News
KA’s 2020 National Calendar
Karting Australia’s National Calendar for 2020 includes a five round Australian Kart Championship and a four event Rotax Pro Tour National Series. The schedule (see below) includes dates for Race of Stars, Ultimate Club Racer final and the Building Better Kart Clubs conference. The venues for AKC and Pro Tour were not published, KA giving …
Preview: Australian Kart Championship Final
Close to 300 of the finest kart racers from the Asia Pacific region have assembled in Melbourne for the final round of the 2019 SP Tools Australian Kart Championship presented by Castrol EDGE. Being contested at the Port Melbourne circuit, the Championship is the most prestigious in the region with drivers from all around Australia, …
Payne Heads Kiwi Squad at AKC Final
Young Auckland-based kart international KZ2 Matthew Payne heads a five-strong group of fellow Kiwis who have crossed the Tasman to contest the final round of this year’s SP Tools Australian Kart Championship presented by Castrol Edge (AKC) in Melbourne this weekend. NZ KZ2 class #1 Payne, 16, from Papakura, returned from Italy especially for the …
Rotax International Trophy
Scott Howard was the top placed Australian at the Rotax MAX Challenge International Trophy at Le Mans, France, last weekend. Driving a Sodi Kart in DD2 Masters, the Queenslander qualified third before taking 1st, 14th and 3rd in the heats. Third in the pre-final was followed by 5th in the main Final, just 2.69s off …
Preview: OK and Junior World Championships
James Wharton is the only Australian entered for the OK and OK Junior World Championship meeting in Finland in a week’s time. Wharton will once again race in Juniors with the factory Parolin Racing Kart Srl team on Parolin/TM equipment. New Zealand’s Kaden Probst is also racing Juniors, but as private entrant aboard Tony Kart/Vortex. …