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Kart Republic win OK and OKJ at 24th Winter Cup

February 19, 2019March 22, 2020 Tom GibsonHTP Racing, Italy, karting, kartrepublic, Lonato, OK, OKJ, Rosberg Racing, South Garda, wsk0 comment

The 24th Winter Cup was contested over the last weekend (14th – 17th Feb) with over 300 drivers present across 4 classes. With a huge manufacture presence in all classes, however it was one manufacture who claimed the wins in both the OK and OKJ categories. That being KartRepublic. In OKJ, it was Andrea Antonelli wearing the Rosberg Racing colours who claimed a dominant win in the final. He bested a field of 88 of the continents to junior drivers, winning 3 out of 4 of his heats. He was…

Super One sends top 3 in every championship to Lonato

January 15, 2019March 22, 2020 Tom GibsonChampion, Golden Ticket, karting, ROK, Super 1, vortex0 comment

At the weekend, Super one hostesd its annual awards evening to consider with Autosport International. Here all the champions were crowned and the seeded numbers for 2019 were handed out. That wasn’t the only thing handed out at the awards ceremony, as each of the top 3 in every championship recieved a golden ticket to the ROK International finals later in 2019. That means names like Oliver Hodgson, Abbie Pulling, Morgan Porter, Joe Turney and Lewis Gilbert will be just a few names eligible to race in the finals. The…

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Is this the future of Grass roots karting?

January 13, 2019March 22, 2020 Tom Gibsonesports, karting, kartsim, racing0 comment

In recent years, esports has become more prolific and main stream, especially in the motorsport world. Now there are series for NASCAR, Rally cross and even an official Formula 1 series. This year, the karting world got its first, serious e-sports series. The Super One British eSports Championship (a proper mouthful, I know), was launched by software developers KartSim. Using their specialist pack for RFactor 2, featuring laser scanned versions of the best kart circuits in the UK, as well as some European tracks. This isn’t cheap though, as the…

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Bayford Meadows Kart Club Round 10

December 6, 2018March 22, 2020 Tom GibsonBambino, BMKR, Club Max, Honda, Honda Cadet, Junior Subaru, karting0 comment

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…