RMCGF: Day 4
Press Release: the official Day 4 report from the Rotax Grand finals covering qualifying and the opening heat races.
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RMCGF Qualifying: Toparis & Barter Top Aussies
Costa Toparis and Hugh Barter are the top placed Australian qualifiers at the Rotax Grand finals, taking second and third fastest in their respective classes.
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Live Stream, Rotax Grand Finals!
The live stream of the Rotax Grand Finals has started! Follow the action in Italy…
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Rotax Muffler Matting
The Rotax Grand Finals are on, and all the new karts and engines will have new exhausts with fresh matting. But as you start clocking up the hours on the …
Kiwi Karter Back to Her Best in Italy
Top Kiwi female karter Rianna O’Meara-Hunt has returned home to Wellington on a high after a breakthrough performance at this year’s ROK Cup Superfinal meeting in Italy a fortnight ago.
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RMCGF: Day 3
Costa Toparis topped the Mini MAX time sheets on the second day of practice at the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand finals, and many of the other Aussies have been in or around the top ten of their respective sessions.
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RKA Vic Titles
Retro Karting Australia held its Victorian Championship meeting at Geelong on the weekend and also crowned the National Champions for 2019. Sixty-seven entries contested the four classes.
RMCGF: Day 1
Rotax Press: official Day One report from the 20th edition of the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals at Sarno, Italy – the famous chassis lineup and driver allocation.
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Kiwi Report: Race of Stars
There were plenty of Kiwis at Race of Stars, and two of them – Matthew Payne and Mathew Kinsman – made a big impression.
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Video: Re-Live Race of Stars
Watch all the Race of Stars videos, on and off-track action from the Gold Coast, including interviews, racing, presentations and highlights clip.
Abbasse Wins Another Race of Stars
Frenchman Anthony Abbasse has taken out his second consecutive Gold Coast 600 Race of Stars at the Xtreme Karting Complex for the SodiKart factory team after a remarkable series of events that saw the race decided after the chequered flag.
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IAME International Wrap
James Wharton was the only Australian to make the finals at the 2019 IAME International at Le Mans this past week, but there were some worthy efforts from many with several making the B finals.
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ROK Cup Wrap
Seven Australians contested the ROK Cup International Final in Italy earlier this month, and two of them – Marcos Flack and Alex Ninovic – made it through to the finals.
New Spec Mini & Micro MAX for Grand Finals
The Micro and Mini MAX classes at this year’s Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals in Italy will use new MY20-spec engines.
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Payne Pounces at Race of Stars
Kiwi Matthew Payne upstaged the Europeans and Australia’s best to qualify fastest at the Race of Stars on the Gold Coast yesterday. Here’s the qualifying day report, plus link to today’s live stream.
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How-To Video: Rotax MAX Tuning
Here’s another tech how-to video by Derek Jones at Power Republic – carby tuning on the Rotax MAX, covering things like jetting, float heights and needle positions.
Karting Internationals at Movie World
Supercars Champion James Courtney hosted International Karting Stars Davide Forè from Italy and Frenchman Anthony Abbasse at Gold Coast’s Movie World this morning.
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Pro Tour 2020
IKD have made significant cost saving changes to the 2020 Rotax Pro Tour, specifically in the area of travel. Also, here’s a teams list and what they’re offering for next year.
CC Success at Junior Sprint Classic
Driver’s using CC Racing engines again starred at the annual Junior Sprint Classic held last week at Puckpunyal. CC Racing enjoyed wins in five of the nine classes, including a 1-2-3-4 lockout
Kiwi Report: ROK Cup Superfinal
Two of the eight Kiwis who contested the ROK Cup Superfinal in Italy on the weekend are heading home with trophies.
Aussie Assault: 24 Karters Racing Overseas
Twenty-Four Australian kart racers will be in action across three separate International karting events over the next three weeks.
NZ Top Half Round 3
Junior drivers turn up the heat – Cold winds and wet weather challenged drivers and crew members alike at the latest Top Half kart series round at Tokoroa Raceway last weekend,
Preview: Kiwi ROKkers in Italy
KIWI EIGHT ‘READY TO ROK’ AT BIG CUP SUPERFINAL EVENT IN ITALY They have qualified by beating their peers at home. And last weekend each got to complete what effectively …
Countdown On for Team Australia Drivers
The countdown is well and truly on for the 20th Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals which commence in Italy on October 19 – and seven of the 13 members of Team Australia already have World Finals experience.
Winning Start for Sharp
Young Christchurch karter Louis Sharp enjoyed a winning start to his first racing trip to Europe, the 12-year-old storming through the pack to win the Mini ROK class B Final at the annual Trofeo D’Autunno (Autumn Trophy) meeting in Italy on the weekend.