Josh Fife and Max Walton will get the opportunity to show the world what they can do behind the wheel of a race car after winning the Gearbox and KA2 Junior classes respectively at Australia’s first ever ROK Festival on the weekend.
There was huge interest at Ipswich’s final club championship round on Saturday as the result of a partnership between Ipswich Kart Club and the Queensland Vintage & Historic Karting Club was unveiled – the restored twin engine Margay kart that Alf Capri raced.
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The first winners of the IAME World Finals 2022 were crowned at Le Mans on the weekend in the X30 Mini, KA100, Z-I and X30 Masters categories.
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William Calleja was the best performed of a bunch of Australian karters contesting the 50th running of the Trofeo delle Industrie (Industry Trophy) at Lonato last weekend.
Pink Plates will be awarded to the winners of the “Women Only” event at Albury Wodonga next month and event ambassador Leanne Tander has made a video about it with daughter Scarlett.
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Heavy rains forced a change of venue for the third round of the NZ Top Half Series last weekend. Over 140 competitors changed their plans to front the starter in Hamilton
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FIA Karting’s new OK-N category, plus IAME’s X30, have been added to WSK Promotions’ 2023 race calendar.
The first part of the 2022 IAME World Final is underway at Le Mans with qualifying sorted for the X30 Mini, Z-I, X30 Masters and (first time at an IWF) KA100 classes.
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The Calspeed Karting Facility is shutting down later this year. The track located outside the superspeedway at Fontana hosted its final regional event with the concluding round of the 2022 California ProKart Challenge.
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A whole bunch of information is now available for competitors regarding the upcoming Vortex ROK Festival at Oakleigh. This includes engine technical specifications, lease agreements, proposed timetable, and much more.
Over 170 entries contested the nine classes at the 2022 Karting NSW State Championships at Dubbo Kart Club on the weekend. The Noise reports!
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The East Coast Speedway Kart Club hosted the SKAA NSW Speedway Kart Title at Tamworth’s Oakburn Park Raceway on the weekend, the first time the event has been held for several years.
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Queenslander Max Walton has joined the likes of Scott McLaughlin, Anton De Pasquale and Oscar Piastri as a winner of the Eastern Lions Kart Club’s Champion of Champions feature race at the club’s 40th edition of the Junior Sprint Classic.
Two Australians finished seventh in their respective finals at the WSK Open Cup at Lonato on the weekend. Finals day report, photos & Aussie Wrap.
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A double random draw for engines will be a feature of the ROK-GP and ROK-GP Masters classes at the inaugural ROK Festival at Oakleigh this month.
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The Bunbury City Kart Club hosted the 2022 WA Kart Championship across the weekend. 214 entries contested the 12 classes.
The Go Kart Club Of South Australia hosted the 2022 SA Kart Championship at Monarto across the weekend. 134 entries contested the ten 10 classes.
Karting Australia has today announced a restructure of its junior classes that use the IAME KA100 engine. For next year, the KA3 and KA4 classes will essentially merge into a new-look KA”3.5″ class using a new 22mm exhaust restrictor.
In this tech video, Derek and the team at Power Republic show how easy it is to fit an IAME KA100 engine to a new Tony Kart chassis, ready to hit the race track!
Kart racers from two sanctioning bodies, SKUSA (Superkarts! USA) and IKF (International Karting Federation) came together for a special night event at Speedsportz Racing Park to conclude the 2022 Texas Sprint Racing Series.
With more engines now up for grabs, the first running of the ROK Festival for Australia boasts an impressive total prize pool valued at over $35,000.
If a minimum of six countries organise qualifying events in 2023, a World Cup karting event for OK-N could be organised for next year instead of 2024 as initially planned.
Another of the big prizes has been announced for the 2022 ROK Festival, the winner of KA2 Junior to get a run in a Formula 4 race car.
The MIR Raceline Australia KA NSW State Kart Championship was contested at Newcastle across the weekend, 165 entries competing across the 12 classes. Jac Preston took the win in the drawcard KZ2 gearbox category while Riley Harrison conquered the largest field at the event, Cadet 12.
Nine Australian karters will make up the official Australian team at the 2022 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals in Portugal in November.