Albury Gets Rotax Nationals
Confirmation has finally been made that the 2025 Rotax National Cup will be held at Albury Wodonga in September.
Australia
Gippsland’s Feb Races
A decent field of juniors was a feature of the Gippsland Go Kart club’s opening race meeting of 2025 on February 16.
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Karting Kicks Off F1 Race Week
A special “invitational” karting event to promote the sport will kick off race week for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix next month.
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Holiday Training for Juniors
If you know people with kids who want to have a go at karting, let them know about the next batch of Junior Sprockets training days in NSW, VIC and SA.
Street Meet Memories
Who remembers when the authorities would close the Princes Highway in Bairnsdale, Victoria, each year so that karters could race in front of massive crowds through the streets of the CBD?
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City of Sydney
200+ drivers got to enjoy the longest configuration possible at the Eastern Creek track for the 2025 City of Sydney Titles. The Noise reports with pics and video!
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Vic 4SS Round 1
Round 1 of the 2025 Victorian Country 4SS Trail boasted the largest field in the state’s 4SS history, 41 4SSers fronting at Puckapunyal last weekend.
Campbell Opens Aust Account
Rising karting star Hamish Campbell made his long-awaited return to the Australian racing scene for 2025, competing in his first local race of the year at the highly anticipated Rotax …
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Rotax Life – Event 1
Is Tyler Greenbury making a pitch for Australia’s DD2 Masters seat at the Rotax Grand Finals? If that’s the case, he started the campaign in fine style with a win at the Rotax Life event at Coffs Harbour last weekend.
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The New Hall of Famers
Another four people were inducted into Karting Australia’s Hall of Fame at the 2025 Honours and Awards Dinner a couple of weeks back. Here’s some further background on each of the four:
2025 Photo Awards
Karting Australia added “Photo Of The Year” awards to its annual Honours & Awards program, recognising four categories – Action, Emotion, Overall and Non-AKC. The inaugural winners are:
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Racing Ready Workshops
Racing Ready Workshops, a new hands-on program designed to help kart racers and mechanics gain essential skills to improve performance on and off the track, will kick off in Queensland next month.
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Vital Start for Pantano
Pantano Racing Kart is now in Australia, Leigh Cocker’s Vital Karting Australia inking a deal with the former F1 driver’s eponymous brand..
Hall of Fame for Dave Sera
Winner of a record breaking 18 Australian Championships, Kart Class owner & coach David Sera has formally been inducted into the Karting Australia Hall of Fame.
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Excellence Honoured at KA Awards Dinner
Karting Australia proudly hosted its 2025 Honours and Awards Dinner at Sea World Resort on the Gold Coast a week ago, celebrating the remarkable achievements and dedication of individuals who …
Building Better Kart Clubs Conference
The fifth edition of Karting Australia’s annual Club and State Association development conference, the 2025 Building Better Kart Clubs (BBKC) Conference, held at the Sea World Resort and Conference Centre …
GPS Scorcher!
The big teams rolled into town, big fields on track and big temperatures – the opening round of the 2025 Golden Power Series had it all! Ayrton Creagh reports from Pucka.
100+ Open Ippy Dirt Season
105 entries contested the opening round “day/nighter” at Ipswich City Dirt Kart Club on the weekend. The Noise reports with pics and video!
$5000 for 125 Winner!
The Darwin 125 Shootout, a rich race for 125cc engined karts, will be contested at Hidden Valley the weekend prior to the Supercars round.
South Pacific Titles Return
An event steeped in history, the South Pacific Titles will return to Orange next month, a circuit Mark Webber recently named as his favourite.
Combined’s Champions of 2024
The Combined Districts Kart Club champions for 2024, plus class championship podiums:
Video Review: Arrow X7
With a “Special Edition” Arrow X7 in stock at Power Republic, Derek and the team fired up the video camera for a look around the kart and the features of …
Photos: The 4S Arrow X7
The new Arrow X7 has been released in a 2-stroke and a 4-stroke version – here are the studio shots of the 4S version!
Campbell Triumphs in USA
Queensland’s Hamish Campbell emerged victorious at Round 2 of the 2025 RMC Winter Trophy in Orlando, Florida, last weekend.