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With a week to go, excitement is growing for the 2017 National Festival of Superkarts at Phillip Island, top drivers from WA, NSW, QLD, SA and host state Victoria confirmed for the two-day event.
Orange Kart Club’s A-Track Challenge ended up running on the longer B-track. Cadet 12 racer Matthew Hansford-Taylor filed this report from last weekend.
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A new karting webstore has just gone online, offering a comprehensive range of products and service to the karting community – Karting Express.
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The points leaders and winners in various National & State Championships and Regional Series are the first to be offered invitation to compete at the high-profile Race of Stars event on the Gold Coast in October.
Germany’s Peter Elkmann and Australia’s Jordan Ford both top-scored their respective divisions at round 2 of the CIK-FIA European Superkart Championship. Here’s the official report and photos from Assen.
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The return of a number of drivers, led by the likes of internationals Josh Hart, Madeline Stewart and top Australian driver Troy Loeskow, has seen a record entry for the final round of this year’s Molecule ProKart KZ Series in Hamilton this weekend.
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This weekend two top Australian Rotax drivers are heading to New Zealand for the final double-points/double-header round of the 2017 New Zealand Rotax Max Challenge.
Karting Australia has approved a huge overhaul of the association’s event timing systems. Partnering with MYLAPS, KA has stated the new deal will be at no cost to its state associations, clubs or drivers.
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Kiwi karting sisters Ashleigh and Madeline Stewart experienced contrasting fortunes at the Rotax Pro Tour round on the weekend. But they were just two of the seven New Zealanders who braved the elements at Puckapunyal.
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Four new faces took the chequered flag first at the penultimate round of the Rotax Pro Tour at Puckapunyal on Sunday, including the third female competitor to secure a major race win in the series during 2017.
Rotax Pro Tour Official Series Points have been updated after round 5 (of six) on the weekend.
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Australian champ Jordan Ford took the double today in Assen winning Sunday’s Round 4 of the CIK-FIA European Superkart Championship in the Mono Division, complementing his Saturday victory.
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Having sustained kart damage after contact on lap two, Jordie Ford fought back for a strong victory at round 3 of the CIK-FIA European Superkart Championship as Assen.
Shamick Racing’s Mini and Micro MAX drivers are dominating their categories at round 5 of the Rotax Pro Tour, James Wharton and Harry Arnett both qualifying fastest and winning all their heats today at Puckapunyal.
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Reigning Australian Superkart Champion Jordie Ford continued his hot form claiming pole position at the Assen TT Circuit overnight for the 3rd and 4th rounds of the CIK-FIA European Superkart Championship.
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Talented young Palmerston North karter Jackson Rooney returns to Australia’s Rotax Pro Tour at Puckapunyal this weekend as part of a seven-strong Kiwi squad.
Rotax Max Euro Challenge’s third Kart Prix took place at Wackersdorf in Germany on the weekend, and despite the weather forecasts and initial low temperatures, the rain didn’t make an appearance and allowed for good racing throughout the weekend.
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Event preview – With 14 places to the World Finals still up for grabs, this weekend’s penultimate round at Puckapunyal will be pivotal for the 2017 Rotax Pro Tour competitors.
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Dylan Drysdale has taken the Prokart Series’ points lead in New Zealand’s premier KZ2 class after a dominant performance at the penultimate round in Auckland on the weekend.
Jack Doohan overcame the disappointment of the previous event with a resounding victory at the final round of the CIK-FIA European Championship in Sweden, the win making him the first Aussie to grace the top step of a Euro Championship podium since Jon Targett in 1992.
The ‘big guns’ of the NZ KartSport world, the purpose-built 6-speed/125 KZ2 class karts and their talented drivers, are on their way to Auckland this week to contest the penultimate round of the 2017 Molecule ProKart Series.
With 94 entries – the highest so far in its young history – the third Kart Prix of this year’s X30 Euro Series took place in Wackersdorf, Germany, recently.
Dylan Drysdale was the best placed of the six Kiwis at the latest round of this year’s Australian Kart Championship series at Emerald in Northern Queensland over the weekend.
Jac Laneyrie and Sean Morley are the Junior & Senior Alan Hann Memorial Trophy winners from the Central Coast Speedway Kart Club’s most recent race meeting.
Tony Kart Australia has welcomed Cian Fothergill to the team, the former National champ immediately back on the pace on his return to the sport in Queensland.