekend, fielding three drivers across three classes.
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Young Kiwis Far & Wide This Weekend
Young Kiwi karters will travel far and wide in two key competitions on both sides of the Tasman this weekend – the NZ Schools’ Championship and the Australian Kart Championship.
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Top Ten for Aiden at Golden Power Round
Driver PR – Having won a round at Bendigo in April, Cadet 12 racer Aiden Schweikert was looking to replicate the result, fielding a new kart at the Eastern Lions Kart Club on the weekend.
Nine Podiums for Pro Karting
Team PR – The Pro Karting team grabbed nine podiums across the event and its X30 engines earned over 50% of the placings in the 125cc classes at round 4 of the Golden Power Series on the weekend.
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Life Memberships Awarded at Ballarat
As part of its 60th Anniversary celebrations, the Ballarat Kart Club awarded two Life Memberships to two very committed volunteers in the club – Michelle Shields and Paul Feely.
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State Title & Podiums for Energy Team
Team PR – Energy Corse Australia took a large and talented team of sixteen drivers to the Warwick Kart Club for the Queensland Kart Championship on the weekend, resulting in a state title and multiple podiums.
Top Ten for Quimby at Qld Champs
Driver PR – An engine problem in qualifying put Daniel Quimby up the back of an overs-subscribed KA3 Junior class in the Queensland State Championship. But that didn’t stop him climbing back into the top ten on Finals day.
Kelly Captures State Championship
Driver PR – A dramatic final lap and last corner pass has captured the Queensland State Championship for Cruz Kelly in the Cadet 9 class.
Near Record Turnout for Texas Summer Shootout
The halfway point of the season pulled 181 entries to the half-mile circuit at Denton for the ‘Summer Shootout’ round of the Texas Kart Racing Series.
Four Drivers Double Up at Fontana
Hot weather greeted the nearly 90 karters for the double-round of the California ProKart Challenge series last month, four drivers walking away with double wins.
1,296 Laps for Italian 24-Hour Winners
The Italian crewed Pomposa Dream Team won the 24 Hours Karting of Italy at the 7 Laghi circuit on the weekend. Czech Republic team Steel Ring Trinec took out the Silver division of the race.
Three Kiwis Qualify for ROK World Finals
As a result of winning their classes at the NZ Nationals meeting on the weekend, another three Kiwis drivers have qualified to compete at the ROK Superfinals in Italy.
Stage 1 Done at Kiwi Nationals
The breadth of participation and talent of karting in New Zealand has again been exemplified after the first stage of the 2022 Gazley National Sprint Championships in Wellington at the weekend.
Pucka Podium for Cattach
Driver PR – Ashton Cattach returned to the Eastern Lions Kart Club over the weekend for the June round of the Club’s Championship.
Fabcon Preps for Power Series
Team/Driver PR – The three driver Fabcon Racing team picked up a couple of podiums at the Eastern Lions Kart Club’s race day on Sunday in preparation for the Golden Power Series round at the venue in July.