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A British team with Dutch drivers won the Francorchamps 24 Hours for Private Karts at Spa, Belgium, on the weekend in hot conditions – unlike the deluge of the inaugural twice-around-the-clock race last year.
The opening event of a new Can-Am Karting Challenge season welcomed a solid number of karters to the ‘Mac Track’ in Oregon last weekend. Race report and photos from the USA.
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In addition to the perpetual trophies, placegetters at Launceston’s Clubman Cup this Saturday will take home these uniquely styled trophies. Event preview…
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The Kiwis are bringing back their annual CIK Trophy of New Zealand meeting. This season-starting event has attracted a number of Australians in the past and organisers hope it will once again by offering three CIK Trophy classes and three ‘Challenge Cup’ support classes.
Kiwi kart ace Ryan Urban was quick but unlucky at the opening round of this year’s Superkarts Australia National Series at Phillip Island on the weekend, he and Teddy Bassick mixing it up with the locals.
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Josh Bethune is the latest Kiwi karter to make an impression on the Australian Rotax Pro Tour series, the 15-year-old finishing a close second in the DD2 class at the fourth round in Sydney over the weekend.
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Located in the north-east of Italy, the Parolin factory manufactures its own brand as well as subcontracting for other manufacturers and holds an increasingly important place in the international karting landscape.
Two new winners stood atop the podium after an incredible finals day for the fourth round of the Rotax Pro Tour at Sydney’s Eastern Creek International Karting Raceway this afternoon.
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After practice on Friday, the competition component of round 4 of the Rotax Pro Tour got underway at Eastern Creek today. Here’s the official Saturday report, video and link to pics & results so far.
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While the race against Brazil is on at the FIFA World Cup, the race to Brazil – and one of the 11 remaining places with the Australian team – continues in Sydney this weekend with round four of the Rotax Pro Tour.
Seven Kiwi Briggs & Stratton racers will compete in the Briggs LO206 category at the Battle Of The Brickyard next month at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Paul Aron and Hannes Janker were the winners at the German Kart Grand Prix at Ampfing on the weekend, however it was Lorenzo Travisanutto’s action at the end of the OK Final that raised attention.
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Superkart racers Ryan Urban and Teddy Bassick could well return to New Zealand from this weekend’s opening round of the Superkarts Australia National Series at Phillip Island having earned membership to a very special Kiwi club.
Eleven Kiwi karters will compete at this weekend’s Eastern Creek round of the Rotax Pro Tour, making it one of the largest groups ever to cross the Tasman for a Pro Tour or Australian Kart Championship round.
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The fifth round of the Tuto Super One Series took place at Rowrah in Cumbria on the weekend with some excellent racing in wet and dry.
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The June edition of Karting Australia’s quarterly magazine ‘Full Throttle’ is now online, and includes an interview with its CEO Kelvin O’Reilly about the organisation’s Plus 1 project.
The Giltrap Group will supply New Zealand’s governing body with two Holden Colorados that will be used to support the more than 200 karting events staged annually across the country.
KartSport New Zealand announced this week that, after successfully appealing a protest, Christchurch driver Jacob Douglas has been confirmed as the winner of the 2018 New Zealand Vortex Mini ROK class title.
Here’s a range of accessories from New-Line suitable for the X30. New to Remo Racing and available from your local kart dealer
Karting veteran and many times champion Davide Forè has returned to the winners circle with a race victory at round 3 of the Italian Karting Championship at Sarno.
Seven weeks after the opening round, the second event of the 2018 Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy was run in Sweden on the weekend, Aussie James Wharton grabbed a 2nd and a 3rd in Junior MAX. Here’s the official report and photos.
Here’s the information for the Briggs & Stratton come and try day at Newcastle. It’s free, but you will need to register
Rangiora karter Chris Cox was back to his best at this year’s Insite-sponsored Sunbelts Sprint Championships meeting over the NZ Queen’s Birthday weekend, winning Rotax Max Light and finishing second in the Open class.
Billy Musgrave earned his third straight win in S1 while Dante Yu become the third different winner in X30 Senior at the latest round of the California Prokart Challenge.
The End Of Financial Year Sale at Patrizicorse now includes a Trade-In deal to swap from your current brand to BirelART or Ricciardo Kart, plus a drive-away package deal that includes a Torini engine and tyres.