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Karting News Briefs


  27 May 2014
   
 

as long as it's karting...

  • The National Rotax Rankings have been updated to include the Geelong Pro Tour round on the weekend. Links to the points and placings for each class on the rotax.com.au website:
  • And speaking of the Australian Rotax site, it's just had a total revamp as the official online hub for all Rotax racers in Australia.  Head over to www.rotax.com.au and check out all the features, such as:
    • The Latest Rotax News
    • New Products & Information
    • Class Information and Rules
    • Upcoming Event Information
    • The Latest National Rotax Rankings
    • Photo/Video Galleries
    • Technical Downloads & Video Tutorials
    • Online Pro Tour Registrations
    • Online Engine Registrations & Warranty
    • Locate your nearest Dealer
    • And much more!

  • If you don't check out the various race reports that get published on this site, you might be missing out on some interesting stuff - like this twin engined kart in Tasmania with a front mounted radiator. The Praga chassis, owned by Paul Reeves, is fitted with two water cooled TM engines. Instead of having coolers hanging off the side of the kart, one main cooler has been fitted at the front behind a vented Nassau panel. The machine was driven by Steven Wrigley to second place in the Open Performance class on the weekend.

  • David Sera announced today that multiple State Champion Cooper Murray has joined the Deadly Karts team for his upcoming JMAX assault.

  • Despite recently announcing an altered calendar for the remainder of the Italian Championships, organisers now inform us it's gone back to the original version! Geez, make up your minds! 'New' calendar is now: 2nd round 20-22 June (Sarno), 3rd round 18-20 July (Castelnuovo), 4th round 5-7 September (Ortona), 5th round 3-5 October (Lignano).

  • RIP Gerry Hargans - from Karting NSW: Karting NSW is saddened to hear of the passing of long-time member Gerry Hargans. Gerry was one of the very early members of the Banana Republic which later became the Coffs Harbour Kart Racing Club. He raced for quite a number of years, he and Russell Grimson were two of the pioneers to establish the much celebrated Over 40s Titles at Coffs Harbour. Gerry’s wife Jan was a long-time Club Secretary of Coffs Harbour while his sons Scott and Jason raced successfully for many years. Karting NSW offers its condolences to Jan, Scott, Jason and their families.

  • NSW Closed Titles, reverse direction at Eastern Creek. Supp Regs for this and many other events on the Race Calendar page.


  • Life of a rear tyre. Mojo D2 flexing and moving about under load at Geelong. Driver: Paul Rogers, Rotax Heavy test day at Geelong:


  • CIK Stars of Karting round 3 buildup:


  • The website for Go Kart Club of Victoria has received a total revamp. In addition to the fresh look, the site is easier for the club to manage (even from the race track if they wish) and has added current and relevant content. In addition to monthly closed club race days,GKCV hold some of the largest race meetings in the country, including rounds of CIK Stars of Karting, Rotax Pro Tour, Victorian Karting Series and the annual City of Melbourne Titles. Take a look at the new site: www.gkcv.com.au

  • Want to know what's on in karting this weekend? And the next? And the one after that? Keep abreast via the KartSportNews Race Calendar page. It's regularly updated with links to the Supplementary Regulations (and other info) for Australian karting events - and not just those sanctioned by Karting Australia! There are often links to race events run by other organisations.

  • The Over 40s Titles at Coffs Harbour will see a brand new Arrow X3 Vegas chassis, supplied by DPE, auctioned off at the event's presentation dinner. There will also be many other things up for grabs, such as Rotax engines, tyres and tickets to WRC.
    coffs harbour kart track

  • With fear of creating grief...

    pic - all over facebook

  • The American Benik Kart brand (designed and assembled in the USA, but manufactured in Italy) has announced a cash prize of $500 for any Benik driver (whether they operate under the team's banner or as a private entry) who can win specified national level events (eg: US Pro Kart Series, SKUSA SummerNationals and SuperNationals, Rotax Pan American Challenge etc). If a driver can win a Rotax Nationals in either the US or Canada, Benik will pay them $1000.

  • The Vintage Kart Club of Tasmania (VKCT) will run a practice day at Launceston on 22 June for vintage karts. It will be a 'controlled” practice to fit in with LKC members who might also be using the track on the day. The VKCT is planning to run a vintage specific meeting in Tassie in 2016...

  • Saturday's National Final for the Australian Schools Karting Championship at Picton is shaping up to be an intense battle of Australia's top schools karters. Representing VIC, ACT, NSW and QLD, the following drivers (a few regular KA karters in here!) will be competing to show Australia just which driver, state and school is best of the best!
    VIC: Hayden Berns - Staughton College
    VIC: Jarrod Dowthwaite - Lilydale Heights College
    ACT: James Hughes - Canberra Grammar School
    ACT: Benjamin Emmanuel - Canberra Grammar School
    NSW: Lachlan Gibbons - Baulkham Hills High School
    NSW: Cameron Crick - Elderslie High School
    QLD: Tom Qualischefski - Calvary Christian College
    QLD: Ryan McNamara - Calvary Christian College

  • The European CIK-FIA Championship for KF and KFJ returns for round 2 this weekend at the Zuera circuit in Spain. Live streaming will be on www.cikfia.tv and www.cikfiachampionship.com. Britain's Callum Illot (Zanardi-Parilla-Dunlop) leads KF ahead of countryman Lando Norris (FA Kart-Vortex), Finnish Niko Kari (Tony Kart-Vortex), Spain's Pedro Hiltbrand (CRG-TM) and the Italian Felice Tiene (CRG-TM). In KFJ, UK's Enaam Ahmed (FA Kart-Vortex-Vega) is ahead of the American Devlin Defrancesco (Tony Kart-Vortex) with fellow American Logan Sargeant (FA Kart-Vortex), German Mick Junior (Tony Kart-Vortex) and the Russian Alexander Vartanyan (Tony Kart-Vortex) snapping at their heels:

 

 

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