Karting Australia’s Building Better Kart Club Conference was conducted at the weekend on the Gold Coast, bringing together more than 100 attendees representing Karting Associations and Clubs from across the country.
A bunch of Australians are entered in two international karting events in Europe this weekend. Here are the links you need to follow their progress.
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Rotax racers who wish to acquire the soon-to-arrive new-spec Rotax cylinder can do so for HALF THE PRICE! Click through to see how.
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Retro and modern karting mixed at Tamworth on the weekend with the running of the club’s annual Alan Cox Cup race meeting that also hosted the Retro Karting Australia NSW State Titles.
The Rotax E20 electric powertrain has received official CIK-FIA approval and will be part of the 2024 RMC Euro Trophy.
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The cost to build the proposed kart track at Bathurst has swelled by over 1 million dollars in 6 months.
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Over the coming days, users will notice some updates to the Karting Operations and Membership Portal (KOMP). Some of the changes include…
BRP-Rotax has confirmed the chassis partners for the 2024 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals – four regular brands, plus one that is new to the RMCGF.
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Karting Australia’s KOMP system has been tweaked with race entries now able to be viewed by KA licence holders.
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Karting Australia has awarded Life Membership to its former Chair, Mick Doohan, plus a host of other achievements recognised at its 2024 Honours and Awards night.
ATTENTION JUNIOR KARTERS- there will be a Junior Driver Advanced Driving and Advanced Vehicle Dynamics course at Sandown Raceway during the Term 2-3 Victorian school holidays. But there are limited spots in the program.
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Top-level karting has returned to Ballarat, over 200 karters fronting at the freshly re-configured circuit for the second round of the Victorian Country Series.
The CIK-FIA has released the seat allocations for each country that can send drivers to the first ever OK-N World Cup in the UK later this year. Australia is not on the list.
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Alan Dove is back working on a project he started three years ago – to build his own kart chassis from scratch. This video includes some practice bending, notching and welding chassis tube.
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Motorsport Australia is on the lookout for drivers to make up its team in the 2024 FIA Motorsport Games, including several karting categories.
Driver PR – Current New Zealand KZ2 Karting Champion, 15-year-old Jay Urwin, has taken a convincing win at round 1 of the US Stars Pro Karting Championship at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Club news, Driver news, RIPs, Event news, Industry news – words, photos and videos… click through to see what’s been happening.
IKD’s Ian Black answers questions about the future of Rotax in Australia, what’s happening around Pro Tour, the new cylinder, Grand Finals and more.
The 2024 Riverina Civil & Plumbing New South Wales State Titles were run by the Wagga and District Kart Racing Club on the weekend.
Australia’s representative in the 2024 FIA Karting Academy trophy put in a strong performance in France on the weekend, walking home with sixth place in the Final.
Driver PR – Lazarus Añonuevo claimed his second Blue Plate in 30 days when he won the Karting NSW State Championship at Wagga on the weekend.
Repeat and first time winners highlighted the second round of the California ProKart Challenge at Buttonwillow Raceway Park.
Bundaberg teenager Ky Burke will be aiming high as Australia’s representative in the 2024 FIA Karting Academy Trophy which kicks off in France this weekend.
The Cockburn International Kartway in Perth has re-opened to karters after a full resurface that has retained the corner profiles and cambers it was known for (includes on-board with Kip Foster).
