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NSW Superkart Club Racing at Wakefield Park A Success!

01/05/04

This just in from Kevin Hartin Superkart Club of NSW

With round 2 of the club championship run and won at Wakefield Park last weekend, we can take time to look back on what was a very successful promotion for the club.

We had 12 non club members take up the offer to go racing with us on the Wakefield Park permit and licensing scheme and every one of them had a ball. The gaggle of Rotax MAX sprint kart drivers certainly got onto the long circuit requirements fairly quickly and ended up taking out all three places for the day.

Already, we have snagged a new/old member in Colin Moore, who didn't have to ask twice when his missus and former Superkarter, Linda (nee Mapp) told him to go and get his CAMS license and get back into regular racing. No doubt there will be a few more to follow as word gets around about our style of racing.
 

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2004 European Championships Schedule
The FIA/CIK has released the 2004 schedule for the European Championship for Superkarts.
May 21, 22, 23 at Magny Cours, France, F/E only
July 30, 31, August 1 at Assen, Netherlands, F/E & IC/E
October 16, 17 at Donington Park, Great Britain, F/E & IC/E (Date Changed)

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P1 Ram Airbox and Filter Kits

Courtesy of the Forker Bros Good Times Racing website

"P1 Superflow" airfilter produced by P1 Performance, Inc. A high flow, low restriction filter specifically designed for the 256 engine w/ prolock attachment system and formed velocity stacks for increased venturi induction.  Units are currently available for $150.00 USD.

"Prolock" patented filter attachment system was designed by R&D Racing of World Championship Jet Ski fame; allowing quick filter removal and servicing w/o a hose clamp and absolute positive sealing of the filter.  The "P1 Superflow" filter was co-developed with Glen Dickinson of R&D racing.

We also have a "P1 Ram Air Box" which is also available w/ the same prolock system. Increased top speed and maximum airflow. This elaborate  ram air box was a designed  for easy servicing and quick carb adjustment. The prototype will be tested at Laguna Seca by Cory Fancy. We would like to thank Mike Hemingway for his extensive knowledge and consulting.

P1 Ram Air Box kits are currently available for $485.00 US dollars.
Distribution of the filter and ram air box in Europe will be exclusively handled by   Mike Hemingway.

Pat Yoshikane, P1 Performance, patyoshikane@hotmail.com

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Victorian State Superkart Titles

Supplementary regulations for the Victorian State Superkart Titles to be held at Phillip Is. are available from the Victorian Superkart Club

They are available for download by Clicking Here

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Victorian Superkart Club 2004 Race Calendar

Round 1 Philip Island February 21st

Round 2 Winton Raceway March 28th

Round 3 Mallala April 18th - Sth Australian x-over meeting

Round 4 Winton Raceway May 23rd

Round 5 Winton Raceway August 8th

Round 6 Winton Raceway Saturday October 30th

Round 7 Winton November 21st Enduo & Sth Australian x-over meeting

Nationals Wakefield Park NSW September 4 & 5th

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Queensland Superkart Club 2004 Race Calendar

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Adelaide Superkart Club 2004 Race Calendar

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NSW Superkart Club 2004 Race Calendar

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NSW Superkart Club Running at Oran Park Under AAA Permit

This courtesy of the Kevin Hartin NSW Superkart Club

30/11/01

As of my last, very positive posting on November 6th, we were going to run our scheduled race meeting at Oran Park on December 7th utillising a permit from the AAA rather than a CAMS event permit. 

It seems that CAMS was not too impressed about that and have brought to bear pressure on the management of Oran Park, which would more than likely have a bearing on Oran Parks activities and or outstanding insurance claims, resulting in a reversal of their earlier decision to accept our booking with AAA insurance.

To add further insult, Oran Park are happy to run non racing activities such as Open and Closed Practice, Sprints, Lap Dashes and Corporate drive days under the cheaper AAA insurance coverage, but deem that the risk is too great to trust this insurance to be sufficient for a race meeting where experienced drivers take to the track in a highly controlled environment with paramedics in attendance.

Special thanks should go to those determined interstate Superkarters that are working hard behind the scenes to undermine our NSW's efforts to engineer a way for the NSW club to resume racing and have closed their minds to any alternative to CAMS. We may not be as politically astute as others at this time, but I can assure everyone that it takes a lot more than that to kill a cockroach.

I could go on and enlighten you all to the goings on over the past two weeks, but I fear that the CAMS and Oran Park Solicitors don't need the extra work, nor can I find any provisions in CAMS annual report for further expense in an environment of rising costs, falling membership, disappearing race meetings and increased competition from our friends at the AAA. 

At least, we are yet to be given the pineapple treatment for the Eastern Creek Superkart Spectacular, with more entries continuing to come in taking our total to 68.

Kevin Hartin
Vice President
250 Inter #91

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NSW Superkart Club Running at Oran Park Under AAA Permit

This courtesy of the Kevin Hartin NSW Superkart Club

Just when we thought we had had the last of the very few race meetings in NSW for 2003, we have managed to secure a permit that will allow us to race at Oran Park on December 7th. This will be the final round of our much truncated 2003 NSW Club Championship.

Thanks to the efforts of the AAA, the NSW Superkart Club will be the first club to run a race meeting in NSW with insurance coverage from someone other than CAMS. The AAA, led by a consortium of well known track owners, has run a few meetings under their cover in Victoria and are in negotiations for a number of prominent events during 2004.

After much due dilligence on behalf of the club executive, we are satisfied that a AAA permit provides an equivalent level of cover that we have come to expect from CAMS, but at a lower cost and with some sensible concessions that will see additional reductions in running costs at the race meeting.

In addition, as the AAA has their own licensing regime, it allows participation by non-CAMS license holders, such as those with AKA licenses. As a result we expect to see additional entrants in Rotax MAX and 125cc Gearbox classes, with regular sprint karters trying out the long circuit.

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Cams Bulletin Concerning BRC 250cc Superkart Engines

Cams has just issued these bulletins covering the taping over of Rotax Max radiators and the use of BRC 250 engines in F/E class. The rule alterations have been highlighted in blue.

Page 1 of 1 Bulletin Number: B03/076 Date of Implementation: 5 September 2003 

Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Ltd A.B.N. 55 069 045 665

Cams Bulletin Concerning Taping Of Radiators on Rotax Max

Page 1 of 1 Bulletin Number: B03/075 Date of Implementation: 5 September 20035 September 2003

Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Ltd A.B.N. 55 069 045 665

851 Dandenong Road, Malvern East Victoria 3145 PO Box 147 Caulfield East Victoria 3145

Telephone: 03 9593 7777 Facsimile: 03 9593 7700 www.cams.com.au

International Tel: +61 3 9593 7777 International Fax: +61 3 9593 7700

TECHNICAL BULLETIN

125CC NON-GEARBOX CLASS - RADIATORS

REFERENCE:

CAMS 2003 Manual of Motor Sport, Section 9 – Superkart Technical Regulations, 125cc Non-

Gearbox Class, Article 9.6 (xvi) – Radiators, (Page 9-16).

RATIONALE:

To permit taping over of the radiator cores in the 125cc Non-Gearbox class.

AUTHORITY:

These regulations were approved by the Australian Motor Racing Commission by circulation vote

on 4 September, 2003.

ACTION:

Article 9.6 (xvi) – Radiators of the 125cc Non-Gearbox class technical regulations be amended as

follows:

(xvi) Radiator: One (1) only, genuine Rotax aluminium radiator is permitted.

Cooling area: Height = 290mm, Width = 133mm, Thickness = 32mm. Twelve (12) only water cores are permitted.

Placement of radiator is free subject to Superkarts - Technical Regulations Article 6.4. No thermostats, cooling devices, flow controlling devices and/or thermostats are permitted. 

Taping over of the radiator cores is permitted.

Originated by: Ben Alexander

Executive Officer – Motor Racing

Authorised by: Peter Ryan

Manager Motor Sport Operations

Distribution:

Board of CAMS Murray Finlay (e not for Manual)

National Superkart Committee All Superkart Clubs

AMRC Jenny Thompson

CEO Ben Alexander

National Managers State Managers

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Superkart Racing at Wakefield Park

August 10th 2003

This just in from Kevin Hartin NSW Superkart Club VP

After a trip down south to Wakefield Park by club executives Kevin Hartin and John Pellicano, it has been announce that NSW Superkart Club (NSWSKC)  have negotiated a place as a support category at the State Championship meeting to be held at Wakefield Park on Sunday August 10th.

For those that have followed the recent happenings, it was looking good for NSWSKC to once again run with the bikes at Oran Park on August 10th. That was up until a couple of days ago when it became clear that Oran Park had lost their track license to run Bikes on safety grounds .

John and Kevin did a track inspection of Wakefield Park and are happy to report that the areas of concern  to superkarts in the past have been addressed to the NSWSKC's satisfaction. The double right hand corners at the top of the hill has been fixed where the new extension meets the old circuit and the braking area at the last turn has also been smoothed out considerably. There is the option to either run the superkarts on the new last corner or the old, which is what the karts have usually run.

