Patrizicorse Reveal AKC Lineup
Patrizicorse has revealed a seven-driver lineup for the opening round of the 2018 Australian Kart Championship.
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Entry List: Pro Tour Dubbo
Seven drivers will be crowned NSW State Rotax Champions at the conclusion of the next round of Pro Tour at Dubbo on March 9 to 11. Here’s the official entry list
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Free Tyres at Brian Farley Memorial
A Rotax Light feature class will run at next month’s Brian Farley Memorial and all entrants in the category will receive a free set of tyres.
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Fresh Rotax Racers for NZ MAX Challenge
A fresh group of Rotax racers is set to take on the New Zealand Rotax Max Challenge at the double-header opening round of the series in Palmerston North this weekend.
Pro Tour Dubbo To Be Live Streamed
IKD has confirmed the upcoming round of Rotax Pro Tour will be live streamed.
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Country Series Track Capacity To Be Enforced
The Victorian Country Series will now cap entries to the track’s capacity rather than running an A Vs B heat qualifying system. And at least one class is almost full for the opening round.
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Tweaked Kiwi Prokart Series Kicks Off This Weekend
New Zealand’s KZ2-based ProKart series bursts back into life this weekend and features a number of changes for 2018, including extra top-ten qualifying and renaming of the entry level class. Event/series preview
Record Entry For Australian Kart Championship Series Opener
A record 291 entries have been received across the nine championship classes for the opening round of the Australian Kart Championship. This will make it the largest ever meeting held at the Monarto Karting Complex since it opened almost a decade ago.
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Engine For Heavy; Dubbo Entry Opens
Latest Pro Tour news: a new MAX engine will be awarded in Rotax Heavy and entries for the Dubbo round close in a few days (incl. Supp Regs link)
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Karting News Briefs
Cheat builder banned, team updates, Oceania Titles, state rules, Pro Tour oil, event info, grid girls, Aussie junior for SWF, etc. And, you stick it where?
$50,000 Of Prizes for KA’s Club Driver Ranking
$50,000 worth of prizes are on offer throughout 2018 as part of KA’s new SP Tools Club Driver Ranking program. Here’s the latest information and link to the rules and regulations (Note: clubs only have to 20 February to register for the incentives program).
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Poll Result: Practice Habits
Last week we asked “Outside of the official practice session(s) that form part of a race meeting, how often do you practice/test?”. Here’s the result…
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The Briggs & Stratton 206 Is Now Available
International Karting Distributors have advised the 206 Briggs & Stratton engine is now available to purchase!
Karting Victoria State Regulations
Victorian karters should familiarise themselves with the state-based regulations that Karting Victoria has just released as they relate to club days, Country Series, Power Series etc
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Wet Weather Cover Permitted for Torini Engine
Karting Australia has issued a Technical Rule Interpretation for the Torini Clubmaxx 210 4-stroke, an interim ruling concerning wet weather intake covers until the official Torini component becomes available.
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Extra “Best Of 2017”
Here’s another batch of the CIK-FIA “best of 2017” articles, this time featuring Dexter Patterson, Paolo de Cont, Valeria Vargas Garcia and Xavier Handsaeme
100,000th Rotax MAX Leaves The Factory
BRP-Rotax is celebrating the 100,000th Rotax MAX 125 kart engine leaving the assembly line in Austria.
Age No Barrier For NZ Masters’ Games
New Zealand’s biennial Masters Games is in Dunedin this weekend. Karters 30+ years of age will be competing, including a couple of drivers who are over 60.
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Poll: How Often Do You Practice?
According to a previous poll, the cost of practice and testing to be competitive at a race meeting is a major factor why people plan to race less this year. So, how often are you at the track cutting laps?
A New Track for Western Australia?
An application for development approval has been submitted for a new motorsport facility in Western Australia – and it includes a kart track
Funding Confirmed for Canberra Track Extension
The ACT Government has confirmed it will pitch in $200,000 to extend the Canberra Kart Racing Club’s Circuit Mark Webber to meet the international standard.
Flack & Fife Top Ten Adria International
Australian karters Marcos Flack and Joshua Fife both enjoyed strong showings and made the finals at the opening round of the WSK Champions Cup at Adria International on the weekend (includes event wrap and photo gallery).
New Zealand’s Wood Wins Jnr MAX in Melbourne
Wellington karter Ryan Wood picked up another Pro Tour win on the weekend, and several other Kiwis had strong showings. Here’s the Kiwi Report for the opening round of Rotax Pro Tour.