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Archive for February, 2007

Schumacher

Monday, February 26th, 2007

Schumacher once again has been testing with the Vortex/TonyKart KF1 at Ugento. The test was to gain data about the Bridgestone tyres. Even though no times were released it is rumoured that he was around half a second or more off 2006 European Kart Champion Marco Ardigo.
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It’s surprising he isn’t quicker in the [...]

Oliver Rowland in Display of JICA Magic

Monday, February 19th, 2007

Give credit where it’s due, Shenington’s decision to send Oli Rowland to the back of the grid after a false start was an act of pure genius…. because it lead to the finest most exhilarating display of driving I have seen in years! That boy was just lit up from the word go [...]

Gary Catt Heads Timesheets at Winter Cup!

Friday, February 16th, 2007

Gary Catt has topped the time sheets on day 1 of the Winter Cup in KF1 on his TonyKart/Vortex package. The field is pretty much dominated by IAME, and Vortex engines, but PCR have put a spanner in the works as Armand Convers got the 2nd fastest time. More surprisingly the times between PCR, IAME, [...]

Kart Champions Video

Friday, February 16th, 2007

Kart Champions is a new karting game billed as the most realistic kart simulation ever. (KartSim might have something to say about that though). However a new video has been released by the guys at S-EGames, Kart Champion developers, of what appears to be onboard footage at SRA Karting International Circuit.
The clip doesn’t contain sound, [...]

Special Report – KF3 Fails to Impress at Kimbolton

Monday, February 12th, 2007

A KF3 kart engine once again showed its head in the UK. This time it was piloted by Max Goff.

XTR KF3 at Kimbolton
In a special report we speak to Max about driving the new motor, and reveal what some spectators really thought of the new motor. KF3 kart engine special report>>

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Freestyle Karting MotoX Styley!

Friday, February 9th, 2007

Travis Pastrana is a MotoX Freestyle GOD, and when he is not tearing up sik double back flips on his bike he does this for fun with his 125cc shifter kart -

So while the CIK are busy trying to save karting with powervalves, clutches, starter motors, and batteries, the MotoX crew are showing [...]

CIK Officially Present KF1 at Paul Ricard

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Yesterday the CIK formally presented the new era of karting at the Paul Ricard circuit. Marco Ardigo, and Davide Fore both demonstrated their new KF1 karts on the Paul Ricard Kart Circuit before some journalists had a go.
Early reports suggest the engines are very different to drive. most notably the lack of ‘engine braking’, [...]

CIK Release ‘New Era’ Statement!

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

The CIK have released a statement containing what their goals are with the new KF generation kart engines. Even though a lot of the statements contained in the release make perfect sense, some may have to come under some scrutiny. For example -
“It will be safer:
on-board electrical starter
centrifugal clutch
rev limiter (fewer risks of seizures)”
However, [...]

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