2012 Australian Leopard Series

press release

Remo Racing is proud to announce that the Leopard class will be on tour with the 2012 CIK Stars of Karting Series.

The Leopard Class is open to ALL IAME X30 or RL 125cc engines, whether you are an amateur or professional driver.

The 5 rounds will be contested at Newcastle, Bolivar, Ipswich, Melbourne and Eastern Creek. There will be PRIZES won for the Leopard category at every round, so grab your IAME engine and register today.

leopard series 2012

LEOPARD CLASS:
Rules per AKA manual

WEIGHTS:
160kg Light and 180kg Heavy

TYRES:
Contracted MG FZ Yellows. Rules per AKA manual.

ENTRIES:
Online registrations are open, go to the Stars of Karting series website: http://booths.speedcafe.com.au/stars-of-karting/sok-registrations/

RACE FORMAT – LEOPARD CATEGORY:
The Leopard class will see both Light and Heavy competitors line-up in the same field. This means that there will be two weight divisions being run on the track at the same time in the same field. All drivers will grid up based on their qualifying time, regardless of what class they are in. The first Light and first Heavy driver across the line will win their respective categories. The rules are as per the AKA rule book, so are simple.

EVENT CALENDAR:
Round 1 - February 25/26 - Bolivar, South Australia
Round 2 - April 21/22 - Newcastle, New South Wales
Round 3 - June 16/17 - Ipswich, Queensland
Round 4 - July 28/29 - Eastern Creek, New South Wales
Round 5 - September 22/23 - Port Melbourne, Victoria

CLASSES: Pro Light (KF1), Pro Gearbox (KF2), Pro Junior (KF3), Clubman, Junior National and Leopard

PRIZES:

  • LIGHT WINNER: The Leopard Light winner of the five-round series will secure a new IAME KF ENGINE for use in the 2013 CIK Stars of Karting Series
  • HEAVY WINNER: The Leopard Heavy winner of the five-round series will win a new X30 ENGINE to keep or the equivalent value towards the KF1 classes at the 2013 CIK Stars of Karting Series (winners choice)
  • FIRST LOCAL HOME: There will also be a prize awarded at EACH ROUND to the first local driver home for both Leopard Light and Heavy classes (a 'local' is regarded as a competitor from the state in which the event takes place).

Also, all Leopard Light and Heavy drivers who compete in this series (minimum any 3 rounds) will automatically qualify to compete for prizes at the Australian Leopard Final Shootout and automatically qualify for a spot in the 2012 IAME International World Final in France.

If you are unable to follow all the rounds of the Series you can still WIN prizes by entering one of the rounds.

The atmosphere at the CIK Stars of Karting events is absolutely amazing! Rub shoulders with Australia's elite drivers and see what its like to be amongst the professional side of karting.

Leopard Class has produced MANY champions who have MOVED UP to CIK racing. If you see last years entries in the CIK Stars of Karting Series, you will find that HALF of the competitors in KF1 and HALF of the competitors in KZ2 came from LEOPARD Class.

Below is a list of drivers from last years' CIK Series who competed in either the KF1 (Pro-light) or KZ2 classes and all came from Leopard Class.

  • Jake Spencer, Cian Fothergill, Grant Smith, Adam Hughes, George Geranis, Jason Hryniuk, Ben Edwards, Matthew Erdmann, Elle Brydon, Cameron Macqueen, Damien Radosevic, Shay Mayes, Tyler Greenbury, Matthew Hayes, Kel Treseder, Jason Pringle, Matthew Wall, Scott Taylor, Kyle Ensbey, John Grother, Lee Mitchener and Jordie Lindstrom.

So here is proof that Leopard competitors can gain a wealth of experience and develop their racing skills in the Leopard class. Leopard class competitors ARE our future champions.

iame 125OUT OF THE BOX RACING
The IAME X30 engine is still the exact same engine as used worldwide. The other great benefit of owning an X30 engine and racing in LEOPARD Class is that there are NO RULE CHANGES.

The X30 engine was first built by leading engine manufacturer IAME in 2004 and there have been NO parts changed since its inception in Australia in 2009, and we have kept our promises.

The X30 engine is a true OUT OF THE BOX racing engine with low running costs and with NO BLUEPRINTING REQUIRED nor possible due to the design of the major components.

THE ULTIMATE GOAL
The ultimate goal of this series being at such a prestigious event is to not only provide Leopard competitors invaluable experience competing in this low cost 125cc class with an amazing atmosphere, but also the ULTIMATE OPPORTUNITY to MOVE UP into CIK racing.

We are very excited and also most grateful on being given this amazing opportunity for the Leopard competitors in Australia to be able to compete at the most prestigious event in Australia - the CIK Stars of Karting Series - and we thank you.

REMO RACING

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