IAME Euro Series – Castelletto
The fight for the 2020 IAME Euro Series titles was turned upside down in another exciting race meeting from September 18th to 20th on the 7 Laghi Circuit of Castelletto di Branduzzo. Includes video.
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Noise Summer Series Round 2 @ Dalby
Dalby Kart Club’s Noise Summer Series round 2 was run on the weekend with 55 drivers contesting this round – a fantastic number of entries for this small country town club. Here’s the report, pics and videos.
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NSW Titles Open to (Some) Victorians
New South Wales has opened its borders to the point that Victorian Karters living in certain regions of the state can now compete at the KA NSW Kart Championship in Bega next week.
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Vegas SuperNats Cancelled
The annual SKUSA! SuperNationals in Las Vegas will not take place this year, due to the on-going ramifications of COVID-19. However, that isn’t stopping the organisation from trying to get an alternative large scale event up and running in a different location…
Pole Then Problems for Peebles
Griffin Peebles enjoyed a fantastic qualifying session to take pole in the Mini class at Lonato last weekend for the 30th annual Trofeo D’Autunno.
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KNSW September Newsletter
Karting NSW has published its newsletter for September – see it all here, or access via the link.
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COVID Update from Motorsport Australia
Motorsport Australia’s Eugene Arocca has issued a state-by-state COVID update pertaining to MA-sanctioned events, thus relevant for most Superkart clubs.
Participation Up As Karting Emerges From Lockdown
As the sport emerges from lockdown in most states, Karting Australia reports the participation levels are up on the corresponding (pre-Covid) periods last year.
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Preview: 220 Entries For ‘KA100 Titles’ at Ipswich
Another huge field of 220 entries will be racing at Ipswich Kart Club this Saturday for the KA100 Titles and Round 3 of the IKC Championship.
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Split To Podium
A week after this photo was taken, this broken-in-half kart finished on the podium (2nd place) at Wollongong.
4th Consecutive ROK Cup Superfinal for Kiwi
While he would be the first to agree that the COVID-19 Coronavirus and pandemic have made his quest infinitely harder this year, young Christchurch karter Jacob Douglas is set to return to Italy in October to contest a record fourth consecutive ROK Cup Superfinal event.
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Preview: European OK & Junior Championship Round 3
James Wharton will be hoping to score more points and move forward in the European Championship for the OK category which races its third round at the Prokart Raceland complex at Wackersdorf in Germany in two weeks time.
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New Organisers For Rock Island Grand Prix
A new organising partner has been announced for the annual Rock Island Grand Prix, an event that has 25 years of history and 13 different foreign winners.
AKRA Championship, Round 5
Another strong showing of 70 entries turned up at Wollongong last weekend for the fifth round of the AKRA Championship.
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Negative Proof Required for FIA Karting Events
The FIA now requires everyone who enters the venue of an FIA Karting competition to have tested negative for COVID in the week prior to the meeting.
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KNSW Target National Recognition
Karting NSW has declared one of its objectives is to become recognised as a National Sporting Organisation. This is one of the strategic initiatives included in the Karting NSW Strategic Plan for 2020-2023.
AGP CEO Joins Karting Australia Board
Andrew Westacott, the CEO of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, has been appointed to the Board of Karting Australia, and follows the recent appointment of SP Tools’ Kevin Davis.
KNSW Karting Restrictions
In accordance with the latest NSW Chief Health Officer’s recommendations, Karting New South Wales will not be sanctioning State or Regional/Zonal events for the next six weeks.
Kart Globe: Edition 7
After a break for a DKM round, Jen Wade is back with another episode of Kart Globe and a news wrap of karting around the world.
Rotax Grand Festival Cancelled
BRP-Rotax has cancelled the Micro and Mini MAX Grand Festival for 2020. The event was to have taken place in the Netherlands later this month.
Preview: Rnd 2, OK & Junior European Championship
The second round of the European OK and Junior championship will take place at the famous Sarno circuit in Italy later this month.
Karting NSW: Wear A Face Mask
While it’s not an enforced requirement in NSW like it is in Victoria, Karting NSW is highly recommending that anyone who attends a KNSW sanctioned event to now wear a face mask.
RIP – Konstantin Kapetanidis
A 19-year-old German karter who was set to compete in the KZ2 European Championship this coming week, has died as the result of a motorcycling accident.