HOT START TO RD1 AUSTRALIAN KART CHAMPIONSHIPS

Under the blazing South Australian sun, Racing was intense and as close as ever for the opening Round of the Australian Kart Championship. Vortex was represented in 3 of the 8 classes. Cadet 9 and Cadet 12 using the 60cc Mini Rok and DVS Junior (OKJ). 

New South Welshman, Kobe McInerney took his first ever KA2 round win for the TF Racing squad. The youngster was dominant and wasn’t headed from the beginning of the race.

He took the win by 2.3 seconds, however the battle for the minor placings was where the real interest was. Ayrton Dalmaso was looking to grab second place for DAP, however Isaac McNeill had other ideas. The Queenslander, driving for the brand new Empire Kartsport team, closed the gap to Dalmaso. The duo both took an off-track excursion and emerged unharmed, however McNeill ultimately grabbed second and Cordato dropped back to sixth position.

Finishing third was South Australian, Oceane Colangelo. Colangelo created history on Saturday as the first female racer to ever win a heat race in the elite Junior category and then backed that up with the third placed finish.

Fourth place was Queenslander, Ky Burke. Burke – who will represent Karting Australia in the FIA Academy Trophy in Europe this year – had one of the biggest workloads of any driver across the weekend after being disqualified in qualifying, meaning he’d start last in the 37 kart field in the first two heats. He was able to make ground and put himself in position to score bulk Championship points.

Victorian Parolin driver, Archie Bristow won every race he finished in Cadet 12 across the weekend, including a dominant final position, winning by 2.5 seconds. The only race Bristow didn’t win was his second heat yesterday, when he was a participant in a multi-kart collision at the first turn.

Jack Larsen edged home in second place after a close fight with West Australian BRM pilot, Valentino Giorgella.

It was an Oscar performance in Cadet 9, with Olivers occupying first and second position.

Oliver Armitt was supreme, marching to a 5.8 second win in the class in an unusually dominant performance. It was his first ever round win, while Oliver Williamson took his first podium in a TWM Kart Republic in second. Riccardo Johnston celebrated his birthday that took place across the weekend with a third placed finish.

Thus completes the opening round of the 2024 SP Tools Australian Kart Championship presented by Castrol.

The next round of the Championship will take place in Seymour, northern Victoria at the Eastern Lions Kart Club on April 18-21.

Full results from the weekend’s competition are available here with full championship points here.

On-demand vision from every race across the weekend is available from MySportLive here.