Year: 2007
FIA Decisions on Karting
The FIA World Motor Spots Council has announced some changes to regulations and other aspects of karting. These include the introduction of the CMH helmets, safety guidelines for leisure karting, and other interesting things such as the requirement of chain, brake, and ignition protection devices in certain cases. Read the full decisions on the CIK-FIA website here.
Snell CMR-2007 and CMS-2007 helmet standards
The Snell foundation has finalised its children’s motor sports helmet standards CMR2007 and CMS2007 which are the two standards that fall under the Snell/FIA CMH (Children's Motorsport Helmet).
Amaron Karting Challenge Finale
Press Release: Goa, Oct 28th, 2007: Roaring engines, screeching spins, sharp contours, thundering speeds, kissing beauties, flowing champagne - The adventure and glamour of motorsports have always turned on the passion for billions, around the world. Worldwide, perhaps no other sport matches the frenzy, the drama and the money, which is associated with this sport. And all you need is grit, guts, Go-Karting and all this in Goa. And that’s where the Amaron Karting Challenge 2007 – Grand Finale was held.
International-level track to be built in Singapore?
With F1 fever hitting Singapore in anticipation of their first F1 race in September next year, motorsports has gathered a lot of attention of late. This has resulted to increased interest in developing the national motorsports scene and since Singapore doesn't have a permanent track (the F1 track is a temporary street circuit), plans have been put forward to build a new race track for cars and bikes, as well as a kart track in the same complex.
Karting in the Papers
The Weekend Mail published an article on Malaysian driver Bryan Mehta. The article is about his ambitions for the Rotax Max Grand Finals to be held in Al Ain, UAE in about a month's time.
Karting in Singapore? Start here!
If you live in Singapore and you're interested in getting started in karting you should look no further than joining the recently launched amateur group from karters called "Singapore Karting Racers." Their first event is scheduled for Nov 11th at Jurong Kart World. They have their own section in the KartingAsia.com forums here, which can also be accessed directly by pointing your browser to www.kartingsingapore.com.
