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Just a few days after entries opened in early December, a strong number of teams have already registered for the 24 Hours Karting of Italy, promoted by CRG and scheduled for March 14–15 at the...
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Sam Dicker claims Maiden Australian KZ2 Championship in thrilling final day

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Western Australian driver Sam Dicker has been crowned the 2023 KZ2 SP Tools Australian Kart Champion after an exhilarating Grand Final day for the Series presented by Castrol at Port Melbourne’s Todd Road circuit.

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Four hundred of Australia’s best young kart racers will put it all on the line to chase motorsport glory at the final round of the 2023 SP Tools Australian Kart Championship presented by Castrol in Melbourne this weekend.

Round four contested at Adams Motorsports Park for California Prokart Challenge

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The 19th season for the California ProKart Challenge has been put to the test as the program enters the second half of the championship chase. What was scheduled as a three-day, two-round race weekend at the Adams Motorsports Park in Riverside, California over August 18-20 became a shortened two-day, one-round event. Hurricane Hilary hit the southern California region on Sunday, forcing Superkarts! USA to postpone the Round Five action scheduled for that day. Round Four was contested on Saturday, with dry weather greeting the competitors at the historic Riverside, California facility.

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Double-round weekend ahead for California ProKart Challenge Read more

Two rounds of racing set for Superkarts! USA regional championship program at historic Adams Motorsports Park on August 18-20

Australian kart racers selected for Ferrari Shootout

Australian kart racers selected for Ferrari Shootout Read more

The participants for the 2023 Ferrari Driver Academy (FDA) – Asia Pacific and Oceania regional selection program have been confirmed for next month’s prestigious event with Karting Australia drivers dominating the list.

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Walton wraps up Australian Championship in Ipswich Read more

Queensland teenager Max Walton has become the first SP Tools Australian Kart Champion-elect of 2023 at the penultimate round of the Championship at his home track of Ipswich on Sunday afternoon.

Sodi World Series International Finals 2023: A lively edition in Slovakia

Sodi World Series International Finals 2023: A lively edition in Slovakia Read more

From 5th to 8th July 2023, the 12th edition of the SWS International Finals introduced a new destination to the 374 drivers who had qualified throughout the world during the 2022 SWS season. In Slovakia, the races were extremely hotly contested, sometimes even a little too hot in the Sprint categories. The competition was very intense, and the winners were often revealed in the final meters of the Finals. Many positive comments rewarded the efforts of the 3MK Events organising team, who worked hard to satisfy the vast majority of participants.

Sodi World Series: New destination for the world's biggest leisure karting event

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The 2023 California ProKart Challenge returns to action on the July 8-9 weekend with a trip to the Santa Maria Karting Association facility. The third round of the Superkarts! USA regional program will be held at the Santa Maria, California facility. Following two events at the Buttonwillow Raceway Park to open up the year, the California PKC program reaches the midway point with the third event to continue the 19th championship season with a perfect sunny, breezy beach climate expected for Round Three.

Registration now open for Xtream Rock Island Grand Prix

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Energy Corse on the podium all over the world!

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History was created at Round Three of the SP Tools Australian Kart Championship presented by Castrol EDGE as Lana Flack became the first female driver to win an event at a multi-round Australian karting Championship in 26 years.

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Responding to the schedules of multiple events, the World Karting Association (WKA) recognized that far too many events were scheduled on top of each other, forcing racers into the tough decision of choosing one event over another.  As a result, WKA made an aggressive decision to get out of that multiple-event pool to help the racers with their schedules. 

Repeat winners and first time victors at California Prokart Challenge

Repeat winners and first time victors at California Prokart Challenge Read more

The second event of the 2023 California ProKart Challenge saw teams and drivers return to the Buttonwillow Raceway Park over the May 6-7 weekend. Round Two of the Superkarts! USA regional program welcomed nearly 100 karters competing in seven categories around the 7/10-mile circuit in the clockwise direction. Perfect racing weather provided an amazing backdrop for the racing action over the two days.

