Goldstar Karters Turn It On at Taranaki
The cream definitely rose to the top at the opening round of the 2020/21 Goldstar Series at the KartSport Taranaki club’s Todd Energy Raceway in Waitara on Sunday.
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CRG’s Guide to 2021 Chassis
CRG’s technical management has issued a guide to its Racing Line products to guide customers towards the choice that best suits their 2021 needs.
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Rainy IAME Thriller at Portimao
The IAME International Games presented a new Karting Festival at Portimao on the weekend, where emerging talents tackled the mixed weather for deserving wins (includes video).
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Preview: Tasmanian Kart Championship
This weekend Launceston Kart Club hosts the 2020 Tasmanian Kart Championship. Over 100 entries will hit the track at Archerville, including a number from the mainland. Click through for the event preview and class by class entry lists.
Seniors Growth For NZ Goldstar Series
This weekends opening round of the New Zealand Goldstar Series at Taranaki sees a jump in entry numbers compared to last year. Here’s the series preview.
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Experience Counts at NZ Endurance Titles
Age proved no barrier to winning the second annual Kartsport New Zealand Briggs Endurance Title on the weekend, the winning team including a 69-year old driver.
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Life Membership for Robert Hutton
With close to 30 years of active involvement in virtually every part of the sport, 68-year-old Robert Hutton was awarded life membership of Kartsport New Zealand on the weekend.
Preview: NZ Briggs Endurance Titles
This Saturday the Kartsport Wellington club hosts the second annual New Zealand Briggs National Endurance Championship meeting at Gazley Raceway. Can the 334 laps completed by last year’s winner be beaten?
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Hard Battles at AKC Return in Newcastle
There were plenty of hard fought battles as the second round of the 2020 SP Tools Australian Kart Championship concluded in Newcastle today, including an incredible final in Cadet 12.
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Interview: Lorenzo Patrese – Son of Karting Champion & F1 Driver
“My Father’s more of a source of inspiration than pressure” says Lorenzo Patrese, son of former Karting World Champion and F1 Grand Prix winner Ricardo.
Champions of the Future Concludes at Portimao
Australia’s James Wharton started strong at the World Championship ‘shakedown’ meet last weekend, qualifying 8th and ranked 4th after the heats. Here’s the report, pics and video from Portimao.
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Duffys Awarded to IKF Sprint GrandNationals Winners
American karters converged on the Santa Maria karting circuit to decide this year’s GrandNationals, plus the winners of the famous Duffy trophies that were awarded in the IAME and Briggs classes.
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Interview: Felipe Massa, President FIA International Karting Commission
Once he landed the top job in karting, CIK President Felipe Massa moved the Karting World Championship to his home country of Brazil. Covid made that plan unworkable, so he’s shown full support by making appearances at FIA karting events in Europe.
Preview: OK & Junior World Championships
The 2020 OK and Junior World Championships kick off at the circuit of Portimão next week. Australia’s James Wharton (Parolin/TM) will contest OK while New Zealand’s Kaden Probst (Tony Kart Vortex) will race Juniors.
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Karthikeyan & CRG Launch Karting Academy in India
The former F1 driver Narain Karthikeyan and Italian manufacturer CRG have partnered to create a Karting academy in India. As part of the deal, Karthikeyan’s NK Racing team will be the official CRG factory team for India.
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Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy, Rnd 3
The Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy stopped in Italy last weekend with the third round at Adria Karting Raceway. Here’s the report and photos from Europe.
Kiwis Crown North & South Island Champions
Kiwi karters revelled in the return of National-level Sprint Championship competition at this year’s North & South Islands meetings at Hastings and Napier over the weekend.
BAC-PKI Win 24-Hours Karting Italy
The winning BAC-PKI team completed 1266 laps to win the 24-Hours Karting Italy run by CRG and their spec Centurion karts at the Adria Raceway last week.
Victorian KA Licence Holders Get Extra Extentions
Karting Australia and Karting Victoria have announced three categories of licence extensions for Victorian karters.
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Preview: NZ North & South Island Titles
With over 200 entries received across Labour Weekend’s annual North and South Island Sprint Championship meetings in Hastings and Blenheim this year, Kiwi karters have obviously missed the cut and thrust of top level title racing.
Back In Stock: New-Line / EM Tech Water Hoses
The vibrant range of New-Line / EM Technoloy water hose is back in stock at Remo Racing.
Interview: Adrien Renaudin, Professional Karter
His status as a professional karting driver makes him happy, aware that many others would like to take his place. Now, Adrien Renaudin hopes to take up many more challenges at the highest level.
KA Adjust Weights in 125cc TaG Classes
UPDATED – Karting Australia has announced parity weight changes in the TaG 125 and TaG 125 Restricted classes. The changes will be in effect THIS WEEKEND.
Preview: 2020 Archerville Classic
This weekend’s Archerville Classic is set to be the biggest kart meeting in Tasmania so far this year. Here’s who’s hot in a class-by-class preview.