A final decision on which track configuration used will be made after practice.

Entries for this meeting are to go back to Wakefield Park, along with the entry fee of $180.00 AUD

 It is imperative that our members support the exec in attending this meeting as it may well be your last opportunity to race in NSW this year. Also, if we get at least 25 superkarts to the track, we are looking good for a place as a support category at a series of four meetings to be held at Wakefield Park during 2004, featuring Touring Cars and other popular crowd drawing categories which will be confirmed subsequent to the successful promotion of this event.

It cannot stressed enough that you must make every  efforts to support this meeting as the future viability of Superkarting in NSW may well depend on its success.

Kevin Hartin

Vice-President NSWSKC

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Qld State Superkart Titles

Morgan Park Raceway

Warwick QLD

This just in from courtesyof  the Superkart Club of NSW website and penned by Paul Battle

QLD State Titles 

24-25.5.03

A small contingent of seven drivers,with entrants in the 80,125 and twins, made the trek to sunny but cold (and dusty, is it dusty Joe?) Warwick for the Queensland state titles at the recently upgraded Morgan Park track. A great drivers track but pretty bumpy in places.
Friday practice turned sour for Warren Mcillveen when his brake pedal went to the crash bar at one of the fastest parts of the track and went head on into the tyre barrier. With the kart bent like a banana, his weekend appeared to be over before it even began. But with the help of our guys, a few locals and three old drums of petrol he was back in action. The kart practically as new. He then proceeded to win all races and take the 250 title.
In the 125’s the result was the same with Anthony Zullian sweeping all the races for the 125 title.
Three representatives took part in the 80 class. Ross Hansen, Doug Ward and Paul Battle. With no practice before racing commenced they had their work cut out for them. Paul only getting two laps in qualifying after a broken battery connection. Pole went to local Chryss Jamieson with our guys lining up 13th,14th, and 15th.
Race one saw Ross finish second, Paul third and Dougy in fifth position after having to fight through slower traffic.
In race two, Paul just beat home local Jason Smith, Ross fell victim to a mysterious carby problem and Doug crossed the line fourth.
Third race saw all karts combined adding to the excitement. Paul won again, Ross a close third and Doug not to far back in fifth.
The fourth race shaped to be close between Ross and Paul but unfortunately Ross suffered a puncture and steadily slowed to be fifth at the flag leaving Paul to take the win while Dougy raced hard for fourth.
Unusually there were five races but only the first four counted towards the title. Paul won comfortably after the chasing pack got caught up with some slower 125 drivers. Dougy was third after a great race with Ashley Jamieson and Jason Smith. Ross DNS’d after a previous off on Saturday left him with bruising too sore to continue.
A top weekend was had by all. NSW drivers claiming every class they contested.
Thanks to the QLD superkart club who organised extra pits for us and a BBQ at a nearby motel on saturday night helping to add to the atmosphere.
There is a meeting there in July, so anybody thinking of going should make the trip (approx 10 hours drive). Especially since we don’t have a meeting for a few months.

Paul Battle.

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CANCELLATION OF RACE MEETING

 ORAN PARK RACEWAY

 29^TH JUNE 2003  

This info courtesy of Kevin Hartin Vice President of the NSW Superkart Club

It is with regret that the New South Wales Superkart Club Executive have been forced to cancel the race meeting scheduled for June 29th at Oran Park South.

The refusal of CAMS to issue Permits for us to run race meetings in conjunctions with Motorcycle clubs, has forced us to go on the hunt for other Car clubs to run meetings in conjunction with, a task that has proved impossible at such short notice. For more on this issue Click Here

With many clubs already committed to a calendar for 2003, the Executive is focusing on opportunities to partner up with other car clubs to jointly run meetings for the remainder of 2003 as well as actively pursuing avenues that will enable us to renew our long term arrangement with the Motorcycle racing fraternity.

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CANCELLATION OF RACE MEETING

 CALDER PARK RACEWAY

 8^TH JUNE 2003

 It is with regret that the Committee of the VSKC advises it members of the cancellation of  Round 5 (Relay Event) which was scheduled to be held at Calder Park Raceway on 8^th June 2003.

 The information we have received from CAMS is as follows: 

• Calder Park Raceway was placed in the hands of Administrators in March this year, and they were, we understand, instructed to “wind it up”
• CAMS have been negotiating since this time, for Calder Park to renew its Track Licence, due to there being a number of race meetings scheduled this year
• The Administrators indicated to CAMS that they were trying to source alternative Insurance cover for the track
• CAMS gave Calder Park Administrators until 5pm Thursday 15^th May 2003 to respond
• By Monday 19^th May 2003 CAMS had received in writing from the Administrators, a letter stating that they no longer wanted a track licence for motorsport to be held at Calder Park.

 The result of this is that as members of CAMS, we will not run any meeting without a Permit issued by them.  This permit gives us insurance cover in case of accidents.  CAMS have indicated today that they will not be issuing a Permit for our June race meeting.

 CAMS regrets that at this stage they have not been able to rectify the matter more successfully, but have confirmed that they will continue to negotiate with the Administrators.

 A “Press Release” to the media advising of Calder Park’s current situation and future will be issued by CAMS shortly.

 Please understand that as the Committee for this Club we are responsible for ensuring that Members and their teams  are appropriately covered  by Insurance whilst at any race track and as such must adhere to the regulations supplied by CAMS.  We trust Members understand that this situation is completely out of our control.

 Vicky Bey

Race Secretary

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New South Wales Superkart Club Race Calendar for 2003

Date	Venue	Event
8 - 9 February	Eastern Creek	2003 Superkart Spectacular NSW Club Championship Round 1 (double points)
22 - 23 March	Eastern Creek	NSW State Chamionship Round 1 of 2
27 April	Oran Park South	NSW Club Championship Round 2
24 - 25 May	Morgan Park Qld (not confirmed)	NSW Club Championship Round 3 (double points) and QLD State Championship
29 June	Oran Park South	NSW Club Championship Round 4
26 - 27 July	Eastern Creek	NSW State Chamionship Round 2 of 2
5 October	Oran Park GP	NSW Club Championship Round 5
9 November	Oran Park South	NSW Club Championship Round 6
7 December	Oran Park South	NSW Club Championship Round 7

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Queensland Superkart Club Race Calendar for 2003

This info courtesy of the Queensland Superkart Club

Month	Venue	State
February 16/17th	Queensland Raceway	QLD
March 29/30th	Morgan Park	QLD
May 3/4th	Queensland Raceway	QLD
May 24/25th	Morgan Park (Queensland State Championships)	QLD
July 5/6th	Queensland Raceway	QLD
August 9/10th	Morgan Park	QLD
September 20/21th	Mallaa - South Australia ( Superkart National Titles)	SA
September 27/28th	Morgan Park	QLD
November 29/30th	Queensland Raceway	QLD

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South Australian Superkart Club Race Calendar for 2003

Date	State	Event	Venue
February 8-9	NSW	2003 Superkart Spectacular	E.Creek
February 23	SA	S.A. Superkart Cup Round 1	Mallala
February 23	Vic	Club Meeting	Calder
March 16	Vic	S.A. Superkart Cup Round 2  (Interstate X-Over)	Winton
April 6	SA	S.A. Superkart Cup Round 3  (Interstate X-Over)	Mallala
May 11	Vic	Club Meeting	Winton
May 18	SA	Enduro   (4 x 15 Laps)	Mallala
June 8	Vic	2Hr RELAY Event	Calder
June 22	SA	Australian Superkart Grand Prix	Mallala
July	NSW	Victorian Club meeting in NSW	TBA
August 17	SA	S.A. Superkart Cup Round 4	Mallala
September 20-21	SA	Australian Superkart National Championships	Mallala
October 19	SA	Special Event  -  TBA	Mallala
October 26	Vic	Club Meeting	Winton
November 16	SA	S.A. Superkart Cup Round 5	Mallala
November 23	Vic	Enduro	Winton

 

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Morgan Park Transformed

Courtesy QLD Superkart Club website

(20-10-02)

Morgan Park Raceway in Warwick has undergone a radical transformation. 

The track has virtually doubled in length and boasts four different configurations.

The surface is billiard table smooth and runoff is good (apparently designed with v8s in mind).

Ripple strips are not too severe and there doesn't appear to be any problem with track/off-track surface heights.

So as you can see the layouts are exciting, especially Track D & E.

I think the track will be a winner for all classes and challenging to drive.

Track E with over 10 turns and theoretical top speeds of V8s over 200 at T4,5 & 7.

