Karting News Briefs


  11 July 2013
 

some quickies to end the day...

  • Joseph Burton-Harris has switched brands. The Junior MAX front runner has joined the Karting World team aboard Tony Kart and will suit up in green for this weekend's Pro Tour in Gympie. It was a last minute deal, as Burton-Harris is officially entered driving an RK Kart. "Karting World and Tony Kart Australia would like to welcome Joseph Burton-Harris to the team commencing at the Rotax Pro Tour at Gympie this weekend" Karting World informed KartSportNews.
    joseph burton-harris tony kart at pro tour

  • CRG SpA has launched a new version website - www.kartcrg.com. The content of the site is available in Italian and English. It features sections on the CRG Factory and CRG Racing Team plus convenient browsing of all CRG's information, covering news, photo-galleries, products, technical information and more.
    new-look CRG website

  • The Southern Go Kart Club is inviting karters to come and practice for the South Australian State Championships by competing at the City of Adelaide Titles next month. Prize money will be on offer for a Junior National and a Senior Clubman 'pro' class, plus Over 40s Clubman Challenge. Organisers are also hoping to see some F100s dusted off and used in the Open Performance class. Supp Regs, Pit Allocation form and a list of places to stay can be found on the Race Calendar page.

  • ...and dont forget that two weeks prior to the City of Adelaide, is the City of Melbourne, on August 10/11. Two Open Performance classes will be offered - one for KZ2 only, the other for KF1. Entry fees for the CoM include a new set of tyres for the relevant class. Yep, details are on Race Calendar page!

  • Current Leopard Heavy National Champion Kris Walton is a brand ambassador for a new online watch retailer, Watch Central. Watch Central is the preferred dealer for larger than life Swiss watch brand Tendence, and is owned by Danielle Walton.

  • KartSim is not dead! The Todd Rd circuit in Melbourne was recently laser scanned to generate an accurate mesh for the game. Game developer Zach Griffin posted some photos of the process on Facebook. "It shoots a laser beam out at 1Million hz and rotates the head around 360 degrees to measure distance from the scanning point. We then stitch the 4-5 scans to generate a 3D point cloud which is used to generate the mesh for the game. (It's) a lot quicker and more accurate than creating the track from traditional survey methods" he wrote.
    kartsim laser scanning kart circuit
    Above & Below: Laser scanning at Todd Rd
    pic - Griffin/Facebook

 

 

 

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