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March 2, 2008 Goff inks new deal with Topkart

Max Goff is revved up to take on all comers in Europe in 2008, after jumping ship from Maranello to Top Kart – with his first competitive outing for the squad less than a week away.

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March 2, 2008 Ingram left in lurch following Athenium collapse

Tom Ingram has been left without a drive for the 2008 karting season, as the Athenium Racing outfit for whom he had signed has folded due to severe financial problems.

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March 2, 2008 Inside information on the VKR

VKR have released a PDF covering the technical specs of their innovative KF engine in detail. (Thanks Italiankart for the link!)

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March 2, 2008 Spinozzi signs to BRM

Marino Spinozzi is to drive for BRM in 2008, in KZ1 and KZ2 in the European Championships and the Italian Open Masters.

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February 25, 2008 Vote of no confidence in Italian Karting Federation president

[Kartcom] is reporting that Giuseppe Nolé of the FIK is facing a motion of no confidence, thought to be related to the problems in this year's Open Masters.

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February 25, 2008 France also drops KF1

The FFSA GP series has dropped KF1 for 2008, the second major European Championship to do so after the Italians did lat week. Formula A, now KF1, has not been popular at national level for some time, with the British Championship attracting less than 20 entries at some rounds and Stars of Karting in America has never run it. It's a large commitment of time and money, and with WSK now running on special tyres ...

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February 23, 2008 Weight concerns persuade McGuire to go Ginetta

After being forced to prematurely draw the curtain on his karting career, Max McGuire is now eagerly anticipating the next challenge in his fledgling motor racing development – closed-top sportscars, where he will go up against none other than the son of Britain’s last Formula 1 World Champion Damon Hill.

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February 23, 2008 Simpson re-signs for Birel

Michael Simpson has re-signed for Birel Motorsport for the 2008 season. “We always intended to and we have now exercised our option to re sign Michael – it was a case of just deciding which programme he should do” commented Birel UK boss Andy Cox.

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February 22, 2008 2008 lineup announced for Team France

The [FFSA] has announced their new coach and the 2008 drivers. 1999 European Champion Julien Poncelet takes over from Franck Lagorce as coach and ten drivers will be supported. They are: Thomas Mich age 20, racing in KZ1 with Birel. He rejoins the team as a gearbox specialist and factory Birel driver after a successful 2007. Anthony Abbasse age 19, racing in KF1, KZ1 and KZ2 with Sodikart. He was 4th in the World Championship in 2007 ...

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February 22, 2008 Open Masters drop KF1

The Italian/International Open Masters are to run without KF1 this year after the defection of most of the teams to [WSK]. No entry list has been released yet but a new form has been published by the [FIK] that doesn't have an option to race in the premier class.

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