The 2017 Festival of Superkarts saw one of the largest gatherings of road race machines in many years. Over 70 drivers from all states that race Superkarts attended the event at Phillip Island on the weekend.
A mix of youth and experience make up the seven-strong Kiwi squad set to travel to Portugal later this year for the 18th annual Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals.
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The Super One Series is reaching its climax in the UK. Round 8 was in Scotland at the Larkhall circuit on the weekend.
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The 33rd running of the City of Melbourne Titles saw a close to 20% increase in entry numbers over last year, plus Brad Jenner win the unofficial feature class of TaG Light.
The small rural hamlet of Lake King was the venue for the final round of the South Eastern Zone Championships for 2017. Frank Viola reports (includes series placings).
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Results and photo gallery from Stony Creek Kart Club’s August race day.
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Dylan Drysdale, Tim Loughran and Garry Cullum were the big winners after an all-action final round of New Zealand’s 2017 ProKart Series for KZ karts at Hamilton over the weekend.
Orange Kart Club’s A-Track Challenge ended up running on the longer B-track. Cadet 12 racer Matthew Hansford-Taylor filed this report from last weekend.
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Germany’s Peter Elkmann and Australia’s Jordan Ford both top-scored their respective divisions at round 2 of the CIK-FIA European Superkart Championship. Here’s the official report and photos from Assen.
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Local member Bailey Collins pulled off victory in both KA4 Junior classes at the Gippsland Go Kart Club’s annual Australasian C & D Grade Title meeting last weekend. While he largely dominated the results in the Light class, it was a different matter in Heavy.
A 13-kart field of Open Performance machines, driven by a bunch of past and present champions, fronted for round 5 of the Ipswich Kart Club’s Championship on Saturday.
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Four new faces took the chequered flag first at the penultimate round of the Rotax Pro Tour at Puckapunyal on Sunday, including the third female competitor to secure a major race win in the series during 2017.
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Results of the finals, Rotax Pro Tour round 5: Rotax Light 1 Cody Brewczynski (NSW, FA Kart) 2 Cameron Longmore (NSW, Kosmic) 3 Jordan Pyke (NSW, FA Kart) 4 Kyle Bonser (NSW, …
Shamick Racing’s Mini and Micro MAX drivers are dominating their categories at round 5 of the Rotax Pro Tour, James Wharton and Harry Arnett both qualifying fastest and winning all their heats today at Puckapunyal.
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Follow Rotax Pro Tour round 5 live from Puckapunyal across the weekend:
Live commentary direct from the track
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There were some impressive numbers around the 52nd running of the Brazilian Karting Championship recently, 522 drivers taking 13 days (and 8,000 tyres!) to complete the 2 phases of the event.
Rotax Max Euro Challenge’s third Kart Prix took place at Wackersdorf in Germany on the weekend, and despite the weather forecasts and initial low temperatures, the rain didn’t make an appearance and allowed for good racing throughout the weekend.
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Dylan Drysdale has taken the Prokart Series’ points lead in New Zealand’s premier KZ2 class after a dominant performance at the penultimate round in Auckland on the weekend.
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With the C&D Grade Titles at the venue this weekend, a number of extra karters turned up for Gippsland Go Kart Club’s July race day on Sunday.
The Coastal Classic witnessed a wonderful weekend of kart racing for those who braved the difficult weather at Bunbury on the weekend. by Frank Viola
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Having earlier had to cut the axle out of his kart, Jake Klarich overcame a torrential downpour to win the Final at round three of the WA KZ2 Series.
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With 94 entries – the highest so far in its young history – the third Kart Prix of this year’s X30 Euro Series took place in Wackersdorf, Germany, recently.
The July club day race meeting at Stony Creek, Vic, was a cold and sometimes windy affair. Occasional sprinkles of rain meant the conditions were not ideal, however there was still plenty of good racing across all classes.
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There was some great racing from the 170+ entries that contested round 4 of the Victorian Country Series at a very chilly Horsham the other week.
Here are the official CIK-FIA images from the European Championship round at Alaharma.