RKA Qld State Titles
A sprinkle of rain lit up the finals of Retro Karting Australia’s Queensland State Championship meeting at Warwick on the weekend. The Noise reports, with vids and pics.
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Restricted Brands For Historic Super Cup
Only kart brands that are on an FIA Karting eligibility list will be allowed to take part in the FIA Karting Historic Super Cup for vintage karts later this year.
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Retro & Modern Mix at Tamworth
Retro and modern karting mixed at Tamworth on the weekend with the running of the club’s annual Alan Cox Cup race meeting that also hosted the Retro Karting Australia NSW State Titles.
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Retro Karters Get It Up @ Albury
The 2024 Retro Karting season kicked off with the Victorian Championship at Albury Wodonga Kart Club on the weekend. The Noise reports with pics and video!
RIP Mike Best
Queensland Vintage & Historic Karting stalwart and foundation member, Mike (Mikey) Best has passed away. QVHK Secretary Darryl Bertram said Mike passed away peacefully on Saturday.
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City of Sydney Goes Off!
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.
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DAP Restoration – Part 4
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
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.
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City of Sydney Update
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.
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DAP/Rotax Resto – Part 3
The Power Republic DAP restoration continues with this part 3 video, rebuilding the 100cc rotary valve Rotax engine!
Retro Racing Calendar
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.
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Australian Kart in Elvis Movie
Did you know the yellow go-kart in Baz Luhrman’s Elvis movie was made in Australia?
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Oceania Closes Retro Championship
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
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!
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Nick Takes The Tony
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?
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!
Power Republic has produced its first podcast! Check out who Dezzy talks with for Episode One…
Karting News Briefs
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
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
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
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
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.
History of Ballarat
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
Here’s some light reading for the off season – the 2023 Karting Australia Manual that was made available today.
Oldies Plan for 2023
Some significant dates for vintage and retro karters have been confirmed for next year.