Aussie junior James Wharton has showed his intention on the international scene for 2019 by qualifying fastest at the first WSK event in Italy for the year, the WSK Champions Cup at Adria Karting Raceway.
The Sparco Rotax Pro Tour officially kicked off the first of six rounds with the traditional Australia Day Opener at Port Melbourne’s iconic Todd Road Circuit.
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Rianna O’Meara-Hunt, Arie Hutton and Josh Richmond will be winging their way to Italy later this year to represent New Zealand at the annual ROK Cup International meeting.
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Matthew Hillyer and Jake Santalucia were the standout drivers over the weekend at the Focus on Furniture Junior Top Guns at Oakleigh, each winning both rounds in their respective class.
Mat Kinsman, Rianna O’Meara-Hunt and Josh Richmond were the big winners at the revived CIK Trophy of New Zealand in Hamilton on Sunday.
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Brilliant weather for night 2 of Junior Top Guns which saw two lucky karters go home with a new chassis.
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It was a great evening of racing a Oakleigh’s Junior Top Guns last night, Joel Johnson & Joshua D’Ambrosio putting on a great show for the win in KA4 Junior Heavy.
Barbadian racers Calem Maloney and Adam Mallalieu have emerged as the early front-runners in the inaugural Caribbean Junior Karting Academy Trophy after the first two rounds at Bushy Park Barbados over the weekend.
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Highlights clip, interviews and another report from the 4-Hour Enduro at Todd Rd.
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2.89 seconds was the winning margin, and three karts were on the lead lap after 4-hours of hard racing at the end-of-year Tag Enduro at Todd Rd yesterday.
Tiger Kart Club’s annual Triple Track Test & Have-A-Go Day was another success, the competition karters getting to race on three layouts, well attended have-a-go sessions, a 4SS 1-hour enduro and plenty of past karters coming back for a steer.
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Despite the hot temperatures, 145 karters fronted up for the Capri Cup / Ipswich Christmas meeting last weekend. Here is the event wrap and race videos from the Noise!
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Re-live the racing action, interviews and presentations from the 2018 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals. The live stream footage can now be viewed on-demand
It’s a wrap! Official windup press release of the 2018 Rotax Grand Finals.
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Finals day brought mixed results for the Australian drivers in Brazil, but an overall strong showing earned Team Australia runner-up honours in the Nations’ Cup, and Jaiden Pope’s remarkable fight-back drive almost got him the Junior MAX win.
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Australia’s Jaiden Pope finished a fighting second and Team Australia is runner-up in the Nations Cup at the Rotax Grand Finals overnight. Here’s the official race report (photos to follow).
Eleven of the 12 Team Australia entrants have made it through the heat racing and pre-finals to take a start in the Finals of the 2019 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Final in Brazil tonight.
The official photos, report and video (includes Australian driver interviews) of the Pre-Finals at the Rotax Worlds, Brazil.
The official report and photos from Rotax of the final day of heat racing in Brazil.
Overnight in Brazil the final two heats for each class were contested and once again the Australian drivers have ended the day with more impressive results. Includes driver interviews.
The official report and photos from Rotax of the first day of competition in Brazil – qualifying and the opening heat races.
Ryan Kennedy (DD2) and Jaiden Pope (Junior MAX) have both qualified fastest in class at the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Final! Qualifying and heat 1 wrap and photos
Day three at the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals saw four time World Final attendee Ryan Kennedy again top the DD2 time sheets in all three of his sessions. Aussie report & pics
The official report and photos from Rotax of the second day of free practice in Brazil.
With defending champion Ryan Urban leading the way, KartSport New Zealand’s 2018 Superkart titles were run and won on Sunday, despite sometimes torrential rain which meant all but one of the races were run on a wet track.