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CAMS Schedule of Fees for 2003

Appendix R This information courtesy of the Confederation of Australian Motorsport (CAMS) website www.cams.com.au CAMS Statement 22 Oct 2002 In response to the requests of our members, please find enclosed a version of Appendix R listing CAMS fees for 2003 as passed at the Board Meeting on Friday 18th October. The final fees will appear in the 2003 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, due for release in December. It is envisaged that there will not be changes to the listing attached herewith. Due to the communication that we have received from club delegates in 2002, we have introduced a 4 tier fee structure for club affiliation in 2003. These fees will assist the smaller CAMS affiliated clubs which is important considering that some of these clubs with less than 40 members are our most active in relation to motor sport activities and event organisation. The majority of licence fees and permit fees have seen a 3% CPI related increase for 2003, however, there has been a reduction in speed event permits and motorkhana state championship permits. We hope this assists your club’s event budgeting process for 2003 and ask you to please make use of your state office if you have any queries relating to the organising of a motor sport event in the coming year. As approved by the CAMS Board on Friday 18 October 2002 Note: Fees subject to change at any time Licence Fees   2003 Fee $ 2003 GST $ 2003 Fee Incl. GST $ Circuit C5A 1,257 126 1,383 C5B 1,194 119 1,313 C5C 1,130 113 1,243 C4 383 38 421 C3 383 38 421 Superkart K5 564 56 620 K4 249 25 274 K4 Junior 154 15 169 K3 249 25 274 K3 Junior 154 15 169 Rally International 569 57 626 International Navigator 569 57 626 National 140 14 155 National Navigator 140 14 155 National Junior 70 7 77 National Navigator Junior 70 7 77 Off Road O5 239 24 263 O3 161 16 177 O3S 161 16 177 O3N 161 16 177 O3J 59 6 65 O3NJ 59 6 65 O3NSE 55 5 60 Level 2 L2S 83 8 91 L2NS 47 5 52 L2SJ 41 4 45 L2NSJ 24 2 26 L2SE** 37 4 41 L2SEJ** 19 2 21 Level 1 L1 19 2 21 Historic H1 383 38 421 H4 185 19 204 C4 Historic 326 33 359 C3 Historic 326 33 359 Entrant J 287 29 316 K 740 74 814 L 1,430 143 1,573 M 365 37 402 N 885 89 974 O 1,770 177 1,947 Refer to section 2 of the CAMS Manual of Motor Sport for licence descriptions ** In special circumstances clubs can apply for Level 2SE and 2SE Junior licence price concessions for certain events. Applications must be submitted to the State Manager who will assess applications on a case by case basis. For further details please contact your CAMS State office. Note: All licence holders, except for Levels 1 and 2, and as outlined in Section 2 of the CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, must purchase a copy of the CAMS Manual of Motor Sport. Permit Fees   Code 2003 Fee $ 2003 GST $ 2003 Fee Incl. GST $ Circuit Events International R1A # # # Major National R2A 32,168 3,217 35,385 National Other R3A 16,164 1,616 17,780 National Other (non-Championship) R3A # # # National Historics R4A 9,260 926 10,186 State Championship R5A 9,260 926 10,186 Multi-Club R6A 4,381 438 4,819 Club R7A 2,192 219 2,411   Superkarting International Z1A # # # Major National Z2A # # # National Championship Z2A 7,060 706 7,766 State Championship Z5A 3,599 360 3,959 Multi-Club Z6A 2,308 231 2,539 Club Z7A 1,212 121 1,333   Race Meeting - Regularity International   # # # National Other   # # # Multi-Club - Temporary Circuit R6R-PERM 7,384 738 8,122 Multi-Club - Permanent Circuit R6R-TEMP 738 74 812 Club - Temporary Circuit R7R-PERM 3,692 369 4,061 Club - Permanent Circuit R7R-TEMP 738 74 812   Speed Events – Multi-Car (other than races) International   # # # National Championship   # # # State Championship S5G 2,297 230 2,527 Multi-Club S6G 1,144 114 1,258 Club S7G 875 87 962   Speed Events – Single Car International   # # # National Championship S2H, S2I, S2J, S2K, S2L, S2M 6,048 605 6,653 National Other S3H, S3I, S3J, S3K, S3L, S3M 6,048 605 6,653 State Championship S5H, S5I, S5J, S5K, S5L, S5M 1,835 183 2,018 Multi-Club S6H, S6I, S6J, S6K, S6L, S6M 916 92 1,008 Club S7H, S7I, S7J, S7K, S7L, S7M 686 69 755   Rally Special Stage (per entry) Non-refundable deposit and minimum fee based on 10 entries International Q1N # # # National Championship Q2N 421 42 463 National Other Q3N 223 22 245 State Championship Q5N 133 13 146 Multi-Club Q6N 69 7 76 Club Q7N 43 4 47   Rally Non-Special Stage (per entry) Non-refundable deposit and minimum fee based on 10 entries State Championship Q5O 105 10 115 Multi-Club Q6O 53 5 58 Club Q7O 35 3 38   Rallysprint (per entry) Non-refundable deposit and minimum fee based on 10 entries National Championship Q2P 197 20 217 National Other Q3P 197 20 217 State Championship Q5P 113 11 124 Multi-Club Q6P 55 6 61 Club Q7P 37 4 41   Rally Touring Road Events (per entry) Non-refundable deposit and minimum fee based on 10 entries    Road and Non-Speed Sub-event National Championship   # # # National Other T3N # # # Non-National 3 days or less T8N-3 35 3 38 Non-National 4 days T8N-4 43 4 47 Non-National 5 days T8N-5 50 5 55 Non-National more than 5 days T8N-6 60 6 66      Road and Any Sub-event National Championship   # # # National Other T3S # # # Non-National 3 days or less T8S-3 53 5 58 Non-National 4 days T8S-4 72 7 79 Non-National 5 days T8S-5 85 9 94 Non-National more than 5 days T8S-6 110 11 122   Off Road Stadium International   # # # Major National   # # # National Other O3D (per event) 4,409 441 4,850 State Championship O5D (per entry) 66 7 73 Multi-Club O6D (per entry) 57 6 63 Club O7D (per entry) 111 11 122   Off Road Long Course (per entry) Non-refundable deposit and minimum fee based on 10 entries International O1B # # # Major National O2B # # # National Championship O2B 142 14 156 National Other O3B 95 9 104 State Championship O5B 66 7 73 Multi-Club O6B 57 6 63 Club O7B 48 5 53   Off Road Short Course (per entry) Non-refundable deposit and minimum fee based on 10 entries International   # # # National   # # # State Championship O5C 66 7 73 Multi-Club O6C 57 6 63 Club O7C 48 5 53   Motorkhana International   # # # Major National   # # # National Championship M2E 1,178 118 1,296 State Championship M5E 521 52 573 Multi-Club M6E 166 17 183 Club M7E 144 14 158   Khanacross International   # # # Major National   # # # State Championship M5F 1225 122 1,347 Multi-Club M6F 266 27 293 Club M7F 200 20 220   Road Events - Touring Assemblies Multi-Club Q6A 165 16 181 Club Q7A 145 15 160   Other Events Driver training TRAINING # # # Sponsor's Day SPONSOR 1500 150 1,650 Multi-Club Other P6A # # # Club Other P7A # # #   Other Fees   2003 Fee $ 2003 GST $ 2003 Fee Incl. GST $ Track Fees (payable by organisers) Circuit Races An annual fee as decided by CAMS, and which is inclusive of inspection fee and track licence fee. Charges for international inspections and international track licences are additional. # # # Other Speed Events (other than Races) 341 34 375   Affiliation Fees Club with greater than 200 members 1,350 135 1,485 Club with between 101 and 200 members 1,000 100 1,100 Club with between 41 and 100 members 800 80 880 Club with fewer than 41 members 400 40 440 Industry Group Membership 155 15 170   Publications    CAMS Manual of Motor Sport Bound with Competition Licence 40 4 44 Looseleaf with Competition Licence 59 6 65 CD-ROM with Competition Licence 40 4 44 Bound without Competition Licence 45 5 50 Looseleaf without Competition Licence 65 7 72 CD-ROM without Competition Licence 45 5 50 Bound with Officials Licence 25 3 28 Looseleaf with Officials Licence 41 4 45 CD-ROM with Officials Licence 25 3 28    FIA Manual FIA Manual # # #   Homologation Papers 50 pages or less 68 7 75 51 to 150 pages 77 8 85 151 pages or more 86 9 95   Roll Over Protection Homologation Homologation Fee 100 10 110 Temporary Approval (when application is made within two weeks of event) 123 12 135   Log Books Log Book (non-Historic) Issuing fee 57 6 63 Log Book (non-Historic) Priority issue fee 99 10 109 Log Book Replacement - Lost 57 6 63 Log Book Replacement - Continuation 23 2 25   Historic Documentation Log Book (Groups N & S) Issuing fee 141 14 155 Log Book Replacement – Lost 55 5 60 Log Book Replacement – Continuation 23 2 25 Historic Certificate of Description*** 518 52 570 Certificate of Description Replacement – Lost 105 10 115 FIA Historic Vehicle Identity Form*** 518 52 570 ***CAMS reserves the right to charge more than the standard fee in cases where the processing of the application proves to be more complicated or protracted than a normal application.   CAMS Apparel CAMS Cap 14 1 15 CAMS T-Shirt 18 2 20 CAMS Sweater 55 5 60 CAMS "Official" Shirt 64 6 70 CAMS Polo Shirt 41 4 45 CAMS Officials Cloth Badge 6 1 7 Apparel prices are subject to change during the year. Price does not include postage.   FIA Fees As determined by the FIA (payable through CAMS by organisers)   Additional Fees Licence Priority Issue Fee 64 6 70 Licence Replacement - L2NSJ, L2SJ 18 2 20 Licence Replacement - All other licences 36 4 40 Assumed Name 227 23 250 Licence in additional discipline Difference between higher and lower licence cost plus $55 administration fee Upgrading licence in current discipline Difference between higher and lower licence cost plus $40 administration fee Additional Administration Fee*** 36 4 40 *** Inlcudes fees charged for dishonoured cheques and for issuing some refunds   Record Certification Fee Upon certification of record/s, per car upon application Championship Registration Entrant Fee See regulations for each National Championship and Series   Penality Fees (payable by defaulting organisers) Penalty fees are payable when any event listed on the National Calendar is abandoned, postponed or its status altered for any reason other than that of force majeure or when any open permit is applied for after the approval of the calendar for the relevant year. If cancelled six months before the date of the event No penality If cancelled with more than six weeks notice, but less than six months notice 50% of permit fee If cancelled with six weeks notice or less 100% of permit fee   Late application for State or higher permit - After approval of calendar by CAMS (additional) 50% of relevant fee Change in status of event - The penality for downgrading is the difference in fees The FIA penality fee for cancellation and the late application is in addition to CAMS fees   Fines (maximum permissible) By CAMS or AMSAC 454,545 45,455 500,000 By a CAMS Tribunal 454,545 45,455 500,000 By State Council or Stewards of a Meeting 45,455 4,545 50,000 By AMSAC for misbehaviour in Court Session 9,091 909 10,000 By Chief Executive or State Manager (being an administrative penality [see NCR 185(v)(b)] up to 50% of permit fee minimum $55 Failure to produce licence/s (payable only if permitted by stewards to compete) 50 5 55 Failure to produce log book (non-production results in exclusion from competition) 50 5 55   Protest Fees (payable by protesting party) From any International competition 1,136 114 1,250 From any Major National competition 1,136 114 1,250 From any other National competition 455 45 500 From any State Championship competition 273 27 300 From any Club/Multi-Club competition 91 9 100 Bond to be lodged with protest, on eligibility of car (each dismantling operation) 500 50 550   Appeal Fees (payable by Appellants and subject to NCR 232 and 237) In appeals to AMSAC (half refundable on successful appeal) 5,455 545 6,000 In appeals to CAMS relating to a Major National or higher competition (half refundable on successful appeal) 3,636 364 4,000 In appeals to CAMS relating to a other National competitions 1,818 182 2,000 In appeals to CAMS relating to a State competition 909 91 1,000 In appeals to CAMS relating to a Club/Multi-Club competition 455 45 500

