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May 29, 2009 Super One TKM Series Round 3: Larkhall, Scotland

For the third round of the Super One Series for the TKM 2 and 4-stroke classes, plus Honda Cadet, the drivers headed up to Scotland where the West of Scotland Kart Club has all its paddock improvements coming on apace. They made a great job of hosting the ABkC national championship and the meeting escaped with barely any rain. Oliver Hodgson steadily extended his leading margin to seven ...

May 29, 2009 King ‘on top of the world’ after first Junior Max triumph

Andy King may have had his maiden season in the Junior Max class pencilled in as a learning year, but after expertly triumphing in round three of nine on the 2009 Formula Kart Stars (FKS) Championship calendar, the Rochdale karting ace is now a fully-fledged title contender. The 14-year-old graduated from Mini Max to Junior Max off the back of a truncated 2008 campaign in FKS – ...

May 29, 2009 Remarkable Russell rules the roost for unrivalled Welsh triumph

If he had not already amply proven his devastating raw pace in the opening meeting of the Formula Kart Stars (FKS) Championship in 2009 at Kimbolton, then George Russell certainly gave his rivals food for thought in the latest round at Glan Y Gors in storming to an unchallenged triumph and a commanding 50-point lead in the chase for the crown. Having thoroughly dominated round one at ...

May 27, 2009 European Superkart continues a…

European Superkart continues at Most on 7/6/09, entry list at http://bit.ly/3eBB0

May 26, 2009 Ingram fears promising career could be left on starting grid over lack of funds

Talented young High Wycombe motor racing star Tom Ingram fears his promising career could be stalled due to a desperate lack of funding – just six races into his 2009 Ginetta Junior Championship campaign, in which he sits an excellent fifth in the points table and comfortably top rookie. After graduating from eight years of karting that yielded no fewer than nine major titles – including the ...

May 26, 2009 British drivers to race in Cha…

British drivers to race in Championship Karting International - http://bit.ly/1acj4F

May 22, 2009 MSA calls on young stars to sign up for free training

The Motor Sports Association is urging all competitors who are aiming to make a career as professional motor sport drivers or co-drivers, to sign up for the MSA’s human performance training programme - the Advanced Apprenticeship in Motor Sport. Athletes aged between 16 and 24 years old can apply to join the scheme, providing they have a track record of results that indicates that they have the potential to go on to become elite performers in ...

May 21, 2009 “KF3 Senior” to go ahead as KF…

"KF3 Senior" to go ahead as KF Clubman at PFi in the autumn - http://bit.ly/W3afA