Perfect Portland: Victorian Country Series Round 3
Just on 200 entries, sun, grip and lap records made for a Perfect Portland, round 3 of the Victorian Country Series. Here’s the official report, results and photos.
Follow Australian Kart Championship Round 3 This Weekend
Here are the links you need to follow round 3 of the Australian Kart Championship at Monarto across the weekend.
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Birel ART Demonstrate Electric Kart at Formula E Race
Birel ART’s electric E-Kart was demonstrated on the track at the sixth round of Formula E Championship in Paris last Saturday.
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Testing Conditions At Rotorua Rotax MAX Challenge Round
A ‘Polar Blast’ swept through New Zealand last weekend, affecting the latest Kiwi Rotax MAX Challenge rounds at Rotorua. Here’s the official race report, photos, results and progressive series points.
Drysdale Stars In Wet-N-Dry NZ KZ2 Round
Wet or dry, nothing was going to stop KZ2 class star Dylan Drysdale from taking out the third round of NZ’s Molecule ProKart Series at Rotorua over the weekend.
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Goodger Grabs All Powers Nationals Win
Off the back of his Australian Title success, Dylan Goodger has broken through to win the All Powers Nationals for Speedway Karts at Mildura’s Olympic Park Speedway.
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Preview: Kiwi Karters at AKC Round This Weekend
The eight Kiwi karters competing at the third round of this year’s Australian Kart Championship at Monarto in South Australia this weekend are in very good company.
Round 4 at North Shore – A Mother of a Race Day!
Some chose to celebrate Mothers Day at home with mum. But others had mum at the race track! Despite the clash with this special day, North Shore Kart Club enjoyed a successful round of the club’s championship on May 14. Here’s the report, pics and results.
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Queensland Superkart Series, Round 2
Queensland’s Superkarters rolled into Queensland Raceway on the weekend for round 2 for the State’s Superkart Series. Here’s the full race report, photos and series points so far.
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AKC Round 3 Race Program
Here is the Race Program for this weekend’s round of the 2017 Australian Kart Championship presented by Jayco and Castrol EDGE in Monarto, South Australia:
Gallery: Images from Stony Creek’s May Race Day
Stony Creek hosted the circuit’s May race day on the weekend. Here’s a photo gallery of some of the action.
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New Venue For 2017 SKUSA Supernationals
Video Interview: SKUSA’s Tom Kutscher gives his sometimes colourful and often polarizing opinions on a variety of aspects of the karting industry in the USA, including a new venue for this year’s SuperNationals in Las Vegas. “We have room to make the most bitchin’ track you can think of.”
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The Sound Of Karting – Lonato’s 2nd KFA Nations Cup
The second “KFA Nations Cup” for historic karts was run at Lonato on the weekend, Alessio Piccini winning the Pre-2000 class on a Tony Kart manufactured in the year of his birth.
Graham Powles & Terry Fullerton to Judge Karts at Vintage Kart Prix
Karting icons Graham Powles and Terry Fullerton are set to be special judges at the 2017 Australian Vintage Kart Prix.
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Karting Instructor Qualifies For Indy 500
Karting instructor Jay Howard has qualified for this weekend’s Indianapolis 500. That’s a bit like Troy Hunt or Dave Sera qualifying for the Bathurst 1000. Howard runs driver development and karting programs at NOLA Motorsports Park in New Orleans.
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News Briefs!
Some of the latest info from here and overseas – includes various event updates and Supp Regs, the Billy Monger interview plus Dave Sera’s guide to driving Monarto
Three the Magic Number at LA Kart Championship Round
A number of categories welcomed their third different winner during Round Three of the Los Angeles Karting Championship at CalSpeed Karting Center recently, over 180 entries competing at the Fontana facility.
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We’ve Had A Tune-Up!
It’s taken some heavy modification, changes to the set-up and then some fine tuning, but finally, a more competitive version of KartSportNews has hit the track! Check out the new look and new features.
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Fluro Throttle Cables
Check out these new fluro-coloured Teflon-lined throttle cables from St George Kart Centre! Bling Bling!
Three New Directors On Karting Australia Board
Three new Directors were installed on the Board of Karting Australia at the organisation’s recent Annual General Meeting. John Reynolds, Troy Bundy and Glen Egan join Mick Doohan, Phil Smith and Rob Crawford.
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Lap Records Under Threat at NZ Prokart Round
The Rotorua track record could be broken this weekend as the NZ Prokart KZ2 series rolls into town. But it won’t be re-set Australian Troy Loeskow, who despite sitting second in the Championship, will not be competing this weekend.
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Next Stop Rotorua; NZ Rotax MAX Challenge
By Emilee Wright The KartSport Rotorua club’s The Rock FM Raceway high in the Mamaku Ranges west of the city hosts the next double-header round of this year’s Giltrap Group …
Super One Series, Round 4, Whilton Mill
The fourth Super One round of the season saw some drivers consolidate their championship positions and new contenders come to the fore. The inspirational Billy Monger was a welcome visitor to the Super One paddock, to the delight of everyone who knows him or who has been affected by his recent accident.
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Photo Gallery: European KZ / KZ2 / Academy Trophy
Here are the official CIK-FIA press images from Genk. Click for larger versions.
Team Report: Birel ART at Genk Euro Round
Birel ART at the front of the international scene at Genk The European event of Genk was marked by very good performance from the Birel ART Racing Team. Among other …