A bunch of Australians contested the opening round of the 2022 WSK Euro Series at Lonato on the weekend and they all made the finals at a huge event that saw 244 drivers race across the four classes (includes video highlights package)
Driver PR – Cadet 9 front-runner Cruz Kelly continued his strong run of national and state level results with a dominant display at the Emerald AKC round last weekend.
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Team RP – Energy Corse Australia drivers Kurtis Tennant and Ky Burke have won three state titles across two events on consecutive weekends.
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There was plenty of promise without ultimate reward for the six-strong group of kiwi karters who ventured across the Tasman for the fourth round of the SP Tool Australian Karting Championships in Queensland.
Titles were spread around the South Island when the New Zealand National Schools Championship honours were decided across four classes at KartSport Southland on the weekend.
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Josh Fife has taken the lead of the KZ2 standings in the 2022 SP Tools Australian Kart Championship after an almost perfect weekend at the penultimate round of the series …
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The heat racing at Emerald’s Australian Kart Championship round has produced some results that will have Championship implications, none more so than KZ2 where title combatants have struck trouble.
The opening round of the WSK Euro series has kicked off at South Garda Karting (Lonato, Italy) and there’s a bunch of Australians and a Kiwi contesting the event (includes link for live stream).
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Here’s the post-produced video summary of the final round of the 2022 European OK & OK-Junior Championship at Franciacorta, Italy, last week. There’s plenty of action (especially in OK-Junior) and big celebrations for the Tony Kart, Parolin and Kart Republic teams.
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Here are the links you need to follow the Australian Kart Championship round at Emerald, Queensland, across the weekend.
Last year, Levi Lord broke his arm in a crash at the Pucka round of the Golden Power Series. This year, the Cadet 9 driver returned to the same event and was never out of the top ten.
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OK-N engines from TM, Vortex, IAME and Modena hit the track for an official ‘demo run’ at the final round of the European OK/OK-J Championship last week.
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Driver PR – Riley Harrison made the long trek up to the Northern Territory Kart Championships and took a string of victories, ending the event as the Champion of Cadet 12.
Team PR – Brett Jenkin was the top scorer for the DJM Race Engineering team at last weekend’s Golden Power Series round, winning the TaG Restricted Heavy class.
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Team PR – Bright Brothers Racing returned to the Golden Power Series over the weekend for the fourth round of the championship. fielding all three brothers in different classes.
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Driver PR – In just his ninth race start, Tyler Calleja has run up the front end of last weekend’s Golden Power Series round, qualifying his CC Racing powered Kosmic on the second row of KA4 Junior Heavy and scored a podium in the final.
Two current Supercars Championship drivers will contest the fourth round of the Australian Kart Championship in Emerald, Queensland, this weekend – James Golding in KZ2 and Jake Kostecki in X30.
Driver PR – Melbourne KA4 Junior driver Mathew Basso headed to the top end and placed runner-up in the Northern Territory Kart Championship at Hidden Valley on the weekend.
Queensland karter Alice Buckley has been selected as one of the 14 finalists in the FIA Girls on Track Rising Stars Program. This could potentially lead to Formula 4 drive and a spot in the Ferrari Driver Academy.
Driver PR – Series points leader Jack Jenkins scored his fourth podium in four rounds of GPS when he finished runner-up in the Cadet 12 final at Eastern Lions Kart Club.
Driver PR – Benjamin Classon endured some incredibly close but fair racing at the front of the KA4 Junior Heavy field at Puckapunyal on the weekend, but ultimately missed victory by less than 2 tenths.
Karting Victoria has announced that Pam Arnett, State Secretary for the past 30 years, is retiring from her position with the organisation.
Driver PR – Ashton Cattach scored valuable championship points with a consistent performance across the races in the fourth round of the Golden Power Series on the weekend.
Driver PR – Brothers Kristian and Lukas Janev competed against each other for the time in a number of years at the Golden Power Series round at Puckapunyal on the weekend. Despite very different experiences, they finished the TaG Light final one behind the other.
Driver PR – Liam Pollard scored more points towards his Golden Power Series assault over the weekend, despite starting the event with an electrical gremlin.