MKC’s Metro Series Round 1 Report
Eleven Melbourne Kart Centre drivers took on the opening round of the Metro Karting Series at the Geelong Kart Club’s Val Findlay Memorial event last weekend.
Team/Driver PR
DR Racing Kart – The Quiet Achievers
Since the end of 2018, the guys at DR Racing Kart Australia have been pushing hard with their latest model karts from Italy. Now, they’ve signed a new driver to the team.
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Karter To Make F4 Debut at AGP
Just turned senior karter, Emerson Harvey, will make his Formula 4 debut at the upcoming Australian Grand Prix at just 15 years of age.
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Arnett & Williams AKC R1 Effort
Driver PR: Cadet 12 national champion Harry Arnett and former Australian Kart Championship round winner Kobi Williams were looking for a strong start to their AKC effort at Ipswich.
Driver PR: Griffin’s AKC Round
Young Energy Course Australia backed driver Tristan Griffin took on the opening round of the Australian Kart Championship in Ipswich recently.
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Fife Goes Supercars for 2019
Former Australian Karting Champion Josh Fife will compete in the Super3 Series in 2019 with Brad Jones Racing.
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Karting News Briefs
EV Expo, F1-ers kart practice, City Series nostalgia, club & industry updates, event info, team & driver PR, it’s not the 500…
Turney & Ardigò On Podium at Winter Cup
The Tony Kart Racing Team took podiums in KZ2 and OK classes with Marco Ardigò and Joe Turney, both finishing in third place at Lonato
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Could 9-Year-Old Be The Next Big Thing?
Long before Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo were household names, they too were young kids spending weekends with family at the kart track, honing their craft while dreaming big. Enter, Lewis Francis.
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Local Kids Excel at AKC Round
As host club of the first round of the 2019 SP Tools Australian Kart Championship, Ipswich Kart Club had a large contingent of Juniors and Cadets entered, many of whom were racing their first AKC event.
Big Weekend for MKC at Ipswich
Melbourne Kart Centre tackled the opening round of the Australian Kart Championship over the weekend with 14 drivers across four classes.
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Front Row & Top Five For Preston
Driver PR: Young charger Jac Preston took on the opening round of the Australian Kart Championship at Ipswich in the highly competitive KZ2 gearbox class and showed he can mix it with the country’s best.
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Driver PR: Thomas Hughes AKC Round 1
Rural Rochester driver Thomas Hughes was looking to make a strong start to the Australian Kart Championship at the opening round in QLD. Hughes, a former state champion running in the highly competitive KZ2 class,
A Two State Weekend
DJM Race Engineering had a big weekend with drivers at the opening rounds of two series – the AKC in Queensland and the Golden Power Series in Victoria.
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Jumpei Leaps Into 2019
Driver PR: Jumpei Morita took his 2019 season campaign to another level by taking on the opening round of the Australian Karting Championship at the Ipwsich Kart Club.
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Interview: Enzo Trulli
Following his father’s footsteps, 12-year-old Enzo Trulli, son of Monaco GP winner Jarno, started a training path in karting, as have several sons of excellent drivers.
Interview: Gabriel Bortoleto
The Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto has grown in karting with CRG: he has been part of Team Gamoto in 60 Mini, then moved to the CRG Factory team for OK Junior in 2017.
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Solid Start to Waghorn’s VCS Campaign
Driver PR: After a strong showing at Junior Top Guns, Toby Waghorn was looking for more of the same at Warrnambool’s Vic Country Series round.
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Interview: Paolo de Conto
Despite some unlucky episodes and a penalty he still disputes, the CRG/De Conto pairing has been strong in the 2018 season.
MKC Team Report from VCS Opener
Melbourne Kart Centre took a team of drivers to tackle the opening round of the Victorian Country Series at the Warrnambool Kart Club with Cadel Ambrose and Peter Gigis staring for the team on Saturday afternoon.
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Double Clean Sweep for DJM at Warrnambool
DJM Race Engineering kicked off their Victorian Country Series campaign at the opening round at the Warnambool Kart Club.
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Interview: Pedro Hiltbrand
He grew in karting with CRG and became OK and KZ2 World Champion in 2016. He took one year off and came back in 2018.
TWM Pro Tour Report
Tom Williamson Motorsport team report from the opening round of Rotax Pro Tour.
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DJM’s Junior Top Guns
Team PR: DJM Race Engineering kicked off their 2019 campaign at the Focus on Furniture Junior Top Guns with drivers Cooper Stapleton, Joshua D’Ambrosio and Bodhi Bright.
Huge Season Ahead for James Wharton
How’s this for a serious commitment to a race program – James Wharton’s karting schedule for 2019…