Former F1 World Champion Jenson Button and current Red Bull star Daniel Ricciardo took to the track aboard Ricciardo Karts at a private track event organised by the USA West Coast distributor for the brand, Phil Giebler Racing.
With a new promoter in place, the first visual change is a new logo and name for the karting World Championships
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Lion Kart is a new chassis brand from Serbia and 2-time KZ World Cup winner Bas Lammers has signed to be lead driver for the new team.
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Here are the links you need for the weekend to follow the opening round of Rotax Pro Tour in Melbourne, plus the two Aussies in Italy at the WSK Champions Cup round.
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The off-season has been like a game of musical chairs in Victorian Superkarting with several drivers changing class for 2018. Here’s a preview for the opening round at Phillip Island next month.
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Nine karters from New Zealand are in Melbourne for the opening round of the 2018 Rotax Pro Tour this weekend.
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Another batch of ‘Best Ofs’ – hear from Ronnie Quintarelli, Sami Taoufik, James Geidel and OK World Champ Danny Keirle.
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The first round of the New Zealand ROK Cup NZ Series kicks off in Auckland this weekend, offering the series winner a start at the ROK Cup International final. Event preview.
Two of the governing bodies of karting in North America have united, Superkarts! USA announcing it has joined forces with the International Karting Federation.
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The Tony Kart Racing Team will have 11 official drivers in 2018, including the son of an F1 & Indy winner. However, Marco Ardigò won’t be driving until May due to injury.
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SP Tools has expanded its partnership with Karting Australia to become the title sponsor of the 5-round Australian Kart Championship.
Felipe Massa, new President of the CIK-FIA, says he needs to “listen to competitors, teams and drivers to see what they think is working and what isn’t and focus on those areas.”
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Rotax has announced there will be no change in the chassis partners for the 2018 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals.
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Australian Kart Racers Alliance has published dates for a six round series at the Wollongong Kart Tack, plus a NSW state title. AKRA’s Nationals will be at Toowoomba.
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Superkarts Australia has confirmed it will run a two round Nationals Series in 2018, encompassing events at Phillip Island and Sydney Motorsport Park.
Factory Praga driver Jorge Pescadore will compete in DD2 at the opening round of the Rotax Pro Tour as IP Karting Australia sets up for another strong campaign.
Competitors in three classes of the Florida Winter Tour will be forced to use the controversial “pushback” bumper system in 2018. However, they will not have to pay for them and no penalties will be applied.
Karting updates and information from anywhere – team, driver, industry, club, event, local, international…
Remo Racing has posted a reminder regarding the supply to market of upgraded IAME X30 engines & components and their use at the opening round of the Australian Kart Championship next month.
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The CIK-FIA has published further ‘Best Of 2017’ articles, including interviews with Mick Doohan, Juan Montoya, International race directory Nigel Edwards and TM Racing’s Claudio Flenghi.
The results are in and there’s one underlying reason why people have said they plan to race less in 2018.
Money.
