2022 Victorian Kart Championship
There was plenty of hard and fast racing – plus a few spills – at the 2022 Victorina Kart Championship at Hume International Raceway across the weekend. Mitch McLellan reports (includes lots of photos!)
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Huge Entry for Victorian Kart Championship
Over 330 entries have been received for this weekend’s Victorian State Championship at Puckapunyal with four of the 11 classes reaching the track’s grid capacity.
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Vintage Karting Festival at Spa
A vintage karting festival will take place at the Karting de Francorchamps track later this year, bringing together karting enthusiasts across three major eras of the sport.
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2022 Kartshed ACT Titles
Almost 110 drivers contested the 2022 Kartshed ACT Titles at Canberra Kart Racing Club across the Easter weekend. The Noise reports with pics and video.
Griff Breaks at Champions Of The Future
Europe-based Australian Griffin Peebles will be out of action for the next two months after suffering a serious wrist break at the second round of Champions of the Future Euro Series at Zuera, Spain, on the weekend.
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Gillis Finally Grabs KZ2 Victory
Cody Gillis finally got the monkey off his back to win an AKC KZ2 final, but he was not the only driver to tick the New Winner checkbox at Adelaide’s Bolivar Raceway today.
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Fast & Frantic Adelaide
Battle lines have been drawn in a wild day of competition at round two of the SP Tools Australian Kart Championship at Bolivar Raceway in South Australia.
Route 66 Series Opens in Indiana
Morning frost and snow flurries during qualifying kicked off the opening two rounds of the 2022 Route 66 Sprint Series on the ‘Backward 1’ layout of New Castle Motorsports Park last weekend.
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Video – Finals Day, European Championship
The Sunday live stream from the opening round of the European Championship in Portugal has been re-uploaded by FIA Karting.
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Portugal Opens the European Championship
It was a tough weekend for the two Australian junior drivers contesting the opening round of the European Championship at Portimao, Portugal, on the weekend. Griffin Peebles and Dante Vince …
Numbers Boost for Academy Trophy
The number of entries for the 2022 Karting Academy Trophy has been increased, meaning Australia’s representative, Harry Arnett, will have a few more rivals to content with at the opening round in Belgium next month.
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Parity Adjustment for 125cc TaG Class
Karting Australia has issued a parity change – effective immediately – for the 125cc TaG classes, specifically a weight reduction for the Rotax engine and removal of the restrictor reference for the Vortex Rok GP.
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Golden Power Series Round 2 – Bendigo
The Bendigo track was packed for the second round of the Golden Power Series on the weekend. Mitch McLellan reports.
Trio of Aussies at Margutti Trophy
There were mixed fortunes for the Australians contesting the 33rd edition of the Andrea Margutti Trophy at Lonato on the weekend.
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Record Numbers at Texas Winter Warmup
A record turnout of 222 entries kicked off the eighth season for the Texas Sprint Racing Series with the ‘Winter Warm-up’ last weekend at NOLA Motorsports Park.
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Champions Of The Future – Euro Round 1
Two Australians contested the opening round of the Champions of the Future Euro Series at Portimao, Portugal last weekend. Griffin Peebles and Dante Vince both contested the 64-kart OK Junior class (includes video and event report/pics)
Pro Tour Opens in Canberra
Now under a new promoter and governing body, the Australian Rotax MAX Challenge Series (ie, Pro Tour) opened in Canberra on the weekend.
Gippsland’s March Race Day
The March race day for Gippsland Go Kart Club was run last Saturday afternoon at the Tramway Park circuit in Morwell. Here’s the wrap, with photos from Steve Dansie.
“Masters” Super Cup for KZ2 World Championship
A standalone KZ2 Masters class for drivers 35-years or more will be contested at the KZ2 World Championship at Le Mans in September.
Jordie Draws First Blood
Two-times British Superkart GP winner Jordie Ford has taken overall honours in the 250cc International class at the opening round of the new-look Australian Superkart Championship at The Bend last weekend.
Noisy Warwick Double
A double Club Championship round was raced at Warwick Kart Club last weekend, the second day doubling as the opening round of the Project-X Noisy Tour. And The Noise was there!
Aussies Improve at WSK Super Master Final
Some personal bests have secured 12th place in the WSK Super Master Series for Australian Mini driver William Calleja, while Oscar Targett also lifted the bar, qualifying for his first ever WSK KZ2 final (includes video highlights, report & lots of photos)
Record Numbers as IAME Euro Series Kicks Off
The IAME Euro Series kicked off with great racing at the Circuito Internacional de Zuera with a record number of drivers. Here’s the official report, video etc.
Country Series Kicks Off at Cobden
There was a sense of excitement as 170+ drivers and crews looked to put the last two years of interrupted seasons behind them as the DPE Victorian Country Series launched in the South West of the state last weekend. Andrew Hayes reports.
Retro Karting Opens 2022 at Geelong
Retro Karting Australia fired up its Australian Championship for 2022 with the opening round, doubling as the Victorian State Title, at the re-configured Beckley Park Raceway in Geelong.