Industry – KartSportNews

Piquet Kart for SuperNationals

Friday 15th November, 2019Friday 15th November, 2019 by ksn_admin

Nelson Piquet Jnr is yet another F1 racer to launch their own brand of kart. The Miami-based Piquet Kart is manufactured in Brazil and will be promoted at the upcoming SKUSA SuperNationals. But there’s a good reason it won’t be racing at the Vegas event.

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Karting Quickies

Friday 8th November, 2019Thursday 7th November, 2019 by ksn_admin

New look karts, time-lapse kart build, event details, industry movements, club news and more…

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New: The Leclerc Kart!

Thursday 7th November, 2019Thursday 7th November, 2019 by ksn_admin

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has launched his own brand of kart which will include chassis suitable from Cadets through to Seniors and even rental karts.

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Rotax’s New E-Kart Project

Saturday 26th October, 2019Saturday 26th October, 2019 by ksn_admin

Rotax has announced a new electric kart project that, unlike the Rotax THUNDeR, features a powertrain developed in-house by BRP-Rotax.

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New Komet Tyre

Saturday 19th October, 2019Saturday 19th October, 2019 by ksn_admin

IAME has announced two new compounds in its range of Komet Tyres for 2020 – K2H (hard) and K2M (medium). The H is focused around the X30 classes (and will be used at next year’s IAME International Final) and the M for the OK and KZ categories.

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Interview: Luca Filini

Wednesday 16th October, 2019Wednesday 16th October, 2019 by Media Release

Luca Filini has gained valuable experience as a kart mechanic, assisting many drivers in major international competitions. When the merger between the two famous companies Birel and ART Grand Prix became a reality at the end of 2014, Luca Filini (33 years old) joined the factory based in Lissonne near Milan.

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CC Success at Junior Sprint Classic

Monday 14th October, 2019Monday 14th October, 2019 by Media Release

Driver’s using CC Racing engines again starred at the annual Junior Sprint Classic held last week at Puckpunyal. CC Racing enjoyed wins in five of the nine classes, including a 1-2-3-4 lockout

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Karting Quickies

Friday 27th September, 2019Friday 27th September, 2019 by ksn_admin

Lots of karting updates, news, information and entertainment from here and around the world.

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IKD – Pro Tour 2019

Thursday 19th September, 2019Thursday 19th September, 2019 by Media Release

message from IKD On behalf of the entire IKD Team we would like to extend our thanks to the officials, host clubs, volunteers, drivers, teams & families for helping us complete our eleventh Rotax Pro Tour season. To our commentator, Scott Auld thank you for bringing all the on track action to the pits and …

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DPE To Close Melbourne Superstore

Monday 9th September, 2019Monday 9th September, 2019 by ksn_admin

DPE has made the decision to close its Kart Superstore at Port Melbourne. The last day of trade will be this Thursday, 12th September.

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The Noise Interview

Thursday 5th September, 2019Thursday 5th September, 2019 by ksn_admin

Derek Jones has a chat with The Noise, Kev Davies, at the Power Republic workshop.

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Karting Quickies

Saturday 24th August, 2019Friday 23rd August, 2019 by ksn_admin

Rule updates, prizes, announcements, event information, videos, and so much more – get into the Karting Quickies!

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KA Launch Respect Karting Program

Wednesday 21st August, 2019Wednesday 21st August, 2019 by Media Release

Karting Australia and its affiliated associations have vowed to stamp out unacceptable behaviour at karting events with the launch of KA’s new “Respect Karting” program.

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KA Declares Club Conference “Overwhelming Success”

Monday 19th August, 2019Monday 19th August, 2019 by ksn_admin

Karting Australia declared the weekend’s Building Better Kart Clubs Conference an “overwhelming success”, bringing in speakers from Formula 1 to Vic Country Series.

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New Briggs & Stratton Deal For NZ

Tuesday 13th August, 2019Tuesday 13th August, 2019 by Media Release

KartSport New Zealand has inked a new deal with Briggs & Stratton which will see the US-based company support the inclusion of Briggs-class races at key regional kart series meetings around the country.

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Karting News Briefs

Saturday 10th August, 2019Saturday 10th August, 2019 by ksn_admin

Dare to be Different, Tassie travel deal, The Noise heads to Victoria, Euro videos, winning oil, cost cutter, club news, $1500 win prize, event updates & information etc.

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Message From KA CEO

Friday 2nd August, 2019Friday 2nd August, 2019 by ksn_admin

Karting Australia today published it’s Australian Karter e-letter for August, including the monthly message from CEO Kelvin O’Reilly.

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New Distributor for Praga

Wednesday 31st July, 2019Wednesday 31st July, 2019 by ksn_admin

A new Australian distributor for Praga karts has been announced. Queensland’s Michael Rolfe, who is already the distributor for sister brand OK1, has now added Praga, another chassis that’s manufactured in Italy by IPKarting. “I have been running the OK1 brand out of the IPK stable for just about a year and with the full …

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