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The 24 Hours Karting of Italy 2026 will...

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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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Lana Flack re-writes the record books in Newcastle

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Repeat winners and first time victors at California Prokart Challenge

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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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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

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Maiden ADAC Formula 4 win for Joshua Dürksen
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Maiden ADAC Formula 4 win for Joshua Dürksen

Nürburgring: Joshua Dürksen (16, ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.) secured a maiden ADAC Formula 4 victory in an exciting contest. He won Race 3 at the Nürburgring on Sunday morning in an authoritative manner and staged an impressive comeback after a mediocre showing in Race 2. To his rear, the drivers from the ADAC High-Speed Academy fought a series of spectacular battles for the remaining positions. Van Amersfoort Racing team-mates Jonny Edgar (16, England) and Jak Crawford (15, USA) were in the thick of it as they scrapped hard for almost the entire race. With ten minutes to go, Crawford made the decisive move that brought him second place and his second podium of the season. Shortly afterwards, Italy's Gabriele Mini (16, Prema Powerteam) also passed Edgar to secure podium number three on the third race of the weekend, thereby making his intentions in the Rookie classification perfectly clear.
 
"I feel terrific," said Dürksen after lifting his first winner's trophy and finishing a full eight seconds up on Crawford. "I've actually been waiting many months for this and have worked really hard for it. I got off to a good start and then kept pushing, just as we had planned to. But I also wanted to manage the tyres properly. I'm just so happy."
 
Shortly before the end of the race, Edgar in fourth had to let through his main rival in the championship Elias Seppänen (16, US Racing) and settle for fifth. That cost him two points in the overall standings, but he remains 20 points ahead of Seppänen. In the Best Rookie stakes, Tim Tramnitz (15, Germany, US Racing) is still in the lead after finishing sixth, but on his very first weekend, Mini chalked up three wins in the Junior class to establish his own claims on the title. "I think it was a good weekend," said Tramnitz. "We were able to take some decent points from every race and increase the gap in the Rookie classification as well."
 
After finishing eighth on the previous day, Sebastian Montoya (15, Colombia, Prema Powerteam) was in pole position for the start of the third race. The son of ex-Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya did not get away well and lost several places. Dürksen promptly went into P1 and then benefited from the many hard-fought scraps going on behind him to extend his lead. Edgar, Crawford and Oliver Bearman (15, England, US Racing) in particular fought each other hard for position.
 
Immediately at the start, Bearman had moved up into second place with Crawford following behind. As in Race 1 on Saturday, Edgar worked his way up from eighth place on the grid to P4. While Crawford and Bearman were preoccupied with each other, Edgar was able to quickly close the gap on the two of them and a thrilling, three-way battle then ensued. Crawford and Edgar finally found their way past Bearman in the space of a few turns. Crawford and Edgar then continued their scrap while Bearman was unable to find much in the way of a reply. Initially, championship leader Edgar moved into second place, but Crawford and Mini, who had meanwhile moved up into fourth, were all over the back of him. Ten minutes before the end, they both passed Edgar, and Seppänen also overtook the Brit in the final stages.
 
"It was a nerve-wracking race," said Red Bull Junior Crawford. "After we got past Bearman, I came under extreme pressure from Jonny. Then he overtook me, and it was simply a matter of staying with him. I don't know what went wrong for him at the end. It was a really crazy race."
 
ADAC Sports Foundation protégé Tramnitz finished sixth after starting from fourth place. Victor Bernier (16, France, R-ace GP) was seventh ahead of Dino Beganovic (16, Sweden, Prema Powerteam) and Francesco Pizzi (15, Italy, Van Amersfoort Racing). Bearman eventually dropped back to tenth position and had to settle for a single point. Eleventh-placed Montoya was just outside the points on this occasion.
 
The talented youngsters of ADAC Formula 4 now sign off for the next five weeks, as the next race event at the Hockenheimring is not until 18th - 20th September. A grand total of 21 races are being held over seven weekends. SPORT1 will show at least one race live on free-to-air television each weekend, and there will be further coverage on SPORT1+. All races are available online as a livestream with German and English commentary on SPORT1.de, youtube.com/adac and adac.de/motorsport.

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