$50,000 worth of prizes are on offer throughout 2018 as part of KA’s new SP Tools Club Driver Ranking program. Here’s the latest information and link to the rules and regulations (Note: clubs only have to 20 February to register for the incentives program).
16 gold medals were awarded at the conclusion of the two-day New Zealand Masters Games meeting run by the Dunedin club on the weekend.
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Last week we asked “Outside of the official practice session(s) that form part of a race meeting, how often do you practice/test?”. Here’s the result…
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Missed the live streams from Europe? Here are the videos of the finals of the WSK Champions Cup and Super Master Series rounds at Adria International Raceway from the past two weeks.
International Karting Distributors have advised the 206 Briggs & Stratton engine is now available to purchase!
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The Superkarts! USA schedule on the west coast kicked off with the opening event of the California ProKart Challenge, over 150 drivers contesting the event at Buttonwillow Raceway Park last weekend.
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Victorian karters should familiarise themselves with the state-based regulations that Karting Victoria has just released as they relate to club days, Country Series, Power Series etc
Over 200 entries contested round 1 of the 2018 Western Cup, run by Tiger Kart Club at Wanneroo on the weekend (includes video)
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Newcastle Kart Racing Club held the second round of the club’s 2018 Championship on Sunday.
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Video interviews and some of the racing (and results) from a very wet opening round of the Ipswich Kart Club’s 2018 club championship.
Karting Australia has issued a Technical Rule Interpretation for the Torini Clubmaxx 210 4-stroke, an interim ruling concerning wet weather intake covers until the official Torini component becomes available.
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Here’s another batch of the CIK-FIA “best of 2017” articles, this time featuring Dexter Patterson, Paolo de Cont, Valeria Vargas Garcia and Xavier Handsaeme
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29 karters kicked off the 2018 season at Stony Creek on the weekend for the track’s first club day of the year.
A front fairing penalty cost Marcos Flack at top ten result in Italy on the weekend. Josh Fife was also threatening the top ten when he DNF’d the KZ2 final. Here’s the race wrap plus photos from Adria
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Josh Fife has qualified an excellent 6th in KZ2 at the WSK Super Master Series opener. Marcos Flack is 27th in 60Mini. Here’s the qualifying wrap and some photos (includes live stream link)
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BRP-Rotax is celebrating the 100,000th Rotax MAX 125 kart engine leaving the assembly line in Austria.
New Zealand’s biennial Masters Games is in Dunedin this weekend. Karters 30+ years of age will be competing, including a couple of drivers who are over 60.
We’ll soon be launching a service where karting news can be sent direct to your email inbox. Signup is simple and the service is free. Also, you could win some KartSportNews stickers!
According to a previous poll, the cost of practice and testing to be competitive at a race meeting is a major factor why people plan to race less this year. So, how often are you at the track cutting laps?
An application for development approval has been submitted for a new motorsport facility in Western Australia – and it includes a kart track
The ACT Government has confirmed it will pitch in $200,000 to extend the Canberra Kart Racing Club’s Circuit Mark Webber to meet the international standard.
Australian karters Marcos Flack and Joshua Fife both enjoyed strong showings and made the finals at the opening round of the WSK Champions Cup at Adria International on the weekend (includes event wrap and photo gallery).
Wellington karter Ryan Wood picked up another Pro Tour win on the weekend, and several other Kiwis had strong showings. Here’s the Kiwi Report for the opening round of Rotax Pro Tour.
Former F1 World Champion Jenson Button and current Red Bull star Daniel Ricciardo took to the track aboard Ricciardo Karts at a private track event organised by the USA West Coast distributor for the brand, Phil Giebler Racing.
