With close to 30 years of active involvement in virtually every part of the sport, 68-year-old Robert Hutton was awarded life membership of Kartsport New Zealand on the weekend.
This Saturday the Kartsport Wellington club hosts the second annual New Zealand Briggs National Endurance Championship meeting at Gazley Raceway. Can the 334 laps completed by last year’s winner be beaten?
This years Australian Kart Championship has been officially cancelled. The final round will not take place and no Australian Champions will be declared for 2020. Click through for the AKC Statement.
It’s unfortunate, but in the circumstances not totally unexpected – there will be no Team Australia representation at the 2020 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals.
A number of significant karting events are taking place this weekend. Click the heading for links to follow the World Championship, AKC round 2 and KNSW State Championship.
Once he landed the top job in karting, CIK President Felipe Massa moved the Karting World Championship to his home country of Brazil. Covid made that plan unworkable, so he’s shown full support by making appearances at FIA karting events in Europe.
The 2020 OK and Junior World Championships kick off at the circuit of Portimão next week. Australia’s James Wharton (Parolin/TM) will contest OK while New Zealand’s Kaden Probst (Tony Kart Vortex) will race Juniors.
The former F1 driver Narain Karthikeyan and Italian manufacturer CRG have partnered to create a Karting academy in India. As part of the deal, Karthikeyan’s NK Racing team will be the official CRG factory team for India.
With over 200 entries received across Labour Weekend’s annual North and South Island Sprint Championship meetings in Hastings and Blenheim this year, Kiwi karters have obviously missed the cut and thrust of top level title racing.
