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Mission in Bahrain to give chase to the World KF and KFJ titles. While the circuit of Sarno (Italy) is getting ready to host the first round of the World KFJ Championship, the last event of preparation for the CIK-FIA World Championships, teams and drivers are committed to the organisation of the most demanding journey […]

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Russell Jamieson became an Australian champion for the second time on September 22. He is a vastly different driver than the one who won the 125 cc title back in 2006, but this title was built on the back of the technical challenge of operating the latest Anderson Maverick and DEA engine package so far […]

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The penultimate round of the series that hosts the MSA British Kart Championships also held the try-out of a pooled engine class, for MiniMax. The dozen competitors had a draw for their engines on Friday morning and all they had to supply was their own kart.  The entry fee of £800 covered the engine, fuel and […]

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Bundaberg’s Kel Treseder was honoured by his peers in the CIK Stars of Karting Series on Sunday night when he was presented with the MG Tyres Driver’s Driver of the Year Award. The prestigious award is voted on by the drivers in each of the three Pro categories in a 3, 2, 1 format on […]

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Verstappen Claims KZ World Title

15-year old claims title in Varennes, France, Boccolacci wins KZ2 Super Cup

Sep 23, 2013
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Before the race, if you wanted to place a sure bet you just had to bet on a hard-fought race. To be crowned World Champion, today’s winner had to fight bend after bend: that’ why we can now say that the 2013 World KZ title went to the best driver of the pack. In fact, […]

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Formula S Pro-Kart Titles to Grant, Mooney & Crighton

Championships decided in Auckland

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Ryan Grant, Snow Mooney and Arran Crighton are New Zealand’s latest Pro-Kart Series class champions, the trio wrapping up their respective class titles at an exciting series finale at Auckland’s Strata Networks Raceway on Sunday. Also drawn at the meeting were the series’ three prizes of trips to Las Vegas to compete at the 17th […]

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Two of the three CIK Stars of Karting Championships, presented by Castrol EDGE went right down to the very last lap of competition at a frenetic Port Melbourne final round with Liam McLellan, Matthew Waters and Joey Hanssen declared Champions. McLellan – who entered this weekend’s event second on points – was locked in a […]

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Sep 22, 2013
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Heading into day two of the Rockpress Australian Superkart Championships it was thought we would finally see the long-held ambition of a sub-90 second lap time at Phillp Island. After years of inching towards the time, it finally fell, but it fell in a manner not expected as Russell Jamieson pulverized the record, bypassing the […]

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For the second time in as many years Auckland’s karting Kinsman brothers, Mathew and Daniel, will head the squad which will represent New Zealand at the annual Rotax Max (kart) Challenge Grand Final, this year being held in New Orleans in mid-November. The make-up of that squad was decided at the final round of this […]

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Superpole of the CIK-FIA KZ Championship goes to Fore

Arrue fasts in International Super Cup KZ2

Sep 20, 2013
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The World Championship starts with the Superpole in Varennes. On the Jean Brun circuit of Varennes sur Alliler, in France, the World CIK-FIA Championship has officially started today with the first, heated duels. The KZ title will be awarded this weekend to the winner of the single round of the Championship. Today’s target for drivers and teams was achieving […]

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Sep 18, 2013
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The Australian Karting Associaton Ltd would like to clarify a news article that has appeared on the Vroom International Karting website in relation to the future of the Pro Light (KF) category in Australia. The Australian Karting Association Ltd is committed to providing the Australian karting community with a championship that is aligned with International […]

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Sep 18, 2013
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Tomorrow, in Varennes sur Allier, the CIK-FIA World KZ Championship and the CIK-FIA International KZ2 Super Cup. All the international kart Manufacturers are taking part in the competitions, with their top drivers ready to challenge each other in the KZ Superpole on Friday 20th. The first World title of 2013 to be awarded in  Varennes […]

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Sep 17, 2013
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A capacity field of 32 competitors will face the starter in the TaG 125 category at the inaugural Race of Stars event to be contested at the Xtreme Karting Facility on the Gold Coast on Saturday October 19. With the Race of Stars a joint initiative between Karting Queensland and V8 Supercars to kickstart the […]

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CIK-FIA World KZ Championship and KZ2 Super Cup This Weekend

Appointment in Varennes sur Ailler for shifterkart drivers

Sep 16, 2013
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Final act of the 2013 KZ season with the World Championship in Varennes The top event of the 2013 KZ season is approaching fast. The KZ category will be the first one to assign a world CIK-FIA title this year. The appointment is for next week, from 18th to 22nd September on the Jean Brun […]

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More than 30 young drivers will be lining up on the grid in the Junior National category at the inaugural Race of Stars karting event to be held on the Gold Coast on Saturday October 19. The event, which forms part of the V8 Superfest surrounding the ARMOR ALL Gold Coast 600, will see many […]

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Rotax Euro Challenge Day Two in Salbris

Qualifying heats wrapping up in France

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The final round of the ROTAX MAX Euro Challenge today completed the qualifying phase with a total number of 22 heats. After the French weather turned the Friday qualifying into a kind of lottery – especially for the DD2 drivers – conditions were quite more stable on Saturday and made for a mostly dry track. […]

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Rotax Max Euro Challenge Qualifying in Salbris

French weather plays a factor in qualifying

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Today the final round of the ROTAX MAX Euro Challenge stepped into the first decisive phase. On the 1.500 meters long track of Sologne Karting in Salbris (France) the qualifying practice determined the starting grid for the heats on Saturday. Almost 140 drivers entered the last event of the year and had to cope with […]

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Sep 03, 2013
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Tony Kart Racing Team is glad to announce that, on the occasion of the next CIK-FIA World Championship KZ will line up the F1 driver Jaime Alguersuari. The last driver, on the 22nd September at the Jean Brun circuit of Varennes (France), will be at the drive of our RACER EVK chassis powered by the […]

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First Round of the CIK-FIA World KF Championship goes to Verstappen

Norris wins the International Super Cup KF

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THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STARTS WELL IN BRANDON The first round of the CIK-FIA KF World Championship has had a very good start on the circuit of Brandon (UK), a facility created by Mr. Paul Fletcher right in the heart of Lincolnshire. All the races ended in an unpredictable way, despite Max Verstappen’s (CRGTM-Vega) superiority. The […]

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CIK-FIA World KF Championship Heating Up in Brandon

Verstappen and Nielsen on pole in the the prefinals

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THE PRETENDERS TO THE WORLD KF TITLE PRESENT THEMSELVES IN BRANDON After today’s qualifying heats in Brandon (UK), the list of the pretenders to the World KF Title is complete. The 10 races run today, during the first day of the CIK-FIA KF World Championship, established the starting grid of tomorrow’s final phase. We are […]

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