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Bugler top scores at Sunbelts kart event
Thursday, 6 June 2019, 10:58 am | KartSport
Daniel Bugler made every post a winning one at this year’s HighRev Central New Zealand Sunbelts Sprint Championships kart race event in Nelson and Blenheim over Queen’s Birthday, leading home all nine heat races to take the Open class title ... More >>
Lap Records Tumble at WPKA Championships Kart Meeting
Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 9:20 am | KartSport
Lap records tumbled in the Senior Grand Prix race at the Wellington Provincial Karting Association (WPKA) Goldstar Series’ annual Championships meeting in Palmerston North on Sunday. Top local driver Jacob Cranston (Open) and Ryan Wood from Wellington ... More >>
Bray back on top but battle royal behind at ProKart round
Wednesday, 22 May 2019, 9:16 am | KartSport
Auckland-based international Daniel Bray claimed his second Aarque Group KZ2 class win of the 2019 season at an all-action third round of this year’s Toyota Racing ProKart Series in conjunction with Speedworks at Te Puke in the Bay of Plenty on ... More >>
Top Junior Trio Seal Goldstar Kart Series
Sunday, 12 May 2019, 4:01 pm | KartSport
Top Junior Trio Seal Goldstar Kart Series/GP Doubles at Final Round Top New Zealand Junior karters Louis Sharp, Isaak Fletcher and William Exton sealed rare class/GP doubles at the final round of the 2018/19 Manawatu & TRC Toyota WPKA Goldstar ... More >>
Rob Wakelin appointed General Manager of KartSport NZ
Monday, 6 May 2019, 9:30 am | KartSport
KartSport New Zealand is pleased to announce the appointment of Rob Wakelin as General Manager. More >>
Goldstar Excitement Heads to Wellington
Friday, 3 May 2019, 12:34 pm | KartSport
After lap records tumbled at the second round of the 2018/19 Manawatu & TRC Toyota WPKA Goldstar KartSport Series in Hawke’s Bay in March the smart money is on a similar thing happening at the third round in Wellington this weekend, More >>
Kiwi Karters under the Spotlight in Queensland This Weekend
Thursday, 2 May 2019, 11:23 am | KartSport
One of the largest groups of New Zealand karters ever to cross the Tasman for a single meeting will join their Australian counterparts racing under lights for the first time at the third round of this year’s Sparco Rotax Pro Tour at Ipswich in ... More >>
Kiwi karters in Germany for first major Euro Champs
Tuesday, 30 April 2019, 5:42 pm | KartSport
Four Kiwi karters led by recently crowned NZ KZ2 class champion Matthew Payne are in Germany this week, preparing for the opening round of the 2019 FIA Karting European Championship – KZ2, and FIA Karting Academy Trophy series. Payne, his long-time ... More >>
Supercars star joins karters heading to Hamilton
Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 10:31 am | KartSport
Karters from all over New Zealand - plus special guest driver Scott McLaughlin who is flying in from Australia - are making their way to Hamilton this week for KartSport New Zealand’s Porter Group-backed 2019 National Sprint Championship titles meeting ... More >>
Newcastle the latest destination for Kiwi karters
Friday, 29 March 2019, 9:42 am | KartSport
Newcastle, and the Mt Sugarloaf kart track due west of the riverside city two hours drive north of Sydney, is the destination this weekend for the four young Kiwi karters contesting this year’s S P Tools Australian Kart Championship presented by Castrol ... More >>
Clay Osborne is top Kiwi karter in Sydney
Wednesday, 13 March 2019, 3:13 pm | KartSport
Hamilton karter Clay Osborne was the top-finishing Kiwi at the second round of this year’s Sparco (Australian) Rotax Pro Tour series in Sydney on Sunday, working his way forward from 8th to 2nd in an all-action Junior Max class Final. Having finished ... More >>
Vintage karters head to Christchurch for big demo event
Wednesday, 6 March 2019, 3:15 pm | KartSport
Vintage Kart enthusiasts from all over New Zealand will be in Christchurch this weekend, celebrating the early days of the sport in this country at one of the biggest demonstration events so far held here. With 145 karts entered across 7 different ... More >>
Lap Records tumble at latest Goldstar series round
Tuesday, 5 March 2019, 3:11 pm | KartSport
The lap records tumbled at the latest round of the 2018/19 Manawatu & TRC Toyota WPKA Goldstar KartSport Series in Hawke’s Bay at the weekend with top local driver Zach Zaloum leading the way. Zaloum, the reigning 125cc Rotax Max Heavy class NZ ... More >>
Bumper entry as Goldstar kart series roars back to life
Thursday, 28 February 2019, 3:07 pm | KartSport
A 100+ entry bodes well for the 2018/19 Manawatu & TRC Toyota WPKA Goldstar KartSport Series as it roars back to life in Hawke’s Bay this weekend after a cracking start in Taranaki late last year. In a strong sign that the annual lower North Island series ... More >>
Hall tops the winners' list at ProKart series opener
Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 10:52 am | KartSport
Defending Aarque Group KZ4 class title holder Regan Hall topped the winner’s list at the opening round of this year’s Toyota Racing Pro Kart Series in conjunction with Speedworks at Palmerston North over the weekend, earning six wins from six starts. ... More >>
Aussie Kart Champs again draws Kiwis across the Tasman
Thursday, 14 February 2019, 3:07 pm | KartSport
This year’s SP Tools Australian Kart Championship presented by Castrol Edge (AKC) has again attracted a number of top Kiwi karters, with four set to contest the opening round at Ipswich in Queensland this weekend. Of the four, two – Rianna O’Meara-Hunt ... More >>
Kiwi Karters show strength in numbers in Melbourne
Wednesday, 30 January 2019, 3:04 pm | KartSport
Auckland karters Bond Roby and Marco Manson spearheaded a strong showing from the large contingent of Kiwi karters who contested the opening round of Australia’s Sparco-backed 2019 Rotax Pro Tour series at Melbourne’s Todd Rd kart track over ... More >>
Top Kiwi Status for Hart And Hamilton in Brazil
Wednesday, 5 December 2018, 2:24 pm | KartSport
Palmertson North’s Fraser Hart and Christchurch’s Matthew Hamilton were the top finishing Kiwi karters at this year’s Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals event in Brazil, the pair finishing the Rotax DD2 Masters Final third and fourth respectively. More >>
Kiwi Karters Ready to Take on Fellow Rotax Racers in Brazil
Friday, 23 November 2018, 11:03 am | KartSport
One of the biggest groups of Kiwi karters ever to travel to an annual Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals event has gathered in Brazil this week to prepare for the week-long 19th annual event which gets underway on Saturday (Nov 24). More >>
Pace and Podium earns Matt Hamilton top Kiwi status
Wednesday, 21 November 2018, 4:38 pm | KartSport
Matthew Hamilton was the top Kiwi finisher at the 22nd annual SuperKarts USA (SKUSA) SuperNationals meeting in Las Vegas over the weekend, the Christchurch-based international finishing third overall in the premier US domestic Pro Shifter class. Hamilton twice ... More >>