Australian Sean Butcher was competing for the win at the opening round of the Rotax Euro Trophy in Belgium on the weekend, but dropped out of contention when he had to drive off the circuit to miss a collision.
Melbourne’s Lewis Francis finished on the podium at the second round of the Champion Of The Future Series in France.
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The Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals (often just called the ‘Rotax Worlds’) kicked off in Puerto Rico in 2000. This year’s edition in Italy will mark a quarter of a century since that first running.
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Brand PR – A total of four wins and 12 podiums were achived by OTK karts at the United States Pro Kart Series opener Texas Grand Prix at Speedsportz Racing Park.
CRG has announced the preliminary details of its Rental Kart World Contest, which will include three classes and a women’s ranking, for its event in Italy in October.
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On his debut in the OK-N Junior category, Sebastian Eskandari-Marandi has finished 5th at the opening round of the WSK Open Series at Franciacorta on the weekend. Report, pics & video…
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Four Australians are on the entry list for this weekend’s WSK Open Series round at Franciacorta, Italy. Karting legends Davide Fore and Alessandro Manetti headline the KZ2 Masters class. Here are the links to follow the event.
The 2024 Meridian General New Zealand National Sprint Championship was held at KartSport Marlborough over the traditional Easter long weekend, 163 entries contesting the eight classes.
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Driver PR – Jay Urwin has won back-to-back New Zealand National Titles in the KZ2 class and is now perfectly prepared to compete in the USA later this month.
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The opening round of the European Championship for OK and OK-Junior witnessed a number of firsts for FIA Karting; on-board camera images in the live stream and Taiwanese Maxxis tyres across both classes.
Australian karters James Anagnostiadis and Pip Casabene both finished on the podium on Day 2 of the Champions Of The Future Academy round in Italy, James actually winning the Junior final before a penalty was applied.
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Melbourne’s Pip Casabene has placed second at the opening event of the Champions Of The Future Academy meeting at Cremona, Italy, overnight.
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There’s plenty of kart racing live streamed via YouTube this weekend – the New Zealand Nationals, the British Kart Championship plus the COTF Academy in Italy.
A bunch of Australian karters are in Italy this weekend for the opening round of the Champions Of The Future Academy, which features qualifying, heats and a final on each day.
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Weather was a key factor at Buttonwillow on the weekend for the first event of the California ProKart Challenge (love this pic of veteran Alan Sciuto winning Pro Shifter!)
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Driver PR – Jay Urwin will this weekend defend his New Zealand National Championship in the KZ2 Shifter class, a title he won last year as a history-making 14-year-old.
Now in its 10th season, there was another record set on the weekend for the ‘Spring Round-Up’ event of the Texas Sprint Racing Series at Speedsportz Racing Park.
OTK and CRG bounced back to the top step of the podium and two Australians made the finals at the opening round of the European Championship for OK and OK-Junior
Five Australians are scheduled to contest the opening round of the 2024 FIA Karting European Championship for OK and OK-Junior in Spain this weekend.
A ‘Karting Mini’ discipline for 8 to 11-year-olds will be added to the FIA Motorsport Games later this year, allowing an additional 44 drivers to take part in the event.
Two Italian teams secured the top step of the podium in the 7th edition of the 24 Hours Karting of Italy: the GAS Racing Team in the PRO category and the Marline Karting team in the SILVER class.
Product PR – Nearly 40 top-five results for OTK drivers and teams were achieved at the Orlando Kart Center WinterNationals earlier this month.
Alpine Academy driver Aiva Anagnostiadis was up against 89 other drivers at the Rotax MAX Challenge Winter Cup in Spain on the weekend, and outdid most of them to line up in the Senior MAX final.
Xavier Avramides was the best placed Australian at the opening round of the Champions Of the Future Euro Series in Spain on the weekend, an event that saw William Calleja have his first start in Juniors.
Melbourne’s William Calleja has become the first Australian to win a WSK title, taking out the Mini Gp3 category in the WSK Super Master Series that concluded at Sarno, Italy, …