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Driverdb.com has there annual driver of the year voting on at the moment, so go and vote for who you think is the best, there are a couple of New Zealand drivers that appear in some of the catergories.

At the Auckland Xmas meeting today the Vintage register had a run showing off the Vintage and Classic karts and amongst the Karts that the Taranaki team had brought up to show off was the first of DPE's Demon chassis to be homlogated for a major event. This was the kart that Ray Hart raced at the 1983 CIK Asian Pacific Championships and to give an idea how big an event this was back in the day, the finishing order in the Final was 1st Lars Forsman Birel/Parilla (IAME factory driver) 2nd Mike…

Wishing you all a Merry Xmas with family and friends and a great New Year !

 Entry for this event has been EXTENDED from 7 December 2011 to 12 December 2011.  More National class, Rotax Max Heavy class and Rotax Max Light class required!!

Heres a link to the video Taupaki Productions did for the burger fuel stores.

http://vimeo.com/32253083

Hi all

Please don’t forget that there is testing/practice available at Manfeild on Sunday and the weather is looking great , fine and 20 degrees

Any senior driver can turn up on the day and pay the the entry fee and sign the Indemnity form and payment on the day is cash only.

It is going to be a full day with a lot of cars and groups there as well and more info is below. So take this very rare chance to get some weekend practice/testing in before the 2012 Nationals and…

Just for a change the weather dawned fine in the desert and us Kiwis

were baked under the scorching Middle Eastern sun. With temperatures

in excess of Reid Harker was the first of the Kiwis out in session one

of Junior Max. Reid performed well, easily lapping with the fastest in

his session. As he was in the first group out, his session of 36 karts

acted as motorised brooms, clearing all the dust off the track. This

translated into much faster lap times in the second…

Sunday 21/11/11



The Team representing New Zealand at the Rotax Max Challenge Finals in

Al Ain, Abu Dhabi touched down safely Saturday morning. Consisting of

Daniel Kinsman (Rotax Max), Reid Harker (Junior Max), Steven Currie

(Masters DD2) and Kane Taylor (DD2), they checked in to the track late

yesterday and as of 4pm today have collected the gear that they are to

use for the event.



The format is simple, drivers are allocated identical gear to those…

Dear Customers,

You may have heard some hype in the media about the Lascom Group joining the Acoustic Innovations Group. We would like to ensure you that Lascom Motorsport is not involved in this acquisition.

The acquisition concerns telecommunications companies Lascom NZ Ltd and Lascom Acoustics. These companies have no relation to Lascom Motorsport however we wish them well in their endeavors.

We would like to reassure you that Lascom Motorsport is going as strong…

You have all just been offered the chance to get some testing / practice in before the 2012 series and Nationals at Manfeild with Play Day Ltd.



It will be Sunday 27th November and you would get sessions through the day to do your testing / practice in.

It is for all Senior Superkart classes only.



The costs for the day would be $115 per person and you pay direct with Play Day or if late can pay cash with them on the day and then sign the track indemnity etc…

Marco Simoncelli dies after crash in Sepang



October 23, 2011



Marco Simoncelli has died after a horrific crash at the Malaysian MotoGP in Sepang, says BBC.



The Malaysian MotoGP was halted four minutes after the race began Sunday when Honda rider Simoncelli fell and was hit by Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi.



The 24-year-old Simoncelli had his helmet knocked off in the accident, which occurred when the Italian lowsided from his bike at Turn…

Results from the Nth Islands in the weekend at Hawekes Bay.

Well done to you for the great results and efforts to all that competed.

Cadet

1st Caleb Cross

2nd Matthew Payne

3rd Reece Hendl-Cox

 JR

1st Jacon Cranston

2nd Campbell Joyes

3rd Thomas Pooley

Junior…

Check out this awesome video of the 2011 Auckland Schools created by Taupaki Productions

Click HERE!