New Deal for Weekday Track Use at Newcastle
Newcastle Kart Racing Club has announced a new deal for the use of its circuit during the week.
Staggering Stats at Brazilian Kart Championship
There were some impressive numbers around the 52nd running of the Brazilian Karting Championship recently, 522 drivers taking 13 days (and 8,000 tyres!) to complete the 2 phases of the event.
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TracKart: Doing Things Differently
It seems we are increasingly in the age of ‘cookie-cutter’ kart design, but the A-framed TracKart Hammerhead 4C has some refreshing design features to mix things up. Tech analysis
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Rooney Returns For Pro Tour Duty
Talented young Palmerston North karter Jackson Rooney returns to Australia’s Rotax Pro Tour at Puckapunyal this weekend as part of a seven-strong Kiwi squad.
Numbers Up at Euro MAX Challenge Rnd 3
Rotax Max Euro Challenge’s third Kart Prix took place at Wackersdorf in Germany on the weekend, and despite the weather forecasts and initial low temperatures, the rain didn’t make an appearance and allowed for good racing throughout the weekend.
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Karting News Briefs
A bunch of local, national & international news, updates and information…
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Interview: Jen Wade
Anyone who’s watched the coverage of the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals each year will be familiar with Jen Wade. For many, the Euro-based Australian has been the public face of the event, a key presenter of all the interesting off-track content.
High Stakes as Pro Tour Heads to Pucka
Event preview – With 14 places to the World Finals still up for grabs, this weekend’s penultimate round at Puckapunyal will be pivotal for the 2017 Rotax Pro Tour competitors.
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Dynamic Drysdale Dominates Auckland
Dylan Drysdale has taken the Prokart Series’ points lead in New Zealand’s premier KZ2 class after a dominant performance at the penultimate round in Auckland on the weekend.
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C&D-ers Add To Gippsland’s July Races
With the C&D Grade Titles at the venue this weekend, a number of extra karters turned up for Gippsland Go Kart Club’s July race day on Sunday.
Pro Tour Pucka – Timetable & Entry List
Here’s the entry list and timetable for this weekends round of the Rotax Pro Tour. It is the fifth round of the series and will see the crowning of the …
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Jack Doohan Wins European Championship Finale
Jack Doohan overcame the disappointment of the previous event with a resounding victory at the final round of the CIK-FIA European Championship in Sweden, the win making him the first Aussie to grace the top step of a Euro Championship podium since Jon Targett in 1992.
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Bunbury’s Coastal Classic
The Coastal Classic witnessed a wonderful weekend of kart racing for those who braved the difficult weather at Bunbury on the weekend. by Frank Viola
Karting Australia Search For New National Technical Commissioner
Karting Australia is looking for a new National Technical Commissioner to replace Les Allen who will step down from the role at the end of this year.
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Klarich Overcomes Downpour To Win WA KZ2 Round
Having earlier had to cut the axle out of his kart, Jake Klarich overcame a torrential downpour to win the Final at round three of the WA KZ2 Series.
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Penultimate Round for NZ’s Big Guns
The ‘big guns’ of the NZ KartSport world, the purpose-built 6-speed/125 KZ2 class karts and their talented drivers, are on their way to Auckland this week to contest the penultimate round of the 2017 Molecule ProKart Series.
Numbers Up for Third X30 Euro Series Kart Prix
With 94 entries – the highest so far in its young history – the third Kart Prix of this year’s X30 Euro Series took place in Wackersdorf, Germany, recently.
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Stony Creek’s July Races
The July club day race meeting at Stony Creek, Vic, was a cold and sometimes windy affair. Occasional sprinkles of rain meant the conditions were not ideal, however there was still plenty of good racing across all classes.
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Victorian Country Series Round 4
There was some great racing from the 170+ entries that contested round 4 of the Victorian Country Series at a very chilly Horsham the other week.
Photos: European Championship Round, Finland
Here are the official CIK-FIA images from the European Championship round at Alaharma.
Dylan Drysdale The Top Kiwi In Queensland
Dylan Drysdale was the best placed of the six Kiwis at the latest round of this year’s Australian Kart Championship series at Emerald in Northern Queensland over the weekend.
Alan Hann Memorial Goes To Laneyrie & Morley
Jac Laneyrie and Sean Morley are the Junior & Senior Alan Hann Memorial Trophy winners from the Central Coast Speedway Kart Club’s most recent race meeting.
Cian Fothergill Joins Tony Kart
Tony Kart Australia has welcomed Cian Fothergill to the team, the former National champ immediately back on the pace on his return to the sport in Queensland.
CRG Team Report from Finland
Team Report: CRG drivers showed a good pace in qualifying and heats at the European Championship round for categories OK and OK-Junior, but the final result went missing at Alahärmä.
Doohan Fourth In Finland
After a near perfect run in the preliminaries, Jack Doohan had to settle for fourth in the Final at the European OK-Junior Championship round in Finland overnight.