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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Round 2, Dalby Club Championship
New drivers continue to front at Dalby Kart Club. The Noise reports with video from round 2 of the club’s championship last weekend which attracted 60 entries.
Winter Warmup Meet for Texas Sprint Series
The seventh season for the Texas Sprint Racing Series kicked off last weekend with its ‘Winter Warm-up’ event held at the NOLA Motorsports facility in Louisiana. A record 177 entries filled out the 12 categories.
Warwick Kart Club, Round 1
The Warwick Kart Club kicked off its 2021 Club Championship last weekend with close to 100 karters taking to the track. The Noise was there!
TaG Titles / Graham Acreman Memorial at IKC
250 karters turned up for the second round of the Ipswich Kart Club’s 2021 championship last Saturday, where the TaG Light and Heavy classes battled for the Graham Acreman Memorial trophies and KZ2 racers contested round 2 of their Qld series.
‘Near Normality’ for NZ Karters This Weekend
Karters from Auckland and all points south are set to celebrate a ‘return to (near) normality’ this weekend as the Hamilton club hosts the opening round of this year’s ProKart Series under a unified NZ-wide Level 1 COVID-19 alert level.
Region’s Karters Step Up at Goldstar Round
With a bunch of karters sitting out the event due to COVID lockdowns, the spotlight was on the region’s racers at Wellington’s Goldstar Series round last weekend.
Preview: TaG Titles, IKC Round 2
TaG Light and TaG Heavy are the feature classes for this Saturday’s TaG Titles and Graham Acreman Memorial meeting, which is the second round of the Ipswich Kart Club’s 2021 Championship and Qld KZ2 / KA2 series.
COVID Capers at NZ Mainland Double-Header
Changes to COVID restrictions midway through a two-day double-header across two venues didn’t stop the Kiwis from getting the racing done.
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!