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Senior Superkart Competitors Badges

This just in from Bob Roberts

What is it I hear you say?  Let me elaborate a little.

It has became very evident to me that, since traveling south to various state meetings and attending the Nationals at Phillip Island in 2002 it was quite evident that there were a considerable number of over 50 drivers across all categories still racing and enjoying the sport.

I therefore would like to put forward a proposal that will identify those within the category to be easily identified by some sort of breast patch depicting our seniority. 

After much deliberation  I have concluded that this group should be open to all aged 50 and above competitors. This will enable you to be part of a national group consisting of the more senior members of the Superkart fraternity who have a lot in common.  

To date we have a few in Qld and the interest of Paul Stebbing from Victoria and we are looking for more competitors to set up a network of senior members around Australia. I won’t mention any names but a certain kart manufacturer in NSW is at this time reluctant to become involved even though he meets the age requirement. I also believe from a reliable source that there is also a female competitor n SA who also fits this category. But being a gentleman I won’t reveal her name. 

To standardize the embroidery Geoff Nothdurfts  good lady Ann has agreed, for a very reasonable price, to do any embroidery relating to the group. 

I therefore await your thoughts, suggestions  and ideas for a breastpatch. 

I await your response. I can be contacted at mail to 

Tankvet@bigpond.com.au

 Regards

 Bob Roberts

Eastern Creek Superkart Spectacular

at Eastern Creek Raceway 

Febuary 2004

The Dave Hepworth prepared ZIP Eagle II with a BRC engine, driven by Gerry Siebert, took the overall points in the 250cc F/E class at Eastern Creek finishing 4th, 3rd, 3rd and 2nd over the Stockman Hondas, driven by Brian Stockman, Warren McIlveen and Sam Zavaglia.

Both Stockman and Zavaglia received time penalties that dropped them out of contention. 

Qualifying
1st Warren McIlveen (Stockman/Honda) 1:32:39
2nd Brian Stockman (Stockman/Honda)  1:33:48
3rd Sam Zavaglia (Stockman/Honda) 1:33.93
7th Gerald Siebert (ZIP/BRC) 1:37.84

Race 1 (4 Laps)
1st Warren McIlveen (Stockman/Honda)
2nd Brian Stockman (Stockman/Honda)
3rd Sam Zavaglia (Stockman/Honda) (got a 20sec penalty for jumping the start
which then placed to 6th)
4th Gerald Siebert (ZIP/BRC) (moved up to 3rd place by default.)

Race 2 (4 Laps)
1st Sam Zavaglia (Stockman/Honda)
2nd Brian Stockman (Stockman/Honda)
3rd Gerald Siebert (ZIP/BRC)
DNF Warren McIlveen had a seize

Race 3 (4 Laps)
1st Sam Zavaglia (Stockman/Honda)
2nd Brian Stockman (Stockman/Honda)
3rd Gerald Siebert (ZIP/BRC)
DNF- Warren McIlveen had a misfire.

Race 4 (4 Laps) Double Points Final
1st Warren McIlveen (Stockman/Honda)
2nd Sam Zavaglia (Stockman/Honda) (got a 20sec penalty for jumping the start
which then placed to 4th)
3rd Brian Stockman (Stockman/Honda) (got a 20sec penalty for jumping the
start which then placed to 5th)
4th Gerald Siebert (Zip/BRC)(moved up to 2nd place by default)

Overall Placings 250cc F/E
1st Place: Gerald Siebert
2nd Place: Sam Zavaglia
3rd Place: Brian Stockman
Fast Time: Warren McIlveen, 1:32.2820

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16/11/03

Provisional Entry List for Eastern Creek in February, as of 11/11/03

Issue of permits for 2 X 4 (cars & bikes) in Australia

The Confederation of Australian Motorsport (Cams) has seen fit to renege on its previous undertaking to issue 2 x 4 event permits to organising clubs in Australia.

In a curious turnaround, Cams, evidently acting on legal advice, has made the decision despite the glaring success of the Eastern Creek Superkart Spectacular held early in February this year.

Event organiser, John Pellicano of the NSW Superkart Club, put in countless hours of effort, together with the support and assistance of Cams NSW State Manager Peter Tate in an effort to secure 2 x 4 event permits for 2003. The Superkart Spectacular at Eastern Creek went ahead as planned in conjunction with the "Premier 500" motorcycle races as a result of careful planning and co-operation between all facets of the two disciplines of motorsport.

There was considerable initial resistance to the running of the event, despite the previous years successful promotion, due to the different levels of liability insurance that the two controlling bodies (Cams and Motorcycling Australia) have available to them and the attendant issues of insurance cover for officials and such in event of some kind of incident during or between events where there must be a transfer of liability cover between the two insurers, and the question of who would actually cover the claim in event of some kind of accident.

After considerable negotiations between the event organiser and the controlling bodies and their insurers, there was an agreement whereby there would be an interval of 5 minutes between the last bikes coming off the circuit and the first superkarts on the circuit and again at the end of the superkart event there was to be a 5 minute interval after the last superkarts left the circuit and the next group of bikes went on to the circuit for their next event. Although appearing at first glance to be unwieldy to achieve, in practice, the system worked well and the whole 2 day event went ahead smoothly with no cause for concern on any fronts.

It was clearly demonstrated that the two wheel and four wheel variety of motorsport could co-exist comfortably to the satisfaction of the insurers, event organisers and competitors alike.

For whatever reason Cams, supposedly based on legal advice has announced it will not issue permits for this type of event into the foreseeable future placing directly into jeopardy, the running of the 2004 Eastern Creek Superkart Spectacular. This event is shaping up as a truly international event as there have been undertakings by some of the top U.S. superkarters to ship out all their race kit for this one event and are willing to comply with all the necessary rules and regulations as laid down by Cams to gain a racing license for this one event. Bear in mind that there is little prize money currently available for the winners of this event and to attract international competitors, willing to travel half way around the world with their superkarts and gear, at their own expense, is a savage indictment of the prestige that this particular superkart race event is held in the world. There is even talk of creating a true world superkart series including Europe, U.S. and Australia as event destinations, hopefully attracting the cream of the world superkarting crop in the process.

It is clear that many, if not all the superkart clubs in Australia, do rely heavily on 2 x 4 events for economic survival and the sudden and unprecedented refusal of 2 x 4 permits places many of the superkart clubs in a position whereby they may be unable to continue to promote race events at any level, and indeed, even remain financially solvent.

