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Archive for April, 2008

BRDC SOT – Truelove Doubles Up In MSA Cadet Championship!

Monday, April 21st, 2008

PFi was the host for the first two rounds of the Stars Of Tomorrow Series incorporating the MSA British Cadet Kart Championship. Once again the weather was typically wet and miserable. It makes you wonder if we will actually see a dry weekend of national competition…

Report/Photo’s of Cadets, KF3, MiniMAX, and Junior MAX>>

iRacing Announce They Will Include Karting in their Sim!

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

iRacing, a newly developing driving simulator, has announced they will include karting in their game. They announced this during an interview with SimRacingTonight.
iRacing has caused quite an uproar in the sim community with it’s pricing scheme that works more on a subscription basis than a one-off payment which could prove very costly for the [...]

MSA British Karting Championship 2008 Round 1- Three Sisters Wigan 1

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

After the first three Super 1 events for Rotax and TKM failed to complete a full set of finals we hoped we might see a complete program today. Thankfully we did, but the weekend was not controversy free.

Rumblings around the paddock suggest that the Comer Cadet class still has issues with the new Tryton carbs [...]

Young Kart Driver Killed in Tragic Accident in the USA

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Yesterday 12 year old Rotax kart driver Kenneth McKinster was tragically killed in an accident in the USA at Tri-City Kart Club.
According to tri-cityherald.com – “he was killed when his kart left the asphalt at high speed, crossed a grassy slope and went through a wire cable fence. The boy sustained fatal injuries to [...]

Jack Harvey in Bandicrime Shock Horror!

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

We at Karting1 always keep an eye out for bandicrimes that are commited by the very best karters from around the world. When we saw this we had to let the karting1 readers see –

9/10 on the Bandit Gauge
UK Kart Sensation Jack Harvey was actually taking part in a race off with a BBC [...]

KF1 Karter Will Stevens is signed up to Honda F1 Racing!

Friday, April 11th, 2008

TonyKart KF1 driver Will Stevens has signed to Honda F1 Racing for future support, echoing Mclaren’s recent signing of Oliver Rowland to their young drivers program.
Will Steven’s, 2005 Junior British Karting Champion, recently won the first round of the WSK Series in KF1 and has looked impressive in his first year in the KF1. He [...]

Jack Hawksworth – UK’s KZ Star Interviewed

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

While British drivers continue to excel in the direct drive International scene, UK based drivers have never made a big impact in the gearbox arena…until now!

Jack Hawksworth stamped his mark at Round 2 of the WSK Series in KZ2 (formely ICC) with a top 10 finish racing against the likes of Marco Ardigo and Jonathon [...]

WSK Round 2 Angerville, France. Brits Dominate!

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

KF3 – Mackenzie Taylor takes victory in the KF3 final from Raffaele Marciello. Full Results>>
KZ2 – Marco Ardigo gets back to winning ways with victory in KZ2 for TonyKart/Vortex. Brit Jack Hawksworth finishes a very credible 11th. Full Results>>
KF1 – In wet/snowy conditions the Brits dominate as Jason Parrot takes a fantastic win from [...]