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Kiwi Josh Richmond Sixth On Return To Aussie Kart Champs
Tuesday, 4 May 2021, 11:09 am | KartSport New Zealand
Auckland karter Josh Richmond finished a hard-won sixth in the Iame X30 class Final on his return to the SP Tools Australian Kart Championship presented by Castrol Edge (AKC) at Bolivar in South Australia over the weekend It was a good result for the ... More >>
Travelling Aucklanders Boost Numbers At Big Goldstar Kart Event In Hawke’s Bay This Weekend
Thursday, 29 April 2021, 12:49 pm | KartSport New Zealand
Auckland karters free to travel around the country again have provided the organisers of the third round of the 2020/21 Manawatu & TRC Toyota-backed Wellington Provincial Karting Association’s (WPKA) Goldstar Series at the KartSport Hawke’s ... More >>
Richmond Is First Kiwi To Re-commit To Aust. Kart Champs
Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 5:20 pm | KartSport New Zealand
Free, at last, to cross the Tasman to compete, North Shore, Auckland Karter Josh Richmond is off to South Australia to contest the Iame X30 class at the third round of this year’s SP Tools Australian Kart Championship presented by Castrol Edge ... More >>
Smyth Back To His Best At Rotorua Prokart Series Round
Thursday, 22 April 2021, 9:35 am | KartSport New Zealand
Top Auckland karter Graeme Smyth was back to his best at the second round of this year’s Giltrap Group ProKart Series at Rotorua over the weekend. With the return to the popular annual KZ2-based series of Auckand-based international Daniel Bray, ... More >>
Nationals Success Proof That Kartsport Is Back To Its Pre-Covid-19 Best
Monday, 5 April 2021, 6:53 am | KartSport New Zealand
The final three titles at the Armstrong Group 2021 KartSport New Zealand National Sprint Championships at KartSport Canterbury’s Carr's Rd Raceway in Christchurch were run and won on Sunday by William Exton from Blenheim (125cc Rotax Max Light ... More >>
Second Title For Douglas As Chch Kartsport NZ Sprint Titles Meeting Comes Alive
Sunday, 4 April 2021, 5:03 am | KartSport New Zealand
Photo credit: Fast Company/Emilee Jane Photography Christchurch-based international Jacob Douglas made it two NZ titles in two days on the second day of competition at this year’s Armstrong Group-backed three-day KartSport New Zealand National ... More >>
Douglas And Fisher Shrug Off Rain And Wind To Claim First 2021 Kartsport NZ Sprint Titles In Chch Today
Saturday, 3 April 2021, 6:39 am | KartSport New Zealand
New Zealand’s newest Sprint kart title holders after class wins on the first day of competition at the Armstrong Group 2021 KartSport New Zealand National Sprint Championships at KartSport Canterbury’s Carrs Rd Raceway in Christchurch today ... More >>
Importance Of Easter KartSport Meeting Underlined By International Success Of Former Title Holders
Thursday, 1 April 2021, 5:53 pm | KartSport New Zealand
Former NZ Sprint class winners who have gone on to enjoy conspicuous success in cars of late include Liam Lawson (#30) and Marcus Armstrong (#4). Second in class the last time a Sprint Nationals was run here (Hamilton, 2019) was then Aussie Supercars ... More >>
Karters Gear Up For NZ Kart Champs Return In Chch Over Easter Weekend
Tuesday, 30 March 2021, 11:22 am | KartSport New Zealand
Karters from all over the country are either in Christchurch already or making their way there this week for KartSport New Zealand’s Armstrong Motor Group-backed 2021 National Sprint Championship meeting at the KartSport Canterbury club’s Carrs Rd ... More >>
Karters To Celebrate ‘Return To (Near) Normality’ At First Prokart Series Round In Hamilton This Weekend
Friday, 12 March 2021, 5:24 pm | KartSport New Zealand
Class series points leaders after the second round of the Giltrap Group 2020 ProKart Series at Tokoroa last year included Mat Kinsman (#30 KZ2), Kevan Storr (#54 KZ2 Masters), Regan Hall (#93 KZ4), Clay Osborne (#15 125cc Rotax Light), Marco Giltrap ... More >>
