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OK: Patterson WSK Seals Super Masters Title

March 25, 2019March 22, 2020 Tom GibsonCIK, Dexter Patterson, kartrepublic, Lorenzo Travisanutto, Super Masters, wsk0 comment

The final round of the WSK Super Masters Series took place at the world famous Sarno circuit. 48 drivers arrived as part of the OK senior class, the championship was still wide open. Coming into this weekend, Dexter Patterson had a 38 point lead over Lorenzo Travisanutto while Taylor Barnard and Gabriele Mini’ were 81 and 91 points behind in 3rd and 4th. They had an outside chance of the title if the leaders hit trouble. Right from the start, it was clear that Patterson would be the one to…

WSK: Patterson beats Travisanutto to OK win

February 26, 2019March 22, 2020 Tom Gibsonkartrepublic, Lonato, Patterson, Round 2, Super Masters, Tony Kart, Travisanutto, wsk0 comment

The OK class had was one of the smallest grids at 66 of the weekend, but it had some real star quality. But it was a different name at the top of the time sheets, in Ward Racing’s Dino Beganovic who set the pace in qualifying. Second was Gabriele Mini’ and Dexter Patterson 3rd. CRG’s Gabriel Bortoleto with Noah Milell rounding out the top 5. Down the order was Dilano Van T Hoff in 12th and Aleksey Sizov, who had a strong showing at Round 1 down in 39th. Mini’…

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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…

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Mini X30: Freddie Slater completes clean sweep at Winter Cup

February 12, 2019March 22, 2020 Tom GibsonEurope, Freddie Slater, Fusion Motorsport, Iame, kartrepublic, Valencia, Winter Cup0 comment

The Iame Winter Cup kick started the international karting calendar, where some of the continents top drivers descended on Valencia to do battle. The Mini X30 class was first to hit the track with a strong 34 driver field. It was clear from the start that the driver to beat would be Freddie Slater. The young Brit managed to put his Fusion Motorsport kart on pole position by a tenth from BRT’s Alberto Hurtado Gonzalex and Driver Racing Kart’s Giovanni Trentin. Slater’s team mate Leo Robinson was an impressive 11th…

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TB Racing show off Mclaren Customer Racing Programme

January 30, 2019March 22, 2020 Tom GibsonEuropean champs, kartrepublic, OK, OKJ, TB Racing Team, world champs0 comment

At the Offenbach Expo, current OK European Champions TB Racing showed off their new driver line up, and new supporter for 2019. The team has joined forces with Mclaren Customer Racing to create the Driving School. This move aims to provide a first step on the Mclaren Customer Racing programme, which currently extends up to GT3. TB Racing runs the karting division of Dörr Motorsport, the German retailer of Mclaren’s race cars. The team will be campaigning a pair of Mclaren 570s GT4s in the new ADAC GT4 series. As part…

Barnard wins on OK debut

January 29, 2019March 22, 2020 Tom Gibsonadria, Barnard, kartrepublic, race day, racing, thompson, wsk0 comment

Taylor Barnard has made his senior karting debut at the WSK Champions Cup at Adria. The field of 26 drivers had some top names, including Barnards former team mate Lorenzo Travisanutto. The Italian world champion has moved to the HTP squad which took Hannes Janker to the European Championship. Barnard was quick to stamp his authority on the senior field, topping Qualifying by 0.027s from Dexter Patterson. Dilano Van T Hoff was a strong 3rd with Travisnautto a close 4th. Another top name present was Harry Thompson, who was down…