Quickie News Briefs!
In this post of News Briefs: Push-back bumpers return for SKUSA, various track and rule updates, race format shakeup for Rotax Pro Tour – plus more!
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Limited Edition Model Kart
How cool is this? Vroom has launched a line of 1:12 scale model race karts, kicking off with a limited edition representation of the 2013 CRG/TM World Champion.
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Penalties Rob Rotax Grand Finals of First Female Winner
A start infringement plus a nose-cone penalty has robbed the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals of its first female winner in the Senior MAX class.
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Rotax Grand finals – Day 6 (Pre-Finals)
Team Australia driver Kamal Mrad will start the Junior MAX Final at the Rotax Worlds from grid 16. Click through for the Aussie Wrap plus pre-finals report and link for tonight’s live stream.
Simonelli & Stimson Awarded Capri Cup
Ipswich Kart Club rounded off a very successful racing season earlier this month with the running of the annual Capri Cup, the first time the event has been run since the passing of Alf Capri.
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Videos – AKC Final Round
Missed all the action on Sunday? No problem, watch it when you’re ready with these on-demand videos of the event stream. Includes racing, presentations and some interviews.
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Australian Champions Crowned
The 2021 Australian Kart Champions have been crowned. After a bit of a topsy turvy season due to covid-enforced calendar changes, the fourth and final round was finally put in the books at Monarto across the weekend.
Saturday Wrap: AKC Round 4
The final round of the 2021 SP Tools Australian Kart Championship presented by Castrol EDGE kicked off at the Monarto Karting Complex near Murray Bridge in South Australia yesterday.
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Gippsland Twilight Ends Season
A Saturday afternoon twilight meeting concluded the Gippsland Go Kart Club’s competition year at Morwell on December 4 with all classes getting five races plus a handicap challenge.
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NSW Premier State Cup
Wild weather and tough conditions couldn’t stop the 130-odds karters contesting the final two rounds of the KA-NSW Premier State Cup at Newcastle on the weekend.
Youngsters Shine as Goldstar Kicks Off in Taranaki
Some proven performers and talented tyros were on fire as the 62nd annual WPKA Goldstar Series got underway in Taranaki last weekend, drawing an impressive 110 karters to the event.
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Stony Creek Club Day
Racing returned to the Stony Creek Kart Club yesterday, Saturday November 27, with the fifth round of the club’s 2021 championship. Photographer Steve Dansie was there, capturing the images below. …
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WSK Final Cup
Some strong individual performances but no major result at the end is probably an accurate way of describing how the Australian drivers went at the WSK Final Cup at Adria Raceway in Italy last weekend. Here’s the Aussie wrap and official finals day report, pics and video highlights.
GKCV Club day at Todd Rd
The Go Kart Club of Victoria hosted the first kart race meeting in Melbourne for many months, 165 drivers taking to the Todd Road circuit last Sunday.
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NSW State Rotax Titles
The NSW State Rotax Titles were contested at Coffs Harbour last weekend. Just over 80 entries hit the track in seven classes, Junior MAX the biggest field with 27 starters.
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Queensland State Cup
“Oh my God!” is all The Noise could say after the Queensland State Cup at Warwick on the weekend which featured a strong entry, plenty of close racing and even a fly-over birthday banner! Click through for the results, pics and the video evidence.
Atrocious Winter Cup
The last final of the day at the 2021 Winter Cup at Lonato was red flagged with two laps to go with parts of the track basically flooded after a day of wet and miserable weather. Despite the tricky conditions, a couple of the Aussies did have some sunshine moments.
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The 2021 Bartel Classic
The GKCSA was proud to honour life member John Bartel with the running of the Bartel Classic at the Monarto Karting Complex earlier this month.
IAME I-Games Concludes X30 Season
IAME’s X30 I-Games concluded with tight finishes in perfect weather at the Kartódromo Internacional do Algarve on the weekend. Here’s the official RGMMC report and videos.
Gippsland’s November Race Day
The Gippsland Go Kart Club returned to racing on November 14, getting all four races in for each class before the threatening rains drenched the circuit.
State Cup Shakedown at Warwick
The shakedown meeting for the Queensland State Cup took place at Warwick on Sunday. Click through for the results, photos and ‘Noisy’ video of all the finals.
Ipswich Dirt Karts
from The Noise – Wow what a weekend! Saturday November 6 was a brilliant afternoon & evening of racing at Ipswich City Dirt Karts where over 50 drivers fronted for a great race meeting. Photos & video of the action.
Last Grand Finals Tickets Awarded at Golden Trophy
Flames belched into the air in Belgium last weekend as over 200 drivers fought for the last tickets to the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals at the Euro Golden Trophy meeting at Genk.
Champions Confirmed in Texas Sprint Series
A joint venture between SKUSA and IKF, record numbers contested the Texas Sprint Racing Series across five events between March and September.
Cadets Feature at IKC Round 6
Gabriel Elkayam, Jenson Burns and Leighton Thorley won their respective categories at Ipswich Kart Club’s Cadet Titles last Saturday, that also encompassed round 6 of the club’s 2021 Championship. IKC’s Russell Innes reports.