Penalties Rob Rotax Grand Finals of First Female Winner
A start infringement plus a nose-cone penalty has robbed the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals of its first female winner in the Senior MAX class.
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Rotax Grand finals – Day 6 (Pre-Finals)
Team Australia driver Kamal Mrad will start the Junior MAX Final at the Rotax Worlds from grid 16. Click through for the Aussie Wrap plus pre-finals report and link for tonight’s live stream.
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Simonelli & Stimson Awarded Capri Cup
Ipswich Kart Club rounded off a very successful racing season earlier this month with the running of the annual Capri Cup, the first time the event has been run since the passing of Alf Capri.
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Rotax Grand finals – Day 5 (Thursday Heats)
The qualification heats are done in Bahrain. The definitive make-up of the finals is yet to be determined, following the results tonight of two pre-finals that will determine the top 36 for The Big Dance the following day.
Rotax Grand Finals – Day 4 (Qualifying)
It’s been a brutal day of qualifying for Team Australia at the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals in Bahrain, followed by a couple of DNFs in the opening heat races.
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Rotax Grand Finals – Day 3
Tuesday at the Bahrain International Circuit saw lots of non-qualifying practice for the Rotax Grand Finals. Click through for the official report and photos.
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Rotax Grand Finals – Day 2
The karts hit the track overnight at the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals in Bahrain. After several non-timed ‘break in’ sessions, transponders were activated for the third practice, which also …
2021 WSK Champions
2,900 entries took part in the 11 karting events promoted by WSK, the peak of which was the Super Master Series round at Adria with 343 drivers.
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Day 1 – Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals
The chassis raffle has taken place as the annual Rotax MAX Challenge Grand finals return this week in Bahrain following last year’s last minute cancellation. Here’s the Day 1 PR & pics, plus links to follow this famous event.
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Videos – AKC Final Round
Missed all the action on Sunday? No problem, watch it when you’re ready with these on-demand videos of the event stream. Includes racing, presentations and some interviews.
Australian Champions Crowned
The 2021 Australian Kart Champions have been crowned. After a bit of a topsy turvy season due to covid-enforced calendar changes, the fourth and final round was finally put in the books at Monarto across the weekend.
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Saturday Wrap: AKC Round 4
The final round of the 2021 SP Tools Australian Kart Championship presented by Castrol EDGE kicked off at the Monarto Karting Complex near Murray Bridge in South Australia yesterday.
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Gippsland Twilight Ends Season
A Saturday afternoon twilight meeting concluded the Gippsland Go Kart Club’s competition year at Morwell on December 4 with all classes getting five races plus a handicap challenge.
NSW Premier State Cup
Wild weather and tough conditions couldn’t stop the 130-odds karters contesting the final two rounds of the KA-NSW Premier State Cup at Newcastle on the weekend.
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Youngsters Shine as Goldstar Kicks Off in Taranaki
Some proven performers and talented tyros were on fire as the 62nd annual WPKA Goldstar Series got underway in Taranaki last weekend, drawing an impressive 110 karters to the event.
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Champions Crowned at Peninsula Dirt Kart Finale
The Senior & Junior champions were determined at the Yorke Peninsula Dirt Kart Club’s last race meeting for 2021 last Saturday, and it was a hotly contested event with 100 drivers over 10 classes.
Stony Creek Club Day
Racing returned to the Stony Creek Kart Club yesterday, Saturday November 27, with the fifth round of the club’s 2021 championship. Photographer Steve Dansie was there, capturing the images below. …
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WSK Final Cup
Some strong individual performances but no major result at the end is probably an accurate way of describing how the Australian drivers went at the WSK Final Cup at Adria Raceway in Italy last weekend. Here’s the Aussie wrap and official finals day report, pics and video highlights.
GKCV Club day at Todd Rd
The Go Kart Club of Victoria hosted the first kart race meeting in Melbourne for many months, 165 drivers taking to the Todd Road circuit last Sunday.
Bumper Junior Fields for Goldstar Kickoff
One-hundred-and-twenty karters, will kick off the first round of the 62nd annual Goldstar Series at Taranaki, NZ, this weekend. Click through for the official event preview.
NSW State Rotax Titles
The NSW State Rotax Titles were contested at Coffs Harbour last weekend. Just over 80 entries hit the track in seven classes, Junior MAX the biggest field with 27 starters.
Queensland State Cup
“Oh my God!” is all The Noise could say after the Queensland State Cup at Warwick on the weekend which featured a strong entry, plenty of close racing and even a fly-over birthday banner! Click through for the results, pics and the video evidence.
Atrocious Winter Cup
The last final of the day at the 2021 Winter Cup at Lonato was red flagged with two laps to go with parts of the track basically flooded after a day of wet and miserable weather. Despite the tricky conditions, a couple of the Aussies did have some sunshine moments.
The 2021 Bartel Classic
The GKCSA was proud to honour life member John Bartel with the running of the Bartel Classic at the Monarto Karting Complex earlier this month.
IAME I-Games Concludes X30 Season
IAME’s X30 I-Games concluded with tight finishes in perfect weather at the Kartódromo Internacional do Algarve on the weekend. Here’s the official RGMMC report and videos.