The wind blew and rain showers swept across the track for most of the day but the 140+ karters contesting the third round of this year’s Hampton Down-sponsored Top Half Series at Hamilton took it in their stride.
A private entry of mostly amateur drivers has beaten the factory teams to victory at the Le Mans 24-Hour kart race.
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UPDATED, includes Video: BRP-Rotax has made public its new electric kart engine and plans for a Rotax E-MAX Challenge race series.
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The deal that you won’t want to miss out on. A never to be repeated price on the yet to be released 2018 Praga & Rotax package. Available in both Senior & Jun…
Dino Chiesa, who has looked after the Zanardi brand from a technical and commercial perspective for CRG for many years, has left the Italian company.
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This weekend’s round of the 2017 Hampton Downs Top Half Series at Hamilton is set to be the biggest yet with the entry list likely to top the 140 mark.
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Having won the S1 Stock Moto class at the big Streets of Lancaster Grand Prix in California for the past two years, can Kiwi karter Matt Hamilton make it three in a row this weekend?
Missed the live stream of the OK and OK-J World Championships in the UK on the weekend? Don’t stress, you can watch the full finals here…
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David Sera battled sweltering conditions on the weekend to win the DD2 class at the final round of the Taiwan Rotax Max Challenge.
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With Flavio Camponeschi injured at the World Championships, CRG has added a new driver to its team for this Saturday’s Le Mans 24-hour karting
Former European Karting Champion Rick Dreezen is the latest international driver to be confirmed for next month’s Race of Stars on the Gold Coast.
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British drivers have taken out the World Championship in both senior and junior 125cc direct-drive OK classes at England’s PF International circuit on the weekend. Jack Doohan was best placed Aussie, 6th in Juniors
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New Zealand’s new SuperKart ‘King’ Ryan Urban is now eyeing Australia after a second New Zealand championship, Grand Prix and Pommie Trophy clean-sweep at Hampton Downs on Sunday.
The last round of heats are to be contested at PFI before the grids can be determined for the Finals at the OK and OK-Junior World Championships tonight. Here’s the link to watch the Live Stream and live timing
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Local drivers Callum Bradshaw (CRG/Parilla) and Harry Thompson (FA Kart/Vortex) have qualified fastest in the OK and OK-Junior categories at the World Championships at PFI. Jack Doohan is best placed Aussie, 4th in OKJ.
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Jack Doohan is one of four karters to be signed to Red Bull’s Junior Team program for 2018, however the Australian will be racing British F4.
Five-time World Karting Champion Davide Forè is looking to take a third Race of Stars surfboard back to Italy after October 13-15’s event at Pimpama on the Gold Coast.
Can anyone beat NZ’s ‘King’ of SuperKart racing at this weekend’s KartSport New Zealand SuperKart Championship and Grand Prix meeting at Hampton Downs?
Gold Coast teenager Jack Doohan is one of four Australians competing at the 2017 CIK-FIA World Karting Championship for OK and OK-Junior in England this weekend (includes the entry lists)
Here’s the series class-by-class wrap and photos of the champions in action following the final round of SKUSA’s 2017 Pro Tour in Indiana recently.
Teenage karter Rianna O’Meara-Hunt confirmed her potential as one of Australasia’s best up-and-coming talents with an impressive debut in the Senior ranks at the final round of Australia’s Rotax Pro Tour series at Wodonga over the weekend.
Kiwi young gun Louis Sharp was on point in the Cadet ROK class at Rotorua on the weekend, putting in another near perfect performance at the second round of the 2017 Top Half Series. Report, photos & results
CRG and Sodi kart factory teams are set to go head-to-head in the LeMans 24-hour kart race at the end of the month.
Jack Doohan enjoyed a couple of wins at the final round of the UK’s Super One series last weekend, 32 OK-Junior drivers participating at PFI, many in preparation for the upcoming World Championship.
The two biggest winners of the previous two Rock Island Grands Prix squared off in several head-to-head clashes at the 2017 edition.