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Karting News Briefs

27 November 2013

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the first news briefs for week 48...

• The 100-Lapper at Cairns on the weekend turned into a non-event. "The day promised to be okay, but as it wore on the storm clouds appeared on the horizon" club Secretary Annette Dodge informed KartSportNews. "Drivers arrived and confirmed entries and got to complete practice (but) it started to rain for the start of the heats. Round one was completed and then the thunderstorm arrived in full force drenching us all and flooding parts of the track and pit areas."
  
  
• If a race meeting you attended does not get a report published here on KartSportNews, it is simply because we never received one. We're happy to publish race reports and photos from any Australian karting event, providing we can find someone who can email the detail within a few days of the meeting. So, who can help us out with that? Further info HERE.
  
  
• And speaking of comprehensive race reports, the Oakleigh Kart Club's final race meeting of the year was run on Saturday with the report published on Monday. Photos have now been added - see HERE.
  
  
• Both Kerbrider and Master Karting will be trackside at the Victorian Closed Titles in Portland this weekend with their respective trailers and van. Both stock all the usual parts and consumables, and Kerbrider will also have a range of Alpinestars racewear.
  
  
• Win a Prodezine race suit & boot package in the colour of your choice, worth over $400:
  
  
  
• Series organisers have announced the Picton Kart Track as the venue for the deciding round of the 2014 Australian Schools Karting Championship. Picton's karts are powered by 211cc 4-stroke Subaru motors with a centrifugal clutch and hydraulic brakes. Qualifying rounds will be held in NSW (Ultimate Karting Sydney, plus Kartatak Sydney), ACT (PowerKart Raceway) and Qld (Go Karting Brisbane). An announcement on a Melbourne venue is expected soon.
  
  
• Fineline Fabrications, the builder of custom trailers, have launched a new website: finelinefabrications.com.au Fineline are located in Penrith (Western Sydney) and are qualified professionals in the transport industry, building custom trailers (including many kart traliers) and truck bodies .They also have in store a range of trailer spares and accessories. To view examples of their products, visit finelinefabrications.com.au and click the Gallery menu.
  
  
• SuperKarts USA! photo feed from the SuperNationals in Las Vegas last week - lots of photos, including several of the Aussies. Click HERE.
  
  
• AIDKA dirt karter Dylan Ellis suffered serious injuries in a car accident with a truck on Monday. After being air-lifted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital, the South Australian has undergone surgery on his neck (spine) and is scheduled to undergo further surgery on his liver and other broken bones. His condition is described as critical, but stable. KartSportNews (and we are sure all karters) send Dylan and his family every positive wish for his recovery.
  
  
• Videos from the final round of the KF / KFJ World Championship in Bahrian on the weekend:
  
  Above: KF Junior final
  
  
  Above: KF final (Verstappen and Nielsen collide at 7:20, for which Max was excluded. Interview with Verstappen HERE; interview with Nielsen HERE)
  
  
  Above: The press conference
  
  
• Stars of Karting Pro Junior series final in Melbourne. This was telecast on SPEED last week, but now on YouTube:
  
  
  
• The Mugs Cup, for Dads with little or no race experience who can get their hands on a National class kart (or squeeze into their child's?) at Lithgow in January:
  

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