Race Program, AKC Round 2
The official race program for the second round of the Australian Kart Championship, including full entry list and race schedule, is now online.
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The Oakey Beef Dalby Day-Nighter
A day-nighter made up round 1 of the Dalby Kart Club championship a couple of weeks ago, and thankfully the meeting was in the books and avoided the storms!
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Pro Tour To Respond to KA Statement
Organisers of the Rotax Pro Tour will respond to the recent statement from Karting Australia that Pro Tour competitors would not be able to qualify for the Grand Finals.
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Rotax Pro Tour – What’s Going On?
Karting Australia has sent a statement to previous Rotax Pro Tour competitors stating that the 2021 Pro Tour is an ‘unrecognised competition’ and that drivers contesting it cannot qualify for the World Finals.
Golden Power Series Opens With A Bang
Never before has Rochester Kart Club been inundated with as many entries as they were last weekend for the opening round of the 2021 Golden Power Series. Bailey Dixon reports from a massive weekend of racing.
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Big Interest as Mainland Series Re-Boots
Event Preview: one of the first victims of last year’s COVID-19 lockdown, Kartsport New Zealand’s Mainland Series has over 60 karters signed up for the three weekend/six round series that kicks off with a double-header this weekend.
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WSK Champions Cup
The opening meeting of the international karting season, the WSK Champions Cup in Adria, has been highly successful with 337 drivers from 51 countries challenging each other across four categories.
Pre-Season Race-Prep for the Rotax MAX
In this week’s Power Republic how-to video, follow along as Derek checks over and prepares a Rotax MAX FR125 Evo engine for the start of the racing season.
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Loeskow Starts Title Defence With A Win
Troy Loeskow’s defence of the Australian KZ2 Championship kicked off with a win at Ipswich last night, while there were plenty of new winners in the other classes. Here’s the official race report from round 1. (UPDATE: link to Championship points added)
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Results: Australian Kart Championship, Round 1
AKC round 1 results from Ipswich, plus link to photos. More to follow…
Aussies Qualify Well at WSK Champions Cup
Australians James Wharton and Griffin Peebles have both qualified strongly at WSK Promotions’ first event for the year, round 1 of the Champions Cup at Adria Raceway.
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AKC Kicks Off In Ipswich
National level sprint karting returned to competition today at the opening round of the 2021 SP Tools Australian Kart Championship in Ipswich, Queensland.
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Preview: AKC Round 1 at Ipswich
Despite Victorians unable to access Queensland, the opening round of the 2021 Australian Kart Championship will still boast over 260 entries at Ipswich this Friday and Saturday.
330+ At Ipswich Opener
Boosted by extra karters treating the event as an AKC Shakedown, the opening round of the Ipswich Kart Club’s 2021 championship (and round 1 of Qld KZ2/KA2 series) was massive with a record setting 334 entries.
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Colossal Country Series Opener at Cobden
The 2021 DPE Kart Superstore Victorian Country Series kicked off with a huge meeting at Cobden last weekend. Click through for the official race report, results, photos and videos.
Race Program, AKC Round 1
The official race program for the opening round of the 2021 Australian Kart Championship has been published. Includes the timetable for both days, list of entrants in each class plus other information.
News Briefs!
In this post, multiple updates that cover club/track news, calendar re-schedules, industry info, driver happenings etc – local, national, international.
Video: X30 & Restrictors On The Dyno
How much more grunt does the IAME X30 punch out with the new larger-for-2021 exhaust restrictor? Watch the video and find out.
Massive Entry for Ipswich Race Day
A massive 343 entries have been received for Round 1 of the Ipswich Kart Club Championship this Saturday, an event that is also the opening round of the KZ2/KA2 Qld Series and shakedown for the AKC opener next week.
Club Season Opens at Albury-Wodonga
Albury-Wodonga Kart Club members united to kick-start the 2021 club championship in style on Sunday. Bailey Dixon reports via a remote Karticle.
Lawson Licks ‘Em at City of Sails
He came, he saw, he conquered – on his return to the sport, New Zealand racing driver Liam Lawson won two classes at Auckland’s City of Sails Two-Day Challenge.
50-Lap Handicap Features at Lithgow Opener
A capacity field of karts contested the 50 Lap Classic feature race at Combined Kart Club’s opening round of its 2021 Championship at Lithgow.
OTK Dominates Challenge Of the Americas Opener
The OTK product line was front and center throughout the Challenge of the Americas opening round at the Phoenix Kart Racing Association facility in Glendale, Arizona.
AKC Opener Reschedule Confirmed
Karting Australia has confirmed the opening round of the 2021 Australian Kart Championship will now take place on February 19 & 20 at Ipswich. For classes that have vacancies, entries will re-open on February 1st (Monday).
Tony Kart Top Guns
Team Report: The Tony Kart Australia truck was at Oakleigh to support all the Tony Kart drivers throughout the 2 nights of Junior Top Guns, helping to achieve a nice haul of trophies for the kids to take home.