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Year: 2018

Indoor 

Team – Karting Rochdale

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Length: 580m Karts: Biz Evo 3 Fuel: Petrol Engine: 200cc Lap Record: 35.459 Track capacity: 10 karts Postcode: OL11 2NU Opened in 2015, this small circuit in Rochdale has done quite a lot in its brief history. The now family owned circuit has raised awareness of autism, through supporting young drivers in their karting career. The circuit also has a twin seater kart, offering passenger rides to people who usually cannot experience the thrill of karting. In 2018, the team launched its race team, offering full fledged motorsport to drivers…

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Featured 

Is this the future of karting?

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If a large portion of the motorsport world is to be believed, the future of the sport will be electric. The advent of Formula E showed that an all electric race series was possible, at least for single seaters. But what about our sport of karting? What will happen when the world runs out of dinosaur fuel? Will the sport survive? BRP-Rotax tried to come up with the answer in late 2017 when it launched its electric powerpack, called The Rotax THUNDeR. Cool name right? The idea was a standardised…

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Race Reports 

Bayford Meadows Kart Club Round 10

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The final round of one of the top Clubman series at Bayford Meadows, featuring some classes we don’t normally see through the rest of the UK. Bambino 13 Bambinos arrived at Bayford Meadows for the final round of their championship, and it looked as though it was going to be Oscar O’Sulivan’s title. Having missed round 6 he wouldn’t be dropping any points, where as his closest challenger Harry Freeman would drop 105! That meant Freeman had everything to do over the 3 timed runs. Run 1 went the way…

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News 

2019 FIA Karting Calendar Announced

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The FIA have revealed the full International calendar, featuring the European and World Championships. Firstly the World Championship will visit Finland for the first time. The top drivers in the OK and OKJ classes will compete on the 1326m Mika Salo circuit in Alaharma. It will be the first time that the World Championships will visit Finland, but the second time in succession that it will be held in a Nordic country. The event will be held on the first week of September (5th-8th). The World Championship for KZ along…

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Team UK Heads to Brazil for RMCGF

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The Rotax Max Challenge grand finals are kicking off in Brazil, so lets take a look at the runners and riders that have qualified from the UK Max Edmundson – Mini Max Our sole driver in the Mini Max class, after finishing 3rd in the Super One series this year. Max has been consistently quick during the season, but will have to re-adapt to a mini chassis which is used for mini max internationally. He will also have to get used to a big grid again, as 36 drivers will…

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Manchester & Buxton Kart Club Round 10

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Three Sisters was the venue for the 10th and final round of the MBKC at Three Sisters on the Club circuit. Despite being so late in the season, there was still plenty of titles still up for grabs. Bambino Comer The Bambino title had already been wrapped up by O plate holder Riley Cranham, and as a result, just 3 karts arrived at Three Sisters to take part. It was a dominant showing for Max Mason, who was consistently over 1.5 seconds faster than the rest of the drivers. He…

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Whilton Mill Kart Club Round 11

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There was a bumper entry for the final round of the Whilton Mill kart club, with quite a few eyes set on next season. Junior TKM Archie Strong was unchallenged all weekend. He was fastest in practice, won all three heats and took a lights to flag victory in the Final. Despite his dominance on the time sheets, the rest of the field was never far behind him. Theo Tibbitts kept Strong honest in the final, but wasn’t able to keep on terms with him. Scott Smith also had a…

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Bambino Kart Club announces 2019 calendar

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The Bambino kart club, which has fast become the place to start a drivers karting career, has announced its 2019 calendar. The series which caters for drivers from 6 years old will race at 7 circuits, contesting 8 rounds over the course of the year. The calendar is below: Round 1 – March 30th/31st – Whilton Mill Round 2 – May 4/5 – Rowrah Round 3 – May 25/16 – Llandow Round 4 – July 6/7 – Larkhall Round 5 – July 27/28 – Rissington Round 6 – August 10/11…

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Update: Super One appointed as UK ROK qualifying series

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For the first time, the ROK Cup will be coming to the UK, as the Super One series adds the class to its roster of classes. The series organisers announced today that they will be running classes for Mini, Junior, Senior and Master ROK with the series champions earning a golden ticket to either the international final or US final. The series will use Bridgestone tyres, with the Super One series organisers being names the new UK distributors for the brand. The specs of the engines are not revolutionary in…

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Top British drivers head across the pond for Supernats

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The Skusa Supernationals has fast become one of the biggest karting events in the world. This year it is expected to attract over 500 drivers over a large range of classes. One of the classes in particular, Mini Swift, will feature some of the best talent from the British Karting Championship. Heading the British contingent is Iame Cadet Vice champion William Macintyre. He will be joined by Fusion Motorsport team mates Vinnie Phillips and Freddie Slater. They will all be driving for Team Benik. They will be joined by Brandon…

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