Warwick Honours Alf
Warwick Kart Club honoured Alf Capri at its race meeting last weekend, rounds 5 and 6 of the club’s 2021 Championship plus Noisy Tour round.
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KA100 Titles Feature at Ipswich Races
An on-track tribute to Alf Capri was part of the spectacle at the latest round of the Ipswich Kart Club’s 2021 championship, Saturday’s event featuring the KA100 categories.
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AusKart Series Kicks Off at Dalby
The opening round of Auskart Racing’s SE QLD Championship was held at Dalby on the weekend, 56 entries contesting the ten categories.
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Route 66 Series Runs Autobahn Circuit
The third stop of the 2021 Route 66 Sprint Series returned to the Kart Circuit Autobahn inside the Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, Illinois.
Three Days of Racing at Midsummer Mashup
The Midsummer Mashup was the fourth round of the 2021 Texas Sprint Racing Series, featuring racing under lights over a Thursday through Saturday stretch last week.
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Alf Capri Tribute at Nugget C&D Titles
The late Alf Capri was celebrated at the Cooloola Coast Kart Club last weekend during the running of The Golden Nugget C & D Titles. The Noise caught it on video.
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Reader Poll: Karters & COVID Vaccination
There are new lockdowns, border and travel restrictions, race meetings postponed, Government promoting vaccination, dissidents promoting the opposite. Regardless of where you sit in the political/ethical/medical/logical landscape, we’d like to know where you, the karter, sits regarding COVID vaccination.
Quick News!
From local club-based news and information to what’s happening on the global scene; check out today’s news briefs to stay in touch with the karting world!
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Route 66 at Road America
Stop number two of the 2021 Route 66 Sprint Series took teams and competitors to Road America, Elkhart Lake, over the June 25-27 weekend.
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Texas Summer Shootout
The Texas Sprint Racing Series reached the halfway point of the 2021 season after hosting 168 entries for the Summer Shootout weekend at Speedsportz Racing Park earlier this month.
Burns & Exton Share South Island Sunbelt
Luca Burns and William Exton shared class honours in two classes at the 35th Sunbelt Sprint championship kart race meeting at Blenheim and Nelson last weekend.
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Top Trio Claim Goldstar Triple Crown
You could call it the annual Manawatu & TRC Toyota WPKA Goldstar kart racing series’ ‘triple crown’, and despite being incredibly hard to achieve, at the final ‘Championship’ round of the 2020/21 series at Palmerston North last Sunday three drivers – Riley Jack, Jay Urwin and Jackson Culver – had done enough to claim one each.
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Festival State Cup, Round 2
Around 90 karters headed to Whyalla for the second round of the SA Festival State Cup last weekend and there were six standout performers who were undefeated throughout the meeting.
Mothers Day Meeting at Warwick
With their mate going into semi retirement, the Restricted TaG class drivers did an on-track salute to Jimmy Fritz at the Warwick Mothers Day meeting on the weekend. The Noise reports, with video.
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Quick News!
Karting news roundup – new chassis brand hits Oz, track plans and blockages, spectacular on-boards & lap records, new products, club/local & international news and updates, RIP Ron McIntyre, plus more…
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Lismore’s Hot Shots
Overnight showers caused a wet track in the morning, but from there Lismore put on its best weather for the ‘Hot Shots’ meeting last Sunday, which doubled as the second round of the Club’s 2021 Championship.
Strong Entry at IKC 4SS Titles
Changeable weather conditions made for a challenging days racing during Round 3 of the Ipswich Kart Club Championship on Saturday that included the 4SS categories as feature classes.
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Manawatu Karters Strong at Goldstar Round
Manawatu karters Riley Jack (Open class) and young Vortex Mini ROK ace Judd Christiansen, made their mark at the third round of the 2020/21 WPKA Goldstar Series on the weekend.
4SS Triple Crown, Round 1
Over 60 entries contested the opening round of the Coolum Karts 4SS Triple Crown at Ipswich on Saturday, the event doubling as the Ipswich Club’s 4SS Titles meet. The Noise reports.
Preview: IKC 4SS Titles
The thunder of the 4-strokes will be the centre of attention this Saturday at Ipswich Kart Club as a massive contingent of 4SS entries compete for the IKC 4SS Titles, which also doubles as the 1st Round of the Coolum Karts Triple Crown.
Video: MyChron Lambda Sensor
A lambda sensor measures the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas, thus indicating how close (or far away!) to a perfect tune an internal combustion engine might be. This week’s video from Power Republic shows how the device can be installed on a kart and added to the MyChron5 dash.
April Races at Whyalla
Whyalla put on some great weather at Mt Young Raceway for drivers, pit crew and spectators recently. It was good to see some 4SS drivers travel to Whyalla.
Route 66 Sprint Series Opens in Indiana
The Route 66 Sprint Series kicked off the 2021 season at the New Castle Motorsports Park with over 130 entries converging at the Indiana facility last weekend.
Dee Vine Cups for Robinson & Love
Brett Robinson and Mitchell Love were awarded the inaugural Dee Vine Estate Cups at the Griffith Kart Club recently, while Dillan Shields picked up the Joseph Biancini Shield.
Noisy Tour Round 2 – Cooloola
145 entries, including a retiring 70-year-old, turned up at Cooloola Coast a week ago. The meeting was also the second round of the 2021 Noisy Tour. Here’s the report, race videos, pics & results.