ProKart Challenge to host round five at Sonoma Raceway
ProKart Challenge to host round five at Sonoma Raceway

ProKart Challenge to host round five at...

ProKart Challenge to host round five at Sonoma Raceway

ProKart Challenge to host round five at Sonoma Raceway

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ROK Cup Italia: ROK GP Junior engine...

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Sarah Bradley returns to Ryan Perry Motorsport
Sarah Bradley returns to Ryan Perry Motorsport

Sarah Bradley returns to Ryan Perry...

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Exclusive room block established at...

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Sam Dicker races into title contention in Ipswich
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Modena Kart P1 and P2 in the Italian Championship
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Modena Kart P1 and P2 in the Italian Championship

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Superkarts! USA Supernationals 28 entry opens July 31
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ROK Cup Italy, Round 5 – The race report
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A brilliant start to the International season for Modena Kart
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A helmet for Gabin – Team WRT’S ‘ACO Challenge 2025’ initiative
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A helmet for Gabin – Team WRT’S ‘ACO...

A helmet for Gabin – Team WRT’S ‘ACO Challenge 2025’ initiative

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Preston and Burke win at Australian Kart Championship round two
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Preston and Burke win at Australian Kart...

Preston and Burke win at Australian Kart Championship round two

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Jac Preston has taken his first ever SP Tools Australian Kart Championship round win in KZ2 at Murray Bridge, South Australia, while Ky Burke broached the top step of the podium in KA2 for the first...
Race Report: The ROK Cup Italy with Round 2 held at the 7 Laghi Kart in Castelletto di Branduzzo
Race Report: The ROK Cup Italy with Round 2 held at the 7 Laghi Kart in Castelletto di Branduzzo

Race Report: The ROK Cup Italy with...

Race Report: The ROK Cup Italy with Round 2 held at the 7 Laghi Kart in Castelletto di Branduzzo

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IPK strengthens its presence in International Competition
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Kalì Kart on top in the Margutti Trophy
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Kartmesse in Offenbach am Main

Kartmesse in Offenbach am Main Read more

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The 2019 racing season is officially underway for the Superkarts! USA program, as their track team hosted the first major event of the calendar year, launching the second year of the SKUSA Winter Series in Florida. Following the upcoming series finale in February at the AMR Homestead-Miami Motorplex presented by MG Tires, all of SKUSA’s attention will turn to the tenth season of the SKUSA Pro Tour and their growing ProKart Challenge programs for 2019.

Rotax expands their MOJO Tire network to include western Canada

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A 100% female Birel ART team with Richard Mille

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A few days after the selection organised at Le Mans in single-seaters, the Richard Mille Young Talent Academy unveiled another of its objectives, this time in karting at Lonato. In a similar procedure, six girls aged from 13 to 17 were assessed to form a two-driver women's team for the 2019 international season.

Superkarts! USA confirms revised age minimum trial for upcoming 2019 SKUSA Winter Series.

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The races to be organized by Parma Motorsport in 2019 at the South Garda Karting circuit in Lonato are the Andrea Margutti Trophy, race scheduled for April 4-7 2019, and the 48th Trofeo delle Industrie on November 1-3.

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Paolo De Conto secured the second place at the “Macau International Kart Grand Prix”, while Pedro Hiltbrand retired after an excellent start. Xizheng Huang won X30 Senior.

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As the sporting year draws to a close, successes have continued in recent weeks for the Energy Corse brand and especially for the factory team: WSK Final Cup champion, Las Vegas double podium, victory at the Industrial Trophy  and many other top fives ... The 2018 balance sheet can be considered excellent for Energy Corse, who have already begun preparing for 2019. From 60 Mini to KZ2, the doors of the Italian team are open to drivers hungry for wins!

CRG Triumphant at the Champions Cup in Vendrell

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The categories of the Italian ACI Karting 2019 Championship have been defined. The date of Sarno changed

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The categories of the Italian ACI Karting 2019 have been defined: 60 Mini, KZ2, the new KZN (National KZ former KZ3), and the Iame X30 Junior and Senior, Rok Junior and Senior. The date of Sarno moved from July 7th to July 14th, 2019.

CRG, Victory in Las Vegas to Logan

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More than 500 drivers made it to the start of the spectacular XXII SuperNats in Las Vegas. Rob Logan (team Nash Motorsport) won Master Shifter. Paolo De Conto, who won three editions of this race, has been among the quickest in KZ but had to retire from the Final.

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231 drivers at the opener of WSK Super Master Series in Adria
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231 drivers at the opener of WSK Super Master Series in Adria

Participation has been great also in the first of the four rounds of WSK Super Master Series that is underway in Adria one week after the WSK Champions Cup. A total of 231 drivers gathered in fact in Adria to contest the three categories OK, OKJ and Mini. Qualifying and heats took place today. Further heats will follow on Saturday, while the final stages will go live with the web streaming on Sunday, February 2nd.

WSK Super Master Series edition 2020 got underway with 231 verified drivers at the Adria Karting Raceway for the first of the four rounds with the three entitled categories OK (71 drivers), OKJ (75 drivers) and Mini (85 drivers) on track. The 15th WSK Promotion’s season kicked off to a good start after the WSK Champion Cup that took place last week with a total participation of 170 drivers in the same three categories. A total of 40 countries are represented in this event as drivers came from all 5 Continents. The biggest constructors and strongest teams are present fielding the most competitive drivers on the international scene.

