Retro

City of Sydney Goes Off!

Wednesday 7th February, 2024Tuesday 6th February, 2024

The sun has set on an amazing weekend at the 2024 City of Sydney Titles, 225 entries taking the opportunity to race on the rarely used full-length variation. The Noise reports.

DAP Restoration – Part 4

Monday 5th February, 2024

Video – The chassis has been powder coated, the chrome parts have been re-chromed and the new floor tray looks sweet! Re-assembly begins…

Funkart Global’s Twilight

Wednesday 24th January, 2024

The second round of the Funkart Global Summer Series was run on the shortened version of Ipswich Kart Club’s race track on Saturday night.

City of Sydney Update

Tuesday 23rd January, 2024

With just days left to enter, organisers have revealed the scoring matrix for the Max Laybutt Teams Challenge and want to thank all the sponsors for supporting the upcoming City of Sydney Titles.

DAP/Rotax Resto – Part 3

Tuesday 5th December, 2023

The Power Republic DAP restoration continues with this part 3 video, rebuilding the 100cc rotary valve Rotax engine!

Retro Racing Calendar

Tuesday 28th November, 2023

The 2024 Retro karting series will kick off with three State Championships followed by the Tony Agland Memorial and conclude with the RKA Nationals in Victoria.

Australian Kart in Elvis Movie

Saturday 18th November, 2023Saturday 18th November, 2023

Did you know the yellow go-kart in Baz Luhrman’s Elvis movie was made in Australia?

Oceania Closes Retro Championship

Wednesday 15th November, 2023

Retro Karting Australia’s Oceania Championship meeting in Victoria on the weekend closed out the RKA Series for 2023 with some decent size fields and high-revving action.

DAP Resto – The Rotax Engine

Tuesday 7th November, 2023

Episode 2 of the Power Republic DAP kart restoration is the tear-down of the 100cc Rotax rotary valve engine. Take a look at what Derek finds inside!

Nick Takes The Tony

Wednesday 6th September, 2023

Nick Agland put in a super drive from the rear of the field to win the Tony Agland Memorial for F100 at the Retro Karting Australia round at Orange on the weekend.

Karting’s First Owner Manual?

Sunday 20th August, 2023

Is this the first owner’s manual in karting? Back in 1988, Drew Price Engineering (DPE) released its most successful chassis to date, the iconic Demon X8.

A Very Dodgy Guest!

Monday 7th August, 2023Sunday 6th August, 2023

Power Republic has produced its first podcast! Check out who Dezzy talks with for Episode One…

Karting News Briefs

Sunday 23rd July, 2023Sunday 23rd July, 2023

There’s LOTS of current karting related news in this post, but there’s also some content that is a bit dated because it didn’t get published when it was supposed to…

RKA at Port Mac

Tuesday 20th June, 2023

The NSW State Championship for Retro Karting Australia was conducted at the Port Macquarie Kart Club on the weekend. The Noise reports!

Vic Retro Championships

Thursday 11th May, 2023Thursday 11th May, 2023

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!

Oscar’s Ride Restored

Thursday 30th March, 2023

Melbourne Kart Centre has restored Oscar Piastri’s Junior Clubman kart he used in Australia and you can see it on display at the Grand Prix this week.

Retro’s Round 1

Thursday 2nd March, 2023Thursday 2nd March, 2023

The Riddell brothers have taken victory in the premier F100 Light and Heavy classes at the opening round of Retro Karting Australia’s 2023 series in Canberra on the weekend.

VIDEO – Over 60 years ago it was a small dirt track. Now it’s a much larger sealed modern karting facility that runs in the opposite direction. Watch this video to see how the Ballarat kart track has evolved.

2023 KA Rule Book

Friday 23rd December, 2022

Here’s some light reading for the off season – the 2023 Karting Australia Manual that was made available today.

Oldies Plan for 2023

Friday 16th December, 2022

Some significant dates for vintage and retro karters have been confirmed for next year.

Juniors To Race Retro in 2023

Wednesday 23rd November, 2022

Retro Karting Australia will offer a Junior Clubman Yamaha class in its 2023 race season.

Alf’s Gem Unveiled at Capri Cup

Monday 17th October, 2022

There was huge interest at Ipswich’s final club championship round on Saturday as the result of a partnership between Ipswich Kart Club and the Queensland Vintage & Historic Karting Club was unveiled – the restored twin engine Margay kart that Alf Capri raced.