Early last decade, John Martin was one of Australia’s brightest young kart racers. He subsequently raced sports cars for years, including the Le Mans 24-Hour. This weekend the 33-year-old returns to the kart track, competing at the AKC round at Emerald.
Harrison Oddie is the third X30 driver to receive the call to compete in a WA KZ2 Series round. He answered some questions before this weekend’s event.
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Australian karters are regular starters at the annual SKUSA SuperNationals in Las Vegas. SKUSA has now opened the ‘priority pre-entry’ program for this year’s event and announced the date entries open for everyone else.
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Six Kiwi karters will contest the penultimate round of this year’s Australian Kart Championship at Emerald in Northern Queensland this weekend.
Australian Supercars star Scott McLaughin has been named as a new Patron for the governing body of karting in New Zealand.
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As pre-event testing wrapped up at Emerald on the weekend, visiting drivers were full of praise for the newest addition to the Australian Kart Championship schedule.
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An IAME KA100 engine plus other karting parts were stolen from a family garage at Baulkham Hills NSW on Friday night.
Next month will see two 2-day ‘Title’ events run on consecutive weekends in Victoria – the Australasian C & D Grade Titles at Morwell, and the City of Melbourne Titles at Todd Road. Both events are open to KA licence holders nationwide.
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The governing body for karting in New Zealand has announced a deal with a nationwide tyre retail chain.
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Former Australian Superkart Champion Jason McIntrye is waiting for a five-organ transplant. The Victorian, who had to stop racing a number of years ago, requires…
Pam Mathews was at Tamworth for the second round of the NSW Kart Championship on the weekend and supplied these photos.
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School-age karters from all over New Zealand will be in Blenheim on Saturday contesting the 15th annual KartSport New Zealand’s National Schools Championship meeting.
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Kiwi karters Daniel Bray and Dylan Drysdale are taking positives from their weekend competing in KZ2 at the third round of this year’s German Kart Championship (DKM).
IKD has issued a clarification to Pro Tour competitors regarding Kiwi drivers qualifying for the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals via the Australian Rotax Pro Tour.
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State Kart Championship rounds for KA racers were conducted in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and the Northern Territory across the weekend.
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The 2017 Western Cup concluded with the fourth and final round at Wanneroo last month.
As part of its call for foundation members, Commission Kart Sport Australia has fired a warning shot to other karting bodies that it will take action if its members are threatened or intimidated.
NZ karters Daniel Bray and Dylan Drysdale are this weekend competing in KZ2 as works-supported GP Kart drivers at the third round of the German Kart Championship at Wackersdorf.
Entries for Round Four of the 2017 Australian Kart Championship close this Friday – information for Emerald
Tyler Nastasi was the chosen “Arrive and Drive” racer for round 2 of the WA KZ2 series. In this Q&A interview, he lets us know his thoughts on the event and the category.
Commission Kartsport Australia, a new body to sanction kart racing in Australia, has now been officially launched.
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Jack Doohan will be hoping to capitalise on the speed he showed at the previous round when the European Championship contenders hit the track at LeMans in France this weekend.