Big Interest/numbers As Re-booted Mainland Kart Series Kicks Off In The Deep South This Weekend
Thursday, 25 February 2021, 5:57 pm | KartSport New Zealand
Back for more at the opening rounds of the 2021 HSD Building Developments Ltd Mainland (Kart) Series at Invercargill and Dunedin this weekend are three drivers who competed at the pre-COVID-19 Lockdown meeting at Invercargill in 2019; Zach Tucker (now competing ... More >>
Winning Return For Red Bull Racer Liam Lawson At Big Auckland Kart Meeting
Monday, 1 February 2021, 5:30 pm | KartSport New Zealand
Fast-rising young Kiwi racing driver Liam Lawson. Photo credit: Fast Company/Ross MacKay He came, he saw, and fast-rising young New Zealand racing driver Liam Lawson conquered – in both classes he was entered in to boot – on his return to the ... More >>
Lawson To Make Special Guest Driving Appearance At Big Auckland Kart Meeting This Weekend
Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 10:21 am | KartSport New Zealand
The KartSport Auckland club has been welcoming the country’s top kart racers to its annual City of Sails’ two-day challenge meeting over the Auckland Anniversary long weekend at the end of January for close on 50 years now. This weekend, at the ... More >>
Cream Rises To The Top As Goldstar Karters Turn It On In Taranaki
Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 3:57 pm | KartSport New Zealand
Class and class GP winners in Taranaki on Sunday included Riley Jack (Open class and the Senior GP) | Photo credit: Fast Company/Vicky Jack The cream definitely rose to the top at the opening round of the 2020/21 Manawatu & TRC Toyota-backed ... More >>
Growth In Senior Numbers Sign That Annual Goldstar Kart Series Is Doing Its Job
Thursday, 26 November 2020, 5:57 pm | KartSport New Zealand
Drivers to watch in Taranaki this Sunday include Chris can der Drift from Hamilton (#71 Vortex ROK DVS Senior) and Rianna O’Meara-Hunt (#6)Vortex ROK DVS Senior) With 127 entries (up from 118 in 2019) for the first round of the latest (61st annual!) ... More >>
Robert Hutton Awarded Life Membership Of Kartsport New Zealand
Monday, 23 November 2020, 7:30 am | KartSport New Zealand
KartSport New Zealand’s latest Life Member, Robert Hutton, with the special kart steering wheel award created to mark the occasion. Photo credit: KartSport Wellington/Wayne Keats Close to 30 years of active involvement in virtually every part of the sport ... More >>
Second Kartsport NZ Briggs Endurance Title Meeting Set To Build On Success Of First
Thursday, 19 November 2020, 5:02 pm | KartSport New Zealand
Winners are grinners, the podium finishers from last year’s inaugural Briggs National Endurance Championship event. (Photo credit: Graeme Moore) This time last year the KartSport Wellington club hosted the inaugural KartSport New Zealand Briggs National ... More >>
Karters Revel In Return Of Islands Title Racing Over Long Weekend
Wednesday, 28 October 2020, 5:54 am | KartSport New Zealand
Kiwi karters revelled in the return of National-level Sprint Championship competition at this year’s North & South Islands meetings at Hastings and Napier over Labour Weekend. Both meetings saw spirited racing across all classes, with defending ... More >>
Podium For Hutton, Heartbreak For Douglas At ROK Cup Superfinal Meeting In Italy
Sunday, 18 October 2020, 2:13 pm | KartSport New Zealand
Kiwi karters Arie Hutton and Jacob Douglas played key roles in their respective Finals as this year’s ROK Cup Superfinal meeting in Italy on Saturday, though the outcomes could hardly have been more different. Hutton, 25, from Palmerston North, ... More >>
Kiwi Karters In Box Seat After More Heat Wins At Big Rok Cup Event In Italy
Saturday, 17 October 2020, 2:28 pm | KartSport New Zealand
2020 ROK Cup Superfinal meeting | Franciacorta Karting Track | Bargnana | Lombardy | Italy | Wed-Sat | Oct 14-17 | 2020 EVENT REPORT # 2 Kiwi karters Arie Hutton and Jacob Douglas are in the box seat after both claimed heat wins in their respective ... More >>