4SS In Victoria – It’s All Go at Pucka
The Eastern Lions Kart Club ran the new 4SS class at its February club day, and will be running it again next weekend.
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New Arrow & Sera Clothing From DPE
New Product: Here is DPE Kart Technology’s new range of Sera and Arrow apparel, which includes soft shell jackets, t-shirts and caps.
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Kiwis Well Placed Ahead of Pro Tour Round 2
Kiwi Preview: New Zealand’s Tasman-hopping Australian Rotax Pro Tour karters are well placed ahead of the second round of the 2018 series at Dubbo this weekend.
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Tasmanian State Championship Cancelled
The 2018 Tasmanian Kart Championship has been cancelled. Read the statement posted by Karting Tasmania and the Southern Tasmanian Kart Club.
Junior Sprockets Dates & Venues 2018
Karting Australia has confirmed the initial dates and venues for the 2018 SP Tools Junior Sprockets program, encompassing events in Qld, NSW, SA and Vic.
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Additional Best of 2017 Interviews
Interviews with World Junior Champion Jonny Edgar (a name to remember), Leon Köhler (Euro KZ2 Champion), Nicolas Scelles (Team Leader, Le Mans 24 Hour winners), Alessandro Irlando (KZ2 Super Cup winner) and Peter Elkmann (well deserved second superkart title).
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Ipswich Grade Development Class Drivers
In an effort to re-build competitor numbers, the Ipswich Kart Club has kicked off a new initiative to grade their drivers (Group 1 through 3) for the ‘development’ classes.
Poll Result: Series or Standalone?
We asked if you prefer racing in a series with a point score, or competing across a number of standalone events. Here are the results of the latest Reader Poll.
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Local Lad Aims For Top Ten at Pro Tour Dubbo
UPDATE: Time table & Sporting Regulation change now added! Luke Wrigley will be flying the local flag this weekend at Dubbo’s round of the national Rotax Pro Tour, which doubles as the NSW State Championship for the Rotax classes. Official event preview.
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Bad Crash in France – What Can We Learn?
A serious accident occurred at the LeMans circuit in France on the weekend weekend, several junior drivers injured when they ran into a kart left on the circuit. Here’s the video and analysis.
Karting News Briefs
In this batch of news briefs – Shavin’ Sammy, dealer sales/offers, Mackay’s non-KA meet (and cheap tyres!), retro archive, RIP Pop, X30 arrivals, Iceman, event info, industry and club news etc…
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Junior KF Kart Sale – This Month Only
Kip Foster’s KF Kart has a March Only sale on brand new current model Junior karts. Prices are…
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Chassis Bodywork Brake Homologations
The ‘who builds what’ information contained in the CIK-FIA homologation lists is always an interesting read. Here is the list of current chassis/bodywork/brake homologations to the end of 2020.
Snow & Ice End Lonato WSK Round
Video: Hear from the Aussies in (freezing cold!) Italy as the WSK Super Master Series round is called off due to poor weather.
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Snow Forces Timetable Change at Lonato WSK
Two Australians, Marcos flack and Joshua Fife, are entered for the second round of the WSK Super Master Series in Italy this weekend, however snow has forced a change to the event schedule.
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NZ Goldstar Series Back In Wellington
Event Preview: The NZ Goldstar KartSport Series roars back into life in Wellington this weekend after a cracking start in Taranaki late last year.
Winning X5 Chassis Setups
Looking for seat measurements and front-end settings? DPE Kart Technology has made public the X5 chassis setups used to win two classes at the opening round of the Australian Kart Championship.
Reader Poll: Series or Standalone?
What do you prefer? To compete in a series, or at standalone events? Click through and have your say.
Drysdale The Top Kiwi at AKC Opener
With a fighting fourth place in an all-action KZ2 final, reigning NZ class sprint champion Dylan Drysdale ended up best finishing Kiwi at the opening round of the Australian Kart Championship at Monarto over the weekend.
Championship Points After Round 1
Here are the full class-by-class Championship points after the opening round of the 2018 SP Tools Australian Kart Championship.
Follow The Australian Kart Championship Round 1
Here are all the links you need to follow the opening round of the Australian Kart Championship today and across the weekend:
Kiwis In South Oz For Aussie Championship Opener
Two female drivers lead a five-strong contingent of Kiwi karters taking on the best Australia has to offer at the opening round of the Australian Kart Championship.
Bridgestone Super Cup Begins this Weekend
A driver from one of the three Bridgestone-shod categories – Cadet 9, Cadet 12 and KA4 Junior – will be selected for the Bridgestone Super Cup at the AKC’s year end presentation.
Hanley Wins His 4th Winter Cup
Ben Hanley won the KZ2 final aboard the new Drago Corse chassis, and two Australians made the finals at the 23rd Winter Cup at Lonato.
Electric Vehicle Expo at Todd Rd
The suitability of the Melbourne International Karting Complex (Todd Rd, Port Melbourne) to host public events was emphasized on Sunday when the 2018 Melbourne Electric Vehicle Expo was held at the venue.