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Month: February 2020

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Rotax Winter Cup: Pylka back on top in Juniors

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Over 50 drivers took to the track in Junior Rotax to contest the Junior Rotax Winter Cup in Campillos. Most of the top protagonists have moved onto Seniors or other things for 2020, so there may be some new names at the top of the time sheets. In qualifying, it was the familiar name of Oli Pylka that reached the top of the time sheets. His 1:04.414 was just enough to best Eliska Babickova by 0.082 seconds. Daniel Guinchard had to settle for third ahead of a whole host of…

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Rotax Winter Cup: Scott Marsh takes top honours in Micro Max

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Just 2 weeks after the Iame crew, the European Rotax field headed to Campillos for the start of their season, The Rotax Winter Cup. A total of 28 cadets made the trip to Spain, with Scott Marsh taking to the top of the time sheets in qualifying. His time of 1:13.293 was more than 0.25 seconds clear of Rasmus Koskinen in 2nd. The difficultly for Marsh would be the lack of support during the races, as he was the only Dan Holland Racing driver in the field. By contrast, Koskinen’s…

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Oliver Rowland Motorsport – Solid Start to 2020

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Words: Jake Sanson Photography © Marc Quinlivan Photography / Stu Stretton / Kartpix For a squad entering only its third season of competitive karting, Oliver Rowland Motorsport continue their displays of excellence around the racing clubs of Britain and now heading into Europe too. Just a few short months after they showed their colours at the IAME International Finals at Le Mans, the team now running the Redspeed chassis from OTK are ready for glory in 2020. Nathan Tye has started the season in exceptional style by clinching victory in…

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Featured News Rotax Euro 

Countdown to campillos: Rotax Winter Cup preview

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This weekend sees over 250 drivers heading to Campillos, Spain for the start of the 2020 Rotax European season. As ever, a strong British contingent will be joined by some of Europe’s top drivers Micro Max The youngest drivers of the competition, usually provide the best racing. And with 44 driver from over 20 countries, it should be all action. Micro Max is a new class to the UK, just 2 drivers have made the trip over to Campillos. First being Scott Marsh, who will be running with Dan Holland…

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Maxwell Dodds Takes First European win in Italy

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Words: Jake SansonPhotography © Fotocar13 International karting sensation Maxwell Dodds of Harrogate picked up his first European race win at the 25th Lonato Winter Cup in Italy, the first major international racing event for the OK Junior karting category which is the pinnacle of junior kart racing worldwide. Having finished 3rd in the final round of the FIA Karting Academy Trophy at the famous South Garda circuit in Lonato back in September, Dodds took on the might of the world’s best junior racers to pick up his first win on…

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Featured News Race Reports WSK 

Turney takes a popular win in Lonato

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The 25th Winter Cup took place at South Garda Karting last weekend, with some of the biggest names in the world of karting taking to the track. Former world and European champions were scattered amongst the entry list. Qualifying started well for the Energy squad, with Kirill Smal and Robert De Haan topping two of the session’s, with Tony Kart’s Joe Turney topping the third session. That was impressive with a further 82 drivers fighting for the top positions. Off the back of his win at the WSK Super Masters…

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Macie Hitter – The Quantum Leap to Junior X30

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Images: Stu Stretton Media Words: Jake Sanson, Racing Voice PR Norfolk’s latest top young racing driver Macie Hitter has made a strong start to her 2020 season by making the mammoth jump from Honda Cadet racing to Junior X30, one of the most exciting and competitive classes in the sport which even the best racing drivers in the world regularly return to, including George Russell, Lando Norris and BTCC champion Ash Sutton. So where did it all start for Macie? “My dad used to race bikes and my cousin used…

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Impressive start for Argenti Motorsport

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It’s not often that a new team arrives on the scene and immediately goes after a European title. But, that is what happened when Argenti Motorsport burst onto the karting scene. The team has been set up by Mercedes Formula One team sporting director Ron Meadows. The team will be present at national and international level with a solid team of drivers in their KartRepublic machines. The team have partnered up with Double R racing to provide an true pathway into car racing within the team. They have also been…

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Featured News UKC 

What to expect from UKC in 2020

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There are a few new championships on the British Karting scene for 2020. One of the most interesting being the Ultimate Kart Championship. The championship has some big things coming for this year. Here is what you can expect. Broadcast alongside Formula 1 Yeah, you read that right. The UKC will be broadcast alongside the Formula 1 World Championship on SkySports F1. The series will have a 1 hour programme for each of the 7 rounds, put out 2 weeks after each race that is repeated throughout the month. Add…

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Iame Winter Cup: Bart Harrison Steals the show in Juniors

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The Junior X30 field saw quite a few drivers out of position after the heats were run. But one man in the position he wanted was Freddie Spindlow. The KR Sport man had a solid run through the heats and would lead the field away in the pre final. Things wouldn’t end the way he wanted though. Spindlow had to contend with fellow front row man Daniel Guinchard, making is debut for KR-Sport. Guinchard managed to take the win ahead of the recovering Bart Harrison, who climbed 10 places and…

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