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Video – Porsche GT Racer Crashes at Kerpen Kart Circuit

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

While karts can work pretty well on car circuits, the same can’t be said for cars working on kart circuits. Here’s a clip of a Porsche GT racer doing some demo laps at the Kerpen kart track last year in Germany which ends in disaster as it plows into a marshall post. Thankfully it looks [...]

Callum Ilott: I have won a few races, but I still want to improve!

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

All eyes are on Callum in 2012 – pic by KSP Photo Agency
At just 13 years old British driver Callum Ilott has already bagged the WSK Masters title in KF3, and currently sits a comfortable 3rd in the WSK Euro Series title chase. He continues the legacy of successful British drivers to dominate on [...]

Rotax DD4? No, not a new Rotax, but a stupendous creation for open racing

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

The Australian and New Zealand karting scenes have a remarkable amount of freedom to allow such creations to race. This time we’ve discovered a twin DD2 build ready to race in the open class in Australia. It joins a number of incredible creations which include twin 100cc, twin X30s, KZ+FA (yes, 100cc and KZ on the same kart) and [...]

Karting Video Promotion – ’60s Style from McCulloch!

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

It would be seen as somewhat of a revolution in karting to see major manufacturers to invest in TV/Video style marketing for their products, but in the 60s it appeared to be common place. This amazing video promotes the McCulloch range of karts and engines from 1961. It includes some brilliant manufacturer process footage, information about magnesium wheels, ‘new tech’ like ackerman steering and [...]

Karts in slow motion video from opening round of the WSK Euro Series!

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

Video of the very wet opening round of the WSK Euro series in super slow-motion. Got to love Slo-Mo!

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PFi and other Euro Rounds Ditched in CIK World Champs Rescue Bid!

Monday, April 16th, 2012

PFi extended their track and Varennes had invested in launching a massive promotional campaign in preperation for hosting the 2012 world Karting Championship. Unfortunately their monumental effort has come to nothing as the CIK confirm they are ditching the European based rounds of the 2012 World Karting Championship, in a bid to save it.

“However, when [...]

New Vortex 4-Stroke Breaks Cover!

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

Vortex have presented their new 4-stroke engine on their website. They recently announced a tie-up with engine manufacturer Tech-F1 and Vortex’s latest engine resembles the Tech-F1 engine very closely. It has three power ranges from 21hp, 35.5hp and 38hp. It also weighs 16.3kg.
The engine as standard doesn’t have any particular new or innovative features but Vortex [...]

TrakWatch. The new stopwatch App for karting!

Thursday, April 5th, 2012

This professional race stopwatch app for the iPhone has been designed using ergonomic principles so that the controls fall to the natural movement of your hand.
Ergonomic Design
The Lap and Split buttons can be further configured to suit your personal hand positioning through the options page, and there is audible and vibrate confirmation of operation.
Lap and [...]

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