Former Esperance Kart Club members Bill Green, Rowdy Pitchers and Norm Wright tragically lost their lives in a plane crash 10 years ago. Earlier this month, the club hosted the “Havin’a A Play” Memorial in their honour with the 3rd round of the South Eastern Zone Series.
A 4% performance difference between the Prime and Option tyre in CIK-FIA competition is just one of the karting decisions handed down at the recent FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting in Geneva.
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Entries will soon be closing for upcoming rounds of the Queensland, New South Wales, Victorian, Northern Territory and South Australian Kart Championships. In fact, Queensland closes tomorrow.
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Fitting wets for qualifying was a gamble that paid off for many at round 5 of the North Shore Kart Club’s championship at Eastern Creek. (Includes Focus On Future Stars: Dylan Debono)
Buy the ‘Learn How to Master the Art of Kart Driving’ book and receive more than the purchase price off a Euroz Driver Performance simulator training session.
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Victory with Porsche at the LeMans 24-Hour on the weekend for Brendon Hartley and Earl Bamber has put motorsport back in the news in New Zealand. This weekend sees the next generation of stars competing in the opening round of the 2017 Top Half karting series.
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Having undergone knee reconstruction surgery last Friday, Simon Gwilliam will be a non-starter in this weekend’s WA KZ Series round. However, he’s offered his kart to a fast young Perth driver.
Supercars team owner Charlie Schwerkolt will team up with his V8 endurance co-driver Karl Reindler to tackle TEKA’s enduro karting event at Eastern Creek next month.
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The upcoming Junior Sprockets program on the Gold Coast is full. Limited places are still available for Gladstone, Townsville, Coffs Harbour, Newcastle and Canberra.
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Wellington teenager Ryan Wood is the latest Kiwi karter to claim a class win – and with it a State title – at a round of Australia’s Rotax Pro Tour.
The driver and manufacturer points have been tallied after the 4th round of Rotax Pro Tour on the weekend.
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Queenslander Scott Howard returned to the top step of the Pro Tour podium today, taking an emotional DD2 Masters victory at round four of the national series in Coffs Harbour.
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Former V8 Utes Champion Kris Walton has won races in two classes at the fourth round of the Rotax Pro Tour. Walton is ahead in Rotax Heavy and enjoyed heat wins in DD2 Masters, but racing was curtailed at Coffs Harbour today due to heavy rain, several pre-finals now scheduled to kick off early Sunday morning.
Two Australian Juniors were up against a barrage of Kiwis in the Junior Max Top 5 qualifying shootout at Pro Tour this afternoon, and it was Queenslander Broc Feeney who came out on top. Friday qualifying report from Coffs Harbour
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IPKarting reckon their Praga drivers are due for a win at the Rotax Pro Tour round this weekend. The team’s preview and driver lineup
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Top Kiwi karters Madeline Stewart and Josh Drysdale are amongst the favourites heading into the fourth round of Australia’s Rotax Pro Tour series at Coffs Harbour on the central New South Wales coast this weekend.
The 2017 European Championship event in Spain has been extremely tough on the machines and on the drivers, however, the competition was superb and Team Birel ART finished in the top 10 in each of the three categories despite the difficulty of the event.
Quick karting news from here and abroad – DPE X5 release plan, event information, Super One videos, WAMS Scholarship, club and driver updates, Fernando fires back.
Australia’s best Rotax karters will flood Coffs Harbour for the Pro Tour round this weekend – but they’ll need to take on a trio of locals and some rapid Kiwis if they plan to make the podium in a capacity Rotax Light field.
Here is the official timetable, entry list and track map for this weekend’s round 4 of the 2017 Rotax Pro Tour. The Coffs Harbour event will also see the NSW State Rotax Champions crowned.
This year the WA KZ2 Series has been awarding X30 drivers an “Arrive & Drive” entry in the gearbox class. Tyler Nastasi is the next recipient, set to suit up at Wanneroo later this month.
The Official CIK/FIA photos from the Euro KZ/OK/OK-Junior round on the weekend.
Scott Sorensen beat home a charging Adam Mercer to take out the 5th running of the Graham Acreman Memorial Trophy at Ipswich last week. Geoff Salmon’s full race report
A new karting book is now available, and there’s a special half-price delivery deal for Australians! Written by successful karting coach Terence Dove, “Learn How To Master The Art Of Kart Driving” is real tool chest of helpful hints, ideas and information for any kart driver who wants to improve their game.
Sanuja “Sunny” Perera won the Victorian Superkart Club’s annual Gold Nugget award on the weekend by taking victory at Broadford in the Non-Gearbox (Rotax) Light class.