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Archive for December, 2008

YouTubeWatch – CIK 2008 Review Vid!

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

The CIK 2008 review vid from the FIA Awards evening has popped up on youtube.

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Top Drivers of 2008!

Friday, December 19th, 2008

There have been many superb drives from karters in 2008. We have cherry picked a few drivers who have either done exceptionally well, or just simply put karting on the map!
Marco Ardigo – KF1 World, and European Champion
Well, there really isn’t much more that can be said about Marco Ardigo. It may always been a [...]

CIK – “Super” KF, and Standard Clutches for the Rest Of KF!

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

The CIK have released their latest set of decisions from the ‘FIA Motorsport Council and the CIK Commission Regarding Karting’.
New KF Category

The current KF1 category competing in the World and European Championships as well as in the World Cup will be split into two classes, with on the one hand a simplifi ed (and, therefore, [...]

New Karts For 2009 Pictures!

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

2009 is going to see some new karts enter the racing scene including the new Lewis Hamilton Kart, the Robert Kubica kart.

The new Swiss Hutless kit for the UK
We have a thread over on the Karting1 Forum with a ton of pictures of new chassis for 2009! There some tasty ones, and well… some [...]

CIK FIA Awards Evening 2008

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Just a day after the FIA Gala the CIK held their annual awards evening celebrating the karting champions of 2008. Also on display were the range of newly homologated karts from Lewis Hamilton, Robert Kubica, and Fernando Alonso.

image ksp.fr – Hamilton’s new kart on display

image ksp.fr – The Karting Champions Of 2008

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Lewis Hamilton Kart Chassis Announced!

Friday, December 12th, 2008

The rumours has being going for quite a while now about a possible Lewis Hamilton branded kart. After CRG homologated the ‘LH’ chassis it didn’t take to much of an imagination to guess what those initials stood for – Lewis Hamilton. The newly crowned F1 World Champion now has his own branded kart just like [...]

‘Pro-Car Racers’ Continue to Flood Karting Grids!

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Though it isn’t unusual to see certain pro race car drivers come back to their routes the last few months have seen an overwhelming amount of ‘pros’ come back into kart racing. The most recent high profile name to get involved is Dan Wheldon who competed at the SKUSA SuperNats in Las Vegas. Another name [...]

F100’s Dominic Albanese Interviewed

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

100cc racing was supposed to be dead by now. With the introduction of KF from the CIK, and the ever growing strength of TaG style karts 100cc should be a distant memory. But in Australia 100cc racing isn’t just surviving, it’s thriving! F100, setup by Dominic Albanese, is going against the grain and showing why [...]