Australia has already lost 2 superkart clubs now, forced to close their doors due to financial unviability, directly due to spiraling event  organising costs.

This is a sorry state  of affairs for grassroots motorsport in Australia and a strong groundswell of disapproval is gathering countrywide in response to this latest development.

Urgent action is required by Cams to stem this dissatisfaction amongst the grassroots level of amateur motorsport and deal with the issue of 2 x 4 event permit issue in Oz as they are the controlling body for superkarting in Australia and are ultimately responsible for the future of the sport.....

Expect some interesting times ahead!

CAMS has so far declined to comment on this topic

Stay tuned for more on this issue.

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Eastern Creek Superkart Spectacular

at Eastern Creek Raceway Febuary 2004

 Its worth noting that there is plenty of real interest in next years event from quite a few guys from the U.S. Subject to licensing and such there should be a couple of hot runners coming over to experience our way of superkarting things and the friendliness and hospitality that Aussies are known the world over for.

The F250E juggernaut rolls onward and upward! we just need to temp a few of the Europeans over now!

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Eastern Creek Superkart Spectacular

at Eastern Creek Raceway Febuary 9th & 10th 2003 

The Premier 500 at Eastern Creek has been run and won for another year and it is notable this year for the almost total domination of the F250E class at the hands of the team Stockman/Honda RS250 juggernaught!

Honors went to 1st Brian Stockman, 2nd Sam Zavaglia, 3rd Warren McIlveen. These guys showed pretty much a clean set of heels to the rest of the F250E pack and deserve much credit for their efforts. The sight and sound of these 3 guys bellowing down the straight and bowling flat out around turn 1 at Eastern Creek should not be easily forgotten by those that had the opportunity to see it.

The other class finishers are as follows:

Well done to all those guys.

As for myself (Evan Lyons - Tasmanian Superkart Club) The venerable '92 RS250 Honda made plenty of power but the Zip Eaglet chassis was no match for the other kit on display. Due to dodgey handling, I was forced to back out of it on the high speed turns loosing much speed into turn 2, and was very slow around Corporate Hill. Half way into race 1, the engine backstay/chain tensioner parted company with the axle and I was forced to pit. I was able to repair the offending adjuster later that Saturday evening and after a hurried installation on Sunday morning, out we went. The kart performed well other than some fluffy tuning on trailing throttle/part power but once again, I was well outgunned by the quick guys. Nevertheless, I had a brilliant time and we managed to improve our lap times all afternoon which made all the effort of the trip up to Sydney from Hobart, well worthwhile. 

The NSW Superkart Club had things well in hand over the weekend and special mention must be made of event principle organiser, John Pellicano (NSW). Without Johns persistent efforts, it would be fair to say that the event may not have gone ahead at all! Special mention must also go to the CAMS NSW state office for rubber stamping the event permit.  Without their understanding and support of Superkart racing, 2 X 4 events such as this would not go ahead. Indeed it has been said that 2 X 4 events would never happen again in Australia, largely due to the issues with liability insurance as a result of the recent  turmoil in the insurance industry and the differing levels of cover offered by the different insurers. The sticking points were eventually covered by the insurers insisting on a full 5 minute break between the bike and kart events. Although a bit of a pain, the system hopefully worked well enough to keep the insurers happy and an incident free weekend was had. This should send out a booming message to some state offices that have stated that they will never issue a permit for a 2 X 4 event. These meetings are an essential part of future motorsport in Australia and indeed, they can run concurrently with little or no drama and furthermore, are vital to the continued organisation of all forms of amateur motorsport in Australia. State managers who have  proven to be recalcitrant over this issue need to be made very aware of the repercussions of declining permits for future 2 X 4 events, including their continued appointment of office, with regards to future competitor numbers, and with the ever upward spiraling costs involved for lone clubs running race events. The state managers must not be allowed to discourage organisers forced to share track hire and further associated admin. and medical costs with different forms of motorsport, from attempting to organise 2 X 4 events by denying permits. There is now no valid reason for a state manager to deny a permit for  2 X 4 event as the precedent has been set and all went off well and should be duly noticed by the managers concerned.

The stuff below is courtesy of Kevin Hartin of the NSW Superkart Club

The only thing that Saturday practice confirmed, was that the usual suspects were yet again out the front with strong looking performances. The trio of Blue and Red Stockman/Hondas of Sam Zavaglia, Warren McIlveen and Brian Stockman, looked strong and very fast particularly down the straight into turn 1. Also looking strong was John Pellicano, making his debut with a late model Honda powering his Zip chassis, while Wayne was struggling with carby issues but still putting down respectable times.

The pair of Roses, Sam and Paul, both making their racing debuts continued with the dramas that plagued them on the previous days practice, with Sam eventually packing it in and a full effort put behind Paul driving Alans PVP. The South Australian contingent were quietly working away at setup, with Jason Maros and Rob Oakley looking good, while Gerry Siebert struggled with a slowing engine that eventually saw him miss the first race.

Race 1 saw Stocky make the best first lap that I can remember, starting at the rear of the 250 grid, getting past all the traffic, pulling maybe 100 meters on the field and then continuing to build on that till the chequered flag, in a word, awesome. Warren was slower to get going but soon got clear to take an easy second, while Sam managed to hold of Pelli for the 4 laps and take third. Wayne got an average start and eventually worked his way past the Lombardos, who had plenty of straight line speed, then Rob but it was too late to make an impression on Jason, who finished fifth.

Race 2 ended up fairly similar to race 1 with the Stockman/Honda trio again finishing 1,2,3, but this time Pelli dropped out of contention about mid race with some engine problems that finished his weekend, so it was Jason and Rob that provided the entertainment. I'm not sure who won out there, as my attention was diverted to Wayne who had problems on the warm-up lap and eventually started the race from dead last as the field had already disappeared through turn 1 by the time he got onto the straight to make a start. Despite this setback, he managed to work through some serious 80, 125 and most of the 250 traffic to finish about seventh or eighth, just behind Mario Todarello, who was having his first drive in about two years. Paul Rose was running strong in the mid field and provided a bit of a surprise for Wayne as he re-took his track position after being passed. It looks like the next generation of Rose has a bit of go in him, just like his old man.

I didn't get much sleep on Saturday night as all I could think about was bloody Dellorto carbies and how we would fix the problem that caused Wayne to miss the start of race 2. An early start was in order and after trying all manner of carby settings, in three sets of Dellortos, we settled on a setup that would at least get Wayne back out for race 3.

The PVP/Rotax was looking much better in race 3, but was still not a match for the Stockman/Honda juggernaut that kept rolling on for another 1,2,3 finish. The Rotax powered trio of Wayne, Rob and Jason diced for the first few laps until Wayne made a break and went after Sam. In doing so, Rob and Wayne came together under brakes at turn 2, as Wayne seemed much quicker in the corners but not able to keep with Rob on the straight. Thankfully, both continued undamaged, with the only legacy being some great footage on the video. Wayne almost caught Sam at the finish, but had it not been for the superior power of Sams Honda onto the straight, the PVP, which was much quicker in every corner may have got up for third. No doubt my obviously biased comments will offend some, but I have the video to prove it!!!

The long wait till race 4 gave us plenty of time to look at extracting a bit more straight line speed and ended up fitting a pair of Alan Roses special pipes the showed up well on the dyno. All was looking good until the first run down the straight, where Wayne was well outclassed by the South Australian Rotax pair of Jason and Rob, never mind the blisteringly fast Hondas of Stocky, Warren and Sam. To make a change, Stocky had some competition with Warren taking the lead on a couple of occasions until he had gearbox problems and ended up touring to the finish a lap down. Stocky slowed and was passed by Sam, who looked like he would go on for the win until Stocky passed him on the last lap to keep his 4 wins from 4 starts in tact. It looked like Stocky was playing with Sam and easily blasted past when it counted. Nevertheless, Stockman/Hondas took 11 of the 12 podium finishes for the weekend. Rob managed to hold off Jason for third, while Wayne struggled with a few extra neutrals in the gearbox to finish fifth after getting up to third at one stage.

All in all, despite the utter domination of the Tamworth based team, a good time was had by all and we have some great video footage that will be put up on the web site in the next few days. Congrats to Stocky, Sam and Warren and thanks to all those that traveled from interstate to support the meeting.

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Eastern Creek Superkart Spectacular

at Eastern Creek Raceway 

Febuary 9th & 10th 2003 

Febuary 9th & 10th 2003

After a very successful event in 2002 , the Eastern Creek Superkart Spectacular is slated again for Febuary 2003!

There were many favorable comments from both bike and kart guys regarding this important event in the Australian superkarting scene and the quality and the size of the fields and some very good racing made for some fantastic viewing for the thousands of paying spectators who attended the primarily motorcycle racing event over the 2 days in Febuary 9th & 10th 2002, and the positive talk and comments about the event continues to this day! The "Premier 500" is a motorcycle event of international status attracting some of the hottest fields in historic 500cc bike racing seen in  Australia, including former 500cc GP motorcycle world champions, and the conduct of the large superkart support event field, comprising of over 60 entries in various classes ranging from screaming 80cc gearbox karts up to the thumping F250E big bangers, was exemplary. This was largely due to the combined and Herculean efforts of the event organisers and in particular, the grid marshals on the day and of course, the competitors themselves.

