Split Venue Sunbelts Kick Off Mainland Series
The six-stop NZ Mainland Series kicked off a week ago with the Sunbelts Sprint Championship – a two day event across two circuits.
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Urwin & Dalley Dominate WPKA Championships
The cream rose to the top at the 62nd WPKA Championships at the Manawatu Toyota Raceway in Palmerston North over the Weekend.
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Day-Nighter at Ipswich Dirt Track
The Noise was on duty at the Ipswich City Dirt Karts on Saturday, over 70 entries contesting a range of classes, and all caught on camera. Results, photos and video now on KSN.
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Dalby’s Season Opens
Lots of combined classes got the season underway at Dalby Kart Club last Sunday. The Noise was there!
Almost 200 at Texas Spring Round-Up
How’s this almost four-wide finish at the second round of the Texas Sprint Racing Series last weekend? Almost 200 karters contested the event at Speedsportz Racing Park.
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NZ Goldstar Concludes in Hawkes Bay
Three tough rounds with 15 races and three Grands Prix came to conclusion in Hawkes Bay on the weekend as 120 karters contested the finale of the NZ Goldstar karting series.
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Mothers Day Meet at Warwick
Warwick Kart Club hosted a Mothers Day race meeting last Sunday. Results are below. Photos and video by Kev Davies.
Mid-Meeting Call-Off at Ipswich
The Ipswich City Dirt Kart Club had to call off its race meeting last Saturday after rain hit the venue, making the surface un-raceable.
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KA100s Feature at IKC Championship Round
229 starters assembled at Ipswich Kart Club last Saturday for Round 3 of the IKC Championships, which also doubled as the KA100 Titles for KA4 Junior Light, KA3 Junior and KA3 Senior.
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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.
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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Auskart Racing SE Qld Championship, Round 1
100-plus four-strokes contested the opening round of the Auskart Racing SE QLD Championship at Greer Park Raceway, home of the Toowoomba Kart Club, on March 26 and 27. The Noise reports!
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News In Brief
Karting news in brief, from here and abroad. From club news to international level – words, pictures and video relating to any type of karting.
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!
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March Races at Stony Creek
Numbers were down a little for the March race day at Stony Creek last weekend, however there was still some fierce racing in several of the classes.
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Cripps Chasing Goldstar Success
Southland-based Nixon Cripps is one of the most travelled karters in the country, and if his continued success in the WPKA Goldstar Kart Series is anything to go by, then he will quickly reach frequent flyer status.
Preview: Goldstar Series, Round 2
Due to covid restrictions there will be no spectators, but that hasn’t stopped most of the leading competitors from entering the second round of the WPKA Goldstar Kart Series in Wellington this weekend.
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TEKA Opens 2022 at Newcastle
With all that has been with covid, the TEKA fraternity had been chewing at the bit to get back on track, finally achieving that feat at what some think to be the spiritual home of TEKA, the Newcastle Kart Racing Club.
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108 at Warwick Round One
One-hundred-and-eight drivers attended round 1 of the Warwick Kart Club’s Championship at Sandy Creek Raceway a week ago. The Noise was there with his video camera.
Ipswich Dirt Karts Open Season
The Noise was dodging the dirt at Ipswich City Dirt Kart’s opening round of the 2022 season (includes video).
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Race Report – Eastern Lions February Race Day
The locals had to mix it with karters preparing for the AKC and State Championship at the opening club race day for the year at Eastern Lions Kart Club on the weekend.
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Round 1, IKC Championship + Cadet Titles
255 starters got the Ipswich Kart Club’s 2022 Championship off to a flying start last Saturday with the Cadet Titles meeting. Even the local Mayor turned up! Russell Innes reports.
Paralympian Takes Up Karting
Cairns-based Paralympian Grant Patterson has taken up karting for 2022, hitting the track aboard a modified 4SS Tony Kart (includes video).
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Alonso On Podium at Dubai 24-Hour
Fernando Alonso, teamed with former F1 driver Pedro de la Rosa, F3000 ace Angel Burgueno and top Bulgarian karter Nikola Tsolov, has taken third place in the final round of the Dubai Kartdrome Endurance Championship.
Simonelli & Stimson Awarded Capri Cup
Ipswich Kart Club rounded off a very successful racing season earlier this month with the running of the annual Capri Cup, the first time the event has been run since the passing of Alf Capri.