Saturday Wrap: AKC Round 4
The final round of the 2021 SP Tools Australian Kart Championship presented by Castrol EDGE kicked off at the Monarto Karting Complex near Murray Bridge in South Australia yesterday.
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Gippsland Twilight Ends Season
A Saturday afternoon twilight meeting concluded the Gippsland Go Kart Club’s competition year at Morwell on December 4 with all classes getting five races plus a handicap challenge.
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Extra Aussies at Rotax Worlds
While the official representation for Australia at the Rotax Grand Finals is made from drivers who have qualified via the Australian Rotax Pro Tour competitor pool, there are plenty more Australian passport holders competing in Bahrain, though under the flag of other nations.
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The Australians Heading To Bahrain
Four drivers will represent Australia at the 2021 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals, including a second generation racer whose dad made the podium at the event back in 2003.
Latest AKC Travel Info
Karting Australia has confirmed the final round of the 2021 SP Tools Australian Kart Championship is set to run as planned this weekend, and provides the following travel advice for competitors and crew.
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KA Release National Calendar for 2022
Karting Australia has released its National karting calendar for next year. In addition to a five-round AKC, there will be an additional two-round ‘National Series’ that will include an Australian RoK Cup.
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Driver PR: Riley Blaxell’s First Blue Plate
Riley Blaxell headed to the final two rounds of the Premier State Cup last weekend with one aim – to be the New South Wales State Champion in Cadet 12. Mission accomplished.
Driver PR: Reece Cohen’s NSW State Cup
Reece Cohen is a well known name in the Karting Australia circuit, having won many titles, open meetings and AKC rounds. But one thing that has alluded him is a state championship in the KZ2 ranks.
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Driver PR: Elliott Cleary, NSW Premier State Cup
Elliott Cleary is a young driver making waves in season 2022! Cleary who has only been racing for around 18 months (not counting COVID breaks) has starting to make a …
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NSW Premier State Cup
Wild weather and tough conditions couldn’t stop the 130-odds karters contesting the final two rounds of the KA-NSW Premier State Cup at Newcastle on the weekend.
Champions Crowned at Peninsula Dirt Kart Finale
The Senior & Junior champions were determined at the Yorke Peninsula Dirt Kart Club’s last race meeting for 2021 last Saturday, and it was a hotly contested event with 100 drivers over 10 classes.
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Driver Profile: Andrew Cain
Andrew Cain started in sprint karts in the late 80s, took a break (family etc), returned to sprint in 2019, and then went superkarting in the non-gearbox Rotax class.
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Stony Creek Club Day
Racing returned to the Stony Creek Kart Club yesterday, Saturday November 27, with the fifth round of the club’s 2021 championship. Photographer Steve Dansie was there, capturing the images below. …
Canberra Track Set To Close
The Canberra Kart Club’s Circuit Mark Webber is scheduled to close in 12 months time. But don’t stress – the closure is a planned event to allow the finalisation of the second stage of the track’s extension.
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Driver PR: James Lodge, GKCV Race Day
Returning to the track after the covid break, James Lodge dominated the X30 class at Todd Rd on Sunday, qualifying fastest and winning all four races.
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GKCV Club day at Todd Rd
The Go Kart Club of Victoria hosted the first kart race meeting in Melbourne for many months, 165 drivers taking to the Todd Road circuit last Sunday.
Driver PR: Kristian Janev, GKCV Race Day
Kristian Janev returned to the Go Kart Club of Victoria over the weekend to compete in the ultra-competitive KA3 Junior class, eventually winning the class with three wins out of four starts.
Driver PR: Aiden Schweikert, GKCV Race Day
Aiden Schweikert took to the November Club Day at the Go Kart Club of Victoria last Sunday against over twenty other Cadet 12 drivers.
Driver PR: Ashton Cattach, GKCV Race Day
Ashton Cattach took to the Go Kart Club of Victoria over the weekend for the November club day meet. With a highly competitive KA3 Senior Light field of over twenty drivers that included some of the best drivers in the state and country, Ashton was in for a hard and tough weekend.
Driver PR: Cooper Stapleton, GKCV Race Day
Despite missing practice, having trouble fitting in the kart and a lack of running on the current tyre since January, Cooper Stapleton was still able to make the podium at the Go Kart Club of Victoria’s race day last weekend.
Driver PR: Jack Jenkins, GKCV Race Day
For the first time in his karting career, Jack Jenkins raced at the Todd Rd circuit in Melbourne, spending much of the time in the top three of the Cadet 12 class.
Team PR: GKCV Race Day
Cadet 12 drivers Aston Hill and Dino Maio plus KA3 Junior pilots Aris Kyriakou and Chadd Moore represented the Country Karts/Tecno Victoria team at the Todd Rd club day last weekend.
News Briefs!
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Junior Sprockets Ready for 2022
Do you know anyone with kids who might be interested in karting? A range of dates across January have been announced for KA’s Junior Sprockets program with Beginner and Intermediate days scheduled in Victoria and New South Wales.
NSW State Rotax Titles
The NSW State Rotax Titles were contested at Coffs Harbour last weekend. Just over 80 entries hit the track in seven classes, Junior MAX the biggest field with 27 starters.