Aussies Invade Vegas
An impressive 35 Australian drivers will contest this year’s SKUSA SuperNationals in Las Vegas this weekend, including two defending champions. See who’s racing what, plus link to full event schedule.
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First Scott McLaughlin Event ‘An Unqualified Success”
Supercar ace Scott McLaughlin’s charity Grand Prix event in aid of KartSport New Zealand’s Driver Development Academy could well become a fixture on the country’s motorsport calendar after the inaugural event, held last week, was declared ‘an unqualified success’ by the organisation’s President Graeme Moore.
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The Kiwis In Las Vegas
This year there will be at least seven Kiwi karters lining up to race at the 22nd annual four-day SKUSA SuperNationals meeting held on a temporary circuit in the car park of Las Vegas’ Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.
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AWC Motorsport Academy Expands for 2019
In addition an Australian Kart Championship campaign, the AWC Motorsport Academy team has added the Rotax Pro Tour to it’s 2019 program.
Sparco Sponsors 2019 Pro Tour
IKD has announced that Sparco will be the naming rights sponsor for the 2019 Rotax Pro Tour.
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Round 1 Venues Confirmed for AKC & Pro Tour
The host venues for the opening events on the 2019 National Karting Calendar (AKC and Pro Tour) have been confirmed.
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Montoya & Musso ROK The Rio
Veteran Jordan Musser and young gun Sebastian Montoya were two if the nine champions crowned at the 2018 ROK the Rio, which took place on a temporary circuit for the first time.
Newcastle Championship Round 7
78 drivers took part in the seventh and final round of the Newcastle Kart Club’s 2018 Championship on Sunday.
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Tsesmelis Tops KA’s 2018 Club Driver Rankings
Victorian junior driver Steven Tsesmelis has taken out Karting Australia’s Club Driver Rankings for 2018, a program that saw over $50,000 of prizes distributed to competitors around the country.
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RKC Instrumental in Growth of 4SS in Victoria
Ringwood Kart Centre has been instrumental in the formation and growth of the 4SS class in Victoria, promoting and establishing the class at Eastern Lions Kart Club.
e-Karting Cup Racing at Rotax Grand Finals
An E-Karting Cup will be contested at this year’s Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals in Brazil, utilising the Rotax THUNDeR machines that have been used this year in the German Electric Kart Championship.
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Elkmann Captures European Superkart Championship
With only a retirement capable of depriving him the title, Peter Elkmann drove with caution and lapped one-second slower than the leaders in the final race of the European Superkart Championship at Le Mans on the weekend.
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Club Leaders Inspired in Melbourne
Club and State Representatives from various parts of Australia attended the inaugural Building Better Kart Clubs Conference in Melbourne on Saturday which included the launch of a new initiative for 2019 – “Rev it Up”.
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Tough WSK Round for Kiwis
Young Kiwi karters Jacob Douglas from Christchurch and Kaden Probst from Auckland endured a tough start to their WSK Final Cup series’ Mini 60 class campaigns in Italy over the weekend.
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McLaughlin to Share Love of Karts & Karting a Charity Event
“Karting,” Scott McLaughlin says, “teaches you the main things about race craft and how to pass, and defend correctly. Some of the things I learnt in Karting, in fact, I still use today in Supercars competition”. Update on charity Grand Prix Pro-Am.
Cox & Zaloum Back To Winning Ways in NZ
Chris Cox and Zach Zaloum were back to their winning ways at KartSport New Zealand’s annual Island sprint kart meetings at Invercargill (Cox) and Palmerston North (Zaloum) over the weekend.
SA State Cup Looms
South Australia’s 2018 Black Plate State Cup is approaching quickly with the Mount Gambier Circuit set to come alive on the second weekend of November.
Preview: European Superkart Final
The third and final Competition of the 2018 FIA Karting European Championship – Superkart will take place on the Bugatti circuit of Le Mans from 26th to 28th October.
Two Days of Competition at Sapphire Cup
The Sapphire Coast Kart Club will be hosting the annual Sapphire Cup on the first weekend of November and hope to attract entries from as far away as Sydney, Canberra, Central West NSW and Victoria.
Whyalla’s New State Champion
Whyalla Kart Club has seen some good drivers come up through the ranks over the years, and several young members have done well in the 2018 State Championships.
KA’s Hanatschek To Tackle ’19 Tour de Cure
Karting Australia’s Lee Hanatschek will contest next year’s Tour de Cure bike ride, a 1,287 kilometre journey from Sydney to Geelong, with the aim of raising $12,000 towards cancer research.
Douglas Gets Call-Up For WSK Start
Fresh from being the top Kiwi finisher at last weekend’s ROK Cup International, cadet karter Jacob Douglas has stayed in Italy to contest the three round WSK Final Cup series, after getting the call up from the Lennox Racing team he has run with for the past two weekends.
NZ’s Best Ever Rok Cup Effort
Young Christchurch karter Jacob Douglas led a four-strong New Zealand squad to its best ever finish at the big ROK Cup International Final meeting in Italy.
Kiwi Report: Race of Stars
New Zealand KZ2 champion Mathew Kinsman bounced back for a top 10 finish in his Final while young gun Ryan Wood made a big impression on his Senior debut in the Rotax DD2 class at the sixth annual Race of Stars international kart event.