Interview: Sami Heiskanen, Powerpark Alahärmä
The OK & Junior World Championship were run at the spectacular Powerpark circuit in Finland in 2019. Sami Heiskanen was in charge of the preparation and running of the event.
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AKC: Saturday Videos
Video interviews from Saturday at The Bend, Australian Kart Championship round 1. Hear from Nick Percat, Tyler Greenbury, Jai Brown, Leigh Nicolaou, Cadel Ambrose and Tim Slade.
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Praga Appoints Karting HQ as Official NSW Distributor
Karting HQ has been appointed the official IPKarting importer for New South Wales and has launched a website for all things Praga. They’ve got karts in stock, including ex-Rotax Grand final machines.
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Behind The Scenes of GO!
The Aussie-made movie GO! was based around our favourite sport. We got to interview the film’s Motorsport Consultant and lead character stunt double, BD Soutar-Dawson.
Pro Karting Theft
Pro Karting in Melbourne was broken into on Saturday February 1st, thieves taking several karts and accessories.
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OTK Reveal New EOS Brand
The OTK Kart Group has launched a new chassis brand, EOS Racing Kart, to replace FA Kart.
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Poll: Should Australia Adopt Homologated Cadet Chassis?
The CIK-FIA now requires the use of homologated chassis in the ‘international’ 60 Mini category. Should Australia adopt this regulation for the Cadet classes? Cast your vote!
Karting Quickies
Lots of news briefs! Team/driver updates, event info, poll result, class growth, engine suspension, industry news, series prizes, Euro videos etc. How fast can you do a driver change?
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FIA Best-Of: James Geidel, RGMMC
RGMMC Group has completed its second year as promoter of several FIA Karting Championships. It’s President says they’ve made a major step increasing exposure with over 50 channels broadcasting into 100+ countries.
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Movie Review: GO!
SPOILER ALERT! The new Aussie film GO! was released in cinemas yesterday. Here’s what we thought of it.
Karting Quickies
Included in this episode of Karting Quickies: your discussions & comments, Leclerc team, calendar/event updates & info, 2-strokes and e-karts, reader poll results, Vettel hoax, things with wings, Go! movie, industry latest and more.
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Vacancy: Race Team Manager
Shamick Racing has a full-time Melbourne-based position for a suitable person to fill the role of Race Team Manager.
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JC Kart Changes to JC Sport
There will be no more JC Karts coming to Australia. James Courtney and Jon Target have confirmed the brand will transform from an importer to a race team and be renamed JC Sport.
KF Kart Turns Italian
Commencing in 2020, Kip Foster’s KF Karts will be made in Italy by BirelART. We spoke with him about the deal.
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OTK To Enter Official Exprit Racing Team
The OTK Group will, for the first time, enter an official Exprit Racing Team in CIK-FIA and WSK competition in 2020.
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Musical Chairs at OTK?
It seems that Fernando Alonso and the OTK Group have ended their collaboration, the Spaniard switching to the same manufacturer that Kart Republic use. And then there’s the Vettel Kart saga…
Equipment Homologations for International Mini Category
The provisional homologation list of bodywork, brakes and chassis for the International Mini class that commences next year makes for some interesting reading.
Karting Quickies
Lots of news snippets from the past few weeks, both here and around the world – calendars, euro updates, new track approval, new karts, team and driver movements for 2020, plus Christmas gift ideas!
IKD Celebrate 30 Years in 2020
Starting out as Blacktown Kart Centre in 1990, IKD (International Karting Distributors) will next year celebrate 30 years in the industry.
DPE’s 12 Days of Christmas
DPE Kart Superstore have put a new twist on the 12 Days of Christmas, offering 12 one-day-only specials for the first 12 days of December.
Interview: Joakim Ward, Ward Racing
Now 50 years old, Sweden’s Joakim Ward is a respected team manager in the international karting paddocks, where he has a strong presence, particularly in OK and Junior.
Piquet Kart for SuperNationals
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.
Karting Quickies
New look karts, time-lapse kart build, event details, industry movements, club news and more…
New: The Leclerc Kart!
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.
Rotax’s New E-Kart Project
Rotax has announced a new electric kart project that, unlike the Rotax THUNDeR, features a powertrain developed in-house by BRP-Rotax.