2025 Photo Awards
Karting Australia added “Photo Of The Year” awards to its annual Honours & Awards program, recognising four categories – Action, Emotion, Overall and Non-AKC. The inaugural winners are:
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Hall of Fame for Dave Sera
Winner of a record breaking 18 Australian Championships, Kart Class owner & coach David Sera has formally been inducted into the Karting Australia Hall of Fame.
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Excellence Honoured at KA Awards Dinner
Karting Australia proudly hosted its 2025 Honours and Awards Dinner at Sea World Resort on the Gold Coast a week ago, celebrating the remarkable achievements and dedication of individuals who …
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Australia Day Award
A NSW junior karter has received an Australia Day recognition by his local council.
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Remo Retires? Not Quite!
Karting icon Remo Luciani has announced he is stepping back from the higher level competition he has thrived on during his karting career.
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Wayne Russell Funeral Details
Family and friends of Wayne Russell are warmly invited to attend a celebration of his life this Tuesday, January 7.
The Tinini Review
CRG President Giancarlo Tinini reflects on the international karting season in his traditional end-of-year open letter, addressing a new Team Principal, the failure of OK categories at National level and his hopes for OKN.
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Interview: Sammy Nucifora Jnr
From dirt karts to Formula 500, Sammy Nucifora is building quite the range of experience, which started as a four-year-old in the back yard!
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Keegan Hunts Karting Success
Driver PR – Keegan Hunter’s journey in the world of karting is a true testament to the South Australian’s dedication, passion, and the support of a family deeply ingrained in motorsport.
Driver Test Reports
The two Australians contesting the IAME world final (or, more correctly, IAME Warriors Final) in Spain this week are fresh for the event after participating in a multi-day test with their respective teams.
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Ballarat Life Members
The Ballarat Kart Club has honoured a couple of locals with long histories in the sport – Noel and Sandra Hocking.
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Karter’s Drift Podium
Australian KA3 Junior Karter James Flynn has secured second place in the Japanese Ebisu Drift Series Championship.
Australians Visit Heart of Kart
Caught up in Europe due to the postponement of the IAME World Final, a couple of Aussie drivers and their dads have had the extraordinary opportunity to tour the world-renowned IAME factory in Italy.
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Interview: Brock Thornton
The Noise chats with someone who’s raced karts on bitumen and dirt, sprint and enduro, two-stroke and four, local and overseas…
Interview: Loclan Hennock
Karts-To-Cars podcast by Kev ‘the Noise’ Davies. This episode is with Loclan Hennock and his dad Ben, how they got started in the sport, why they didn’t join a big team plus more
Interview: Harry Lumsden
Episode 11 of The Noise’s “Karts To Cars” podcast has dropped, featuring speedway karter and now Formula 500 racer Harry Lumsden.
Interview: Darrell Smith
As the build-up continues to the 2024 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Final, Rotax has published this video interview with its Australian Test & Development driver, Darrell Smith
Retro Interview: Graham Powles
An interview with the then newly-crowned 1990 Australian Kart Champion (includes memorial Service details)
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.
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.
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?
Interview: Connor Peacock
Karts-To-Cars episode 9 by The Noise features Connor Peacock, talking karts, coming back from injury, Excels, Norwell and more!
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 …