Bedrin, Trulli and Antonelli flying in qualifying of OK.
In qualifying practice, the Russian Nikita Bedrin (Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone/Ward) has been the fastest in the first session of OK and posted the pole position time in 48.780s. He was just over 0.2s clear of the Dutch Dilano Vant Hoff (Exprit-TM Racing/Forza Racing) and 0.3s of the Italian Lorenzo Ressico (KR-Iame/Pantano Team). The second session was also very fast and Enzo Trulli (KR-Iame/KR Motorsport) went quickest in 49.003s, managing to lead Energy Corse’s Kirill Smal by 0.059s and the Dutch Robert De Haan by just over 0.1s. Among the quickest of the category, Andrea Kimi Antonelli recovered from the flu he had last week and was very quick in the third session posting his fastest lap in 49.027s and being 0.010s faster than the Brit Harry Thompson and 0.1s faster than Talylor Barnard, all on KR-Iame run by different teams: Antonelli competes for KR Motorsport, Thompson for Sauber Racing Academy and Barnard for Rosberg Racing Academy.

Badoer, Kucharczyk and Ho shining in OK-Junior.
Brando Badoer (KR-Iame-Vega/KR Motorsport) put in again a convincing performance in OKJ posting the quickest time in the second session in 49.757s. He was 0.01s faster than the Pole Karol Pasiewicz (Tony Kart-Vortex/Tony Kart Racing Team) and just over a tenth quicker than the French Evan Giltaire (Sodi-TM Racing/Sodikart). The Pole Tymoteusz Kucharczyk (RK-TM Racing/BirelArt) was the fastest of session one in 49.774s and led the American Ugo Ugochuku (Kosmic-Vortex/Ricky Flynn) who completed his best lap after 49.853s and the Russian Artem Severiukhin (Tony Kart-Vortex/Ward) in 49.879s. The third session saw Singapore’s Christian Ho (KR-Iame/Sauber) posting the fastest time in 49.829s and leading the two Brits Arvid Lindblad (KR-Iame/KR Motorsport), whose fastest time was a 49.969s and Maxwell Dodds (Exprit-TM Racing/Forza Racing) who completed his best lap in 49.970s.

Matveev leads Saeter and Gladysz in Mini.
The crowded Mini – category employing the newly FIA homologated chassis and engines – saw the Russian Dmitry Matveev (Energy-TM Racing-Vega/Energy Corse) posting the quickest time in the second session in 54.783s, being 0.052s faster than the Pole Jan Przyrowsky (Parolin-TM Racing/AV Racing) and just over 0.2s faster than the French Jimmy Helias (Tony Kart-Vortex/Tony Kart Racing Team). The Norwegian Marcus Saeter (Energy-TM Racing/Revolution) claimed the fastest lap of the first session in 55.195s, while the Turkish Alp Aksoy (Parolin-TM Racing/Baby Race) was second in 55.331s and the Italian Valerio Proietti (KR-Iame-Giugliano Kart) third in 55.358s. The quickest time of the third session was posted by the Pole Maciej Gladysz (Parolin-TM Racing/Parolin Racing Team) in 54.835s, who pipped his teammate from Russia Anatoly Khavalkin that posted a best lap of 54.849s, and the other teammate from Luxembourg Guillaume Bouzar (54.888s).

Initial qualifying heats.
The initial heats took place at the end of the racing day. Further heats will take place on Saturday. The three Czech Republic sisters Babickova Eliska and Tereza in OK, Perta in OKJ (top photo) also at the WSK Super Master Series. Their objective is to qualify for the finals on Sunday, February 2nd.

Two heats have taken place for OK and Mini, while four heats have been run by OK-Junior drivers.
The Russian Kirill Smal (Energy-TM Racing/Energy Corse) won OK’s heat, leading Antonelli in second, while the Brit Joe Turney (Tony Kart-Vortex/Tony Kart Racing Team) led Trulli.
The victory in OK went to the Brit Joe Turney (Tony Kart-Vortex/Tony Kart Racing Team), while Antonelli was second and the Russian Kirill Smal (Energy-TM Racing/Energy Corse) third leading Trulli. The victory in Mini went to Luxembourg’s Guillaume Bouzar (Parolin-TM Racing/Parolin Racing Team), who led the Norwegian Saeter, and to the Japanese Berta Kean Nakamura (KR-Iame/Team Driver) who led the Pole Maciej. In OK-Junior, the Russian Artem Severiukhin (Tony Kart-Vortex/Ward) won two heats, while the Pole Tymoteusz Kucharczyk (RK-TM racing/BirelArt) led the French Giltaire, and the Brit Arvid Lindblad (KR-Iame/KR Motorsport) the American Ugochukwu.

WSK Super Master Series 2020 Rd.1
The program at the Adria Karting Raceway - Saturday, February 1st:
8:50 Warm-up
10:35 Qualifying heats
Sunday, February 2nd:
Warm-up at 8:50
Live streaming
Prefinals at 10:40
Finals B OKJ, Mini at 12:40
Finals OKJ, Mini, OK at 14:00
Results: www.wskarting.it

The WSK Super Master Series 2020 calendar.
Rd. 1: February, 2nd, Adria Karting Raceway
Rd. 2: February, 23rd , South Garda Karting, Lonato
Rd. 3: March, 8th, International Circuit La Conca
Rd. 4: March 22nd, International Circuit Napoli, Sarno

 

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