The Australian Kart Championship’s first visit to Emerald in Central Queensland has proven to be a Championship changing affair for several leading contenders. Here’s the Finals day report, photos and video
Results (provisional) from the round 4 finals at Emerald today: KA3 Senior – 1 James Sera (VIC, FA Kart), 2 Matthew McLean (VIC, Arrow), 3 Leigh Nicolaou (VIC, FA Kart). Cadet 9 – 1 Ha
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Watch all of today’s action live from Emerald! Video, commentary and timing direct from the track, plus link to results and (amended) timetable for round 4 of the Australian Kart Championship.
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Jack Doohan has qualified fastest and won two of the opening three heats at the 4th round of the European Championships in Finland.
Interviews and hot laps from round 4 of the Australian Kart Championship.
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This weeks mixture of news updates and information from here and abroad…
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The Australian Kart Championship’s first visit to Central Queensland got off to a phenomenal start today with qualifying and the opening heats presenting some intensely close racing.
CRG and Briggs & Stratton have jumped into bed with the aim of creating a cheap entry level karting program for the European market.
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Former World Karting champion and Formula One driver Jarno Trulli believes junior karting is now at a level that is too professional.
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Early last decade, John Martin was one of Australia’s brightest young kart racers. He subsequently raced sports cars for years, including the Le Mans 24-Hour. This weekend the 33-year-old returns to the kart track, competing at the AKC round at Emerald.
Harrison Oddie is the third X30 driver to receive the call to compete in a WA KZ2 Series round. He answered some questions before this weekend’s event.
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Australian karters are regular starters at the annual SKUSA SuperNationals in Las Vegas. SKUSA has now opened the ‘priority pre-entry’ program for this year’s event and announced the date entries open for everyone else.
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Six Kiwi karters will contest the penultimate round of this year’s Australian Kart Championship at Emerald in Northern Queensland this weekend.
The 2017 AIDKA Northern Territory Titles were contested across eight heat races in Alice Springs on the weekend.
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Australian Supercars star Scott McLaughin has been named as a new Patron for the governing body of karting in New Zealand.
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Several new lap records were set at the Whitsunday Motosport Complex on the weekend when the club round ran in reverse direction in preparation for the NQ Series next month.
Forty-five KZ2 drivers took to the track at the fourth round of the Italian ACI Karting Championship at Adria Karting Raceway on the weekend.
As pre-event testing wrapped up at Emerald on the weekend, visiting drivers were full of praise for the newest addition to the Australian Kart Championship schedule.
Palmerston North Boys High School claimed a record-extending sixth Secondary Schools’ title at the New Zealand National Schools’ Championships in Blenheim on Saturday.
An IAME KA100 engine plus other karting parts were stolen from a family garage at Baulkham Hills NSW on Friday night.
Next month will see two 2-day ‘Title’ events run on consecutive weekends in Victoria – the Australasian C & D Grade Titles at Morwell, and the City of Melbourne Titles at Todd Road. Both events are open to KA licence holders nationwide.
Here’s a step-by-step guide and video about changing the front sprocket on the Rotax MAX FR125 engine.
The governing body for karting in New Zealand has announced a deal with a nationwide tyre retail chain.
Round four of the California ProKart Challenge saw the introduction of the pushback bumper system to the X30 Senior and X30 Junior categories.
Former Australian Superkart Champion Jason McIntrye is waiting for a five-organ transplant. The Victorian, who had to stop racing a number of years ago, requires…