Karting News Briefs


  26 February 2015
 
  • Two race meetings on the 2015 Victorian karting calendar have swapped over. The C & D Grade Titles originally scheduled for 1-2 August has moved back one week to 8-9 August - which was the date for the City of Melbourne Titles. The CoM has come forward to August 1-2.

  • Karting is on display this weekend at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide with variety of karts, including the replica of James Courtney's World Championship winning Tony Kart:

    pic - karting australia

  • Entries have now opened for Rotax Pro Tour round 2 at Dubbo's Lincoln County Raceway on 20-22 March. This event is the first of two rounds which form the NSW State Championships for the Pro Tour categories. Download the Supp Regs HERE.


  • Vroom has reported that Australian property development company Arise Developments have teamed up with British Cadet Champions Fusion Motorsport to offer a scholarship for a young Australian karter to compete with the team in the next year's British Championships and Formula Kart Stars events! With the help of WA retailer Flat Out Karts, Arise Racing will be monitoring the progress of Australian drivers between the age of 8 and 12 during 2015 and selecting one young hopeful to travel to the UK and receive a 3-day intensive training course and assessment by Fusion Motorsport. Following successful completion of the course, the driver will be given the opportunity to compete in the 2016 UK events. Arise Developments is based in Ricciardo's home city of Perth and specialises in the development of large commercial retail centres and industrial land development in WA. More HERE.

  • Ricciardo Kart has further expanded its line up for the Australian Kart Championship with the news that Patrizicorse will field Brock Plumb, Troy Loeskow and Lochie Hughes in the series. Plumb and Loeskow will race in KZ while Hughes will contest KFJ.

    pic - Patrizicorse/facebook

  • Jim Henderson has posted LOTS of photos from the Geelong round of the Victorian Karting Championships on Facebook. "Part 1" is HERE, and "Part 2" is HERE.

    Above: Aron Lawrence (upsidedown) and Travis Millar (93) crash out of heat 2, TaG Heavy. Further pics of this sequence via the Part 1 link above. pic - James Henderson Photography

  • Attitude. It's important. Was talking with a leading kart industry identity recently who told me that their dealers who have accepted the rules have changed, and embraced that change, are actually doing okay. However the ones who are complaining and telling their customers the rule makers have ruined the sport are the ones who are struggling. Coincidence?

  • A former driver, then photographer and a respected journalist, the Italian Giovanni Paterlini, died on Saturday due to heart problems that had kept him hospitalised for the last two months. He was 57. The CIK-FIA Head of Communications during the Presidency of Ernest Buser, Paterlini collaborated with several magazines including the weekly Autosprint and the monthly Vroom. He was also involved with organising several events, such as the Andrea Margutti Trophy, and did work for the Italian Karting Federation. He worked alongside Giancarlo Tinini at CRG for fifteen years. "The most sincere condolences of family Tinini and of all employees and collaborators of CRG Group go to his wife Federica and to his 11 years old son Edoardo" CRG said in a statement.

    pic - CRG

  • The list of registered drivers in the Rotax Pro Tour has been updated. Check the latest list for all the categories in the series HERE.

  • KartCOM issue #9 is now onine. View all 67 pages of the virtual magazine for free HERE.

  • Karting Australia clarification on spark plugs being a non-tech item: read the one-page PDF HERE.

  • Some karters in America got a little more than they bargained for when leaving the K1 Speed rental kart centre in Sacramento, California. A drive-in theatre adjacent to the track was screening the adult movie "50 Shades of Grey" - but kids and families leaving the kart track were able to see the steamy scenes! Full story HERE.

  • Fresh from a standout second place in the KF class at Italy's big Winter Cup meeting at Lonato last weekend, Kiwi karter Marcus Armstrong will be one of the drivers to watch at the WSK Gold Cup meeting at Adria this weekend. Winter Cup winner (and Armstrong's Tony Kart teammate) Nicklas Nielsen and the Pole Karol Basz are rated as favourites, however the raw speed and racecraft Armstrong showed last weekend means he has as good a chance as any.

    Above: Kiwi karting international Marcus Armstrong is racing at Adria this weekend (pic - WSK)

  • Patrizicorse is now the exclusive importer of Vrooam Lubricants in Australia. "Thanks to our partnership with TM Racing we can truly understand the need for developing specialized kart lubricants that provide more horse power at high rpm’s and reliability at the same time" Vrooam stated. The first shipment will arrive in time for round 1 of the Australian Kart championships.


  • Warrnambool Kart club will be running a half-hour handicap race this Saturday:


  • Rotax Australia advise the Go-Kart Club of Victoria has agreed to host Rotax Light as a standalone class on Mojo D2 tyres at their Club Day meetings for 2015. This is on the provison there are sufficient entries (minimum of 8) at the first round this weekend. If you are interested, contact the club for more detail.


  • Long time CRG distributor in the United States, PSL Karting has inked a deal with BirelART in what is described as a "long-term collaborative partnership". While the news has been posted on social media, an official agreement with details of the deal is not expected for another week or so. PSL Karting is now operating under the new colours and marketing BirelART products.

  • The Launceston Kart Club has announced that McDonald's will continue to sponsor the annual “Young Guns” race meeting. McDonalds has sponsored the Young Guns event for the past 17 years and the LKC committee would like to thank McDonalds for their continued support of the Club. "This year we will see two drivers named the “Young Gun”, with fist over the line using both the new pathway motor and the Yamaha J engine each being crowned the 2015 McDonalds Young Gun. Past winners of the event includes many of the state's elite drivers and this year will be no different, with a quality field expected to line up for this prestigious feature race as part of the Tasmanian State Wide Series on April 19. McDonalds Young Guns - Previous Winners
    • 1998 Mitchell Russell
    • 1999 Mitchell Russell
    • 2000 Tom George
    • 2001 Matthew Holmes
    • 2002 Aiden Shelton
    • 2003 Aiden Shelton
    • 2004 Daimon Shelton
    • 2005 Daimon Shelton
    • 2006 Jackson Evans
    • 2007 Josh Burdon
    • 2008 Danton Evans
    • 2009 Danton Evans
    • 2010 Callum Zizek
    • 2011 Kelsey Sapwell
    • 2012 Gemma Wyllie
    • 2013 Brodie Evans
    • 2014 Zevie Eisentraut


  • The IAME KA100 Homologation document has been updated (approved version, dated 19 Feb).  Competitors are advised to familiarise themselves with Appendix A in the document.  To view the homologation document please click here.

  • The technical docs for the KZ2, KF2 and KF3 classes contested in the Australian Kart Championship are now available on the Karting Australia site HERE.

  • The Super One series in the UK will this year award a "Privateers' Trophy". Only private entrants who do not operate out of a team awning are eligible, but need to register with the organiser at the first round. There will be dedicated trophies and prizes for the privateers. Registering will not affect their eligibility for rookie awards.

  • Rotax Winter Cup, videos of the finals in Spain:

    Above: Senior MAX


    Above: Junior MAX


    Above: DD2


    Above: Interview with Senior MAX winner, Australia's Pierce Lehane

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  • CAMS has strengthened its anti-doping rules to align with the 2015 World Anti-Doping Agency Code, which came into effect on January1st. It includes harsher penalties for intentional doping - minimum ban now four years instead of two. CAMS plan to do more saliva drug screenings in 2015 and are even preparing a ‘competition-fixing’ (also known as match-fixing) policy to address what they say is a rising risk of illegal betting in Australian motor sport. More on the CAMS site HERE.

 

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