Mar 22, 2014
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Two days of free practice and, then, the thrilling qualifying. The 210 scrutineered drivers taking part in the first round of the WSK Master Series will have to cope with timekeeping from today onward on the International Circuit Napoli of Sarno (Italy). Today’s times are the first records of the event promoted by WSK and […]

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Next weekend’s opening round of the 2014 CIK Stars of Karting Championship presented by Castrol EDGE in Ipswich, Queensland has attracted a record number of entries. For this first time in the Championship’s 19-year history there will be more than 190  competitors take to the circuit across the seven classes contested. Between the three elite […]

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Two of the world’s most iconic men in the sport of karting, Angelo Parrilla and Harm Schuurman, have arrived in Queensland ahead of this weekend’s inaugural KTEQ Rentals Australian Vintage Kart Prix in Ipswich, Queensland. Since landing in Brisbane earlier this week, the pair have spent time with long-time Australian kart racer Graham Powles on […]

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The Trofeo Andrea Margutti, race scheduled for the end of this month at the South Garda Karting of Lonato, will have an exceptional entry list. About 200 drivers entered in fact the event that celebrates this year the 25th anniversary of the historic race devised to keep alive the memory of the young Andrea Margutti, […]

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It was going to take more than Tropical Cyclone Lusi to stop – or even significantly slow down – Mathew Kinsman, Marcus Armstrong and Ryan Urban at the second round of this year’s Rotax Max Challenge New Zealand kart series near Rotorua over the weekend. Persistent rain and strong winds made conditions on both days […]

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The WSK Super Master Series starts in Sarno The International Circuit Napoli in Sarno (Salerno, Italy) is the venue of the WSK Super Master Series 2014 season-opener. Engines are about to be turned on for the beginning of the racing season, which starts next weekend on the 1,699 metres of the southern Italian track. All […]

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The WSK karting presents its first winners of 2014 on Rai Sport 2. The winners list of the 2014 WSK Promotion season has got its first entries after the season opener event: the WSK Champions Cup. The short and thrilling series, with just two rounds on schedule both hosted by the International Circuit La Conca […]

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There was a mixed bag of results for the four Kiwi young guns who contested this year’s Victorian Sprint Kart Championship meeting in Melbourne over the weekend. Thomas Boniface from New Plymouth looked set to claim the best finish – third in the Cadet class – only to lose the place in the tech shed, […]

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Mar 10, 2014
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WSK Champions Cup is approaching the finishing line. On Sunday 9th march the Finals in Muro Leccese live on wsk.it. Today polesitters: Janker (D – Zanardi-Parilla KF), Hanley (GB – Art GP-TM KZ2) and Ticktum (GB – Zanardi-Parilla KF2). There are no pauses in the race towards the WSK Champions Cup. After the first round […]

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Mar 10, 2014
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It’s all happened within a week: the first victories of a 2014 WSK event have been awarded at La Conca after the second and decisive round of the WSK Champions Cup of karting. The first round took place just a week ago, always on the circuit of Muro Leccese; today’s race did not finish as […]

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Mar 09, 2014
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Competitors travelled from far and wide to battle in the Jurgens Caravans Victorian Sprint Kart Championships hosted by the Oakleigh Go Kart Club across the weekend. In the end, it was a driver who lives less than ten-minutes drive from the Clayton circuit and a driver who lives 24-hours from the circuit who were the […]

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Mar 09, 2014
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The WSK Champions Cup in Muro Leccese pole sitters:  Ardigò (I – Tony-Vortex) in KZ2, Mazepin (RUS – Tony-Vortex) and Nielsen (DK – Kosmic-Vortex) in KF, Serravalle (CDN – Tony-LKE) and Dalkiran (TR – Top-Parilla) in 60Mini. The preliminary phase is over and drivers are ready to challenge each other on the track where the […]

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Mar 03, 2014
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A spring-like sun has been shining all day long on the International Circuit La Conca, where the first round of the WSK Champions Cup of karting has just finished. The stand of the Italian facility was overcrowded with spectators who were able to enjoy a series of thrilling races. Mechanics and technicians of the teams […]

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Mar 02, 2014
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WSK drivers had the upper hand over the bad weather. Today’s schedule was tight and the heats took place under different weather conditions. The 183 drivers had to cope with a sudden  climate chance over the 1,250 meters of the International Circuit La Conca, after yesterday’s rather warm temperature. Lower temperature and showers during the […]

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WSK Timing Practice Underway at Champions Cup in Muro Leccese

Traffic lights operating in Muro Leccese

Mar 01, 2014
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The WSK Promotion 2014 season has begun on the International Circuit La Conca. The first out of two rounds of the WSK Champions Cup – scheduled in two consecutive weekends – is the opening event of the season. The schedule of both the rounds is tight and spectacular in order to give the event the […]

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Feb 27, 2014
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The international circuit La Conca is ready to host the 2014 opening event of WSK Promotion karting season. The WSK Champions Cup is taking place on the racetrack of Muro Leccese next weekend from Thursday 27th February to Sunday 2nd March. All the international top drivers are going to challenge each other in this ‘double’ […]

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Feb 26, 2014
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Auckland-based international Daniel Bray swept all before him in the premier KZ2 class at the opening round of the this year’s Pro Kart Series at KartSport Manawatu’s annual Tans-Tasman Challenge meeting in Palmerston North over the February 22-23 weekend – and had he needed to he could have gone faster! “Physically I pushed pretty hard, […]

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Kiwi News: Perfect Masters Start for Urban at Rotax Series Opener

Getting older isn't all that bad. Just ask karter Ryan Urban

Feb 25, 2014
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At age 11 he won the 1993 New Zealand Midget class title. At the age of 27 he won the 2009 New Zealand Rotax Max Light sprint title. And now – at the ripe old age of 32 – he has just claimed his first Masters class victory. Some victory it was too, the Auckland […]

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Feb 24, 2014
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Three nice finals concluded a very tight 19th edition of the Winter Cup. De Conto clinched the victory leadingLammers and Dalè in KZ2, Lorandi proceeded Tiene and Hiltebrand at the flag of KF, while Enaan won KF Junior from Fewtrell to Travisanutto. A sun shone on the 19th Winter Cup of Lonato creating the perfect […]

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Feb 23, 2014
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Andrea Dalè (CRG-Maxter) in KZ2 and Felice Tiene (CRG-TM) in KF got the win in qualifying heats ahead of the 19th Winter Cup and put their name forward for the victory, together with the Briton Daniel Ticktum (Zanardi-Parilla), who has been the best so far in KF Junior. Lonato del Garda (Brescia, Italy). A very […]

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