The Burridge Family Memorial, in honour of junior karter Mark Burridge and family who perished in a tragic car accident in 2011, has kicked off the racing season at Mackay & District Kart Club.
Latest Pro Tour news: a new MAX engine will be awarded in Rotax Heavy and entries for the Dubbo round close in a few days (incl. Supp Regs link)
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Cheat builder banned, team updates, Oceania Titles, state rules, Pro Tour oil, event info, grid girls, Aussie junior for SWF, etc. And, you stick it where?
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$50,000 worth of prizes are on offer throughout 2018 as part of KA’s new SP Tools Club Driver Ranking program. Here’s the latest information and link to the rules and regulations (Note: clubs only have to 20 February to register for the incentives program).
Last week we asked “Outside of the official practice session(s) that form part of a race meeting, how often do you practice/test?”. Here’s the result…
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International Karting Distributors have advised the 206 Briggs & Stratton engine is now available to purchase!
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Victorian karters should familiarise themselves with the state-based regulations that Karting Victoria has just released as they relate to club days, Country Series, Power Series etc
Over 200 entries contested round 1 of the 2018 Western Cup, run by Tiger Kart Club at Wanneroo on the weekend (includes video)
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Newcastle Kart Racing Club held the second round of the club’s 2018 Championship on Sunday.
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Video interviews and some of the racing (and results) from a very wet opening round of the Ipswich Kart Club’s 2018 club championship.
Karting Australia has issued a Technical Rule Interpretation for the Torini Clubmaxx 210 4-stroke, an interim ruling concerning wet weather intake covers until the official Torini component becomes available.
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29 karters kicked off the 2018 season at Stony Creek on the weekend for the track’s first club day of the year.
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A front fairing penalty cost Marcos Flack at top ten result in Italy on the weekend. Josh Fife was also threatening the top ten when he DNF’d the KZ2 final. Here’s the race wrap plus photos from Adria
Josh Fife has qualified an excellent 6th in KZ2 at the WSK Super Master Series opener. Marcos Flack is 27th in 60Mini. Here’s the qualifying wrap and some photos (includes live stream link)
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According to a previous poll, the cost of practice and testing to be competitive at a race meeting is a major factor why people plan to race less this year. So, how often are you at the track cutting laps?
An application for development approval has been submitted for a new motorsport facility in Western Australia – and it includes a kart track
The ACT Government has confirmed it will pitch in $200,000 to extend the Canberra Kart Racing Club’s Circuit Mark Webber to meet the international standard.
Australian karters Marcos Flack and Joshua Fife both enjoyed strong showings and made the finals at the opening round of the WSK Champions Cup at Adria International on the weekend (includes event wrap and photo gallery).
Wellington karter Ryan Wood picked up another Pro Tour win on the weekend, and several other Kiwis had strong showings. Here’s the Kiwi Report for the opening round of Rotax Pro Tour.
Rotax Pro Tour round 1 is done. Here’s the official Finals day report and photos from a scorching Todd Rd
Pro Tour racers had to contend with a hot and humid Melbourne today as qualifying and the heat races were contested at Todd Rd, but the conditions couldn’t stop Troy Woolston, Lane Moore and Josh Rogers from winning all their heats.
Here are the links you need for the weekend to follow the opening round of Rotax Pro Tour in Melbourne, plus the two Aussies in Italy at the WSK Champions Cup round.
