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New Junior Gearbox Formula Launched for 2021

Tom Gibson

Image © Junior Gearbox Kart Racing Gearbox karting is about as close as you can get to driving a single seat racing car without wrapping yourself in around £100,000 of carbon fibre and massive wings. They are the pinnacle of the sport, and where quite a few drivers stay for their entire careers. The issue, is you can’t get access to these fantastic machines until you hit 17 years old (15 in Europe), and with many drivers leaving karting at an ever younger age, some young guns are missing out…

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Ashcroft stuns with 2nd at Rotax International Trophy

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Image © Laser Tools Racing With the 2020 edition of the Rotax Max Challenge Grand finals pushed back to January 2021, the Rotax Max International Trophy was set as the biggest event of the 2020 Rotax calendar. Drivers from all over the world descended on Portugal’s Portimao circuit to do battle for the coveted Grand Finals tickets on offer. The first class to take to the circuit was the Micro Max category, which has began to gather momentum in the UK. That didn’t stop British Team Dan Holland Racing dominating…

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The New Kart on the block : 8 Questions with xkart’s Matty Street

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Image © Envision Images The karting season has been extremely busy since July, but within the paddock, some have been busier than most. Matty Street is one of those. Alongside launching the Cadet Kart Championship in 2020, he also runs the TeamKartingIndoor circuit in Rochdale and the TK Xtra race team. Now though, he has launched his own kart brand: XKart. We decided to put 8 questions to one of the busiest men in karting. KE: To kick off, give us a brief history of yourself in the karting world.…

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Edgar wins the closest race of the season

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Image © Karting Everything Junior X30 has a reputation for some extremely close racing and drivers not giving anyone an inch. And the latest round of the UKC at Three Sisters proved that was well and truely the case. Heading into round 3, it was Luke Watts leading the way in the title fight by 7 points over Daryl Taylor in 2nd. The opening heat showed exactly how close the field was, with just over half a second covering the top 3 drivers when the chequed flag fell. Kanato Le…

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Phillips makes it 3 winners from 3 rounds in Mini X30

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image © Karting Everything This season’s Mini X30 championship has quickly become a 3 way fight between Gabriel Stilp, Leo Robinson and Vinnie Phillips. The trio have been the only drivers to make it to the final podium, and hold the top 3 places in the championship. It looked like it was going to be business as usual in heat 1. But this time, Stilp and Robinson were able to push each other along at the front, while Phillips fought his way through from the back. Phillips ended the race…

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Caden McQueen leads madcroc 1-2 in UKC

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image © Karting Everything The Senior X30 class has been one of the most hotly contested classes of the UKC season. But with the news that Callum Bradshaw was heading back to Europe with TonyKart, it meant that things in the championship were about to get a lot closer. The opening heat saw the 3 title protagonists finish in the top 4, with Matt Armstrong taking the top spot after snagging the lead from Caden McQueen in the closing stages. McQueen would end up 4th behind Connor Jupp who lead…

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Coyne takes back to back UKC victories

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image © Karting Everything The Senior Rotax field is usually a pretty close fought contest, as shown by the championship standings, lead by James Lingard who hasn’t won either of the finals this season. Those honours have gone the way of George Smith who sits 2nd and Travis Coyne who sits down the order having missed the opening round. The Senior max field has also seen multiple drivers join the series for just one round, and it was one of those drivers who set the pace. That driver, Jake Gresty.…

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Ticehurst wins shortened Honda Cadet Final

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image © Karting Everything The 3rd round of the Ultimate Kart Championship would see a smaller grid of 13 Honda cadets take to the track to blast through the half way point of the championship. The good news was all of the title contenders were present at Three Sisters, meaning the fight for the top honours would still be a hard fought one. Saturday’s opening heat would see a close battle for the win, but Blake Ticehurst would come out on top over Connor Duncan with Henry Joslyn completing the…

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Neo Clarke snags home with for SPR in UKC

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image © Karting Everything The third round of the Ultimate Kart Championship saw drivers head to Three Sisters for the only national kart race of the season around the North Western circuit. In the junior max championship, one name has been at the top of the time sheets, that being Mattie Hingeley and Ultimate R. Will things stay the same at their home circuit? Well the weather wouldn’t make life easy for any of the drivers. The opening heat of the weekend saw Hingeley take the win from the front…

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Bishop takes opening Iame Cadet British Champs Win

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Image © Kartpix.net After what feels like an age, the British Karting Championship has burst back into action at Rowrah for the opening round of the Iame paddock’s sesason. Thanks to various local restrictions, some big names were missing from the paddock, but the man on form, Nathan Tye was present and correct. Qualifying showed that Tye wouldn’t have things his own way this time, as could ‘only’ manage 4th fastest on Saturday, around 4 tenths behind pole man Macauley Bishop. 2nd was Fusion’s Zac Drummond who was over 2…

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