RKA Vic Titles
Retro Karting Australia held its Victorian Championship meeting at Geelong on the weekend and also crowned the National Champions for 2019. Sixty-seven entries contested the four classes.
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RMCGF: Day 2
The karts have hit the track, here’s the official report from Day Two – includes all the links you need to follow the Aussies during the week 🙂
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RMCGF: Day 1
Rotax Press: official Day One report from the 20th edition of the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals at Sarno, Italy – the famous chassis lineup and driver allocation.
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Kiwi Report: Race of Stars
There were plenty of Kiwis at Race of Stars, and two of them – Matthew Payne and Mathew Kinsman – made a big impression.
Video: Re-Live Race of Stars
Watch all the Race of Stars videos, on and off-track action from the Gold Coast, including interviews, racing, presentations and highlights clip.
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Abbasse Wins Another Race of Stars
Frenchman Anthony Abbasse has taken out his second consecutive Gold Coast 600 Race of Stars at the Xtreme Karting Complex for the SodiKart factory team after a remarkable series of events that saw the race decided after the chequered flag.
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IAME International Wrap
James Wharton was the only Australian to make the finals at the 2019 IAME International at Le Mans this past week, but there were some worthy efforts from many with several making the B finals.
ROK Cup Wrap
Seven Australians contested the ROK Cup International Final in Italy earlier this month, and two of them – Marcos Flack and Alex Ninovic – made it through to the finals.
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New Komet Tyre
IAME has announced two new compounds in its range of Komet Tyres for 2020 – K2H (hard) and K2M (medium). The H is focused around the X30 classes (and will be used at next year’s IAME International Final) and the M for the OK and KZ categories.
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Payne Pounces at Race of Stars
Kiwi Matthew Payne upstaged the Europeans and Australia’s best to qualify fastest at the Race of Stars on the Gold Coast yesterday. Here’s the qualifying day report, plus link to today’s live stream.
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Pro Tour 2020
IKD have made significant cost saving changes to the 2020 Rotax Pro Tour, specifically in the area of travel. Also, here’s a teams list and what they’re offering for next year.
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CC Success at Junior Sprint Classic
Driver’s using CC Racing engines again starred at the annual Junior Sprint Classic held last week at Puckpunyal. CC Racing enjoyed wins in five of the nine classes, including a 1-2-3-4 lockout
Kiwi Report: ROK Cup Superfinal
Two of the eight Kiwis who contested the ROK Cup Superfinal in Italy on the weekend are heading home with trophies.
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Aussie Assault: 24 Karters Racing Overseas
Twenty-Four Australian kart racers will be in action across three separate International karting events over the next three weeks.
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NZ Top Half Round 3
Junior drivers turn up the heat – Cold winds and wet weather challenged drivers and crew members alike at the latest Top Half kart series round at Tokoroa Raceway last weekend,
Preview: Kiwi ROKkers in Italy
KIWI EIGHT ‘READY TO ROK’ AT BIG CUP SUPERFINAL EVENT IN ITALY They have qualified by beating their peers at home. And last weekend each got to complete what effectively …
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Countdown On for Team Australia Drivers
The countdown is well and truly on for the 20th Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals which commence in Italy on October 19 – and seven of the 13 members of Team Australia already have World Finals experience.
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Williams Champion of Champions
Kobi Williams has taken out the 2019 Champion of Champions feature race at the annual Junior Sprint Classic meeting at Puckapunyal today. Williams beat home Bailey Collins and Nicholas Sacco in the 20-lap race for KA3 Junior.
The Karticle – ‘Lids’ Edition
Favourite helmets from each class feature in this unique race report & photo spread from Albury/Wodonga Kart Club – plus driver profile: Benjamin Roberts
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40% Off Kosmic Junior Kart
DPE Kart Superstore has an incredible limited-stock offer of 40% off Kosmic’s Nordix junior kart.
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Eight Kiwis Prep for ROK Superfinal
The 8-strong Kiwi squad that has assembled in Italy this week to prepare for this year’s ROK Superfinal meeting is set to get a valuable hit-out at the South Garda track at Lonato this weekend at the annual Trofeo D’Autunno meeting.
Vettel Drives Shifter Kart
Sebastian Vettel drove a shifter kart for the first time on the Monday after the Russian Grand Prix. The track sessions took place at Lonato with the Tony Kart Racing Team. He drove Tony Kart Racer 401R frames in both OK and KZ versions. INCLUDES VIDEO
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QLD State Kart Championship Final
The Noise reports from the second and final round of the 2019 Queensland Kart Championship at Cooloola Coast Kart Club. Includes video of all finals.
Four Karters Do The Garden City Double
Four karters successfully completed rare winning doubles at this year’s Garden City Championships kart race meeting in Christchurch over the weekend.