How-To: Seating Fitting
Dezzy fits a new Jecko seat into this new Arrow in this updated how-to-fit-a-seat tech video.
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Karting Australia Webinars Guide Clubs Back On Track
Karting Australia this week conducted a round of webinars with club and state representatives from across the country to assist them return karts and karters to the track in a ‘COVIDSafe’ manner.
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BJR & TWM Join Forces
Supercars team Brad Jones Racing has announced a Junior Development program with top karting team Tom Williamson Motorsport.
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Laydown Lego Kart
What have you been doing in iso? American karter Lamar Hilliard built a replica of his Yamaha KT100S powered laydown kart – in Lego!
Photographer Accreditation Extended
Karting Australia has, due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, applied the same 3-month extension to Photographer’s Licences that it has applied to Drivers Licences.
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Verstappen Voted Top CRG Pilot
Max Verstappen has been voted by fans as the top CRG driver from the past 20 years. Verstappen scored 983 points, clearly ahead of Paolo De Conto and Lewis Hamilton.
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KA’s COVID-Safe Recovery Blueprint
Karting Australia has released two documents as its blueprint for the recommencement of karting in the COVID-19 environment; “Restart Your Kart” and “COVIDSafe Karting Events”.
Streaming Boost for NZ Club Day Sim Series
The online Sim racing program started by KartSport New Zealand has proved so popular that the team behind it has upgraded the hosting to the same global streaming facilitator that broadcasts the Supercars and TCR eSeries.
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Kart Globe Launch with World Tour
Kart Globe has launched a new YouTube channel and its first show addresses the current situation of karting around the world. The show is hosted by expat Aussie, Jenni Wade. Click through to watch the first episode.
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Karting & COVID-19 in Australia
Like everywhere, karting in Australia has been put on hold. But it still has a pulse, and it’s starting to beat stronger… Here’s a quick summary of how we got to this point, the current situation, and where we’re going, as karters start to warm up those engines for a return to the track.
Kart Coaching Prize in Erebus eSports Competition
The Erebus Academy is running a three-day eSports competition and a day of coaching in a race-prepared kart with David Sera is one of the major prizes.
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Back On Track in South Australia
Karts are set to return to a number of race tracks in South Australia this weekend.
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Karting NSW’s Return To Racing Plan
Karting NSW has produced a 4-stage plan to assist its clubs return to full practice and competition status. The plan includes a list of race day ‘checks and balances’ procedures.
April Fools Flashback – 2015
The day that karting associations enforced a helmet design ban.
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KA’s 5-Stage “Road Out of Lockdown”
Karting Australia has documented its five-stage map of the ‘Road Out’ for the sport across the country.
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IKC Member Statement
Here’s the Statement To Members issued by the Ipswich Kart Club regarding its planned 4 stages of returning karts to the track.
Kiwis ‘Future Proof’ The Sport in NZ
Five weeks of Level 4 COVID-19 Lockdown provided KartSport New Zealand an opportunity to train and/or upskill a bunch of club officials, effectively ‘future-proofing’ the sport for when drivers are allowed back on track.
Karts to Return To Ipswich!
The Ipswich Kart Club has devised a system to get karts back on track at the Willowbank venue, starting this Monday, April 27.
Kart Product Prizes for eSeries
The WKA is another karting body that’s firing up yet another eSeries for karters to contest. However, the top three placegetters in each race will win karting product, ranging from chains and spark plugs, to lubricants and cleaners.
NQ Series Unofficially Simulated
There is an unofficial NQ Kart Series taking place in 2020 – but it’s on iRacing, not the kart track.
Too Much Logic
There’s too much logic coming from these two veterans of the sport in the latest episode of their Inside Karting podcast.
RKC Doors Closed, Not Shut
Even thought the doors are closed, Ringwood Kart Centre remains open most days. “We are still chipping away inside in preparation for the re-opening of tracks for practice before racing recommences.”
Sim Challenge Delayed, But Prize Boosted
The ROK Cup Sim Challenge has been delayed by a week, but the program has been added to the World’s Fastest Gamer program where someone will win a $1 million prize and real-world race opportunity in 2021.
Brazil Deferred for World Championship
The OK and Junior World Karting Championships will not take place in Brazil this year. The plan is to now run it in Europe in November.
KA Extend Licences
Karting Australia has extended race licences by three months in reaction to the racing shutdown caused by Corona virus. The organisation has also recommended its clubs do the same with their club memberships. Here’s the official communication from KA CEO Kelvin O’Reilly.