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July 22, 2008 Italian Federation meets with Tonykart, Birel and CRG

The [FIK] held a meeting on 18th July (the WSK weekend) at Sarno between President Giuseppe Nole, advisers Sergio Lo Sardo and Orazio Manni, and representatives of Roberto Robazzi (Tonykart), Giancarlo Tinini (CRG) and Ronni Sala (Birel).

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July 8, 2008 SKUSA SuperNationals to return to Las Vegas

If one were to point to a single race in North American karting as the race of the year, it would be difficult for anyone to overlook the SKUSA SuperNationals in deserving such distinction. For 11 consecutive years, the marquee race of the Superkarts! USA organization has been the pinnacle event of the karting season, drawing a worldwide contingent of the best racers on the planet.

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July 8, 2008 Chamberlain gets BMW chance

Ambitious kart racer Jordan Chamberlain has been awarded the opportunity to qualify to race in the Formula BMW Europe series by Vroom magazine and BMW Motorsport. To race in single-seater cars, drivers need a license upgrade and BMW arrange two-day courses at Valencia in Spain to get young kart drivers up to speed. For the past three years two of the most impressive 15 to 18-year-old racers have been given free ...

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June 25, 2008 Confirmed: World Champs in Macau next year

As revealed exclusively by Kartlink and Kartcom, the World Motorsports Council has cornfirmed that the 2009 World Championship will be at Coloane in Macau/China on 11th October 2009.

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June 24, 2008 Maranello, CRG and Intrepid to supply Rotax World Finals karts

The manufacturers supplying karts for the World Finals at La Conca have been announced, and they will be: CRG - DD2 Maranello - Senior Intrepid - Junior

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June 21, 2008 420 drivers enter European KF2 and KF3

The CIK-FIA has registered no fewer than 420 entries for the CIK-FIA European KF2 and KF3 Championships Qualifications, which represents an increase of more than 10% over last year’s figures and confirms the success of the change of technical regulations introduced at the beginning of 2007 with the KF engines.

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June 11, 2008 MSA statement on Tryton Cadet carb problems

On Tuesday 9th June 2008 the MSA invited appropriate organisations to attend a meeting at Motor Sports House to review the situation in respect of Comer Cadet Karting and the recently introduced Tryton carburettor.

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June 11, 2008 Go Motorsport campaign goes live

Go Motorsport, the UK's first ever centrally co-ordinated marketing campaign to encourage new people into motor sport, is launched on Wednesday 11 June by Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking.

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June 4, 2008 MSA Cadet carb statement

The MSA continues to be very concerned at the reliability issues surrounding the Tryton ZC001 carburettor as used on the Comer W60 engine and is working constantly with all those involved in Comer Cadet Kart racing to find a solution. In addition the MSA has been made aware by Zip Kart of availability problems with certain components. The MSA has concluded that an immediate amendment is required to the MSA 2008 Kart Race Yearbook (the "Gold Book") ...

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June 4, 2008 Edgar brothers retire from racing

According to the Cumbrian paper , Jason and Justin Edgar are retiring from racing after over ten years in the sport and fourteen major championships between them, Jason in Formula A and Justin in 100 National among other classes. They cite difficulties with hitting the weight limits after the introduction of the KF regulations. However, Justin's four-year-old son Jonny is already in a kart and looking forward to racing when he's eight or sooner ...

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