CIK-FIA Pays tribute to Angelo Parrilla

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With the recent death of Angelo Parrilla at the age of 77, the karting community has lost one of the most influential and respected figures in the development of the discipline worldwide.

WSK Super Master Series: Two new titles for the KR brand

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The international events continue week after week, and the trophies pile up on the shelves of the drivers and teams using KR Global Motorsport Company equipment. After successes in IAME and Rotax in the previous days, the WSK Super Master Series ended in Cremona with no less than 13 podiums in the Finals and in the general classification.

California ProKart Challenge Returns to Action This Weekend

California ProKart Challenge Returns to Action This Weekend Read more

The month of May is here and so is the second round of the 2023 California ProKart Challenge. The Superkarts! USA regional series returns to the Buttonwillow Raceway Park to complete the back-to-back trips to start out this year’s championship program. The 19th season of the series began in March at the Buttonwillow, California facility and during this return, the drivers will run in the clockwise direction for the two-day Round Two event.

Sodi World Series - The first Electric Final goes to Sweden

Sodi World Series - The first Electric Final goes to Sweden Read more

This year, the SWS Final will be split into two. As a sign of the times, in parallel to the "classic" SWS International Finals scheduled in Slovakia in July, Sodikart is organising the first SWS e-Sprint International Final in Sweden. On 28th and 29th April, Gothenburg will welcome the first SWS finalists at the wheel of electric karts on the two GoKart Centralen circuits.

Hometown Heroes take Australian Kart Championship wins in Perth

Hometown Heroes take Australian Kart Championship wins in Perth Read more

West Australian competitors have taken the challenge to the SP Tools Australian Kart Championship regulars winning several classes on home soil in Perth on Sunday afternoon, the biggest win going the way of Jake Klarich, who took an emotional victory in KZ2.

Australia’s best kart racers set for the West this weekend

Australia’s best kart racers set for the West this weekend Read more

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Ultimate club racers crowned at the bend
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Ultimate club racers crowned at the bend

The first ever Ultimate Club Racer event has come to an end at South Australia’s The Bend Motorsport Park with winners coming from no less than five Australian states in a dramatic final day that crowned Australia’s best club karters. The inaugural event drew together racers from every state in Australia to compete for the ‘silver plate’ that they’ll have the honour of running for the next 12 months in Karting Australia competition.

The big contingent of West Australian competitors ensured there are plenty of victories celebrated with the state equalling Victoria for the most class wins with five apiece. Each state or territory had a driver on the podium for at least one class, proving the national success of the SP Tools Club Driver Rankings program, while a unique ‘State of Origin’ teams event took place on Saturday with Queensland taking the win. Two of the most popular wins came for local South Australian drivers that cleaned up big wins in their respective careers.

Jack Szewczuk took out the final race of the day in Cadet 12. He outlasted a race long battle that included Miley Miller and Kamal Mrad - which ended when Mrad turned Miller around on the final lap. This promoted Xavier Avramides to second position after coming from 11th on the grid to join the front of pack fight, the podium was completed by NSW’s Logan Eveleigh. The other South Aussie to win was Anthony Capobianco in his first Junior race since stepping up from Cadets. Capobianco took the win in an incredible finish to the KA4 Junior race. While being in the top five all weekend long, Capobianco was behind a terse battle between Marcus Pisani and Jordan Shalala which boiled over with a quarter of a lap to go.

Shalala and Pisani collided the final complex of turns which brought Capobianco into the fight. Miraculously, Shalala stayed on the track - as did Capobianco - the pair coming to the line with just 14 one-thousandths separating them at the finish. The Northern Territory’s Tyson Mattiazzo then came through for third.

