International – KartSportNews

Pro Karting Drivers for SuperNats

Monday 18th November, 2019Monday 18th November, 2019 by Media Release

The Prokarting Australia team is sending three drivers to race with Benik Kart at the SKUSA Supernationals in Las Vegas.

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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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WSK Open Cup Round 2

Thursday 14th November, 2019Thursday 14th November, 2019 by ksn_admin

James Wharton was the best performed of the five Australians that contested second and final round of the WSK Open Cup at the International Circuit 7 Laghi in Italy on the weekend. But he didn’t finish the final.

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CRG Homologate Two Chassis for Mini Class

Thursday 14th November, 2019Thursday 14th November, 2019 by ksn_admin

CRG has homologated two configurations of chassis for the International Mini kart (Cadet) category in 2020.

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Wet Weather Affects NZ Top Half Final

Thursday 14th November, 2019Thursday 14th November, 2019 by ksn_admin

Wet conditions added an extra challenge to the final round of the Top Gear Top Half kart racing series at the Kartsport Bay of Plenty club’s Visi-Line Raceway at Te Puke on Sunday.

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Interview: Valentino Fritsch

Thursday 14th November, 2019Thursday 14th November, 2019 by Media Release

His father manages the famous Wackersdorf kart circuit in Germany, but it’s only in the last few years that Valentino Fritsch took up the sport. Now he’s making up for lost time.

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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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Rain Masters at Industry Trophy

Tuesday 5th November, 2019Tuesday 5th November, 2019 by ksn_admin

James Wharton finished on the podium at the famous Industry Trophy meeting at Lonato on the weekend, but lost the placing due to a time penalty.

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Kiwis Prepare for First Briggs Enduro Nationals

Saturday 2nd November, 2019Saturday 2nd November, 2019 by Media Release

Excitement is building for the first ever NZ Briggs & Stratton National Endurance Championship later this month.

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WSK Open Cup, Rnd 1

Saturday 2nd November, 2019Saturday 2nd November, 2019 by ksn_admin

It was not a great weekend for the Aussies at the WSK Open Cup round 1 at Lonato on October 24-27 (includes video of all four finals)

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NZ North & South Titles Meetings

Saturday 2nd November, 2019Saturday 2nd November, 2019 by Media Release

The established stars of New Zealand karting added to their respective title tallies the country’s annual Island Sprint Championships titles meetings at Auckland and Dunedin last weekend.

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Elkmann Wins New Format European Superkart Championship

Thursday 31st October, 2019Thursday 31st October, 2019 by Media Release

Peter Elkmann has won his fourth (and thrid on the trott) European Superkart Championship which was run to a new format at Le Mans on the weekend.

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Kiwis Win Two Classes at Rotax Grand Finals

Thursday 31st October, 2019Thursday 31st October, 2019 by Media Release

With wins against some of the world’s best young karters in their respective classes at the annual Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals meeting in Italy recently, young Kiwi karters Clay Osborne from Hamilton and Jay Urwin from Tauranga helped elevate New Zealand to fourth overall in the Nations Cup competition.

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RMCGF: Day 7 (Finals Day)

Thursday 31st October, 2019Thursday 31st October, 2019 by Media Release

The official finals day report and podium photos from the 2019 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Final.

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Interview: Alessandro Sferrella

Thursday 31st October, 2019Thursday 31st October, 2019 by ksn_admin

Starting as a 7-year-old in 1986, European ICC Champion in 2001, Alessandro Sferrella is now a race team manager and owner of the Greyhound Seats brand.

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Podiums at Rotax Grand Final

Sunday 27th October, 2019Sunday 27th October, 2019 by ksn_admin

Australia has scored a couple of podiums at the Rotax Grand Finals which featured a number of crazy finals overnight.

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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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