IAME Euro Showdown in Genk
The 2022 IAME Euro Series champions in Senior, Junior and Mini have been crowned following the final round of racing at Genk on the weekend.
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ROK Festival Announced for Australia!
The first ever Vortex ROK Festival has been announced for Australia and will take place in Victoria the weekend after Bathurst.
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Rochester’s August Race Day
With the next round of the Golden Power Series at the venue, the Rochester Kart Club enjoyed a strong turn out of nearly 100 karters at its first club day of the year on Saturday.
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Winter Carnival Concludes at Toowoomba
The Noise says it was an awesome day’s racing at the third and final round of the Toowoomba & Lockyer Valley Kart Club’s Winter Carnival series on Sunday. Click through for the videos, series points etc.
Race Return to Gippsland
After missing last month, racing returned to Morwell on Sunday for the Gippsland club’s August race day. The September race meeting is expected to be much larger as it will effectively be a shakedown for the Golden Power Series final.
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10th NZ National Title for Kinsman
Mat Kinsman claimed his 10th New Zealand title – and second in the tough KZ2 category – at the 2022 New Zealand National Sprint Championships at a very wet Wellington on the weekend.
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Kiwi Nationals, Part 2
Victorian Brad Jenner will join New Zealand’s top karters across the weekend for the second part of the 2022 NZ National Sprint Championships in Wellington (includes free live stream link!)
Ipswich City Dirt Karts
The sixth round of the Ipswich City Dirt Karts championship was run on Saturday and into Saturday night. It was another big day with 70 entries across the 4-Stroke and 2-Stroke Championships.
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Fife Claims Second KZ2 Title
Josh Fife has claimed his second SP Tools KZ2 Australian Kart Championship in Newcastle on Sunday after an epic series of races that saw a three way title fight go right down to the 25 lap final. (EDIT – link to final championship points added)
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Open & Closed Affairs at Newcastle
After Saturday’s heat races, some titles have been decided and others are still wide open in the 2022 SP Tools Australian Kart Championship that is in the process of being run at Newcastle. Incredibly, Jace Matthews falls into both categories.
Sunny Sunday at VCS Wimmera
There was rain, there was fog, there was sunshine! 176 Victorian Country Series competitors plus crew enjoyed the re-vamped Wimmera Kart Racing Club circuit for round 4 of the series last weekend. Andrew Hayes reports.
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Warwick’s Brass Monkeys
It was a cold day for the return of the Brass Monkeys meeting at Warwick on Sunday. Click through for the videos, photos & results!
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Preview: Newcastle AKC Finale
A three-way fight for the KZ2 title between ACT’s Josh Fife, Victorian Jay Coul and WA’s Sam Dicker will be a highlight of the final round of the Australian Kart Championship in Newcastle this weekend. There’s also five kids in with a chance at KA2…
Vintage Karting at Warwick
from Kev ‘The Noise’ Davies The Queensland Vintage karts were on track at Warwick on Sunday. They were tremendous again with some fabulous machinery on show. List of who ran …
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Midsummer Mashup in Texas
It might be Texas, but the Amarillo Kart Circuit is a scaled-down replica of the Turkish Grand Prix Istanbul Park track. 163 drivers took part at the penultimate round of the Texas Sprint Racing Series.
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Photo Finishes at Route 66 Round
There were many close finishes as 103 drivers contested the Route 66 Sprint Series rounds five and six event at the extended Cincinnati Kart Plex earlier this month.
Top Half Series Kicks Off in Hamilton
A record 162 karters lined up in Hamilton on the weekend for the first of four rounds of the NZ upper North Island series which provides a pathway from club racing to higher levels of the sport.
Reader Poll Results
KartSportNews ran a couple of reader polls the past few weeks, one on COVID, the other on OK-N. The results are in!
Matthews & Tulloch Take TaG Titles at Ipswich
Jace Matthews and Marc Tulloch were the winners of the feature classes at the Graham Acreman Memorial TaG Titles meeting at Ipswich on Saturday. 249 competitors contested the event which was also round 5 of the IKC Championship.
Ipswich City Dirt Karts, Round 5
Round 5 of the Ipswich City Dirt Kart Club’s championship for two and four-stroke karts was run on Saturday as a day/night event. The Noise was there!
City of Melbourne Titles Returns!
It promised to be huge and it was, over three hundred karters from across Australia and New Zealand hitting the Todd Rd circuit for the return and 36th running of this famous event.
Should OK-N be Introduced in Australia?
Considering the pros and cons of the recently announced OK-N category, do you think it should be introduced in Australia? READER POLL
X30 Title Intensifies in Italy
A maxed-out Senior category and high numbers of Mini and Junior drivers made for three talent-packed categories for round 3 of the IAME Euro Series at Castelletto (includes video highlights)
Rotax International Trophy
More drivers have qualified for the 2022 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals via the 4th edition of the Rotax International Trophy that was run at Le Mans on the weekend.
Cooloola Opens Twin Track Challenge
The Cooloola Coast Kart Club hosted the opening round of the Twin Track Challenge on Sunday, over 100 drivers across two and four-stroke classes scoring points before moving on to Bundaberg’s round 2. The Noise reports (with video).