Statement: Coffs Harbour Kart Club
“On behalf of Coffs Harbour Kart Club I’d like to thank all competitors, pit crews and officials for their understanding and efforts over the weekend…”
Aussies In Spain This Weekend
Australian karters Jack Doohan and Flynn Jackes are competing at Fernando Alonso’s race track this weekend in the Spanish round of the European Championships, but Tony Kart’s Marco Ardigò has had to withdraw.
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AKRA’s Round 5 at Wollonging
AKRA conducted another successful night race meeting last Saturday June 3rd at the Wollongong Kart Track in Kembla Grange. The meeting included almost 20 Yamaha drivers plus 15 TaG racers.
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Hill Steps It Up at NZ Sunbelt Championships
Nelson’s Bo Hill was one of the stand-out performers at the GK Karts Sunbelt Sprint Championships where over 80 karters from around New Zealand participated in the event across two different circuits on the one weekend.
Hot Action in California Prokart Challenge Round 3
It was a hot return for the California ProKart Challenge to the CalSpeed Karting Centre on the weekend, Michael Avansino earning his first series win in X30 while Billy Musgrave extended his streak of success in S1 Pro.
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Jubilation & Frustration for Jordie Ford
Australian Superkarter Jordan Ford has won a round in the Mono category of the CIK-FIA European Superkart Championship! But the Donington race meeting could have offered so much more…
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Clay Pigeon’s Super One Series Round 5
The UK’s Super One Series completed its fifth event at Clay Pigeon on the weekend, featuring the first two rounds of the British Championships for the international classes OK and OK-Junior. Honda Cadet and the two TKM classes had their third rounds with entries large enough for Repechages in two of the three classes.
Technical Specification Updates For Rotax MAX
Rotax Australia wish to advise competitors of updated Homologation & Technical Specification bulletins recently issued by Karting Australia. They concern the use of a new NGK spark plug cap, plus the fitment of gaskets to the ignition pickup sensor.
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Jack & Addy Step Up at WPKA Championship Meeting
A decent field of ClubSport120/BriggsLO206 fronted at the annual WPKA Championship kart race meeting in Palmerston on Sunday, but there were no bigger smiles than those on the faces of Juniors Riley Jack & Asten Addy.
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New Contenders Show Form at Round 3 of the Italian Championship
The third round of the Italian Karting Championship was held at Battipaglia recently/. 140 drivers competed, including an credible 65 in the 60cc Mini category.
Stony Creek June Races
Stony Creek Kart Club conducted another action packed club day race meeting on Sunday June 3, as evidenced by the images in this photo gallery (includes results)
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KA Launch Quarterly E-Zine
Karting Australia is now producing its own media publication. The first issue of its new online magazine, titled Full Throttle, went live today. But it’s not the first time the governing body has been involved with publishing.
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Karting Australia Launch Club Resource Website
Karting Australia has launched a new website designed as a resource to assist KA clubs with their management, running of race meetings, track maintenance and a whole bunch of other things. There are links to a wide range of resources – even the State Departments of Health for food safety!
2017 Sodi World Finals
The Sodi World Finals were held in France recently and a bunch of Australians contested the event – one in the Sprint Cup and three teams in the Endurance Cup.
Gippsland’s May club Day
Changing weather kept drivers and crews busy at the Gippsland Go Kart Club’s May race day, the varying pace of drivers at different stages of the race leading to some exciting racing despite the smaller numbers this month.
Port Macquarie’s May Races
Port Macquarie Kart Club ran a club championship round at the lush Pacific Park facility last weekend.
Rotax Euro ‘Kart Prix 2’
Kart Prix 2 of RGMMC Rotax Max Euro Challenge took place in Salbris, France last week under clear blue skies and high temperatures.
Vintage Birel Stolen In South Australia
A vintage Birel kart, restored as a replica of that driven by former F1 driver Ricardo Patrese, has been stolen from JK Tuning in South Australia.
$1000 Off Kosmic & FA Kart!
DPE Kart Technology has a huge $1000 off offer on Nordix and TS30 karts!
Preview: 32nd Annual Sunbelts To Kick Off Kiwi Mainland Series
For over 30 years, karters on the South Island – plus some from the North – have travelled to Nelson and Blenheim at Queen’s Birthday for NZ’s annual Sunbelts meeting. This year will be no different.
NZ Goldstar Winners To Celebrate After Championship Meeting
Karters from throughout New Zealand will be in Palmerston North this weekend celebrating the success of the recently completed Manawatu & TRC Toyota WPKA Goldstar Series at the linked, but standalone ‘Championships’ meeting.
AKC Teams & Manufacturers Championships
Here are the latest points and positions for the Teams and Manufacturers Championship after round 3 of the 2017 Australian Kart Championship.
New Name Plus Motocross For Eastern Creek Karts
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Eastern Creek International Karting Raceway will change its name to Sydney Premier Karting Park and will have Australia’s first indoor motocross park built at the facility.
Cooloola Coast Round 4
Round 4 of Cooloola Coast Kart Club’s 2017 Championship was run on Sunday. Here’s the race wrap and some photos from Queensland.
AKC Podium For 8-Year-Old Kiwi
Pint-sized Pukekohe driver Emerson Vincent was the top Kiwi finisher with third place in the Cadet 9 class Final at the third round of the Australian Kart Championship in South Australia over the weekend.