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DAP Brand makes a return thanks to KartRepublic

Tom Gibson

If you are into motorsport, you will of heard of some guy called Ayrton Senna. The 3 time Formula 1 world champion is a hero to many, even almost 30 years after his death. And if you’re familiar with Senna, you will probably have seen images of him throwing karts around the world in the late 70’s and early 80’s. What you may not of known, is during the later years, Senna drove for the DAP brand, In fact the very kart in the image below came up for sale…

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Featured News Super One Series 

It’s back to the 90’s for Super One

Tom Gibson

The popularity of ‘historic’ karting has boomed in the last few years, with 100cc screamers now having many places to race, including F100, NKC and Retro Racer. Now though, they will also have a home in the Super One Series. Formerly the home of the British championships, Super One has been looking for ways to bring in the numbers over the last few years, with the addition of the ROK classes and a move away from Motorsport UK proving to be successful for them over the last few years. For…

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Pro Kart racing returns to Le Mans in 2023

Tom Gibson

Image © 24 Hour Karting Series When you think of endurance racing, there are a couple of venues that come to mind, the most prolific of which being Le Mans. The home for the infamous 24 hour race, also plays host to various other events, including the CIK FIA World Endurance Karting event, which sees teams race around the kart circuit for 24 hours in OK and Rotax machines. It also played host to a round of the 24 hour karting series, which saw both owner drivers and rental karts…

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CKC Featured News Race Reports 

Tom Holden wins in rain affected final

Tom Gibson

The third round of the Cadet Kart Championship saw the paddock head to Fulbeck in Lincolnshire. A field of 27 CKC 105 drivers took to the track for another action packed weekend of racing. This time though, the weather would have a hand in proceedings. The weekend started with qualifying on the Saturday to set the grid for the next day’s heat. Topping the 8 minute session was Jared Fox-Whiteley. His time of 51.716 was just 0.030 seconds faster than Ben Adrian could manage. Championship leader Riley Wright would start…

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Rhys Knight steals the show in Junior Prokarts

Tom Gibson

A bumper grid of Pro karts descended on Fulbeck for the 3rd round of the Junior Kart Championship. A total of 11 drivers would take to the track for the heats and finals on Sunday. Heading into this meeting Maximus Shields has been unstoppable in the class, but this time he would have some stiff competition. Qualifying showed how close things would be, with Shields bagging the pole by just 0.03 seconds over Lennon French. The battle for 3rd would be even closer, with Sebastian Parreira and Connor McCarthy separated…

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Russell and Mentier take top honours in JKC Rotax classes

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Junior racing is always extremely competitive, and round 2 of the JKC at Lydd was to be no exception. 15 Junior rotax drivers would be joined by 2 Mini Max drivers over the course of the weekend. Qualifying showed how close the Junior Max field would be, with the top 9 drivers separated by just over a second. Leading the field was Declan Russell, whose time of 37.778 was enough to score pole ahead of George Donald and Jacob Jukes, who returned to the series after his accident at Whilton…

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Maximus Shields wins the closest race of the year in Junior Prokarts

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Image © Stu Stretton/Foxy Red Photography Another new class for the CKC this season is the Junior Pro Kart class, designed as a low cost route into Junior karting, Lydd sees the second time they have featured on the package. 5 drivers would take to the track, but they would go out and put on a real show! In qualifying, the 5 drivers were separated by just 4 tenths of a second. Maximus Shields set the pace at 42.865, while Krystian Oblag and Sebastian Parreira lapping the circuit in the…

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Lewis Goff takes second win of the season in CKC112

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Image © Stu Stretton/Foxy Red Photography A new class for the Cadet Kart Championship in 2021, the CKC112 cadets caters for drivers who are a touch over the 105kg weight limit for the standard cadets, giving them somewhere competitive to race. For round 2 at Lydd, 5 drivers made the trip down south, with championship leader Lewis Goff looking to make it 2 wins from 2 events. In qualifying, it was Addison Smith who took the top spot with a time of 44.067, just under half a tenth faster than…

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Riley Wright doubles up in CKC 105

Tom Gibson,

Image © Stu Stretton/Foxy Red Photography The second round of the Cadet Kart Championship saw the paddock make the trip south to Lydd, with a total of 24 drivers making the trek in the Cadet 105 category. The weekend kicked off with qualifying on Saturday to decide the grid positions for the heats. After the 8 minute session, round 1 winner Riley Wright topped the time sheets by just over a tenth from Leon Barlow who in turn had a tenth in hand over Jared Fox-Whiteley. At the end of…

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Lewis Goff takes opening CKC 112 honours

Tom Gibson

Image © Karting Everything The Cadet Kart Championship is all about bringing as many people as possible into owner driver karting. That lead to the 112kg cadet category, to give those drivers who are taller (and usually heavier) than the new drivers in Honda Cadet a place to race. Thanks to the increased weight limit, and the limit on having 4kg of ballast on your kart, the CKC 112kg class is that place. For the opening round of 2021, 5 drivers took to the track in the class, joining on…

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