Karting Australia has extended the current tyre contracts for a further year (ie, use the existing tyres to the end of 2021) and has suspended the tender process for what would have been the 2021-2025 supply contract.
International Karting Distributors (IKD), the Australian distributor for BRP-Rotax karting products and organiser/promoter of the Rotax Pro Tour, has been named one of the top three Rotax distributors for 2019.
Canberra Kart Club celebrated the opening of its extended circuit a week ago with an entry restriction and social distancing requirements. News is, the track’s good! Here’s a wrap and results from round 1 that also featured the NSW KZ2 Series.
It’s not just race meetings that have been banned, karts tracks around the country are now closed or closing due to Government directives. Ie, no practice allowed, stay home.
Karting Australia has communicated with its clubs and state associations that no more event permits will be issued, and previously approved permits are to be withdrawn today.
Dalby Kart Club ran the second round of its 2020 club series on Saturday. The event was dubbed ‘The Corona Titles’, but as Kev Davies points out in his race wrap video, this was done as a bit of fun and not to make light of the current situation.
Motorsport Australia, under which Karting Australia falls as the delegated authority in this country, has issued a statement by its President, Andrew Papadopoulos, concerning the sport and COVID-19.
Remo Racing has cancelled the IAME Series Australia program for 2020 due to the issues around the Coronoa virus. While the X30 feature races may be run later in the year, they will not earn points or have series prizes. Statement from Remo & Sabrina.
In what was possibly the last kart race meeting in Victoria for some time, the Stony Creek Kart Club held its March club race day on Saturday, March 21.