It was better news for Shalala in KA3 Junior. A race long battle with last year’s overall SP Tools Club Driver Rankings winner, Steven Tsemelis was resolved in yet another race that went down to the wire. Shalala got the best of Tsemelis to win, while Hugo Simpson came home third.

SP Tools Junior Sprockets graduate, Corey Carson came through to win Cadet 9 after a last lap collision eliminated WA’s Connor Radford. Dominic Mercuri and Radford had been locked together for much of the race and as Radford went for the move on the last set of corners he misjudged opening the opportunity for Wollongong-based Carson to win. Mercuri salvaged second with Campbell Thompson claiming third.

The big 4SS fields provided plenty of entertainment. The Ladies Final produced the tightest race of their division throughout the weekend. Brooke Miller continued her domination but was made to work hard by Caprice Hall. Hall took the lead on several occasions through the final stages, however Hall swept through and led home the WA quinella. The duo were joined for much of the race at the front by Kirsty Mullen, the Victorian ultimately coming home in third position.

It was a similar story for Mullen in 4SS Senior Light where she also ended up on the podium. It was taken out by Queenslander Scott Pearce who overcame an enthralling race lead battle with Brynn Stewart to get the win by just 0.143 of a second. Mullen completed the podium. Pearce scored a second podium himself in 4SS Senior Medium where a three kart battle among the big field had the crowds enthralled.

Pearce lost places during the opening corner battles and had to fight his way to the front to join the race that was raging between Lukle Lane and Ian Branson. Once joining the duo, they pulled away from the field. Branson showed frustration towards Lane and Pearce, however they kept their cool with Queenslander Lane winning by 0.083s from Pearce and Branson just trailing them.

In better news for the Branson family, Mitchell Branson took out the 4SS Senior Heavy category in a dominant victory that had been the order of the day for him getting home in front of Tim Murphy and Peter Rogers. Victorian Anthony Baker took out 4SS Senior Heavy (A) over David Cook and Jason Ramsay. In 4SS Junior, Ethan Flynn emerged on top after an entertaining battle, besting James Micucci-Allen and Julian Cook.

Cody Leunan joined his sister Brooke Miller in the winner's circle after overcoming a surprise performance from Paul Trengove in TaG Light. Trengove led all the way until two corners from home when Leunan got through for the win, while Luke Clee came home third. TaG Heavy was taken out by Harley Bishop.

WA’s Joshua Healy won TaG Restricted Light after a race long battle between up to five karts on occasions. He came home ahead of Nathaniel Harrison and Bradley Vaughan, while Christopher Quinlan won TaG Restricted Medium, Ian Branson won Combined Masters, Chantelle Hall took out KA3 Senior Medium and Xavier Kokai got the win in KA4 Junior Heavy.

All in all, the Ultimate Club Racer I was declared a huge success from all concerned and planning has already begun for Ultimate Club Racer II to come up across the weekend of November 13-15 2020. Please keep an eye on Karting.net.au for more details.

2019 Ultimate Club Racers
Cadet 9 - Corey Carson (NSW)
Cadet 12 - Jack Szewczuk (SA)
KA4 Junior Light - Anthony Capobianco (SA)
KA4 Junior Heavy - Xavier Kokai (Vic)
KA3 Junior - Jordan Shalala (NSW)
4SS Junior - Ethan Flynn (WA)
4SS Ladies - Brooke Miller (WA)
4SS Senior Light - Scott Pearce (Qld)
4SS Senior Medium - Luke Lane (Qld)
4SS Senior Heavy (A) - Anthony Baker (Vic)
4SS Senior Heavy (B) - Mitchell Branson (Vic)
TaG 125 Light - Cody Leunan (WA)
TaG 125 Heavy - Harley Bishop (Vic)
TaG 125 Restricted Light - Joshua Healy (WA)
TaG 125 Restricted Medium - Christopher Quinlan (NSW)
Combined Masters - Ian Branson (Vic)
KA3 Senior Medium- Chantelle Hall (WA)
 

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