Two rounds remain as Marlborough karters stretched their advantage in New Zealand’s Mainland Karting Series points after the Sunbelt Series rounds in Blenheim and Nelson over Kings Birthday weekend.
With the WPKA Goldstar karting series decided, the standalone Manawatu and TRC Toyota WPKA Championship attracted excellent fields to Palmerston North over King’s Birthday weekend.
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Young Lana Flack has created history at the AKC meeting in Newcastle today, becoming the first female in 26 years to win a round of a multi-event Australian Kart Championship series.
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Sam Dicker got his Australian Kart Championship title chase back on track at Newcastle today, but trouble struck a number of Championship contenders during the opening day of round three.
Turbulent weather threw a spanner in the works for round three of the Golden Power Series, which once again witnessed some fantastic racing and over-subscribed classes. Ayrton Creagh reports from Numurkah.
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The second event of the 2023 season for the Texas Sprint Racing Series took place over the Memorial Weekend at one of the more historic facilities in the United States.
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Six weeks after the opening round in Belgium, the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy hit perfect weather in France with four drivers scoring double victories.
Preview – With the WPKA Goldstar karting series decided, the standalone Manawatu and TRC Toyota WPKA Championship event is the focus for young karters in Palmerston North over King’s Birthday weekend.
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Bridging the gap between karting and car racing can be extremely challenging. Driver Dynamics recently launched a new program to accelerate the learning of young drivers.
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Foggy one day, sunny the next! The Noise reports from the 2023 edition of the Alan Cox Cup at Oakburn Park, Tamworth.
With 340 entries already confirmed and the final number likely to be closer to 400, the Ipswich Kart Club will be running an over-subscribed format for several classes at its next club championship round.
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Round 3 of Auskart’s Enduro Championship was held at Warwick on Sunday. Half of the race ran anti-clockwise, then everyone turned around and ran the rest in the opposite direction. Oh, and The Noise podiumed his class!
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Regardless of wet and cold conditions on Saturday that gave way to fine and fast racing on Sunday, the favourites confirmed their class in the final round of Kartsport New Zealand’s premier Kartstars competition in Rotorua.
Saturday saw another great turnout for the Auskart’s 4-Stroke Championship at Warwick Kart Club. The Noise reports with video,
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Max Walton made a fantastic debut in the Karting Academy Trophy in the Czech Republic on the weekend, leading the final before finishing third. However, he was not the only driver flying the Aussie flag in Trinec (includes video).
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Queensland teenager Max Walton recorded the best-ever finish by an Australian driver in the FIA Karting Academy Trophy with a third place finish in Trinec, Czech Republic on the weekend.
The day started wet, but most of the racing was in the dry at Gippsland Go Kart Club’s May race day on Sunday. And next month, there will be extra races!
Hamilton hosted round 2 of the DPE Kart Superstore Victorian Country Series on the weekend, an event that saw Remo Luciani return to the track after a forced hiatus.
It might have been Mother’s Day but that didn’t stop karters (or their mums!) from heading to Sandy Creek Raceway for the third round of the Warwick Kart Club Championship. The Noise reports.
Shane Stonehouse won his fifth Phil Goss Memorial at Archerville Raceway on Saturday night, a meeting that turned out to be the largest karting event in Tasmania so far this year.
A trio of Manawatu karters were in top form to cement their dominance of respective classes in the final round of the Manawatu and TRC Toyota WPKA Goldstar Series in Hawkes Bay at the weekend.
The Noise reckons the sun has not yet set on the DPE Kart Superstore RKA Victorian Championship at Geelong, because it never properly came out!
Ipswich Kart Club has reached the mid-point of its eight-round Club Championship. Averaging an envious 281 entries per round, that figure is expected to increase with the upcoming AKC Shakedown and Qld State Cup.
262 starters fronted for round 4 of the 2023 Ipswich Kart Club Championships on Saturday the 29th of April, where Queensland Open Performance was the feature class.
With fastest off the back and the Lights a pre-calculated time behind the Heavies, the 50-Lapper Classic for Juniors at Lithgow was a challenging race, especially when the rain stated falling half way through!