Supercar ace Scott McLaughlin’s charity Grand Prix event in aid of KartSport New Zealand’s Driver Development Academy could well become a fixture on the country’s motorsport calendar after the inaugural event, held last week, was declared ‘an unqualified success’ by the organisation’s President Graeme Moore.
This year there will be at least seven Kiwi karters lining up to race at the 22nd annual four-day SKUSA SuperNationals meeting held on a temporary circuit in the car park of Las Vegas’ Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.
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Karting is one of few sports that does not divide it’s competitive categories based on the gender of the participant. Swedish 16-year-old Maja Hallen Fellenius joined a growing list of females who have contested world championship events.
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The class-by-class points for the 2018 Golden Power Series have now been published. Congratulations to all the winners & placegetters!
After the passing of Life Member Frank Baker, the bar at Whyalla Kart Club has been re-named Frank’s Bar, and it was put to good use at Saturday night’s November club race meeting.
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For the second event in a row, James Wharton did not made the OK-Junior Final of a WSK Final Cup round. However, Wharton had once again proven his pace, ranked
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In addition an Australian Kart Championship campaign, the AWC Motorsport Academy team has added the Rotax Pro Tour to it’s 2019 program.
IAME’s Screamer III is the brand new engine model launched for 2019 to compete in the challenging KZ/KZ2 gearbox classes.
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IKD has announced that Sparco will be the naming rights sponsor for the 2019 Rotax Pro Tour.
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James Wharton has enjoyed solid heat results and will start the OK-J ‘Pre-final A’ from grid 4. After qualifying 7th, the RFM driver carded 2-5-3-2 in the heats and is ranked 7th overall. Watch the pre-final and final via live stream
Ilya Harpas, Tony Moit and Paul Campbell have taken out the Superkarts Australia National Titles after the second and final round at Sydney Motorsport Park last weekend.
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“Well what a race day we had once again at Ipswich kart club last weekend, 149 racers showing up for the last round of the 2018 championship!” The Noise reports and videos
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James Wharton has qualified 5th in the 56-kart OK-Junior field at the second round of the WSK Final Cup in Italy this weekend, before taking second in his opening heat. Friday report from Castelletto
The host venues for the opening events on the 2019 National Karting Calendar (AKC and Pro Tour) have been confirmed.
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The official Team Australia race suit our drivers will use at the Rotax Grand Finals has been revealed, as has the look of Dave Sera’s Vegas outfit.
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Veteran Jordan Musser and young gun Sebastian Montoya were two if the nine champions crowned at the 2018 ROK the Rio, which took place on a temporary circuit for the first time.
A mixed bunch of karting news, information and updates from here and around the world… anything from tyre barriers in Karratha to spec-racing in Texas!
78 drivers took part in the seventh and final round of the Newcastle Kart Club’s 2018 Championship on Sunday.
Aim SportSystems Australia currently has an exchange program running for MyChron 5, allowing you to swap your current system with a refurbished unit that carries a further 12-month warranty.
Victorian junior driver Steven Tsesmelis has taken out Karting Australia’s Club Driver Rankings for 2018, a program that saw over $50,000 of prizes distributed to competitors around the country.
More quick news grabs, videos and interesting karting bits from the past few weeks. Click through or miss out!
The sixth, and final round of the DPE Victorian Country Series has been run and won at Portland’s Yarraman Park Circuit, attracting 179 karters from Victoria and South Australia. Includes full series points for all classes.
Another fantastic day of racing at Ipswich Kart Club’s championship round 6 the other week, “The King Queen Titles of KA100”. The Noise reports with photos and video
Ringwood Kart Centre has been instrumental in the formation and growth of the 4SS class in Victoria, promoting and establishing the class at Eastern Lions Kart Club.
From the seats at turn 9 to the Canteen vantage point at turn 5, everyone watching was cheering and applauding as the trio of Anthony Alessi, Eddy Cooper and Blake Tracey completed their cool down lap and entered the pits. Bailey Dixon reports.