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The Quiet Golden Age of Top-Flight Kart Racing

Monday, March 25th, 2013

Is top-level karting going through a quiet golden era of racing. Why? Well, despite being hilariously expensive and exclusive there is no doubt that the depth of talent racing in KZ1 is almost unrivalled in any other motorsport series in the world. It’s strange isn’t it? Every weekend motorsport fans will gush over F1, BTCC, [...]

The possible ready-made solution to KF karting that is staring right at us!

Saturday, January 12th, 2013

In this article Alan Dove considers the current situation of KF and considers whether the possible solution to KF’s woes is already a class in existence and ready to race today!
Giancarlo Tinini, CRG S.P.A President, recently conceded to StopandGoTV that KF may have caused irreparable damage to top-level karting “Today the ‘fullness’ of 100cc racing is missing… There [...]

IAME Parilla Gazelle is new (un-sealed) British Cadet class engine!

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

After what has been a very long and very exhaustive process, the MSA have finally announced that the IAME Gazelle air-cooled 60cc will be the new British Cadet Karting Championship engine.  A position which the Comer w60 (previously the S60) had held for around two decades. However the MSA do plan to sanction a National Comer [...]

Death of the Carburettor – Karting’s Fuel-Injected Future!

Monday, February 20th, 2012

Less emissions, more efficiency and more power from 2-strokes? “You must be mad” I hear you say. Well I probably am, but that’s besides the point. Karting possibly faces its biggest revolution since Rotax announced the MAX FR125 back in 1997. It’s all about engine management with the emphasis on ‘fuel injection’ instead of the [...]

Retrospective – The 2011 Karting Year by Karting1

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

Karting is such a diverse sport, it’s almost impossible to coherently knit together the general trends throughout a year, but 2011 has seen interesting developments that demonstrate the future direction of the sport.
While single-make racing has been around for decades (Yamaha, TKM, Rotax etc…), 2011 witnessed the traditional Italian manufacturers investing more into this style [...]

The Best Kart Engine You’ve Never Heard Of – Iame Parilla Sudam 125cc Tested!

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

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To be perfectly frank, before we got our hands on a Sudam from IAME we knew we’d absolutely love it. If you don’t live in South America the chances are you have no idea what the hell a Sudam is. The truth is that you really should know about it because it’s simply one of [...]

Greatest Collection of Karting Videos Ever!

Sunday, December 12th, 2010

Here we have a selection of videos uploaded to YouTube by BR karting, Netherlands - bona fide karting heroes. They are possibly the greatest collection of kart racing videos ever. These vids are from the legendary 100cc Formula Super A class  and Formula A European Championship races –  a truely golden era for karting! Thanks BR Karting!
Prepare yourself for [...]

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