Aussie Karters for Ferrari Driver Academy
Australian karters James Wharton and Marcos Flack will head to Fiorano, Italy, later this month to take part in the 2020 Ferrari Driver Academy camp.
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Results: ACT Championship
The 2020 Kartshed ACT State Titles were run at the Canberra Kart Club across the weekend, 154 karters contesting the 10 classes.
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Results: Queensland State Championship
The 2020 Queensland Kart Championship was run at what has been the epicentre of Australian karting this year, the Ipswich kart circuit. 232 entries contested 12 classes.
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Harrison Hoey Takes TaG Titles/Graham Acreman Memorial
Harrison Hoey has won the Ipswich Kart Club’s TaG Titles meeting and had his name added to the impressive list of winners of the Graham Acreman Memorial. Here’s the full class-by-class race report.
News Briefs
A range of karting related news snippets from here and abroad – Sera’s Protégés, FWT dates, Marcos Ambrose teaches, Crashtag app, tyre rule tweak, KA COVID latest.
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Ballarat Back Racing – September Clubday Report
Melbourne karters are still in strict lockdown, but a number of regional kart clubs in Victoria were able to run club day race meetings last weekend – including the Ballarat Kart Club. Here’s the class-by-class race report and photos from Haddon Park Raceway.
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JLA Win SEK Enduro Warwick
Last weekend SEK QLD held their round 6 event at Warwick Kart Club, culminating in a 7-hour enduro race on Sunday, taken out by the JLA Racing team. The Noise reports with photos and video.
Bridgestone Supply Secure
Karting Australia has moved to address fears of a tyre shortage after the recent revelation that Bridgestone is going to end production of kart tyres.
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Gurr Grabs F100 Warwick Win
Alan Gurr dominated the Formula 100 round at Warwick last weekend, taking a clean-sweep of the category from qualifying through to the final. Here’s the report, pics and video from The Noise.
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Results & Video: WA Kart Championship
The 2020 WA Kart Championship was raced the Midwest Kart Club’s Geraldton circuit across the weekend, 195 entries contesting the 12 classes of racing..
Results: NSW Kart Championship
Karting Australia’s 2020 NSW Kart Championship was held at Sapphire Coast Kart Club over the weekend, 107 entries competing across 11 classes.
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Wollongong Championship, Round 6
Round 6 of the AKRA Wollongong Kart Raceway Championship was run last Sunday; here’s full report from the meeting, with photos.
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Qld Superkarts Last Dance for 2020
The Queensland Superkart Club headed to Lakeside Raceway for the second and final event of its 2020 season.
Noisy Tour Points Update
Here’s the latest points and placings after round three of the 2020 Noisy Tour.
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Spring Racing at Sandy Creek
65 drivers competed at Sandy Creek Raceway last weekend for the Warwick Kart Club’s Spring meeting. Here’s the race report, photos and videos from The Noise.
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NSW Titles Open to (Some) Victorians
New South Wales has opened its borders to the point that Victorian Karters living in certain regions of the state can now compete at the KA NSW Kart Championship in Bega next week.
KA100 Titles Feature at Ipswich
Ipswich Kart club continues to offer big race meetings, 220 drivers competing at the third round of the club championship which ran the KA100 classes as feature categories.
KNSW September Newsletter
Karting NSW has published its newsletter for September – see it all here, or access via the link.
COVID Update from Motorsport Australia
Motorsport Australia’s Eugene Arocca has issued a state-by-state COVID update pertaining to MA-sanctioned events, thus relevant for most Superkart clubs.
Qld Superkarts Back On Track
After a 10 month hiatus, the Queensland Superkart Club has returned to the race track, opening the 2020 championship at The ‘Paperclip’ last weekend.
Participation Up As Karting Emerges From Lockdown
As the sport emerges from lockdown in most states, Karting Australia reports the participation levels are up on the corresponding (pre-Covid) periods last year.
Preview: 220 Entries For ‘KA100 Titles’ at Ipswich
Another huge field of 220 entries will be racing at Ipswich Kart Club this Saturday for the KA100 Titles and Round 3 of the IKC Championship.
Noisy Tour, Round 3 @ Cooloola
160 drivers from around Queensland contested Noisy Tour round 3 at Cooloola Coast Kart Club on the weekend. Here’s Kev’s report, pics and videos (and The Noise himself had a steer!).
More New Faces at Dalby Races
The race day at Dalby a week ago was the first round of the Summer Series and even with 10-15 drivers missing due being unable to cross borders, there were still 52 entries with lots of new faces.
Peebles Top Ten at Sarno
After struggling for ultimate pace throughout the week, a Sunday morning engine change reversed the fortunes of Griffin Peebles at the Italian Championship round at Sarno on the weekend.