 Due to these marshals efforts, the superkarts were out and assembled in correct order on the grid with plenty of time to spare. A really good effort from marshals and competitors alike. A real positive for superkarting was the exposure to a large and unrelated (to superkarting) spectator base ,who would otherwise probably not get the opportunity to experience the close ,exciting and most importantly, safe form of motorsport afforded by superkarts. The superkarts presented themselves in a timely and professional manner that surely impressed even the most die-hard bike fans. The beauty and appeal of superkart racing at a motorcycle race event of this magnitude is that the technology employed in the design ,fabrication and tuning of a superkart is directly related to a racing 2-stroke motorcycle as most of the technology is motorcycle sourced to begin with and far removed from mainstream car racing except for the 4 wheels. This must surely appeal to the ex-motorcycle racer and spectator alike as a valid, cost effective and most importantly, safer alternative to the relatively dangerous racing motorcycle avoiding the costly crossover to full blown car racing!

There has been considerable debate regarding the running of 2 x 4 events with regards to insurance and liability cover for the marshals and organisers but hopefully this can be ironed out completely prior to this event. 

Expressions of interest for the event can be made to John Pellicano by Clicking Here

This just in from John Pellicano, Eastern Creek Superkart Spectacular event organiser

29/09/02

Back to News Australian Superkarting Archives Older news items will be archived here white the oldest entries last. 2001 Australian Superkart Championships   Final Class Results  Superkart Club of New South Wales (Inc)   100cc No Gearbox Light Place Total Name Number Qualified Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Final 1 79  M Rogers 7 0 2 1 2 1 2 79 D Formosa 2 0 1 2 1 2 3 63 L May 20 0 4 3 3 3 4 53 D Amadio 24 0 3 5 5 5 5 51 M Brewer 19 0 6 4 6 4 6 38 D Tyler 57 0 9 6 8 8 7 37 A Mathers 4 0 7 9 7 9 8 34 D Paul 103 0 5 7 0 7 9 34 L Stenniken 63 0 8 8 9 10 10 20 R Collyer 5 0 0 11 0 6 11 19 G Pegoraro 10 0 0 10 4 0 12 0 W Nelson 7 0 0 0 0 0           100 No Gearbox Heavy  Place Total Name Number Qualified Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Final 1 77 A Davidson 17 0 2 1 1 3 2 74 G Eldershaw 2 0 3 2 2 1 3 65 P Young 71 0 1 6 4 2 4 59 R Setterfield 3 0 4 3 3 5 5 50 R Clark 27 0 6 5 5 4 6 49 J Poli 16 0 5 4 6 6 7 40 R Grieve 81 0 8 7 7 7 8 38 T Madden 23 0 7 8 8 8 9 14  I Phillips 28 0 9 9 0 0 10 6 I Williams 14 0 10 0 0 0   Class   125 Rotax   Place Total Name Number Qualified Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Final 1 82 T Scarman 11 0 1 1 1 2 2 74 S Jones 84 0 3 2 2 1 3 57 S Castles 8 0 2 3 7 5 4 54 F Kessels 28 0 10 4 3 3 5 49 D Watts 72 0 6 5 6 4 6 44 G Mitton 90 0 8 6 5 6 7 44 M Harrison 29 0 4 7 8 7 8 42 D Prest 35 0 7 9 4 8 9 32 L Dyessing 99 0 9 10 9 9 10 25 G Clarke 25 0 5 8 10 0           Class         125cc   Place Total Name Number Qualified Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Final 1 73 D Dunne 20 0 2 2 2 2 2 70 R Francescato 1 0 1 3 3 3 3 65 A Zulian 4 0 0 1 1 1 4 59 P Carter 3 0 3 4 4 4 5 46 P Hageman 91 0 4 5 6 9 6 43 J Conn 18 0 6 7 8 5 7 43 R Conn 17 0 5 8 7 6 8 35 R Everitt 48 0 7 9 10 8 9 30 R Campbell 92 0 8 10 11 10 10 28 A Jones 56 0 9 0 9 7 11 27 D Smith 88 0 10 6 5 0   Class        250 Int   Place Total Name Number Qualified Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Final 1 72 W McIlveen 2 0 1 1 9 1 2 62 S Crossland 88 0 4 2 2 6 3 59 A Stevens 3 0 2 4 3 7 4 57 B Stockman 1 0 0 3 1 2 5 51  W Crossland 11 0 3 5 11 3 6 45 S Savaglia 61 0 7 8 6 4 7 43 J Pellicano 62 0 5 7 5 9 8 33 R Ross 6 0 6 6 4 0 9 33 J Toogood 14 0 8 0 7 5 10 32 R Guy 32 0 9 10 10 8 11 15 C Maddern 4 0 0 9 8 0 Class       250 Nat   Place Total Name Number Qualified Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Final 1 85 S Tapper 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 67 R Pricket 4 0 3 3 3 2 3 65 P Snaith 2 0 4 2 2 4 4 56 P Alexander 15 0 6 4 4 3 5 46  C McIntyre 7 0 7 5 6 5 6 43 O Davey 87 0 9 6 5 6 7 23 A Wilson 80 0 10 8 7 0 8 18 J Roberts 3 0 5 9 0 0 9 17 U Dyessing 60 0 8 7 0 0 10 17 D Holdforth 14 0 2 0 0 0   Class  80cc Place Total Name Number Qualified Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Final 1 80 A Lappas 7 0 3 1 1 1 2 76 R Hansen 46 0 1 2 2 2 3 56 D Ward 42 0 4 3 8 3 4 51 L Ariano 2 0 6 4 3 8 5 46 P Battle 19 0 5 5 7 6 6 44 J Goodacre 1 0 2 19 6 5 7 39 M Vella 98 0 19 9 4 4 8 36 C Jamieson 86 0 16 6 5 7 9 31 R Trimmer 36 0 7 8 10 13 10 28 S Battle 17 0 11 7 12 11 11 25 A Jamieson 9 0 8 11 17 10 12 24 P Zilm 8 0 12 15 9 9 13 24 M Davies 18 0 9 10 11 15 14 18 T Proctor 61 0 10 14 13 14 15 15 D Roberts 26 0 17 12 16 12 16 13 A Booker 49 0 13 13 14 16 17 7 M Cancian 81 0 15 17 15 17 18 6 G Van Ree 70 0 18 18 18 18 19 3 G Shreeve 75 0 14 16 0 0 |Back to News| 27/11/03 NSW Superkart Club Races at Oran Park CANCELLED!!!!!! NSW Superkart Club advises that their race meeting set down for the  has been cancelled due to causes outside their control. Click Here for more from Kevin Hartin   16/11/03 NSW Superkart Club Races at Oran Park Run on AAA Permit  Not Cams Permit! NSW Superkart Club will run their final round of their state championship at Oran Park under the AAA Permit Click Here for an outline from Kevin Hartin   16/11/03 Eastern Creek Superkart Spectacular Provisional Entrants List Provisional entrants list is available by Clicking Here. The 250 F/E class is once again the largest single class followed closely by 125cc Gearbox.   03/11/03 Karting Australia 3 Video Now Available Click Here for some new clips from new Karting Australia 3 Video.  KA3 DVD available soon!   25/10/03 Ferro F250E Inline Twin Superkart Engine Close To Completion No details just yet but Click Here for a picture of this new 250cc F250E racing engine by Ferro   07/10/03 Eastern Creek Superkart Spectacular Entries Now being Accepted Event organiser John Pellicano has announced that entries for this fantastic superkart event are now being accepted. You can submit your entry directly online at the NSW Superkart Club website by Clicking Here   07/10/03 Eastern Creek Superkart Spectacular On Again at Eastern Creek Feb. 13 & 14 2004 Event organiser John Pellicano has announced that the Eastern Creek Superkart Spectacular will go ahead as planned in 2004 following the decision by Cams to issue 2 X 4 race event permits. Pellicano reports that the big motorcycle event, which the superkarts support, will be featuring an FIM sanctioned round of the world classic bikes championships. Former multiple 500cc GP bike  world championship title holders Mick Doohan and Wayne Gardner will be appearing as well as many other top ranked motorcycle racers. I have personally competed at this fantastic, well organised event for the last 2 years and it will be well worth the trip to Sydney. The grid is limited to 60 superkarts and all classes will run together. Stay tuned for more info from John as it comes to hand.   29/09/03 Australian Superkart Championships Mallala Raceway - South Australia September 20th & 21st 2003   The Australian national Superkart Championships have been run and won at Mallala in South Australia and the winners and place getters can be found by clicking here   05/09/03 Cams Issues Bulletins Covering Rotax Max Radiator Taping and BRC 250 Engines Cams has issued bulletins covering the allowing of taping of radiators on Rotax Max's and also the use of the BRC Engineering BRC250 in this years Australian Superkart Championships. Click Here for the BRC 250 bulletin # B03/076 Click Here for the Rotax Max radiator bulletin # B03/075   04/09/03   Cams Reviews Policy On 2 x 4 Event Permits Original Decision Not To Issue Further Race Permits Reversed! In what can only be described as a joyous day for superkarting in Australia. Cams, Australia's motorsport controlling body, has made a positive move with regards to its existing refusal to issue 2 x 4 event permits. This is a wonderful shot in the arm and a huge relief for superkarting and bike racing organisers in Australia as many of the states rely on shared promotion and costs with the other disciplines clubs for these kart/bike events for survival and to date, very few race events have gone ahead. This should ensure, with careful event planning and organisation, many future race events for competition starved bike riders and superkarters in Australia. Cams has stipulated some very strict guidelines to be put in place for each event but these should be a relatively minor inconvenience.   18/08/03 Latest in on Roger Tapper This just in from Steve Tapper regarding Rogers progress following his serious stroke. "Dad is progressing very well. He's undergone almost 2 months of therapy now, and the doctors are amazed at his progress. To begin with, the doctors were very negative and didn't expect him to recover at all. He couldn't move at all unassisted, couldn't eat by himself, and didn't really acknowledge anything you said to him. He would just stare at you, trying to work out what you were saying. I can tell you though, he can now understand the language very well, although he's still struggling to talk back. Hopefully, it won't be long before he spits out a couple of words. He's also eating all his meals by himself with no problems, and he's also able to walk unassisted with a walking stick! The therapists are happy with how he's doing, so that's really helping everyone stay very positive. All we can do is offer our support and leave the stubborn, determined, grumpy, old man to do it himself :) We know he's trying, and he will get there."   