Victorian junior driver Steven Tsesmelis has taken out Karting Australia’s Club Driver Rankings for 2018, a program that saw over $50,000 of prizes distributed to competitors around the country.
The sixth, and final round of the DPE Victorian Country Series has been run and won at Portland’s Yarraman Park Circuit, attracting 179 karters from Victoria and South Australia. Includes full series points for all classes.
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Another fantastic day of racing at Ipswich Kart Club’s championship round 6 the other week, “The King Queen Titles of KA100”. The Noise reports with photos and video
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From the seats at turn 9 to the Canteen vantage point at turn 5, everyone watching was cheering and applauding as the trio of Anthony Alessi, Eddy Cooper and Blake Tracey completed their cool down lap and entered the pits. Bailey Dixon reports.
Gippsland Go Kart Club’s October club day was held in fine conditions, though numbers were down a little on the previous month.
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A full haul of points has seen OK-Junior driver Kiril Smal awarded the Memorial Carlo Fabi at Lonato’s Trofeo delle Industrie. Australian James Wharton finished 4th in class.
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With only a retirement capable of depriving him the title, Peter Elkmann drove with caution and lapped one-second slower than the leaders in the final race of the European Superkart Championship at Le Mans on the weekend.
James Wharton is racing at the front at the 47th Industry Trophy at Lonato. Wharton qualified 2nd in OK-J
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Footage of all the Finals from the opening round of the WSK Final Cup at Lonato on the weekend:
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With the conclusion of the final round at Portland on the weekend, series officials have now released the points and placings for the 2018 Victorian Country Series.
James Wharton did not make the OK-Junior final at Lonato overnight, a totally unjust result considering how well he’d run in qualifying and the heat races.
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Chris Cox and Zach Zaloum were back to their winning ways at KartSport New Zealand’s annual Island sprint kart meetings at Invercargill (Cox) and Palmerston North (Zaloum) over the weekend.
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After the elimination heats at Lonato, Australian James Wharton is ranked first in the OK-J class and will start pole for pre-final A (Saturday wrap, video, photos, plus live stream, link)
James Wharton qualified 5th and won the opening heat at the WSK Final Cup that’s running at Lonato this weekend. Aussie wrap so far…
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Hugo Simpson won the coveted ‘Champion of Champions’ feature race for KA3 Junior at Pucka’s annual Junior Sprint Classic on the weekend.
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Heading into finals day, Pierce Lehane and Kip Foster had high hopes of managing some sort of result at the IAME International Final, but it was not to be for either.
Young Christchurch karter Jacob Douglas led a four-strong New Zealand squad to its best ever finish at the big ROK Cup International Final meeting in Italy.
New Zealand KZ2 champion Mathew Kinsman bounced back for a top 10 finish in his Final while young gun Ryan Wood made a big impression on his Senior debut in the Rotax DD2 class at the sixth annual Race of Stars international kart event.
The Rok Cup concluded at Lonato overnight (four of the eight Australians making their finals) and the IAME International finals go live tonight! Here’s the progress report…
Frenchman Anthony Abbasse has become the fourth winner to etch his name onto a Gold Coast 600 Race of Stars Surfboard after winning the feature KZ class on the Gold Coast today.
Here’s how the Australians are going at the two ‘one make’ finals in Europe this weekend.
Watch all the KZ2, DD2 and support class action from Race of Stars via this live stream direct from the track at Pimpama, Qld. Starts 8am Saturday local time.
Italian star Lorenzo Camplese has laid down the gauntlet to some of the world’s best kart racers in the opening day of competition for the Race of Stars at the Xtreme Karting Complex with a blistering performance.
Pierce Lehane has qualified fastest in the massive 140-driver IAME Senior field at the IAME International Final at Le Mans. Here’s how the Australians are going so far (includes Remo’s video interviews, plus official wrap from IAME)
Marcos Flack is the best placed of the 8 Australians after qualifications at the Rok Cup International at Lonato, carding the second fastest time in a massive 140-kart Mini Rok field.