Swiss Hutless Asia-Pacific drivers took to the Sepang kart track last weekend for the 3rd round of the Malaysian Rotax Max Challenge. In the final for the Juniors the team had two drivers in the top-5 with Ikhwan taking 2nd …
Monthly Archive: July 2007
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Feature: Karting Sponsorship
One often asked question in motorsports and karting is “How do I find sponsorship?” When asking this question many drivers are looking (or hoping) for an answer as simple as the answer to the question “How do I get to …
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Dixon Shines in France to Claim European Title Chance (INT)
Press Release Kent kart racer, James Dixon, took a superb fourth place, narrowly missing out on a podium finish at the French circuit of Essay in the European Championship qualification meeting at the weekend. However, the result means that the …
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Harvey Earns European Title Shot with French Victory (INT)
British karting ace, Jack Harvey, put himself firmly into pole position to claim the title of European champion after dominating the KF3 class of the Western region qualifying event at Essay in France over the weekend.
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Foster-Jones' excellent Essay takes him to Europe (INT)
Press Release In only his 3rd year of kart racing, Super 1 front-runner, Robert Foster-Jones has made it through to the winner-takes-all European championship finals at Salbris, France (5 August).
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Stars of Karting Series Announces Junior Safety Initiative (USA)
An interesting safety development in Karting in the USA. The Stars of Karting series is going to mandate the use of chest protectors for all drivers weighing 110 (~50kg) pounds or less. This is to increase the safety of drivers …
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Rotax Grand Finals Chassis Models Announced
The original announcement that CRG and Intrepid would be the chassis suppliers for the 2007 Rotax Grand Finals came a few months ago, and now Rotax has announced the specific models and which category will be using what. Drivers that …
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Brace of 2nd place finishes and new lap record gives ICA star edge over rivals (INT)
Press Release Are the pieces slotting into place at the crucial time for ICA star, Robert Foster-Jones – after finishing second twice, and stealing a march on his title rivals? Competing in the 7th and 8th rounds of the British …
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Thailand National Karting Championship
The 4th round of the Thailand National Kart Championship was held last weekend in Bira and KartThai.com has published the results. Tin Sritrai of Singha Birel took the Intercontinental A win ahead of Tanart Sathienthirakul of Mobile 1-Mai.
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Amaron Karting Challenge 2007 Starts Up!
The first multi-city karting challenge by Amaron has kicked off in Chennai, India on Saturday. 107 drivers took part in this first of 5 qualification rounds which will see the overall champion which will be decided at a grand finals …
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KartSportNews.com
Just a shout-out to a great Australian karting website KartSportNews.com. The website was started by former KartOZ magazine editor Mark Wicks towards the end of 2004 and it has since become the most popular karting website in Australia. Their focus …
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World Motorsport Council Decisions
The World Motorsport Council of the FIA met last month and have released a press release outlining the decision they made regarding karting regulations. An interesting thing is the approval of a “Code of Conduct on Karting Circuits” that will …
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