14/08/03 European Superkart Championships Results   Final Round - Donnington 10th August 2003 Frenchman Damien Payart (Div.1) and Ulsterman Andrew Agnew (Div. 2were crowned European Superkart Champions at the final round held at Donnington last weekend Click Here for more and final results  from Vincent Caro 12/08/03 NSW Superkart Club Race Meeting at Wakefield Park 10th August 2003 NSW Superkart Club completed a long awaited race meeting at Wakefield Park last Sunday and according to club El Presidente John Pellicano, all went very well. The overnight weather on Saturday proved to be a bit chilly resulting in some damage to some engines from freezing water but other than that the meeting went ahead well as a support category for the State Championship car races held on the same day. Interestingly one of the competitors managed to bar-b-que his kart but all ended well. NSWSKC are in negotiations now with promoters and organisers of various race events calendared for the rest of the NSW year in an effort to secure more races for their long suffering competitors who have been denied most of their calendared events due to the uncertain climate of liability and permit issue. Click Here for a recap of this mess   12/08/03 Victorian Superkart Club Event at Phillip Is. a Success! 2nd & 3rd August 2003 Graeme Williams of the Vic. Superkart Club reports that the race day at Phillip Is. held in conjunction with a driver training day/sprint 2 day meeting, organised by the specialist Victorian motorsport officials club PIARC, a success. 44 Victorian entries and 2 competitors who made the long trip across from South Australia, enjoyed fine & sunny weather and shared the event with over 120 cars ranging from hot street specials to Ford GT40 race replicas taking advantage of the fast, flowing & challenging Phillip Is. layout. The viewing areas on top of the pit garages were well crowded with spectators enjoying the superkart action, and for many, it was their first opportunity to get up close and experience superkart racing action. Williams reports that following the success of the joint meeting, discussions are progressing well with PIARC and the superkarts look set to be invited back for further events next year. 29/07/03 BRC 250 Engine Set For FIA Homlogation Very Soon Riley Will of BRC Engineering reports that the BRC 250 is set for F.I.A. homologation shortly Click here for more plus pic   24/07/03 Superkart Racing in NSW on at Wakefield Park 10th August 2003 The NSW Superkart Club is pleased to announce that superkarts will be racing at Wakefield Park. Click here for more 23/07/03 Superkart Costs Survey Cams Approval Survey The NSW Superkart Club has added a further survey to its website to determine another very important issue. This new survey is to gauge costs of superkarting in terms of your yearly racing budget. Be honest now. The ongoing question on your approval of CAMS. The governing body of motorsport, including superkarts in Australia. Another very hot topic! Click Here to go to the NSW Superkart Website to register your votes. 23/07/03 M.A Pulls Oran Park Track License For Bikes Ends chances of 2 x 4 events at this popular NSW circuit in the immediate future Motor Cycling Australia (M.A.) has recently pulled its bike racing license for Oran Park Raceway in NSW based on safety concerns. This means that any hope of running 2 X 4 race meetings at Oran Park in the immediate future is doubtful.  Of course this was always subject to the ending of Cams' refusal to issue race permits for joint Cams/M.A. race meetings which M.A. and Cams and their respective insurers have been in discussions and attempting to resolve. This is a considerable setback for the NSW Superkart Club as their viability depends on sharing costs with other clubs outside of the jurisdiction of Cams, such as M.A.. 08/07/03 Australian Superkart Championships Mallala Raceway - South Australia September 20th & 21st 2003 Preparations are well underway for the running of the 2003 Australian Superkart Championships. Please get your expressions of interest in ASAP Remember to get you AVGAS you will need one of the new Fuel Log Books Click Here for the latest info in.   07/07/03 80cc Senior Gearbox Class Weights 160Kg It's worth noting that 80cc Senior Gearbox weights are actually 160Kg, not 155Kg as incorrectly printed in the Cams manual of motorsport and this is covered by a Cams bulletin #BO3/057 04/07/03 European Superkart Championships Round 2 Croix-en-Ternois Click Here for the latest update from the recently held Euro Championship round 2 from Eric Severe   16/06/03 250cc Superkart Mailing List Signup instructions There is a E-mailing list specific for 250 cc superkarters that has been running for quite some time now has ended. Kevin Hartin from the NSW Superkart Club has built another list and the new signup details are Here 14/06/03 Laguna Seca on again in 2003 The World Superkart Challenge is on again in 2003 at Laguna Seca Click Here for the latest from event organiser J.R. Classen   14/06/03 Stroke Hits Australian Superkarting Luminary Roger Tapper Australian Superkarting and I'm sure the rest of the superkarting fraternity right around the world wish a speedy recovery from the stroke Roger recently suffered evidently resulting in loss of speech and right side paralysis. Anybody who has had the pleasure to meet Roger would agree he is a true gentleman and will know of his dedication to the superkarting sport in Australia. Get well soon mate.   13/06/03 Qld State Superkart Titles Morgan Park Raceway Qld Superkart Club held its state superkart titles on the 24th & 25th of May at Morgan Park Raceway. Click here for some details of the clean sweep of the 80cc gearbox, 125cc Gearbox and 250cc F/E classes by the NSW contingent   05/06/03 Superkart Weights Survey Cams Approval Survey The NSW Superkart Club has added a survey to its website to determine 2 very important issues. One, Combined kart weight. It is a global issue that has generated hot debate in Australia and over the 'net for quite some time now. The second is a question on your approval of CAMS. The governing body of motorsport, including superkarts, in Australia. Another very hot topic! Click Here to go to the NSW Superkart Website to register your votes. 28/05/03 Superkart Race Meeting Cancelled New South Wales Superkart Club raceday at Calder Park 29/06/03  This just in from the New South Wales Superkart Club Click Here   20/05/03 Superkart Race Meeting Cancelled Victorian Superkart Club raceday at Calder Park 08/06/03  This just in from the Victorian Superkart Club Click Here 14/03/03 Australian Superkart Championships Mallala Raceway - South Australia September 20th & 21st 2003 Preparations are well underway for the running of the 2003 Australian Superkart Championships. Click Here for the latest info. (maps only but more to come shortly)   30/04/03 European Superkart Championships Round 1 Brno - Czech Republic Vincent Caro (CIK/FIA) provided this wrap up of the first round of the European Superkart Championships held at the Brno circuit Click Here 22/04/03 2 New Superkarting Videos! Click Here to download some grabs from these sensational new videos from Geoff Mitton   22/04/03 Blow to Superkarting in Oz! 2 X 4 Event permits refused in Oz! The local controlling body of motorsport in Australia Cams (Confederation of Australian Motorsport) has, on legal advice, and in its infinite wisdom, has refused to honor its undertaking to issue race permits for future 2 x 4 race events in Australia. Click Here 19/04/03 European Superkart Championships Round 1 Brno - Czech Republic The FIA have provided a press release with drivers list for this years first even at Brno Click Here   05/04/03 2 New Superkarting Videos! Geoff Mitton has produced 2 videos featuring superkarting in Oz and also featuring all forms of karting in Australia Click Here for more 03/04/03 Queensland State Superkart Championships Morgan Park QLD. 24 – 25 May 2003 Latest info in on the Queensland state titles from Geoff Northdurft concerning accommodation issues in Wawrick QLD. Click Here for more   22/03/03 Queensland State Superkart Championships Morgan Park QLD. 24 – 25 May 2003 Qld State Championships will be run on the revamped Morgan Park circuit Click Here for more on this event   18/03/03 Superkarts to run at Malalla with Trucks, Sports Sedans and Performance cars There is a big event coming up at Malalla on May 30th 31st and June 1st according to the Adelaide Superkart Club in South Aust. Superkarts will share the bill with the big rigs of the Truck racing game as well as Sports Sedans and performance cars. At this stage, there looks to be TV coverage by "Trackside" and the promise of at least 6, possibly more events over the three day weekend. Stay Tuned for more shortly.   