Preview: 24-Hour Karting Italy
230 drivers across 42 Teams will contest the 24-Hours Karting Italy on Honda-powered CRG rental karts this weekend, and the whole deal will be live streamed on YouTube.
Enduro
Halls Win Geelong Enduro
Andrew and Angus Hall teamed up to win the 4SS Endurance race at Geelong Kart Club on Sunday, the margin of victory just over 7 seconds.
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Bundy’s Double Banger
Bundaberg Kart Club hosted an Auskart double-header on the weekend – round 6 of the SE Qld Series on Saturday followed by the final round of the Endurance Championship on Sunday.
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Double-Header at Warwick
Auskarts ran round five of the SE Queensland Series and round four of its Endurance Championship at Warwick Kart Club on the weekend, a cracker race meeting with 150+ entries.
Twilight End To Karting Season
“How bloody good will this be!!” The Victorian karting season’s traditional end-of-year endurance race will finish under lights for the first time in the event’s history.
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Sprint/Enduro Double-Header
“Need eyes in the back of your head!” reckons The Noise, who contested the endurance race segment of Auskart Racing’s double-header at Warwick on the weekend.
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Auskart Enduro Round 2
Thirty-three entries across Junior and Senior divisions fronted at Warwick Kart Club for round 2 of Auskart Racing’s Endurance Series.
Quick News Briefs
A range of quick karting news briefs, local and international happenings – event, club, people, product etc
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Gladstone’s Azure ANZAC Cup
The Azure ANZAC Cup was contested at the Gladstone Kart Club on Saturday, a 50-lap enduro concluding the meeting under lights. The Noise was there.
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Norton Rogers Memorial
Gladstone Kart Club hosted round 1 of its 2024 series last weekend, the Norton Rogers Memorial. The Noise reports.
The TaG Enduro
With just 10 minutes to go, a broken exhaust spring forced the leading kart into the pits for an unscheduled stop, but it didn’t prevent the winning duo from taking its second TaG Enduro victory in two years.
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News Briefs
It’s been a while since we did a Quick News Briefs post, so there are lots of points to cover in this one! PEOPLE news, INDUSTRY news, CLUB news, PRODUCT news…
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Oakleigh’s Enduros
The Oakleigh Go Kart Racing Club ran it’s first TaG Restricted and KA3 Junior enduros on the weekend.
Adelaide Enduro
The Wesley Bowden / Brayden Parkinson combo beat home a capacity field of 4SS karts to take home Adelaide Enduro honours at Bolivar on the weekend.
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Auskart Enduro Round 3 at Warwick
Round 3 of Auskart’s Enduro Championship was held at Warwick on Sunday. Half of the race ran anti-clockwise, then everyone turned around and ran the rest in the opposite direction. Oh, and The Noise podiumed his class!
Pomposa Dream Team’s 2nd Consecutive 24-Hour
The six-driver “Pomposa Dream Team” cemented itself as the top enduro combo winning its second consecutive 24 Hours Karting Italy on the weekend.
Auskarts at Cooloola
The sun has set on round 2 of the Auskarts South East Queensland championship and what a weekend it was up at Cooloola Coast Kart Club – 166 entries received for the two days of racing!
2023 KA Rule Book
Here’s some light reading for the off season – the 2023 Karting Australia Manual that was made available today.
Podium & Problems for B&A
Team PR – B & A Kart Racing’s James and Aiva Anagnostiadis tackled the Junior and Senior endurance races at Todd Road on the weekend to finish off a busy 2022 season of karting.
Top Enduro Effort for NSW Duo
Driver PR – New South Wales had a strong representation at the Shamick Racing Enduro over the weekend, with former and current state champion Reece Cohen and Jackson Souslin-Harlow pairing together for a crack at the big event.
Pro Karting Duo Win TaG Enduro
Karting veteran Jace Lindstrom and his protégé Declan Somers have taken out an action-packed four-and-a-half hour TaG enduro at Todd Rd.
Switch to Slicks Nets Enduro Win
A late change to slick tyres was key for Full Throttle Racing team drivers Arron Black, William Exton & Daniel Harvey, the trio taking victory in the 4-hour race that determined the NZ Endurance Championship at Nelson on the weekend.
Big Laps at Lakeside
Big laps were a feature at round 5 of the Auskart 4-stroke Championship at Lakeside on the weekend, Senior and Junior classes covering 55 tours of the LPDTC in their finals. The Noise reports (with video).
1,296 Laps for Italian 24-Hour Winners
The Italian crewed Pomposa Dream Team won the 24 Hours Karting of Italy at the 7 Laghi circuit on the weekend. Czech Republic team Steel Ring Trinec took out the Silver division of the race.
TEKA Opens 2022 at Newcastle
With all that has been with covid, the TEKA fraternity had been chewing at the bit to get back on track, finally achieving that feat at what some think to be the spiritual home of TEKA, the Newcastle Kart Racing Club.