NZ’s Super-Seven Rokkers
A Kiwi contingent of seven drivers worked their way through challenging conditions and fierce competition as they took on drivers from 48 other countries at the RoK Superfinal in Italy recently.
King & Queen Titles to Conclude Noisy Tour
Ipswich Kart Club will conclude its racing season on Saturdaywith the King or Queen Titles and the Final Round of the Project X Noisy Tour.
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Capri Cup Concludes IKC Championship
It was a sensational finish to the Ipswich Kart Club’s 2022 Championship, culminating in the Capri Cup round last week where over 200 entries hit the track.
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Double Podium for Aussie Rokkers
Australian karters William Calleja and Cody Maynes-Rutty have finished on the podium at the 2022 RoK Superfinal at Lonato, Italy. Four of the six Aussies made the finals.
Patrizicorse Wrap from ROK Festival
Team PR – Michael Patrizi led his team of nine drivers into the organisation’s first ever RoK Festival with former national champion Troy Loeskow headlining the gearbox class and AKC front runners Mika Lemasurier and Xavier Avramides taking on the KA2 Junior class.
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Haigh Farewells Cadet 9 With Podium
Driver PR – Racing at the Capri Cup recently, Blake Haigh bid farewell to the Cadet 9 class with a podium in the final at Ipswich and now looks ahead to taking on the Cadet 12s.
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Giltaire & Stilp, X30 Winners at IAME World Final
It was time for the drawcard classes to race at Le Mans for the IAME World finals on the weekend, local Evan Giltaire taking out X30 Senior while the UK’s Gabriel Stilp (pictured) won X30 Junior for the second year in a row.
Karting Australia Offer Rotax Grand Final Seats!
In a dramatic turn of events, Karting Australia is now offering seats in the 2022 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals! Interested competitors have got until Monday afternoon to get an application in.
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Aussie RoKkers Performing at SuperFinal
Three of the six Australians contesting the RoK SuperFinal at Lonato in Italy have qualified inside the top ten and two of them posted identical lap times (includes videos).
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Preview: North & South Island Championships
Title honours are up for grabs in both North Island and South Island Karting Championships in Bay of Plenty and Canterbury respectively this weekend in New Zealand.
IWF Part 2 Underway
The second stage of the IAME World Final is underway at Le Mans with almost 300 drivers contesting the X30 Senior and X30 Junior categories following last week’s brace of classes.
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Pro Karting On the Money at ROK Festival
Team PR – Pro Karting team drivers had a great run at the ROK Festival on the weekend, carding wins, poles and podiums across multiple classes on the tough Oakleigh layout.
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Both Ways at Barrier Reef Titles
There was lots of track time for karters at the Great Barrier Reef Titles on the weekend, a day of racing in one direction followed by another full day of events in the other. The Noise reports (with video)
B&A Drivers Prep at ROK Festival
Driver/Team PR – B&A Kart Racing drivers James and Aiva Anagnostiadis used the ROK Festival at Oakleigh to try out new classes before heading overseas for international competition.
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Janev Podiums ROK Festival
Driver PR – Kristian Janev contested Australia’s inaugural ROK Festival at the re-configured Oakleigh circuit on the weekend and ended the event placed third in the ROK GP class.
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Lodge’s ROK Festival Report
Driver PR – James Lodge proved he can run up front in the Gearbox class, taking third in Saturday’s feature and equal fourth on overall points at the 2022 ROK Festival.
Oscar’s ROK Success
Driver PR – On his first visit to the circuit, Cadet 12 racer Oscar Singh claimed the runner-up position in the 2022 ROK Festival, which included a win in Sunday’s feature race.
ROK Festival Makes History
Josh Fife and Max Walton will get the opportunity to show the world what they can do behind the wheel of a race car after winning the Gearbox and KA2 Junior classes respectively at Australia’s first ever ROK Festival on the weekend.
Alf’s Gem Unveiled at Capri Cup
There was huge interest at Ipswich’s final club championship round on Saturday as the result of a partnership between Ipswich Kart Club and the Queensland Vintage & Historic Karting Club was unveiled – the restored twin engine Margay kart that Alf Capri raced.
IAME World Final – Part 1 Done
The first winners of the IAME World Finals 2022 were crowned at Le Mans on the weekend in the X30 Mini, KA100, Z-I and X30 Masters categories.
Calleja 3rd at Industry Trophy
William Calleja was the best performed of a bunch of Australian karters contesting the 50th running of the Trofeo delle Industrie (Industry Trophy) at Lonato last weekend.
Pink Plates for Albury-Wodonga
Pink Plates will be awarded to the winners of the “Women Only” event at Albury Wodonga next month and event ambassador Leanne Tander has made a video about it with daughter Scarlett.
Reverse K for Capri Cup
This Saturday’s final round of the Ipswich Kart Club’s championship will run on the reverse direction ‘K-track’ option and double as the Capri Cup memorial meeting, which will include the revealing and running of the recently restored Alf Capri Margay twin engine kart.
Top Half Hots Up in Hamilton
Heavy rains forced a change of venue for the third round of the NZ Top Half Series last weekend. Over 140 competitors changed their plans to front the starter in Hamilton