Retro Interview: Graham Powles
An interview with the then newly-crowned 1990 Australian Kart Champion (includes memorial Service details)
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Monds Straight
The Gippsland Go Kart Club has officially acknowledged the huge contribution of Life Members Graeme and Jeanette Monds by renaming the main start-finish straight in their honour.
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Calleja Joins RFM
Australian international karter William Calleja has announced a switch to the crack Ricky Flynn Motorsport operation, competing with the team for the first time in Italy on the weekend.
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Vale Graham Powles
Two-time Australian Kart Champion Graham Powles has passed away. (EDIT – now includes statements from Glenn Powles and Karting Australia)
The Forgotten World Champ?
Imagine winning a world championship, then having a magazine claim drivers of your gender should be banned from the sport?
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Interview: Connor Peacock
Karts-To-Cars episode 9 by The Noise features Connor Peacock, talking karts, coming back from injury, Excels, Norwell and more!
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Jack Doohan: Karting to F1
from karting.net.au Jack Doohan’s journey to the pinnacle of motorsport, Formula 1, showcases the foundation of his career, built from an early age on karting tracks across Australia. His career …
Interview: Gridley & The Fletchers
The Noise has dropped the eighth episode of the “Karts to Cars” podcast. In this latest edition, Kev talks with a trio of Kiwis who were in Australia recently for …
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Karter Dies in South Australia
A kart driver passed away at the dirt kart track at Loxton in South Australia on the weekend.
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Interview: Buster Bailey
Queensland junior driver Buster Bailey is the latest karter to be interviewed on the Karts-To-Cars podcast by Kev ‘The Noise’ Davies.
Fast Females for AKC Finale
25 female drivers have competed in this year’s Australian Kart Championship. Oceane Colengelo and Lana Flack head into the finale at Oakleigh later this month to determine who gets the Ladies Trophy for 2024.
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Interview: Lochlan Shearsmith & Chris Purvis
Here’s the latest episode to drop of the Karts-To-Cars podcast by Kev ‘The Noise’ Davies. The Noise chats with Lochie about his karting then Chris’s varied motorsport backstory which now …
Johnstone Set to Retire
Top Victorian karter Henry Johnstone has announced he will retire from driving karts at the conclusion of the 2024 season.
Interview: Zac Walvin
Here’s the next instalment of the Karts-To-Cars podcast with Kev ‘The Noise’ Davies, this time interviewing Zac Walvin – who initially wanted to go drag racing!
Manson Confirmed For World Championship
New Zealand’s current junior champion Marco Manson will contest the 2024 FIA Karting World Championship in the UK later this year.
Champ To Retire!
Having earned enough points to claim yet another Australian Kart Championship, Victoria’s Brad Jenner has announced his retirement from the driving seat.
SKAA Life Members
The Speedway Karting Association of Australasia has awarded the organisation’s first Life Memberships.
Maureen Calls Time
Popular Life Member and Queensland karting stalwart Maureen Capri announced yesterday she is stepping away from her roles with the Ipswich Kart Club.
Karts-To-Cars: Zack Hilder
Episode 4 of The Noise’s podcast is with 12-year-old dirt and asphalt karter (and now speedway racer) Zack Hilder and family.
Karts-To-Cars: Harry Dixon
Kev ‘The Noise’ Davies interviews Harry Dixon in his latest Karts To Cars podcast. Dixon is a dirt kart racer who’s raced…
Karts To Cars – Karl Hoffmans
The Noise has released episode 2 of the Karts to Cars podcast. This time Kev sits down with Karl Hoffmans who started in junior dirt karting as a 6-year-old and …
Changes at KNSW
Long term karting administrator Karen Newton is retiring from the sport. Her position as State Secretary with Karting NSW will be taken by John Martin, another individual with a long history in karting.
New Head of Karting
A new person now heads up the administration of karting at FIA Headquarters in Geneva.
Kip Joins Jess for Qld Titles
WA’s 5-time Australian Champion Kip Foster will suit up with the Jess Golding Motorsport team for the Queensland Kart Championship later this month (includes full JGM line-up).
The Noise – Episode 1
Kevin Davies, aka The Noise, interviews Queensland dirt kart and speedway racers Sam and Carlo Moiola in the first episode of his new podcast, “Karts To Cars”.