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Mini 60: Will Macintyre takes first Euro Series win.

April 1, 2019March 22, 2020 Tom Gibsonkart republic, mini 60, race, Sarno, will macintyre, wsk0 comment

Just a week after the conclusion of the Super Masters Series, the WSK paddock was at Sarno for the first round of the Euro series, with a 71 strong field of cadets present. As always with the cadets, it was a close fight for the fastest time in qualifying. Energy’s Alex Powell stole the honours from Keanu Al Azhari by just 0.005s. Powell’s team mate Kirill Kutskov was 3rd fastest with Andrea Filaferro 4th. Fastest Britt was Team Driver Racing’s Will Macintyre in 9th. The remaining Brits were a lot…

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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…

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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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WSK: Day steals the win in OKJ

February 26, 2019March 22, 2020 Tom GibsonAntonelli, Bedrin, Day, Kosmic, KR, Lonato, Tony Kart, WARD, wsk0 comment

The second round of the WSK Super Masters series took place on Sunday (24th Feb), with 109 drivers in the OKJ class, but it was a British driver who stole the headlines. It looked like Arvid Lindblad who would be the top British hopeful during qualifying, but he was still down in 17th as Thomas Ten Brinke set the fastest time with a 48.471. Rosberg Racing’s Andrea Antonelli was 2nd after his Winter cup success. Jamie Day was further down the order in 29th. But as the heats played out,…

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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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OKJ: Rafael Camara Chaves flying high in Adria

February 6, 2019March 22, 2020 Tom Gibsonadria, BirelART, Energy, Super Masters, wsk0 comment

A bumper grid of 61 juniors arrived in Adria to do battle. The entry list featured some of the top Juniors from Europe and Asia. Qualifying saw Paolo Gerrari take pole on a drying track ahead of Tonykart’s Nikita Bedrin. Tymoteusz Kucharczyk was 3rd with Brando Badoer 4th. Robert De Haan scored 5th while Ricky Flynn’s Thomas Ten Brinke rounding out the top 6. A total of 10 heats would be contested over Friday and Saturday, with each driver racing in 4. After those heats it was Conrad Laursen who…

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Travisanutto wins for HTP in Adria

February 6, 2019March 22, 2020 Tom GibsonChampion, HTP Racing, KR, Super Masters, thompson, Travisanutto, wsk0 comment

The 4 round WSK Super Masters Series kicked off last weekend (Feb 1/2/3) at Adria, where 39 of the top drivers took to the track in the OK class. The action kicked off with qualifying, which saw a drying track play its hand in the results. After the 2 sessions, it was Ward Racing’s Sebastian Ogaard who took pole, topping group 2 with a 1:03.229, while Team Komarov’s Aleksey Sizov topped group 1 with a 1:03.380. Dexter Patterson put his KR kart into 3rd while Ogaard’s team mate Kirill Smal…

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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…