Vic Metro Series Round 1
The opening round of the Victorian Metro Series, The Kingston Cup, was run at Oakleigh last weekend.
New Sparco Karting Range
IKD now has in stock the new 2020 range of Sparco karting apparel and merchandise – check out all the new model racing suits, boots, gloves and bags!
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FIA Best Of 2019: Guillaume Capietto
Former karting driver Guillaume Capietto is now Team Manager of Prema Racing in F3. He’s also the father of 13-year-old Macéo, who is racing in OK-Junior.
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100+ At Warwick’s Round 1
It was a fabulous first round at Warwick with a record number of round one entries, 102, and amazing racing, amazing atmosphere. The Noise reports with videos.
ROK Cup NZ Kicks Off at Gold Star Round
Jamie van den Berk and Zach Tucker got their 2020 ROK Cup NZ series campaigns off to the best possible start at the opening round of this year’s series in Wellington on Sunday. Report, photos & results…
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Team Press: GF Motorsports, Warwick March Meeting
Team Report – It’s time for our race report for Round 1 of the Warwick Kart Club Championship. We’ve had a reasonably productive break from racing, with some good practice and some set up changes to Jack’s kart. Now it’s time to put rubber to the road and see if we’ve actually achieved anything.
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Fitting the Radiator to a DD2
HOW-TO: The next stage in Power Republic’s build-up of a new Rotax DD2 racer is installing the radiator.
Helmet Homologations Cancelled
Karting Australia advise three helmets have had their approval cancelled for safety reasons and must not be used at KA events. The directive comes from the FIA and Motorsport Australia.
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Lots of Newcomers at Frogs Hollow
Several drivers new to karting took part in the Sapphire Coast Kart Club’s opening race meeting of the year at Frogs Hollow recently.
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ProKart Challenge Opens at Buttonwillow
The 16th season of the ProKart Challenge kicked off this past weekend at the Buttonwillow Raceway Park where numerous drivers notched first career and season victories.
Karting Quickies
Another BIG round of karting news briefs. These Quickies include updates on industry, politics, drivers, events, products, clubs and more…
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Video: Install Valves & Bead Locks
Power Republic’s latest how-to tech video, installing (and removing) the valves and bead lock screws that come with new OTK rims.
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DPE Selling AGP Celebrity Karts
DPE Kart Superstore is selling the fleet of Arrow X5 4SS karts that were used by celebrities in the recent Australian Formula One Grand Prix promotion – at a big saving over the retail price.
KA Update: Australian Karter
Karting Australia today issued its latest ‘Australian Karter’ update to members. It covers a wide range or programs, such as Junior Sprockets, Officials training, girls racing, club webinars and relocation of the national office to Queensland.
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4SS Titles at Ipswich
Despite a large number of members being away racing at the opening round of AKC, another huge entry of 155 drivers fronted up for the 4SS Titles meeting at Ipswich Kart Club on February 29th.
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The Kiwi Report: AKC Opener
Jackson Rooney, Maxim Kirwan and Ryan Wood were the best performed Kiwis at the opening round of the Australian Kart Championship at Tailem Bend last weekend.
Interview: Sami Heiskanen, Powerpark Alahärmä
The OK & Junior World Championship were run at the spectacular Powerpark circuit in Finland in 2019. Sami Heiskanen was in charge of the preparation and running of the event.
Record Numbers at RKA’s Oceania Championship
Retro Karting Australia enjoyed its largest race meeting to date on the weekend, 80-odd entries competing in RKA’s DPE Kart Superstore Oceania Championship at Puckapunyal. Results, wrap & watch all the videos…
Golding Grabs Round 1
Supercars and S5000 driver James Golding has drawn first blood in the battle for the KZ2 Australian Kart Championship, winning the final at the opening round at The Bend on the weekend. Click through for the report, pics etc from the biggest AKC series round ever.
Smyth Wins But Kinsman & Parkinson Lead NZ KZ2
A three-way winning split saw top-rated Auckland karters Graeme Smyth, Mat Kinsman and Joshua Parkinson all come away with something for their efforts in the premier KZ2 class at the opening round of NZ ProKart Series at Manawatu Raceway last Sunday
AKC: Saturday Videos
Video interviews from Saturday at The Bend, Australian Kart Championship round 1. Hear from Nick Percat, Tyler Greenbury, Jai Brown, Leigh Nicolaou, Cadel Ambrose and Tim Slade.
Full House at Rotax Winter Cup
The Rotax Winter Cup welcomed 200 drivers, representing over 25 nations, to the 1588m Campillos circuit in Spain last week. Report & photos.
Praga Appoints Karting HQ as Official NSW Distributor
Karting HQ has been appointed the official IPKarting importer for New South Wales and has launched a website for all things Praga. They’ve got karts in stock, including ex-Rotax Grand final machines.
Live: Australian Kart Championship, Round 1
Here are the links to follow the action from The Bend as the 2020 SP Tools Australian Kart Championship kicks off this weekend.
Record Kiwis Set For AKC Start
A record number of New Zealand karters will contest the Australian Kart Championship that kicks off at The Bend this weekend.