There was a sense of excitement as 170+ drivers and crews looked to put the last two years of interrupted seasons behind them as the DPE Victorian Country Series launched in the South West of the state last weekend. Andrew Hayes reports.
Numbers were down a little for the March race day at Stony Creek last weekend, however there was still some fierce racing in several of the classes.
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One Australian started P6 for his final, another never got to start a race after an ankle injury. Here’s a wrap of what happened in the wet & dry WSK Super Master Series round at La Conca on the weekend.
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Southland-based Nixon Cripps is one of the most travelled karters in the country, and if his continued success in the WPKA Goldstar Kart Series is anything to go by, then he will quickly reach frequent flyer status.
With all that has been with covid, the TEKA fraternity had been chewing at the bit to get back on track, finally achieving that feat at what some think to be the spiritual home of TEKA, the Newcastle Kart Racing Club.
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The Champions of the Future Winter Series kicked off at the Franciacorta circuit last weekend and a couple of Australians were there clocking up miles on the international stage (includes official report and video stream)
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Former Australian KZ2 Champion, Joshua Fife has made a successful start to his 2022 SP Tools Australian Kart Championship campaign by staging a thrilling last lap pass to take Sunday afternoon’s 25-lap final.
Two Victorian juniors, Brad Majman and series debutante, Amos Orr have set the track alight in the opening heat races for the SP Tools Australian Kart Championship presented by Castrol EDGE in Melbourne on Saturday.
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For the first time since 2019, the Tasmanian Statewide Series is back on track, over 80 competitors arriving at Archerville Kartway on the weekend for the opening round of 2022. Jade Stone reports.
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The 2022 Golden Power Series kicked off over the weekend at the Goulburn Valley Kart Club under clear skies and warm weather. 218 entries were taken with thirteen classes being run across the weekend. Mitchell McLellan reports.
With 29 years at the sharp end of the sport, Auckland’s Daniel Bray, remains one of the NZ’s foremost karters after dominating the opening round of the Toyota Gazoo Racing New Zealand ProKart Series opener (photo above is a couple of Vortex Mini ROKers mixing it up)
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One-hundred-and-eight drivers attended round 1 of the Warwick Kart Club’s Championship at Sandy Creek Raceway a week ago. The Noise was there with his video camera.
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Here are the highlights from finals day at Lonato’s WSK Super Master Series round 2. Includes an event recap for William Calleja.
The Stony Creek Kart Club conducted its February race day earlier this month. Steve Dansie was there to capture the action.
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The Noise was dodging the dirt at Ipswich City Dirt Kart’s opening round of the 2022 season (includes video).
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The locals had to mix it with karters preparing for the AKC and State Championship at the opening club race day for the year at Eastern Lions Kart Club on the weekend.
It was a tough event for the Aussies at WSK Super Master round 2, DNF’s and penalties preventing all but one of them from making the Finals. Here’s the Aussie wrap plus report and photos from Europe.
With everyone on new tyres on a 32-degree day, grip was high and the lap times low for the opening event on the Gippsland Go Kart Club’s calendar for 2022, the February club day on Sunday.
255 starters got the Ipswich Kart Club’s 2022 Championship off to a flying start last Saturday with the Cadet Titles meeting. Even the local Mayor turned up! Russell Innes reports.
The IAME Winter Cup has become synonymous with the start of the international season for the top teams and drivers in the IAME X30 circle, and its 7th running in Valencia did not disappoint with Marcus Luzio (Dan Holland Racing), Aaron Garcia (MDC Racing) and Kit Belofsky (Fusion Motorsport) winning the finals in X30 Senior, Junior and Mini respectively (includes video).
When your family name is Williams and given name is Ayrton, there’s a fair bet that motorsport is going to be in your blood. 15-year-old Aucklander Ayrton Williams claimed the Trophy in the Vortex ROK DVS class in Hamilton on the weekend.
Lismore Kart Club opened its 2022 season with the two-day double-header Double Direction event. The Noise was there on the day everything ran backwards (includes video).
William Calleja has had a fantastic start to the WSK Super Master Series, claiming tenth in the Mini Final in Italy on the weekend. Lewis Francis also made it through to the OK Junior final.
The appearance of FIA Formula 2 stars Marcus Armstrong and Liam Lawson could not outshine the effort of KartSport NZ officials and volunteers in managing 180 drivers and crew competing under Covid red light rules in Auckland on the weekend.
Eight Australian drivers are in Lonato for the opening round of the WSK Super Master Series, but only seven are left in the competition after injury forced out one of our juniors.