Carlos Sainz Launches Kart Brand
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz has unveiled his own brand of kart – and it’s coming to Australia!
Schweikert Triumphs on Southwest Debut
Driver PR – Aiden Schweikert withstood intense pressure to win on his debut at the Southwest Kart Club in Cobden for the first round of the DPE Victorian Country Series in the KA3 Junior Light category.
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DAP Restoration – Part 4
Video – The chassis has been powder coated, the chrome parts have been re-chromed and the new floor tray looks sweet! Re-assembly begins…
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JGM Shines at IKC Round 1
Jess Golding Motorsport drivers made a stellar start to their Championship season in the team’s new Arrow X6.2 chassis at Round 1 of the Ipswich Kart Club Championship held over the weekend.
New Ground Covered at KA Officials’ Conference
Karting Australia hosted its inaugural “Officials Acceleration Masterclass and Workshop” in Adelaide across the weekend which featured some big names from the world of car racing.
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Karting Australia Message
As KA’s 2024 karting season ramps up, Karting Australia’s Chief Operating Officer, Lee Hanatschek, has sent members a reminder about some of the key regulation changes in the KA rule book.
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Barrichello Wins Rotax Winter Trophy
Former F1 driver Rubens Barrichello took the Master MAX victory at the opening round of the Rotax MAX Challenge Winter Trophy in Orlando USA last weekend, and his son Eduardo placed second in Senior MAX.
Cadet Titles Kick Off Ipswich Season
Ipswich Kart Club will start off a huge 2024 season of racing with Round 1 of the Club Championship this Saturday 3rd February, with the running of the IKC Cadet Titles.
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Lawson Targets Kart GP
“Every time I get back in one of these things, I die.” Kiwi F1 driver Liam Lawson has been testing karts in anticipation of racing in the New Zealand Karting Grand Prix next month.
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WSK Super Masters Rnd 1
William Calleja was the best placed Australian in Italy on the weekend, the Babyrace driver scoring his second consecutive WSK podium in the Mini class.
Oz Podium at Asia Max Challenge
Queenslander Scott Howard has carded another podium overseas, placing second in the DD2 class at the Rotax MAX Challenge Asia Festival in a hot and humid Kuala Lumpur on the weekend.
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The Pink Plate
Eight girls earned the right to run pink plates for the rest of the year by winning their class at the Pink Plate Ladies Event at Albury Wodonga on the weekend, a meeting that also raised a lot of money for a good cause.
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Junior Top Guns
With Oakleigh now on the AKC schedule, Junior Top Guns 2024 was huge, lots of locals joined by strong interstate attendance for the kids to get the new season underway. Ayrton Creagh reports.
Huge CRG Team for ’24
CRG has confirmed one of the largest official teams in international karting with a 33-driver line-up for 2024 which includes Kimi Räikkönen’s son Robin.
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Funkart Global’s Twilight
The second round of the Funkart Global Summer Series was run on the shortened version of Ipswich Kart Club’s race track on Saturday night.
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KA Le Cont Statement
Karting Australia has issued the following statement regarding the identification of LeCont LH03 tyres and “earliest use” dates for the latest batch.
Solid Start to Basso’s 2024
Driver PR – Mathew Basso got his 2024 season off to a perfect start with an opening night clean-sweep at Oakleigh’s Junior Top Guns last Friday.
Howard 2nd in Asia
Scott Howard finished second in the DD2 Masters class at the first round of the Rotax Max Challenge Asia Trophy on Sunday.
Calleja Podiums WSK Opener
William Calleja has started the 2024 season with a strong showing in Italy, taking second at the opening WSK Champions Cup on the weekend, an event that saw strong runs from all the Australian drivers.
City of Sydney Update
With just days left to enter, organisers have revealed the scoring matrix for the Max Laybutt Teams Challenge and want to thank all the sponsors for supporting the upcoming City of Sydney Titles.
IKC Championship Entries Open
Within days of opening, over 200 entries have come in and a couple of classes already filled for the first round of the Ipswich Kart Club’s 2024 Championship.
JND/Alonso Euro Pathway
Melbourne-based JND Racing has announced a pathway to competitive European karting with an alliance with Fernando Alonso’s A14 Management and the DPK Racing team in Europe.
OK-N for Mexico
Mexico has decided to include the OK-N Junior and Senior classes in its National Championship for 2024.
RIP David Kissock
The Southern Go Kart Club has reported the passing of Life Member and former President, David Kissock.
Aussies in Asia MAX
Current and former Presidents of the Ipswich Kart Club will contest the Rotax MAX Challenge Asia Festival later this month.