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News Briefs

23 October 2013

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• Here is what got X30 Masters winner Frederik Blin and Aussie Kip Foster disqualified from the IAME International Final on Sunday. The regulations require drivers to proceed straight to parc ferme after the race without stopping, so when Blin pulls up (and greets fellow Kosmic driver Joseph Mawson) and Kip decides to join him, well...
  
  
  
• A number of photos galleries from the Race of Stars on the weekend are now online. Check out the pics on the event's Facebook page HERE (includes on-track shots plus festivities on the Gold Coast); another gallery is on speedcafe HERE. No doubt there will be some further great snaps printed in the next issue of KartX Magazine in a few weeks time.
  
  
• On the subject of photo galleries, there are some great shots (170 in total) from AIDKA's Australian Dirt Kart Titles in Alice Springs earlier this month. Saturday photos HERE, Sunday photos HERE.
  
  pic - Phil Williams
  
  
• Another IAME 'helicopter' video from the IAME International Final in France. This one's from qualifying day:
  
  
  
• You've probably seen a similar view on the V8 telecasts - a camera pointing at the tyre showing sidewall flex and deformation. Well, here's the karting equivalent! Patrick Carter's video is two laps around the Newcastle circuit with a Tony Kart EVR / IAME X30 / MG Red combo:
  
  
  
• Full videos from all the finals from the 2013 Pan American Rotax MAX Challenge are now online. Check them out via the Kart Racing Network site HERE.
  
  
• The Melbourne Speedway Kart Club ran a club race day at the Bacchus Marsh track on Sunday. A photo gallery is on the club's website HERE.
  
  
  
• Video wrap of the Spanish Rotax MAX Challenge held at Toledo:
  
  
  
• The Whitsunday Titles will run at the Mackay Kart Club this weekend. It's not too late to purchase a ticket in the Arrow X3 CIK chassis raffle. The tickets are $25 each, but with only 200 available, the odds are far better than most ofther raffles! The event also boasts a new Yamaha J and Yamaha S engine as lucky draw prizes, plus MG & Dunlop tyres, tuning lights and other merchandise. Supp Regs via the Race Calendar page.
      
  
  
• Event Info: the two-day Canberra Cup is coming up next month:
  
  
  
• As mentioned earlier this month, drivers from various racing backgrounds will come together this weekend at the New Castle Motorsports Park (USA) for the Dan Wheldon Memorial Pro-Am Karting Challenge. Dan's widow, Susie, talks about the event on the IndyChannel.com:
  
  
  

 

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