Some inclement weather as Cyclone Gabrielle introduced herself, and the winner-takes-all finals made for some exciting racing at the CIK Trophy of New Zealand and Challenge Cup event at KartSport Hamilton over the weekend.
Ipswich Kart Club has kicked off its 2023 Championship with almost 300 drivers contesting 17 classes for the opening round last Saturday, including huge fields of kids for the Cadet Titles
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Six drivers have qualified for the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals by winning the two-round RMC Winter Trophy USA that concluded in Florida last week.
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The South West Kart Club hosted over 150 entries for the opening round of the DPE Kart Superstore Victorian Country Series at Cobden on the weekend.
Over 200 drivers across three X30 categories contested the IAME Winter Cup in sunny Valencia last weekend (includes video – check out the X30 Senior final – shunts & chicane cutting!)
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Video – Here’s the highlights package from the WSK Super Master Series round 1 at Lonato.
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Ipswich City Dirt Kart Club opened its year of competition with almost 100 entries competing across 12 groups in round one of its two and four-stroke Championships. The Noise reports.
Nine drivers flew the Australian flag at the opening round of the WSK Super Master Series at Lonato, Italy, on the weekend. Here’s how they went (plus official finals day report and pics)
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Over 300 entries are set to contest the opening round of the 2023 Ipswich Kart Club Championship on Saturday, with Cadet 9 and Cadet 12 drivers duking it out for the IKC Cadet Titles.
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Here’s the highlights package from the WSK Champions Cup finals at Lonato on the weekend (KZ2, OK, OK-J, Mini, Mini U10, X30 Jnr, X30 Snr – English commentary)
Delayed from 2022, the Albury Wodonga Kart Club successfully ran The Pink Plate on the weekend, attracting a strong representation of female drivers from around the country.
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William Calleja was top placed Australian at the WSK Champions Cup at Lonato on the weekend. Calleja put in a strong comeback after qualifying 20th in the Mini class to eventually place fifth in the final.
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Red Bull Junior race driver Liam Lawson displayed his stunning skills on a soaked circuit to win KZ2 at the City of Sails at Auckland on the weekend.
By winning the 26th annual Wyllie’s Kart City Young Guns feature race at Launceston on Saturday, Oliver Wickham has become the first driver to win the event in Cadet 9, Cadet 12 and now Juniors. Jade Stone reports.
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Last October, the FIA World Motor Sport Council approved the introduction of an International Karting Ranking (IKR) for 2023 and onwards. More information about how it works has now been released.
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Victoria’s race season is under way, Junior Top Guns making the most of great weather across two evenings in Melbourne. Mitch McLellan reports from Oakleigh (includes links to LOTS of photos)
The opening round of ‘Morris Personal’ Junior Top Guns was conducted on the 1056m long circuit at Oakleigh yesterday and, unlike almost every previous year, there was no rain!
Do you like slow-motion action videos of karting? There are now several re-cap highlights videos from SKUSA’s Supernationals in Las Vegas last month.
Sanctioned by two governing bodies – SKUSA and the IKF – the Texas Sprint Racing Series experienced record numbers in 2022, welcoming nearly 900 entries across its five rounds.
Karting veteran Jace Lindstrom and his protégé Declan Somers have taken out an action-packed four-and-a-half hour TaG enduro at Todd Rd.
The third annual Cowbiz Archerville Classic boasted lots of racing and perfect weather across two days last weekend. Jade Stone reports from Launceston.
TaG Light and TaG Heavy boasted the biggest fields at the 2022 running of the Dave Hamnett Memorial at Manning Valley Kart Club on the weekend. The Noise was there to capture the action!
Marc Marquez and Max Verstappen teamed up for a multi-driver kart race at the Honda Thanks Day on November 30.
It can’t be argued that karting is not a family sport, with multiple sets of siblings on the podium at Sunday’s race meeting in Morwell.
The Noise headed to Lakeside on the weekend for the seventh and final round of the 2022 Auskarts 4-stroke Championship