Happy Bunch at AKRA’s 7th Round
A Butchers’ Picnic and Fathers Day race were features of race meeting number seven at Wollongong for the Australian Kart Racers Alliance last Saturday.
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Drysdale The Top Kiwi in Australian Kart Championship
After an up-and-down final round in Melbourne over the weekend, Dylan Drysdale ended up the top placed Kiwi in the 2017 Australian Kart Championship, taking fifth overall in the X30 class.
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Champions Crowned In Melbourne
The 2017 Australian Kart Champions have been crowned following the final round in Melbourne on the weekend (includes videos). KZ2 Champion Josh Fife was voted the Drivers’ Driver of the Year at the Gala Awards Dinner where the various class winners, Teams and Manufacturers picked up their prizes.
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Six of Nine Go To The Final Day of AKC
With one day to go, six of the nine titles are still up for grabs in the 2017 Australian Kart Championship. Saturday report from Todd Rd
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Follow The Final Round, Australian Kart Championship
Follow the final round of the 2017 Australian Kart Championship at Todd Rd: Live Timing via Race Monitor HERE Results on KA’s CMS HERE Live video stream below, or HERE (from …
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Klarich Wins Albany WA KZ Round
Jake Klarich won the round-4 final of the WA KZ2 series in Albany on the weekend – an event that started with a wet track and ended with a red flag.
Junior Karters Tour PRA Workshop With Winterbottom
Mark Winterbottom has taken a group of 20 young karters for a tour of the Prodrive Racing Australia headquarters ahead of this weekend’s final round of the Australian Kart Championship in Melbourne. Includes video.
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Nine New Zealanders to Contest AKC Final
Nine Kiwi karters have crossed the Tasman to contest the final round of this year’s Australian Kart Championship at Todd Rd in Melbourne this weekend.
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Kiwis Broadcast The NZ National Conference
*video link updated* You have to admire the Kiwis. Their National Conference of Clubs was live streamed over the internet and “we had all the Club Delegates, plus members of the karting trade and series promoters, working together as one to formally and thoroughly review each aspect of the sport and put on the table any and every option they wanted to see KartSport consider going forward if we are to sustain and grow membership.”
Gippsland’s August Races
Results and photos from the Gippsland Go Kart Club’s August race day on Sunday.
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AKC Decider In Melbourne This Weekend
The battle for victory in the 2017 Australian Kart Championship will go down to the wire in Melbourne this weekend. Here’s the preview and official race program with time table, entry lists etc.
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Karting News Briefs
Here’s a bunch of varied karting related new briefs from Australia and around the globe to finish off the week
Oakleigh’s Day/Night August Club Round
Oakleigh Go Kart Club ran its traditional Saturday Day/Night meeting for the August club day in preparation of shaking off winter. But winter wasn’t quite done…
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It’s All In The Timing
Major concerns have been expressed regarding the content of a document that Karting Australia has distributed to its clubs during the week.
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Get To Vegas With Benik
Benik Kart Australia is giving young Aussie drivers the chance to race with the most successful Cadet team at the 21st SKUSA Super Nationals in Las Vegas this November. There are also Junior, Senior & Masters TaG packages available.
DPE X5 Race Suit & Retail Price
DPE Kart Technology has trickled out a little more information about the new X5 model – the design of the race suits and the pricing of the kart.
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The Longevity of Todd Road
Rumours have been building that the Todd Road karting facility in Melbourne will be forced to close by the end of next year. Wrong. Here are the facts.
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Australian Vintage Kart Prix 2017
Vintage karters from all over Australia & New Zealand brought their favourite karts & engines to Ipswich for the 2017 Australian Vintage Kart Prix. Running against the clock for various TT Trophies, all entrants were in contention for the Terry Fullerton ‘Best of Show’ award.
Big Numbers at Oz Superkart Festival
The 2017 Festival of Superkarts saw one of the largest gatherings of road race machines in many years. Over 70 drivers from all states that race Superkarts attended the event at Phillip Island on the weekend.
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Jones Awarded WA KZ Drive
Michael Jones is the fourth X30 driver to receive the call up to race a round in the WA KZ Series via its Arrive-and-Drive program. Michael was interviewed prior to the round this Saturday.
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SERA Set For September; Will Include Race Suit
The X5 SERA kart is set for official release in September and each kart will include a new SERA-branded race suit as part of the deal.
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City of Melbourne Packs ’em in
The 33rd running of the City of Melbourne Titles saw a close to 20% increase in entry numbers over last year, plus Brad Jenner win the unofficial feature class of TaG Light.
South East Zone Series Concludes at Lake King
The small rural hamlet of Lake King was the venue for the final round of the South Eastern Zone Championships for 2017. Frank Viola reports (includes series placings).