RMCGF: Day 5
Official report: Day 5 at the Circuito Internazionale di Napoli saw a lot of interesting, exciting races during the heats of the Rotax Grand Finals.
The Aussie Report – Heats Day
A day of heat racing saw mixed results for Team Australia. So far, our youngest racers are leading the charge with Jaxson Burns, Costa Toparis and Hugh Barter all inside the top ten.
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RMCGF: Day 4
Press Release: the official Day 4 report from the Rotax Grand finals covering qualifying and the opening heat races.
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RMCGF Qualifying: Toparis & Barter Top Aussies
Costa Toparis and Hugh Barter are the top placed Australian qualifiers at the Rotax Grand finals, taking second and third fastest in their respective classes.
Live Stream, Rotax Grand Finals!
The live stream of the Rotax Grand Finals has started! Follow the action in Italy…
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KNSW Will Hold Its Own Nationals in 2020
Karting NSW has announced it will run its own Australian Title in 2020. The association has released calendar of events for next year that includes a Rotax Series, standalone NSW state title plus it’s “traditional” karting events and the current zonal series.
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Rotax Muffler Matting
The Rotax Grand Finals are on, and all the new karts and engines will have new exhausts with fresh matting. But as you start clocking up the hours on the …
Kiwi Karter Back to Her Best in Italy
Top Kiwi female karter Rianna O鈥橫eara-Hunt has returned home to Wellington on a high after a breakthrough performance at this year鈥檚 ROK Cup Superfinal meeting in Italy a fortnight ago.
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RMCGF: Day 3
Costa Toparis topped the Mini MAX time sheets on the second day of practice at the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand finals, and many of the other Aussies have been in or around the top ten of their respective sessions.
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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.
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 馃檪
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Video: The Aussie World Rotax Winners
With the 2019 Rotax Grand Finals now underway, it’s timely to reflect on the success Australians have had at the event. As part of the 20th Anniversary celebration, Rotax contacted previous winners for a little selfie video. Our list starts with Darrell Smith.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
New Spec Mini & Micro MAX for Grand Finals
The Micro and Mini MAX classes at this year’s Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals in Italy will use new MY20-spec engines.
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.
Karting Quickies
Fast and brief – quick news updates from here and abroad, including event updates, team relocation, special prices, rule clarification and more…
Spanish & Italian Teams Win CRG Rental Worlds
180 drivers from eight countries raced in 38 teams to contest the third annual Rental Kart World Contest by CRG. The Spanish CH-T team won the Pro category and Italian Chioggia Kart Racing won Silver.
How-To Video: Rotax MAX Tuning
Here’s another tech how-to video by Derek Jones at Power Republic – carby tuning on the Rotax MAX, covering things like jetting, float heights and needle positions.