Karting News Briefs
- A Girls-Only Junior National 130kg class has been added to the Junior Sprint Classic meeting that takes place at Puckapunyal on September 13-14. The Eastern Lions Kart Club invites all female Junior National drivers to enter this class. Supp Regs and Addendum are on the Race Calendar page. Entry for the race program and commemorative event t-shirt closes this Friday, September 5.
- Supp Regs for the 2014 Tasmanian State Championships at Orielton (November 12-16) are now online. Visit the Race Calendar page to download.
- 14-year old New Zealand junior karter Marcus Armstrong has been invited to compete in the KF-Junior World Karting Championship at Essay, France, by one of the world's top factory teams, Kosmic Racing. The Kiwi heads to Europe to test on September 8-9. Full story on kartsport NZ HERE. The World Championship takes place on September 17 to 21.
- Photos from the Junior Challenge at Geelong last month are on Jim Henderson's facebook page. Day one shots HERE, day two shots HERE.
pic - James Henderson
- Kartsport New Zealand is introducing a new rule for next year that will see the highest placed Over 40s driver in a senior field awarded the title of Masters Champion. The organisation hopes it will entice more of its 199 licenced masters-aged competitors to take up the challenge to become a National and/or Island Champion. "In all senior classes contested at NZ Sprint, NZ SuperKart and Island Sprint events, providing there is a minimum of six competitors entered as a Master (40+ years) in the class, the first Master will be recognised as the respective Masters Champion (eg NZ Sprint Masters Champion Rotax Max Heavy) for that class."
- The 2014 Australian Speedway Kart Titles will be run at the Gosford Showgrounds on September 13 & 14. Event information below. Entry closes today (Monday), but late entries will be accepted (with a higher fee) until Wednesday, September 10th.
- DPE Kart Technology has produced the first two chassis off the new jog. "These are welded 100% in the jig & come out perfectly accurate in every way! Expect to see the release of the Arrow X4, Monaco M4 & Deadly Sera in the next few weeks" the company wrote on Facebook.
pics - DPE
- SKUSA's California ProKart Challenge returns to a temporary circuit this weekend when the fifth round takes place in the car park of the Lake Elsinore Diamond Stadium. "We are hauling in seven truck loads of barriers plus the necessary fencing to build the temporary circuit" Superkarts! USA CEO Tom Kutscher said. "Grandstands that will fit 400 people will be constructed to allow everyone a great vantage point of the racing, while racers and crews can get some early testing completed for this year’s SuperNationals (in Las Vegas). This weekend should be bad ass, and one of a kind for sure.”
- CIK-FIA Change to Sporting Regulations: two changes, effective immediately:
- Removal of the Super Pole in the CIK-FIA KZ World Championship. Section 26-c is deleted in its entirety, which means the removal of "Q2 Super Pole."
- Correction on the use of slick tyres during Free Practice at World KF, KF-Junior and KZ Championship, and the CIK-FIA International Super Cup for KZ2. It is the deletion of a paragraph which is not applicable for the use of slick tyres during Free Practice when the Championships take place over a single Competition.
The paragraph on "all other CIK Competitions of the year" is deleted. Drivers will be able to use three sets of tyres for Free Practice.
- KT Trophy Day at Angus this Sunday:
- The Wimmera Kart Grand Prix is back, taking place at Horsham on November 23:
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