18/02/03 Eastern Creek Superkart Spectacular Latest info Eastern Creek Superkart Spectacular ON AGAIN in 2004 Firstly, many apologies for the lateness of anything here but I have just arrived back to Tasmania and have had to contend with a myriad of computer gremlin culminating in a total hard-drive failure and loss of data! Bugger! Click Here for some more 23/01/03 Evolution 2 SGM 250 F/E engine released.  Italian engine manufacturer SGM have announced the release of the latest evolution of their new F/E 250. Click Here for a press release   18/01/03 Eastern Creek Superkart Spectacular Latest info John Pellicano, organiser for this years Eastern Creek Superkart Spectacular reports that preparations are well underway for this years event. There are 60 confirmed entries with plenty of reserves in-case of no-shows and nearly half the field of 60 karts is made up of F/E 250cc class superkarts. Woo Hoo! I, for one, cannot wait!  29/12/02 Race calendars for the Victoria, South Oz and Queensland & New South Wales Superkart Clubs for 2003 Click Here for race dates for 2003   22/10/02 Cams Schedule of Fees for 2003 Cams (Confederation of Australian Motorsport) has released its schedule of fees for 2003. It contains no real surprises for most.  Click here   24/12/02 Merry Christmas to all Superkarters from Australian Superkarting Have a safe and happy Christmas and new year break and I hope you are all looking forward to a successful competition year next year! 08/12/02 Another new 250cc F/E engine More Pix Some more pix of the new BRC250 F/E engine Riley Will of BRC forwarded these pix and reports that early dyno testing of the engine revealed in excess of 85 hp! Not bad right out of the box. Further testing is planned using different cylinder, pipe and ignition configurations with expected targets of well in excess of 90 hp! Click Here for the latest pix of this beautiful bit of work! 06/12/02 The Australian Superkart Championships at Phillip Is. After anomalies were found during post-race scrutineering in the carburettors of the 1st & 2nd placegetters in the 125 Rotax Max class, the competitors were stripped of their places and suspended from competition for 2 months by Cams stewards. Click Here for the revised results 18/11/02 Eastern Creek Superkart Spectacular Latest info John Pellicano, event organiser has advised that the permit for the 2003 event has been issued after many months of intense lobbying of the Confederation of Australian Motorsport (CAMS) and that further details, supp. regs. and such for the event will be available soon. Click Here for the latest info.   11/11/02 Another new 2500cc F/E engine BRC 250 Twin available soon BRC Racing in the U.S. have designed and built their own 250cc F/E engine. Click Here   30/10/02 Eastern Creek Superkart Spectacular Latest info John Pellicano, event organiser has advised that the permit for the 2003 event is to be issued in the next few days after many months of intense lobbying of the Confederation of Australian Motorsport (CAMS) and that details for the event will be available soon. Click Here for the latest info from John 22/10/02 Morgan Park Circuit Returned and Upgraded Morgan Park race circuit near Warwick in Qld has received a major facelift. Click here 22/10/02 Western Australia Superkart Club to temporarily close its doors. Sadly, after many successful years of continuous operation, the W.A. superkart club is to close its doors. The decision was made by the club executive based on the financial viability (or lack of it) of the club due to falling memberships and ever rising operating costs. It is hoped that the club will re-open its doors next year. Stay tuned.   13/10/02 Senior Competitors Badge Bob Roberts from the Queensland club has a proposal for identifying drivers of 50 years and over via an embroidered badge. Click Here 25/09/02 Eastern Creek Superkart Spectacular On again in 2003  Febuary 9th & 10th Event organiser, John Pellicano of the NSW Superkart Club, has sent out the first info release for the 2003 event to be held at Eastern Creek Raceway in NSW. This years event was a fantastic event, well worthy of the title "Superkart Spectacular" and next years event should be every bit as good, if not better! Click Here to read more.   06/04/02 FPE TR250 Engine F250E Race Success at Donnington Park Damien and Francis Payarts' beautiful new F250E engine has acquitted itself very well at the recent first round of the British Superkart Championships at Donnington Park (UK) resulting in 2 wins and setting a new superkart lap record of 1:10.49 at an average speed of 160.87 kph! Well done to these guys who have designed, built and developed their own 250FE engine and full FIM homologation hopefully set for the end of this month! Click Here for some pix and time sheets for the event.   25/09/02 World Superkart Challenge Lawson Wins Again! Eddie Lawson of the USA has won the 2002 World Superkart Challenge at Laguna Seca ahead of Tom Woods of the USA and Brian Stockman of Australia. Click Here for more.   7/08/02 The Australian Superkart Championships at Phillip Is. Click Here for the latest and last update on the Oz National Champs from the Victorian Superkart Club   26/05/02 FPE TR250 Engine FIA Homologation The Payart bros TR250 F250E engine has now been homologated by the FIA for international competition. They advise that production on customer engines will commence very shortly.   24/05/02 SGM F250E New Engine Available Now. SGM Italy now have their new FE2002 engine available. Click Here for some more info, prices and some pix   21/05/02 SGM F250E New Engine  Coming very soon SGM has advised that their new F250E engine is now running and has bee homologated by the FIA and is currently being tested in Italy and England Stay tuned for more info and some new pix of the engine!   17/07/02 CAMS Australian National Superkart Committee Click Here for details on the first meeting for this year   14/07/02 125cc State of Origin series Mark Strachan from the Queensland Superkart Club has announced the 2003 NSW and Queensland State of Origin 125cc series commencing the 24th of November 2002 at Queensland raceway Click Here for some more info on this new series Click Here and check out Queenslands new look website   07/06/02 Racing Fuels Issue in Oz Leaded racing fuels will not be available or legal for use in ANY vehicles in Australia as from 30th June 2005 The time is now to discuss what unleaded alternatives are available.  Click Here for more   9/07/02  The Australian Superkart Championships at Phillip Is. This years Australian Championships are to be held on the 14 & 15 of September at Phillip Is Grand Prix circuit in Victoria. As I receive info from the promoting club, The Victorian Superkart Club, I will post it on the site Click Here for the first installment   22/06/02 Martin Hines and the new Zip Eagle2/Rotax for Laguna Seca this year??? Latest word is that Martin Hines, after successfully testing the new Eagle 2 is set to have a run at Laguna Seca later this year. This from Eric Severe, Karting Mag. Zipkart's Martin Hines announced Tuesday, after testing the Eagle II at Croix in France and breaking the Superkart track record, that he will join the WSC fray at Laguna Seca! "Hines commented afterwards: "That was just incredible - to be that quick after 9 years... I've even surprised myself! I have to say, it feels like it was only yesterday that I was racing here. The new Zip Eagle II chassis is absolutely fantastic and what a run that was... Unofficial lap record on day one, now that can't be bad!" The plot thickens!     19/03/02 2002 ZIP Eagle 11 Coming Very Soon David Hepworth (BDH-ZIP) reports that development of the Eagle 2 chassis is progressing well. Early testing reveals definite improvement over the "old" Eagle. The kart is reported to be very easy to turn into corners and carries good mid corner speed with ease. The frame is less rigid in the mid-section and does not tend to suffer from occasional mid-corner hopping that was an occasional issue with the older Eagle chassis. More to come. Stay tuned! 1/12/01 "Premier 500" at Eastern Creek raceway   Feb. 2002 Latest info in from the superkart event organizer John Pellicano: The event is now fully booked and no more entries will be accepted. Entries have been received and confirmed from all states in Australia. Currently there is a field of 60 karts made up of all classes currently competing in Australia. Below is a breakdown of all the competitors for this event.  Entry list First Name Surname State Class Peter Allen NSW 80cc Sharyn Battle NSW 80cc Ross Hansen NSW 80cc John Pellicano NSW 250int Paul Battle NSW 80cc Brian Stockman NSW 250int Anthony Zulian NSW 125cc Dean Coady NSW 250nat Warren McIlveen NSW 250int Tim Britten NSW 250nat Kevin Hartin NSW 250int Adriano Lombardo NSW 250nat Eddie Lombardo NSW 250int Doug Ward NSW 80cc Jeff Roese NSW 100cc Viv Coady NSW 250int Bill Wilson NSW 250int Nigel Cole NSW 250int Peter Bryant NSW 250int Gordon Anderson NSW 250nat Steve Hider NSW 125max Rick Turton NSW 125max John Morris NSW 80cc Craig Flanagan NSW 250int Andy Davison NSW 100cc John Poli NSW 100cc Robert Trimmer NSW 80cc John Sullings NSW 250nat Tony Baker NSW 250nat Anthony Wilson NSW 250nat Owen Davey NSW 250nat Robert