RMC International Trophy
Australian karter Kamal Mrad contested the Rotax MAX Challenge International Trophy at the legendary Le Mans circuit last month.
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Midsummer Mashup at Simrock Raceway
The first visit for the Texas Sprint Racing Series to shiny-surfaced Simrock Raceway produced an exciting weekend for the penultimate round of the 2023 championship.
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Kiwis To Switch To MG
The sprint and superkart classes in New Zealand will switch to MG tyres for 2024-2026, Kartsport NZ confirming the MG SH Red slick will replace the current Dunlop DFH.
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Entry Point to International Racing
RGMMC is now taking entries for the first event in its new global concept, ‘Champions Of The Future’, pitting drivers against each other in identical equipment in Senior, Junior and Mini categories.
Walton Vice-Champion in Academy Trophy
With the final round conducted in Italy over the weekend, Queensland teenager Max Walton has recorded Australia’s best-ever finish in the FIA Karting Academy Trophy.
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Lammers, Bondarev & Marti Crowned at Cremona
The new FIA Karting European Champions for 2023 are Rene Lammers (OK), Oleksandr Bondarev (OK-J) and Hugo Marti (Academy Trophy). Finals day report plus live stream video.
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Bewley Aims For The Pros
Driver PR – With his focus set on a professional career in tin-top racing, 15-year old Tom Bewley made an overnight dash from an intensive week at the Elite Motorsport Academy to compete in the NZ Schools Karting Championships in Auckland.
Aussies In Italy
Several Australians are competing in the FIA European Championship round at Cremona, Italy this weekend, and one of them has started superbly with P3 in qualifying and a heat race win!
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Kiwis Contesting International Events
Two young New Zealand karters are taking on the best in the world this weekend at international karting events in Italy and the USA.
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More Superkart Titles for Urban
Ryan Urban added another two Superkart championships to his CV on the weekend, claiming the NZ 250 Inter and Rotax Max Heavy titles at Manfeild. Arrow took home the Manufacturers Cup.
‘Karts for Hope’
After losing a valued and much-loved club member in August last year, a kart club in New Zealand is hosting a ‘Karts for Hope’ event to raise awareness of mental health, plus fundraise for the I Am Hope Foundation.
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Karting News Briefs
There’s LOTS of current karting related news in this post, but there’s also some content that is a bit dated because it didn’t get published when it was supposed to…
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Champions Return for Superkart Nats
This weekend’s KartSport New Zealand National Superkart Championship will see defending champions return to have a crack at retaining their titles in four of the five classes on offer.
Can Max Do It?
All eyes will be on Max Walton in Italy at the end of the month to see what he can do in the final round of the FIA Karting Academy Trophy (event preview)
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Applications Open for Aussies
Up to six Australian drivers may be selected to represent ‘Team Australia’ at the Asia Pacific Championships at Sepang, Malaysia, later this year.
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Favourable Fortunes Elude Kiwis at AKC
Kiwi karters found themselves without windfall at the penultimate round of the SP Tools Australian Karting Championships in Queensland on the weekend.
Calleja’s Summer Win in Italy
Australian cadet driver William Calleja enjoyed a win at the third round of the Italian Championship at the Val Vibrata circuit on the weekend.
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Halfway Point for Cali ProKart Challenge
Jesus Vasquez, Keagan Kaminksi and Billy Musgrave were among the winners at the mid-point round of the California ProKart Challenge at Santa Maria on the weekend.
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Rotax Euro Trophy – Mariembourg
The latest round of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy was held in Belgium on the weekend, but after an event of fine and sunny conditions, the finals were met with rain.
Preview: NZ Schools Championship
Organisers and competitors are hoping the rains will turn off for this weekend’s National Schools Championship kart meeting in Auckland.
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Mully’s New International Gig
Expat Aussie Ben Horstman has been appointed the new Sales Manager at Birel ART.
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Sun Shines on IAME Euro Series
Round 3 of the IAME Euro Series took place for the first time in the series’ history at the Franciacorta circuit, with 207 drivers from around the world competing in X30 Mini, X30 Junior and a capacity X30 Senior category.
Texas Sprint Summer Shootout
Nearly 200 entries filled the paddock by the wind turbines at Amarillo Kart Complex for the Texas Sprint Series ‘Summer Shootout’ last weekend.
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First ’23 Euro Titles To Be Decided
The first FIA Karting European champions for the season are set to be crowned at Sarno, Italy, on July 9 with the running of the second and final round of the series for KZ and KZ2.
WSK Open Series Closes at Sarno
Four Australians competed at the fourth and final round of the WSK Open Series at Sarno on the weekend, an event that saw the WSK debut of the OK-N categories.