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.
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.
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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
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.
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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!
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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?
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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.
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Point score for the Rotax Pro Tour after the opening round has now been released.
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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.
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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.
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Youngtsers Hayden Bakkerus and Kiahn Burt have grabbed an early advantage in the 2018 ROK Cup NZ by winning the annual City of Sails meeting in Auckland on the weekend
With a new promoter in place, the first visual change is a new logo and name for the karting World Championships
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Lion Kart is a new chassis brand from Serbia and 2-time KZ World Cup winner Bas Lammers has signed to be lead driver for the new team.
Rotax Pro Tour round 1 is done. Here’s the official Finals day report and photos from a scorching Todd Rd
Pro Tour racers had to contend with a hot and humid Melbourne today as qualifying and the heat races were contested at Todd Rd, but the conditions couldn’t stop Troy Woolston, Lane Moore and Josh Rogers from winning all their heats.
Here are the links you need for the weekend to follow the opening round of Rotax Pro Tour in Melbourne, plus the two Aussies in Italy at the WSK Champions Cup round.
The off-season has been like a game of musical chairs in Victorian Superkarting with several drivers changing class for 2018. Here’s a preview for the opening round at Phillip Island next month.
Nine karters from New Zealand are in Melbourne for the opening round of the 2018 Rotax Pro Tour this weekend.