Sixteen year old Karting Ace Marlon Stockinger made history in Philippine
Motorsport last weekend in Al Ain, Dubai, by finnishing in 8th position in
the Rotax Max Senior category at the World Finals in Al Ain, UAE, near Dubai.
Yearly Archive: 2007
Stockinger 8th in World Finals
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Walavalkar Dominates MRF India National Championship Rd.2
Ameya Walavalkar took two wins in the 2nd round of the MRF – Indian National Karting Championship in Coimbatore at the Kari Motor Speedway. Teammate Rounak Patil took 2nd in both finals to make it a double 1-2 for Mohite’s Racing.
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Basic Rental Karting Tips
This is the first in a series of articles intended for rental karters as well as those new to the sport to get the best experience and performance out of their karting. We’ll cover the very basics that are good for the first-time rental karter, but some of the info here could also help an experienced driver extract more performance.
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Thailand AKOC Results
The results from the Thailand round of the Asian Kart Open Championship are available on MyLaps.com here.
Discuss the event in the forums in this thread.
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UK Karter Takes Track to Court
Lee Crawford in the UK took the Warden Law Circuit operators to court after being banned from the track after an alleged confrontation with another driver in October. The lawsuit failed with Lee’s father being ordered to pay the case costs and the ban remains.
After a quick search for results it seems that Lee had been active in the Super 1 Rotax DD2 category.
Read the article published here in the Sunderland Echo.
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Competition Time! Brought to you by AMB
What is your favorite kart track in Asia and why?
That’s all you have to tell us to be in with a change of winning a Tranx160 personal transponder. If you race at any level of competitive karting it’s unlikely you’ve never seen one of these yellow TranX160 transponders…
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FIA Decisions on Karting
The FIA World Motor Spots Council has announced some changes to regulations and other aspects of karting. These include the introduction of the CMH helmets, safety guidelines for leisure karting, and other interesting things such as the requirement of chain, brake, and ignition protection devices in certain cases. Read the full decisions on the CIK-FIA website here.
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Snell CMR-2007 and CMS-2007 helmet standards
The Snell foundation has finalised its children’s motor sports helmet standards CMR2007 and CMS2007 which are the two standards that fall under the Snell/FIA CMH (Children’s Motorsport Helmet).
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Amaron Karting Challenge Finale
Press Release: Goa, Oct 28th, 2007: Roaring engines, screeching spins, sharp contours, thundering speeds, kissing beauties, flowing champagne – The adventure and glamour of motorsports have always turned on the passion for billions, around the world. Worldwide, perhaps no other sport matches the frenzy, the drama and the money, which is associated with this sport. And all you need is grit, guts, Go-Karting and all this in Goa. And that’s where the Amaron Karting Challenge 2007 – Grand Finale was held.
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International-level track to be built in Singapore?
With F1 fever hitting Singapore in anticipation of their first F1 race in September next year, motorsports has gathered a lot of attention of late. This has resulted to increased interest in developing the national motorsports scene and since Singapore doesn’t have a permanent track (the F1 track is a temporary street circuit), plans have been put forward to build a new race track for cars and bikes, as well as a kart track in the same complex.
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Karting in the Papers
The Weekend Mail published an article on Malaysian driver Bryan Mehta. The article is about his ambitions for the Rotax Max Grand Finals to be held in Al Ain, UAE in about a month’s time.
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Karting in Singapore? Start here!
If you live in Singapore and you’re interested in getting started in karting you should look no further than joining the recently launched amateur group from karters called “Singapore Karting Racers.” Their first event is scheduled for Nov 11th at Jurong Kart World. They have their own section in the KartingAsia.com forums here, which can also be accessed directly by pointing your browser to www.kartingsingapore.com.
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