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Spring Racing at Sandy Creek

Thursday 17th September, 2020Thursday 17th September, 2020 by ksn_admin

65 drivers competed at Sandy Creek Raceway last weekend for the Warwick Kart Club’s Spring meeting. Here’s the race report, photos and videos from The Noise.

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KA100 Titles Feature at Ipswich

Tuesday 15th September, 2020Tuesday 15th September, 2020 by ksn_admin

Ipswich Kart club continues to offer big race meetings, 220 drivers competing at the third round of the club championship which ran the KA100 classes as feature categories.

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Double Euro Championship for Kart Republic

Monday 14th September, 2020Monday 14th September, 2020 by ksn_admin

Kart Republic drivers Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Ugo Ugochukwu were crowned the European OK and Junior Champions for 2020 at Wackersdorf on the weekend. But it was a tough event for Australian James Wharton.

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Qualifying: Wackersdorf

Saturday 12th September, 2020Saturday 12th September, 2020 by ksn_admin

James Wharton has qualified 25th in the 65-strong OK class at the Wackersdorf round of the European Championship this weekend.

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Rotax Euro Challenge – Round 2

Saturday 12th September, 2020Friday 11th September, 2020 by Media Release

The second round of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy was held in Germany earlier this month. Lachlan Robinson qualified fastest in the Senior MAX field and was ranked second overall for the round.

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11T Rotax Explained

Wednesday 9th September, 2020Wednesday 9th September, 2020 by ksn_admin

Power Republic’s tech video for this week covers the Rotax 11-tooth drive sprocket which requires more frequent servicing than it’s roller-bearing big brothers.

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Noisy Tour, Round 3 @ Cooloola

Wednesday 2nd September, 2020Wednesday 2nd September, 2020 by ksn_admin

160 drivers from around Queensland contested Noisy Tour round 3 at Cooloola Coast Kart Club on the weekend. Here’s Kev’s report, pics and videos (and The Noise himself had a steer!).

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Split To Podium

Wednesday 2nd September, 2020Wednesday 2nd September, 2020 by ksn_admin

A week after this photo was taken, this broken-in-half kart finished on the podium (2nd place) at Wollongong.

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More New Faces at Dalby Races

Wednesday 2nd September, 2020Wednesday 2nd September, 2020 by ksn_admin

The race day at Dalby a week ago was the first round of the Summer Series and even with 10-15 drivers missing due being unable to cross borders, there were still 52 entries with lots of new faces.

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Preview: European OK & Junior Championship Round 3

Wednesday 2nd September, 2020Wednesday 2nd September, 2020 by ksn_admin

James Wharton will be hoping to score more points and move forward in the European Championship for the OK category which races its third round at the Prokart Raceland complex at Wackersdorf in Germany in two weeks time.

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NZ Rok Cup Is In The Books

Monday 24th August, 2020Monday 24th August, 2020 by Media Release

Despite an interruption caused by Covid, the 5th annual New Zealand ROK Cup has now been run and won. Here’s the series summary, and who’s heading to Italy for the Superfinal.

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Mixed Conditions Challenge NZ ProKart Racers

Sunday 16th August, 2020Sunday 16th August, 2020 by Media Release

Last weekend, 95 Giltrap Group ProKart Series competitors faced a mix of conditions at the rescheduled second round of their COVID-19-interrupted 2020 series at the KartSport Tokoroa club’s Stihl Shop Tokoroa Raceway.

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Coffs Harbour Club Champs, Round 3

Friday 14th August, 2020Friday 14th August, 2020 by Media Release

Other than an ejected driver in a heat 1 rollover (caught on video – click thru to watch), the third round of the Coffs Harbour Kart Club championship for 2020 went off without a hitch!

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Rotax Euro Challenge Opens in Belgium

Friday 14th August, 2020Friday 14th August, 2020 by Media Release

After a long period of waiting, the 2020 Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy finally kicked off last weekend, karts hitting the track at the Genk circuit in Belgium.

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Strong Return To Club Championship Racing at Ipswich

Wednesday 12th August, 2020Wednesday 12th August, 2020 by ksn_admin

A massive 264 entries fronted at Ipswich earlier this month for the return of club championship competition. Click through for the full race report.

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Cool Runnings at Warwick

Tuesday 11th August, 2020Tuesday 11th August, 2020 by ksn_admin

The Noise reports an amazing weekend at Warwick with the club’s Cool Runnings meeting that attracted 100 entries. Here are the photos, results and race videos.

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Snow Can’t Stop Clubman Cup and Phil Goss Memorial

Tuesday 11th August, 2020Tuesday 11th August, 2020 by ksn_admin

Five-inches of snow coated the track at Launceston Kart Club last week, but thankfully it cleared enough to run the 2020 edition of the KA3 Clubman Cup and Phil Goss Memorial.

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The Locals Win Big at Manawatu

Wednesday 5th August, 2020Wednesday 5th August, 2020 by Media Release

More than 140 karters from all over New Zealand gathered at the KartSport Manawatu club’s Manawatu Toyota Raceway over the weekend for the annual ‘Championships’ round of the Manawatu & TRC Toyota-backed 60th anniversary WPKA Goldstar Series. They put on a fine show too, with the action on track fast and furious across all ten classes. …

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