While confirming Enzo Trulli and Gabriel Bortoleto will continue with the factory team in 2019, CRG has revealed it will be scaling back its racing program to concentrate on the FIA European and World Championships.
The winged speedway karts of the West Coast Outlaw Karts Club will be running under control of Speedway Australia in the New Year.
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Night round, 12 Grand Final tickets, 3 x State Championships, no drop rounds, double-header finale and extra races at the ‘Super Six’ events – these are just some of the features for Rotax Pro Tour in 2019.
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Karting Australia has published the Australian Karting Manual (rule book) for 2019, which can be downloaded now.
Following Coffs Harbour’s recent statement about ‘stealing’ a traditional event, Lismore Kart Club has pitched in proclaiming similar action over its long running Young Gun Titles.
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Hear from Daniel Ricciardo about the new control Cadet class announcement (includes video)
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The venues for KA’s 2019 Australian Kart championship and Rotax Pro Tour national series have now been confirmed.
Karting Australia has launched a 4SS Cadet Class that will use (after a phase-in period) the DR-L28 Ricciardo Kart as the control chassis for the new category.
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Despite a broken ankle, and then later a collarbone, hampering his year, Adelaide-based karter Jimmy Piszcyk had a solid run in Cadet 12, taking out a State Championship, winning races at National level and competing overseas.
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With KA-NSW advising yesterday that the Australian Kart Masters will switch venue in 2019, the Coffs Harbour Kart Racing Club has struck back, saying the event the club has built up over the past 20-plus years will continue at Coffs in June. Club statement
The Karting SA calendar for 2019 has been published and includes 44 events covering Club, State Series, State Championship and Australian Kart Championship meetings.
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IKD has announced a range of valuable prizes for the Rotax Heavy class in the 2019 Pro Tour.
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As recipients receive their prizes from this year, Karting Australia says plans are well underway for a bigger SP Tools Club Driver Ranking in 2019.
KA-NSW has released its 2019 race calendar revealing a change of venue for the annual Kart Masters (Over 40s Titles), shift of date for the Brian Farley Memorial and a one-event NSW State Championship.
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Karting Victoria has now confirmed its tyre options for 2019, which could potentially vary from event to event.
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Highlights clip, interviews and another report from the 4-Hour Enduro at Todd Rd.
Karting NSW (the original one) has announced reduced fees and is looking at reciprocal licence arrangements with interstate clubs and organisations.
Kartsport SA (as opposed to Karting SA) has listed changes to tyre choice for its opening event in 2019.
See the features and changes on Tony Kart’s new Cadet chassis for 2019, the Tony Kart Evo 950 go kart.
2.89 seconds was the winning margin, and three karts were on the lead lap after 4-hours of hard racing at the end-of-year Tag Enduro at Todd Rd yesterday.
Karting WA has revealed a change of tyre compound for several classes for next year – and Yamaha has popped up again.
Shamick Racing has done a deal with Parolin Karts to run the Italian chassis for all their team drivers and become the Australian importer and distributor for the brand.
Three-time Porsche Carrera Cup Asia champion Chris van der Drift will return to kart racing next month for the re-launched CIK Trophy of New Zealand meeting – an event he won as a Junior back in 2001.
KA NSW today announced it will introduce harder, longer wearing tyres for several classes, and that Yamaha engines have been removed from KA3 & KA4 into their own category.
