Penultimate Points at NZ Top Half
Some impressive fields lined up for two days of action at the penultimate round of the NZ Top Half Series in Auckland on the weekend.
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Video Wrap: OK & Junior World Championship
Here’s the official highlights reel from the 2023 OK and Junior World Championships at Franciacorta, Italy, on the weekend (includes Xavier Avramides interview)
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Riverside Crowns ProKart Champions
The 2023 California ProKart Challenge came to a close the other week with a double-round finale at the Adams Motorsports Park in Riverside.
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100+ at Auskarts Round 7
Over 100 four-stroke karters contested the seventh round of the Auskart Racing SE Qld Championship at Cooloola Coast on the weekend.
KNSW State Championship
Combined Districts Kart Club hosted the 2023 NSW State Sprint Titles at Lithgow on the weekend, over 220 entries competing for blue plates.
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Hoey’s Double at Rotax National Cup
Local driver Harrison Hoey was the big winner at the 2023 Australian Rotax National Cup hosted by Ipswich Kart Club on Saturday night, winning two classes in dominant fashion.
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WA Kart Championship
Tiger Kart Club hosted the 2023 WA Kart Championship at Wanneroo on the weekend. Results, photos and link to the live stream replay.
41st Junior Sprint Classic
Will Thompson added his name to the storied list of Champion of Champions winners at the annual Junior Sprint Classic on the weekend.
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Cross Does the Double at Garden City Champs
Reigning New Zealand Rotax Light champion Caleb Cross put his local knowledge to good use at the Garden City Champs, winning two light classes in Rotax and Briggs.
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Preview: Queensland State Cup
Over 210 entries have been received for the 2023 Queensland State Cup at Ipswich this weekend, an event that’s part of the club’s “Speedweek” that includes the Rotax National Cup.
Glorious Golden Power Series
Tight racing, big sends and dominant performances – the penultimate round of the 2023 Golden Power Series hosted by the Gippsland Go Kart Club at Morwell on the weekend had it all. The juniors and cadets in particular put on some great racing and there was a special and unique Driver Of The Round awarded.
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NSW ‘Wash It’ Kart Championship
Lismore hosted the 2023 NSW Kart Championship on the weekend, almost 200 entries contesting the 11 championship classes. The Noise reports.
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Texas Series’ Fall Finale
The 2023 Texas Sprint Racing Series concluded on the weekend with the running of the ‘Fall Finale’ at Speedsportz Racing Park.
USA Rotax Champions Crowned
The 2023 Rotax MAX Challenge US Trophy Final has crowned the new champions for this season and awarded 12 drivers with tickets to the RMC Grand Finals in Bahrain later this year.
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Guitars at Tamworth’s C2C
Surfboard trophies are the tradition on the Gold Coast and now the Tamworth Kart Club hopes to have established a new tradition, awarding guitar trophies to the series winners of the Coast-2-Country Series on the weekend.
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South Australian Kart Championship
Southern Go Kart club hosted the 2023 South Australian Kart Championship at the re-configured Bolivar circuit on the weekend and the club’s President took out one of the titles!
Gippsland Shakesdown
With the Golden Power Series round at the venue this weekend, the Gippsland Go Kart club enjoyed the company of extra karters on Sunday as racers ran the club’s September club day as a shakedown for GPS.
Rotax Euro Trophy Decided
The 2023 season of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy is history with the final round held at PFI in the UK recently.
Cowbiz Archerville Classic
80 karters assembled at Archerville Raceway across the weekend to chase the black plates that were up for grabs in the “State Cup” Cowbiz Archerville Classic IV. Jade Stone reports.
Portland’s Slip-N-Slide VCS Round
The Portland District Kart Club hosted the penultimate round of the DPE Kart Superstore Victorian Country Series on the weekend, but there were varying degrees of track moisture throughout the event.
Warwick’s Junior Top Guns
There was great racing all weekend at the Warwick Kart Club for the 2023 Wash-It Australia Junior Top Guns meeting. The Noise reports.
Photo Finish at Wackersdorf
Paolo Ippolito is the new KZ World Champion and Niels Tröger won the KZ2 World Cup, but the most spectacular finish at Wackersdorf was in KZ2 Masters. Italian karting icons Davide Forè and Alessandro Manetti crossed the line side-by-side, Forè adding another title to his long list of achievements. But it was a race for victory that New Zealander Daniel Bray should have been part of…
TaG Titles Feature at IKC
Another huge meeting was run at Ipswich a week ago, hot fields in the feature TaG Light and TaG Heavy classes, plus several Rotax categories prepping for the National Cup.
King Andrew’s 3rd Rock Island Crown
Andrew Bujdoso captured his third consecutive King Of The Streets shifter title at the 28th running of the Rock Island Grand Prix in Illinois, USA.
Excitement Renewed at Blossom Event
With an enthusiastic push from the KartSport Hawkes Bay committee, the annual two-day Blossom event that runs in both directions showed strong sparks of yesteryear.