Dec 05, 2013
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The Bahrain International Karting Circuit hosted, at the end of November, the last event of the 2013 kart racing season. It was the second and last round of the World CIK-FIA Championships for KF KFJ, the last two categories which still had a title to be awarded after the end of the World KZ Championship […]

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Dec 04, 2013
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The schedule for the 2014 CIK Stars of Karting Series has been confirmed with the ratification of the venues for Round Three and Four of the Championship. For the first time in the history of Australia’s elite Series, a round will be contested at the Hume International Raceway in Puckapunyal, Victoria where the Eastern Lions […]

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Nov 24, 2013
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The new kart racing champions in Sakhir The results of the final round of the World CIK-FIA Championships for the KF and KFJ categories were absolutely unexpected. The race that awarded the world titles was hosted by the Bahrain International Karting Circuit: in KF the new World Champion is the English Tom Joyner (Zanardi-TM-Vega), while […]

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The World CIK-FIA KF-KFJ Championship in Bahrain is Going To Award the Titles Tomorrow

Boccolacci, Ahmed and Norris are the polesitters in the prefinals

Nov 23, 2013
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STARTING GRIDS READY IN SAKHIR The long series of qualifying heats in the night of Sakhir has ended. The finals are approaching fast and with them the end of the Championships which will award the KF and KFJ titles tomorrow. The World CIK-FIA Championship for KF and KFJ, the final act of the international 2013 […]

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Great Finale on the 7 Laghi Circuit for the 8th WSK Season The WSK Final Cup has finished in the best way possible its 8th kart racing season on the 7 Laghi International Circuit of Castelletto di Branduzzo (Italy). Today’s programme had on schedule the Prefinals and the Finals of the four categories: all the drivers aimed […]

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Local driver (One Tree Hill, SA) Paul Pittam has successfully defended his South Australian Karting Championship at the Southern Go-Kart Club’s Bolivar Raceway. Pittam, who has now amassed an impressive 12 state crowns, proved victorious in the Leopard Heavy category ahead of Bundaberg driver Mason Barbera. Barbera led the early running of the 21-lap final […]

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WSK near the finishing line on the 7 Laghi Circuit In Castelletto di Branduzzo (Italy), at the end of a day with plenty of races on schedule, the drivers taking part in the WSK Final Cup on the International Circuit 7 Laghi completed the qualifying phase. With 172 entrants, this is the closing event of […]

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Drivers ready to start on the 7 Laghi Circuit The first times have been set after this afternoon qualifying in Castelletto di Branduzzo and, now, the WSK Final Cup is moving into top gear. KFJ, one of the four categories of the race, has just run its first two qualifying heats on schedule today. Tomorrow, […]

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Nov 01, 2013
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The annual IAME International Final has called to Lyon all the strongest Iame drivers of the world. A spectacle of racing action and cheering fans that hit record attendance levels (254 at the start across the 4 categories on field) and sparked a whirlwind of emotions, on and off the track. LIGHTS ON IN LYON […]

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Reigning New Zealand title holders Zach Zaloum and Marcus Armstrong were amongst the 15 class winners at KartSport New Zealand’s annual North and South Island Sprint Championship title meetings over Labour Weekend. Zaloum, the current New Zealand 125cc Rotax Max Heavy champion, won the North Island title in that class and was challenging for the […]

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Great finale for the 2013 season with more than 170 drivers in Castelletto.  The paddock of the WSK Final Cup – the closing event of this intense kart racing season promoted by WSK Promotion – is getting overcrowded. The event is hosted by the 7 Laghi racing facility in Castelletto di Branduzzo, a well known […]

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Breaking News: Jonathan Thonon Joins Praga Kart Racing

Former world champion KZ driver to race with factory team for 2014 season, including SuperNationals XVII this November

Oct 19, 2013
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The Praga Kart Racing team announced over the weekend that world champion driver Jonathan Thonon has joined its official lineup for the 2014 season. Thonon, who is among the top drivers in the world, is scheduled to compete for the first time with the team at the WSK Final Cup in Castelletto (November 1-3), continuing […]

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With just days until Pimpama’s Xtreme Karting Facility hosts the inaugural Coates Hire Race of Stars as part of the V8 Superfest, excitement is building on the Gold Coast. More than 150 of Australia and New Zealand’s top kart racers will take to the 1125-metre circuit for the first time on Friday afternoon for practice […]

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Lloyd Sets New 24 Hour Kart World Record

British driver breaks mark set by American in 2011

Oct 16, 2013
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Lloyd de Boltz-Miller drove into the history books when he set a new Guinness World Record at PFi on 8 October following a gruelling 24 hours at the wheel. The freelance motorsport consultant first hit the headlines in 2009 when he set a new British and European record before going on to claim the World […]

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First Round of CIK-FIA World KFJ Championship in Sarno goes to Pulcini

Basz wins the CIK-FIA International KF Super Cup

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The first step towards the World KFJ Championship has been taken The Napoli International Circuit is sun-drenched today, after a weekend characterized by changeable weather. On dry track, with dry race setup on karts, the wannabe champions of the KFJ category, racing in the first round of the CIK-FIA World Championship, had to put themselves […]

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Veteran Varley Breaks Title Drought in Lithgow

Australian Karting Association races in Lithgow

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After 20 years of trying, Silverdale kart racer Jason Varley broke through to claim his maiden State crown at the New South Wales Championships in Lithgow on Sunday. Varley, a long-time Combined Districts Kart Club member, led home Queenslander Brendan Nelson and Sydney (Panania, NSW) driver Gordon Wilson in the highly competitive Clubman Heavy category. […]

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A Great Challenge for the Champions to be Whoever will win the race of Sarno (I), he will be aware of having achieved a tough feat. The Italian racetrack is hosting the first round of the CIK-FIA World KFJ Championship. Today’s heats were particularly eventful, also because of the rain which had been falling all […]

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World CIK-FIA KFJ Championship in Sarno

Shwartzman to pole in KFJ

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SARNO, THE RACE FOR THE KF JUNIOR WORLD TITLE HAS BEGUN Also the KF Junior category has set off  for its World CIK-FIA title: from today, on the international circuit Napoli of Sarno (Italy), the category reserved to the youngest drivers is on the racetrack for the first phases of the race, for the first […]

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Oct 02, 2013
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Engines shut off two weeks ago in Varennes after the World KZ and KZ2 Championships, but the CIK-FIA karting circus is ready for the next race. This time the venue of the event is in Italy: the Napoli International circuit in Sarno will host the first round of the World CIK FIA KF Junior Championship […]

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Oct 01, 2013
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Congratulations to the 2013 champions – Sean Babington who has retained his senior Max title, Guan Yu Zhou who adds the UK National Junior Max title to his European one, Connor Hall and Kiern Jewiss in MiniMax and Honda Cadet respectively who put their titles out of reach at the previous round, and Oliver York […]

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