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.
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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.
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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.
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The Official CIK/FIA photos from the Euro KZ/OK/OK-Junior round on the weekend.
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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.
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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.
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The OK-Junior final was reflective of the rest of the weekend for Jack Doohan in the Spanish round of the European Championship on the weekend. Starting 27th (after 2 DNFs, …
press release The third round of the European CIK-FIA Championship has given the victory of the KZ title to CRG and Paolo De Conto, thanks to the stunning third win …
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“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…”
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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.
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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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.
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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.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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 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)
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.
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!
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.