Dicker Claims AKC Title
Western Australian driver Sam Dicker has been crowned the 2023 KZ2 SP Tools Australian Kart Champion after an exhilarating Grand Final day for the Series at Port Melbourne’s Todd Road circuit.
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Sunday Showdown for AKC Honours!
After a dramatic day at Melbourne’s Todd Road Circuit, all but two SP Tools Australian Kart Championship categories are up for grabs on Grand Final day tomorrow, with four of the classes seeing top runners separated by six points or less.
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Great Barrier Reef Titles
Sponsored by Jess Golding Motorsport, the 2023 Great Barrier Reef Titles provided good honest grass roots racing across two days last weekend. The Noise reports from Whitsunday Raceway.
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Lewis Top 10s Genk
Australian junior karter Lewis Francis finished in the top ten at the fourth round of the Belgian IAME Championship at Genk last weekend.
Hurricane Hilary Cuts Cali Prokart Round
Hurricane Hilary shut down proceedings at Adams Motorsports Park on the weekend, the three-day, two-round event turning into a two-day one-round deal.
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A Record Breaker Clyde Marshall Memorial
Over 200 entries for the annual Clyde Marshall Memorial on the weekend produced the biggest race meeting at Lithgow City Raceway in the past 10 years.
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Horsham Hosts DPE Country Series Round 4
Horsham hosted 146 competitors last weekend as the Wimmera Kart Racing Club ran round four of the DPE Kart Superstore Victorian Country Series.
Rotax Qualifier Change
The Oakleigh Go Kart Racing club has changed the schedule for this weekend’s Rotax Qualifying event, which will now take place on SATURDAY.
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City of Melbourne Record Breaker
A massive 438 entries broke the record for the largest ever City of Melbourne Titles at Todd Rd on the weekend.
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RMC International Trophy
Australian karter Kamal Mrad contested the Rotax MAX Challenge International Trophy at the legendary Le Mans circuit last month.
Midsummer Mashup at Simrock Raceway
The first visit for the Texas Sprint Racing Series to shiny-surfaced Simrock Raceway produced an exciting weekend for the penultimate round of the 2023 championship.
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A Very Dodgy Guest!
Power Republic has produced its first podcast! Check out who Dezzy talks with for Episode One…
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More Laps at Morwell
Numbers were up in Cadet 12 as were the number of races for each class at the Gippsland Go Kart Club’s July race day on Sunday.
Lammers, Bondarev & Marti Crowned at Cremona
The new FIA Karting European Champions for 2023 are Rene Lammers (OK), Oleksandr Bondarev (OK-J) and Hugo Marti (Academy Trophy). Finals day report plus live stream video.
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Aussies In Italy
Several Australians are competing in the FIA European Championship round at Cremona, Italy this weekend, and one of them has started superbly with P3 in qualifying and a heat race win!
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NT Kart Championship
The Darwin Karting Association hosted the 2023 Northern Territory Kart Championship earlier this month, July 6 to 9. Eight classes were contested and included several interstate drivers.
The Young Guns of Lismore
The Wynnum Haulage 2023 Young Guns Titles at Lismore was once again a magnificent show case event for the youngsters of the sport. The Noise reports.
Winter Challenge Accepted
The Ballarat Kart Club’s 2023 Winter Challenge has been run and won – in sunny Horsham! Race wrap and photos.
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…
Walton Walks It In at AKC
Despite a DNF on Saturday and a nose cone penalty in Sunday’s final, Queensland teenager Max Walton has amassed enough points to claim the Australian KA2 Junior championship with one round to go.
Racey Rochy for GPS Round 4
Weather challenged racers at Rochester for round 4 of the Golden Power Series last week. Ayrton Creagh reports (and who got the commentator’s “Driver Of The Weekend”?)
Halfway Point for Cali ProKart Challenge
Jesus Vasquez, Keagan Kaminksi and Billy Musgrave were among the winners at the mid-point round of the California ProKart Challenge at Santa Maria on the weekend.
City-County Series Reaches Warwick
It was a frosty start, but things quickly heated up for the 145 competitors at Warwick Kart Club for the fourth round of the City-Country Series on Sunday.
Rotax Euro Trophy – Mariembourg
The latest round of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy was held in Belgium on the weekend, but after an event of fine and sunny conditions, the finals were met with rain.
Port Lincoln On The Mend
Having lay dormant for some time, the committee of the Port Lincoln Go Kart Club had been working hard over the years to get its circuit back up and running. Then it was hit by bush fires…