International
UK Karter Takes Track to Court
Lee Crawford in the UK took the Warden Law Circuit operators to court after being banned from the track after an alleged confrontation with another driver in October. The lawsuit failed with Lee's father being ordered to pay the case costs and the ban remains. After a quick search for results it seems that Lee had been active in the Super 1 Rotax DD2 category. Read the article published here in the Sunderland Echo.
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.
ROK Cup International Final 2007
The ROK Cup International Final has just been concluded at the South Garda Karting Track with non other than Michael Schumacher making a guest appearance at the event to greet the drivers. A fair few Asian drivers made the trip over to the event and faired quite well.
WSK International Series 2008 Calendar
The organisers of the WSK International series have announced their 2008 calendar. The series runs the KF1, KF2, KF3, and KZ2 categories.
KF3 star wins first time out with new team
Mackenzie Taylor won the first round of the Torneo Industrie (aka: the Industrial Trophy) at Parma, Italy (6 / 7 October) on his debut with Ricky Flynn Motorsport.
Monza Kart 10-hour Endurance Race
Here's something interesting, a 10 hour kart race on the actual Monza F1 track. 60 teams, 6-10 drivers per team, Le-Mans style start on the 28-29 June 2008....
