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Kiwi ROK Cup Superfinal squad set for Lonato hit-out
Friday, 4 October 2019, 8:10 am | KartSport New Zealand
The 8-strong Kiwi squad which has assembled in Italy this week to prepare for this year’s ROK Superfinal meeting in 10 days time is set to get a valuable hit-out at the South Garda track at Lonato this weekend at the annual Trofeo D’Autunno ... More >>
Numbers tell the story of Top Gear Top Half Series' success
Thursday, 3 October 2019, 4:07 pm | KartSport New Zealand
With entries for this weekend’s Top Gear Top Half Series at Tokoroa set to again meet the 130 target, coordinator Roger Smith is looking forward to another round of close and exciting racing across all classes. “This is the largest number of ... More >>
Four karters do the Garden City Double this year
Tuesday, 1 October 2019, 4:04 pm | KartSport New Zealand
Four karters - William Exton from Blenheim, Jason and Kayden Richards from Nelson and Izaak Fletcher from Christchurch – successfully completed rare winning doubles at this year’s KNXTRA Garden City Championships kart race meeting in Christchurch ... More >>
Douglas quick and fights his way back to 9th in FIA
Monday, 23 September 2019, 4:14 pm | KartSport New Zealand
Young Kiwi karter Jacob Douglas can hold his head high this week after confirming his status as one of the top Junior drivers in the world at the final round of this year’s 2019 FIA Karting Academy Trophy Series in Italy over the weekend. The 14-year-old ... More >>
Final Pro Tour trip for Tasman-hopping Kiwi karters
Friday, 13 September 2019, 8:49 am | KartSport New Zealand
It’s the final trip across the Tasman this weekend for the resident Kiwis who have been contesting Australia’s Rotax Pro Tour this year, with recent Australian Karting Championship final round class winner Jackson Rooney from Palmerston North spear-heading ... More >>
Kiwi karters 1st, 3rd & 4th at AKC final in Melbourne
Tuesday, 3 September 2019, 5:02 pm | KartSport New Zealand
Teenaged Palmerston North karter Jackson Rooney claimed his maiden S P Tools Australian Kart Championship presented by Castrol Edge (AKC) series win in the TaG 125 class in dramatic fashion at the final round of the 2019 series in Melbourne over the weekend. ... More >>
Renewed deal offers best of both worlds
Tuesday, 13 August 2019, 5:28 pm | KartSport New Zealand
First came an all new Briggs & Stratton kart engine to help KartSport New Zealand clubs around the country attract newcomers to the sport. Then came the demand from those who had enthusiastically embraced the new category to run at tracks other than ... More >>
Kiwi Josh Bethune earns Rotax Grand Final ticket
Saturday, 10 August 2019, 3:39 pm | KartSport New Zealand
Kiwi karter Josh Bethune has earned a place on the United States team at this year’s Rotax Max Challenge Grand Final in Italy in October after a dominant Rotax DD2 class win at the big Stars & Stripes Open meeting in Pittsburgh, PA, last weekend. ... More >>
Wood & Kirwan podium Melbourne Titles kart meeting
Thursday, 8 August 2019, 3:21 pm | KartSport New Zealand
With third place finishes in their respective classes, Ryan Wood from Wellington and Maxim Kirwan from Auckland ended up the best of what turned out to be a seven-strong squad of young Kiwi karters who contested the 35th annual City of Melbourne Titles ... More >>
Payne quick but Kinsman gets key KZ2 points break at Tokoroa
Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 5:02 pm | KartSport New Zealand
Auckland-based kart international Matthew Payne claimed pole and won all four Aarque Group KZ2 heats at the penultimate round of this year’s Toyota Racing ProKart Series in conjunction with Speedworks at the KartSport Tokoroa club’s Stihl Shop Tokoroa ... More >>
Payne bolsters Kiwi kart squad at Aussie Champs round
Thursday, 18 July 2019, 3:37 pm | KartSport New Zealand
Reigning New Zealand KZ2 class champion Matthew Payne has joined series regulars Ryan Wood and Liam Sceats at Emerald in Queensland’s Central Highlands this week to contest the fourth round of this year’s S P Tools Australian Kart Championship ... More >>
Payne qualifies for exclusive Kiwi kart 'club' in Italy
Monday, 17 June 2019, 3:13 pm | KartSport New Zealand
By qualifying for and completing the class Final at the second round of this year’s FIA Karting European Championship – KZ2 at Sarno in Italy on Sunday, young Auckland karter Matthew Payne joined a very special Kiwi karting ‘club.’ After a best ... More >>
Douglas takes positives from second FIA Academy Trophy round
Monday, 17 June 2019, 1:15 pm | KartSport New Zealand
Young Kiwi karter Jacob Douglas is taking positives from the second round of the 2019 FIA Karting Academy Trophy Series in Italy over the weekend despite missing out on a top ten spot in the Final. More >>
McLaughlin rewards fans/earns #2 plate on kart champs return
Tuesday, 23 April 2019, 9:43 am | KartSport New Zealand
Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin was kept busy signing autographs and engaging with the thousands of motorsport fans who descended on KartSport Hamilton’s Porter Group Raceway to watch the 25-year-old return to his racing roots at the Porter Group ... More >>
Wood the best of the Kiwi Karters at Newcastle
Wednesday, 3 April 2019, 10:09 am | KartSport New Zealand
Wellington’s Ryan Wood ended up best of the Tasman-hopping Kiwi karters with a 10th place finish in the Iame X30 class Final at the second round of this year’s SP Tools Australian Kart Championship presented by Castrol Edge (AKC).at Newcastle’s ... More >>
Kirwan and Wood the top Kiwi karters at opening AKC round
Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 5:01 pm | KartSport New Zealand
Young Auckland karter Maxim Kirwan got his first major off-shore campaign off to a great start with a 4th place finish in the Cadet 9 class at the opening round of the 2019 SP Tools Australian Kart Championship presented by Castrol Edge (AKC) at ... More >>
Expanded ProKart series to celebrate 20th in style
Wednesday, 13 February 2019, 9:52 am | KartSport New Zealand
An expanded ProKart Series, with three 125cc Rotax classes joining the three existing 6-speed-gearbox/125cc KZ2-based categories, kicks off at the KartSport Manawatu club’s Manawatu Toyota Raceway at Palmerston North this weekend with a star-studded lineup ... More >>
O’Meara-Hunt, Hutton & Richmond Claim Rok Cup NZ Travel
Wednesday, 23 January 2019, 4:54 pm | KartSport New Zealand
* Rnd 1 2019 ROK Cup New Zealand kart race series Porter Group 2019 CIK Trophy of New Zealand KartSport meeting Porter Group Park kart track Airport Rd Hamilton Sat-Sun Jan 19-20 2019 REVIEW More >>
Rain-Master Connor Davison’s Winning Rotax Series Return
Wednesday, 8 August 2018, 1:59 pm | KartSport New Zealand
* 2018 Giltrap Group New Zealand Rotax Max Challenge Rnd 6 Te Puke Auto Electric Raceway Te Puke Bay of Plenty Sat-Sun August 04-05 2018 More >>
Goldstar Series Roars Back Into Life In Wellington This Week
Thursday, 1 March 2018, 9:32 am | KartSport New Zealand
The 2017/18 Manawatu & TRC Toyota WPKA Goldstar KartSport Series roars back into life in Wellington this weekend after a cracking start in Taranaki late last year. No fewer than six previous class lap records were smashed as over 100 drivers ... More >>
