Kartsport Auckland’s AGM will be held on Friday 7th June, 7.30pm at our club rooms.
Come on down and support your club; have a say & perhaps think about what you may be able to contribute ‘off-track’ and behind the scenes.
We have a great club and facility, but what makes it so good is you the members. Looking forward to seeing you all.
Bar will open at 7pm. Half price drinks till start of meeting. Bar will reopen at conclusion of meeting.
Gates open 9.00am
Indemnity signings at the track
Payment to be made at the track – Auckland members – $10.00/Everyone else – $20.00
Greg Crombie is the man to see.
Practice will run from 10.00am – 5.00pm
Please note that there will be no shop facilities so take a picnic lunch.
Also, as the track is being used on Saturday for the Explore & Learn Academy it is NOT available this day.
May 25th at Kartsport Auckland
Dramatically improve your lap times, your set-ups, your driving style and your fun in just one day on KartSports “Explore and Learn” ACADEMY courses.
Open to all current Kartsport members the Explore and Learn courses will make you a better driver. Be you a newish Cadet, a C or B rated driver looking to nail all the basics, or a senior wanting to perfect that passing manoeuvre or improve those crucial set-ups. This is the course for you.
Only New Zealand’s very best coaches have been selected and are ready to share their skills and passion with you on a day of intensive training for driver and crew.
One crewmember is welcome to accompany the driver and for those under 18 this is mandatory. The crew take an active part in the training day especially with regards to kart preparation and set up procedures. You will need all your normal race day equipment including of course your kart – Full details available on request and or booking confirmation.
Course Content: Driving theory – Chassis set up – On track exercises covering everything from how to make a great start, fast corners to braking styles and passing.
Contact/Enquiries – Gary Wilson gary@g11.co.nz
More information can be found on the Kartsport NZ website – www.kartsport.org.nz
Congratulations to the following drivers who are the Kartsport Auckland 2013 Club Champions -
Cadet Josh Parkinson
Junior Restricted Lachlan Smith
Formula Junior Connor Westbury
Yamaha Light Nick Carpenter
Rotax Light Daniel Connor
Rotax Heavy Daniel Sayles
Un-Rated Cadet Taariq Mohamed
For those of you prefer a hard copy of our Auckland Club dates for 2013 to be hung on the office, kitchen, workshop wall here it is for download. Auckland 2013 Club Race Calendar
Yes, it’s that time again! Memberships are due for renewal April 1st. Membership Form here Membership Form 2013 2014
Memberships can also be renewed via the on-line entry system.
Be aware that your race licence is not current without a current membership also so especially for drivers heading to the National Champs over Easter make sure you have your membership current!!!
The 2012 Burger Fuel Series was another great success with some great racing on show. We thank Burger Fuel for thie support of the club.
Overall Points are here Series Overall Points – 2012
The Burger Fuell 500 Grand Prix was contested by the Junior Restricted Class. A 20 lap no-holds-barred battle between Dylan Smith and Lachlan Smith with Aidan Robson lurking in the background. Dylan prevailed to take the win and Aidan got up to second ahead of Lachlan.
October 14th will see the conclusion of the Burger Fuel series for 2012.
It will also see the running of the Burger Fuel Grand Prix (20 laps); the contesting class will be announced the morning of race day.
Check out the series points after round 1 here Series Overall Points – 2012
AGAIN!
Following on from winning the Top Half Series Club Challenge we have also added to the trophy cabinet the Auckland/Mt Wellington Annual Challenge Cup.
Credit to the dedicated FEW members that took it upon themselves to contest – and WIN – this years Inter-Club Challenge.
As always, it was close – only 2 points separated the two clubs at the end of the day. This year is the first time the host club has not been the winner.
We thank Mt Wellington club for their hospitality & arranging the weather. It was a wonderful FUN day under the sun; albeit a cool sun.
Highlights -
Auckland dominated Senior Yamaha (not a Mt Welly driver to be seen!) On the other hand, Mt Welly dominated both Junior classes – Yamaha & Formula J – not an Aucklander to be seen in either of these classes.
Un-Rated Cadets – Callum Armstrong achieved his first ever race win & finished second overall – and it was a close battle!
Sacred Heart College brothers, Nick & Sam Carpenter held off the St Kentigern team of Shaun Grocock & Nathan Reid to take out the Secondary Schools team honours at this years Auckland Schools Champs.
The Primary/Intermediate section was closely fought; a three-way tie that after the countback system saw Waiau Pa School – Matthew Payne & Liam Lawson – take the title from Birkenhead Primary – Dylan & Ashton Grant – with Albany Primary – Ryan Crombie & Ryan Murdoch – in third.
Thirty one schools were represented overall with five Primary/Intermediate and seven Secondary schools fielding teams.
The Cadet class went to NZ #1 Matthew Payne from Sam Wright & Ben Morrison. Dylan Grant held out the Albany Primary pairing of Ryan Crombie & Ryan Murdoch to take the unrated section of cadets.
Sebastian Bainbridge won Junior Restricted comfortably with Dylan Smith 2nd & Connor Wilson 3rd; Wilson leaving his best for the final with a magnificent drive.
Credit to Jacob Smith in Junior Yamaha. Although winning all races bar one, it was not an easy task. Smith, Nathan Reid & Jonathan Buxeda raced a three-way battle all day with the lead changing multiple times in most races.
Formula Junior was a class field. Howick College’s CJ Sinclair drove superbly for the overall win from Kaitlyn Wonnacott and Arran Crighton.
Nick Carpenter won Yamaha Light from Shuan Grocock & also went on to win Rotax Light from Ben Kimber & brother Sam.
The recent rounds of the Rotax Challenge & Pro-Kart Series’ at Bay of Plenty saw Kane Taylor qualify fastest in Rotax Light & finish 4th in the final after some close racing. Mark Wheeler (3rd), Garry Claxton (4th) and Todd Wheeler (5th) all performed well in the KZ2 Masters category and Graeme Smyth held on for a 3rd place finish in KZ2
Both these series’ are at Auckland over the weekend of August 25th/26th for their penultimate rounds. There will be some great racing on show!
Congratulations to Auckland members Sam Wright – Cadet, and Dylan Smith – Junior Restricted.
Both drivers achieving third place finishes at the National Schools Championships held in Wellington over the weekend of July 7th/8th
Well done guys!
Last weekend saw the final round of the 2012 Top Half Series run at Kartsport Mt Wellington. CONGRATULATIONS to all our Auckland reps who contested this series. Kartsport Auckland is now the Top Half CHAMPION CLUB. Further details on the Top Half page.
Easter Weekend saw the running of the Kartsport NZ Sprint Nationals at Kartsport Hamilton. It was a wonderful weekend of top class racing & awesome weather to boot.
Congratulations to those of our members flying the Auckland club flag. KZ2 saw Ryan Grant & Graeme Smyth finish 2nd & 3rd in this class. To those of you not quite making the podium your efforts do not go without note & we hope to see you again at this prestigous event next year.
Last weekend saw Kane Taylor & Anthony Murch head off to the Rotax Challenge. Both drivers achieveing top 10 finishes in their classes -
Kane 3rd in Rotax Light & Anthony 8th in Rotax Heavy.
The Challenge will be in Auckland late August in conjunction with the Pro-Kart Series; a chance to see & support our Auckland drivers.
Kane & Anthony were in Hamilton over the May 6th weekend for the Hamilton round of the Max Challenge.
Kane qualified in the top 6 & moved up throughout the heats & pre-final; culminating in a second place finish in the final.
Anthony, while not qualifying well also moved forward through the day, sneaking into the top 10 in the final.
