It's time to say a few thank you's to all that helped us out over the weekend with the successful running of this year's Ballarat Victorian Country series round.
Over the last two weeks we have been asking for, and requesting help with club volunteers just to try and get enough numbers to make it work, let alone offer some relief for the regulars in the canteen. 
We have to say that we are  very proud of what our club members were able to deliver, with an excellent level of support from mums, dads daughters and grans, girlfriends and just mates, even people from other clubs, all of which allowed our regular canteen legend Michelle successfully deliver hundreds of meals and drinks throughout the weekend.

To everyone that jumped in to help with the tyre marking that also contributed towards getting the karts to the grid in a timely manner, throughout most of the qualifying period there were a minimum of 4 people marking the tyres, most rotating between their own races just to make it work.

To the regulars at working bees throughout the year, and newer faces more recently that contributed to getting the track ship shape for this meeting. It doesn't happen on its own.

This is a typical effort that continues to make not only Ballarat, but all of our country clubs in the Victorian Country Series stand out and continue to showcase our sport.

Well done everyone, and thank you from the Ballarat Kart club committee.

Today we invited the Mayor of Ballarat, Councillor Des Hudson, out to our track to learn more about our sport ahead of our VCS round this weekend.

Without even hire kart experience (He has driven a monster truck before though!), Des was quick to start working on smooth lines and pushing the kart harder, and he had quite an enjoyable stint.

Ballarat Kart Club President and Vice-President (Paul Feely and Mal Mason) had a good discussion with Des about the sport, the club and sport in the region.

We thank Des for his time, and hope he enjoyed it.

View the onboard video


Thanks to everyone who came out on Sunday, it was great weather to turn some laps.

Both WinTV and The Courier came out ahead of next weekend, so we hope to see some of our karters in the news this week.

Remember; if you haven't pre-entered yet for next weekend, enter now at https://karting.net.au/cms/member/

Cadet 12
1 Joe Fawcett

Cadet 9
1 Brocklan Parker
2 Akasha McEachran
3 Ruby Gibson

TAG 125 Light
1 Mitchell Sutej

TAG 125 Restricted Light
1 Lachlan Hill
2 Alexander Barallon
3 John Page

KA3 Junior
1 Jordan Malcolm
2 Ryan Bettess

KA4 Senior Light
1 Leandra Schmidt
2 Trudi McEachran

KA4 Junior Light
1 Jaxson Cox
2 Jordan Malcolm
3 Nerinda Beard

KA4 Junior Heavy
1 Daniel Hookway
2 Will Kelly-Merrifield
3 Maximus Fahey

TAG 125 Restricted Heavy
1 Luke McPherson
2 Anthony Warner
3 Sam Wren

KA3 Senior Light
1 Douglas Jackson

KA3 Senior Heavy
1 Luke Thurston

Full results at  https://karting.net.au/cms/results

It is a busy month for the club in the lead-up to the Victorian Country Series Round 5 on September 3 and 4.
There's a lot of work ahead, but it should be a great event.

  • Volunteers - We need all members to contribute to the preparation and running our biggest event of the year
    We need help for jobs including working bees, tyre marking, sunday bbq, canteen and  bar (RSA required)
    A list is posted outside the canteen for names
  • Round Sponsorship - Sponsorships are available for $100 per class (Listed in program, mentioned in commentary etc)
    Contact Paul on 0438 981300
  • Pit spots - Lines have  now been marked and you can mark out your spot
  • Working Bee 2: Saturday 27 Aug (TBD)
  • August Club Day - Sunday Aug 28 
  • AUSTRANS Victorian Country Series Round 5: Sat Sep 3 and Sunday Sep 4

A glorious summer day greeted our karters, with old and new faces appearing for the first club day of 2016
KA3 Junior were lapping the track like rocket ships -  setting lap times around the 31 flat mark - faster than all almost senior classes! 

Cadet 12

  1. Zaiden Barry
  2. Daniel Malcolm
  3. Karlee Pearson

Cadet 9

  1. Akasha McEachran
  2. Spencer Rice

TAG 125 Restricted Light

  1. Luke Mason
  2. John Page
  3. Brendan Torpy

KA3 Junior

  1. Jordan Malcolm
  2. Luke Thurston

KA4 Junior Light

  1. Scott McEachran

KA4 Senior Light

  1. Ann Johnstone
  2. Trudi McEachran
  3. Krystal Alexander

Sunday's AGM saw discussion about the future of club days at Ballarat.

In general it was agreed that -

  • All karters must now pre-enter for clubdays - starting for the October clubday.
  • If a minimum of 15 karters are not pre-entered on the Wednesday the event will be CANCELLED.
  • The exact cutoff point of 15 karters may be fine tuned over time.
  • There may be a financial incentive to pre-enter (eg: Additional cost to enter on the day) TBD
  • Once the 2016 calendar is released, the club will review the calendar and determine whether to alternate clubdays or whether there are certain dates that are not viable to run.
  • The club survey is still open, if you have not completed it before the AGM, please complete it so we can take your ideas to the next committee meeting and assist with these decisions https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2ZLQ2HM 

Exact details of these entry changes will be mailed to all members.

It was a glorious day for our September club day

Highlight of the day being Scotty passing Jordan around the outside of turn 1 in reverse - an extremely brave place to pass
Jordan then chased hard to get the lead back, while Luke Thurston hounded both in the spirit of Harry's Challenge.

We also (Finally) managed to run our first ladies event in senior national - with Annie Johnstone taking out the inaugural honors over Trudi McEachran

Albeit small fields - there was some great racing

JNL
1 Jordan Malcolm
2 Scott McEachran
3 Luke Thurston

Senior National Light
1 Ann Johnstone
2 Trudi McEachran

Cadet 9 + 12
1 Zaiden Barry
1 Daniel Malcolm
2 Akasha McEachran

Restricted 125 Light
1 Blake Graham
2 Paul Feely
3 John Page
4 Trevor Attwood

Congrats to the Ballarat Club Members who took home a top 10 result in our home round of the Victorian Country Series
Jarrod Dwyer 1st TAG Restricted Light
Paul Feely 1st TAG Restricted Heavy
Sam Wren 3rd Sportsman Restricted Super Heavy
Beau Russell 4th Cadet 9
Mal Mason 6th TAG Restricted Heavy
Luke Mason 7th TAG Restricted Heavy
Joe Fawcett 7th Cadet 9
Jordan Malcolm 7th Junior National Light
Luke Thurston 7th Junior National Heavy
John Page 8th TAG Restricted Light
Greg Ord 9th TAG Restricted Heavy
Daniel Malcolm 10th Cadet 9
Zaiden Barry 10th Cadet 12

 

View full results

We are very excited to be gearing up for out biggest race meeting of the year on July 19.
We hope to see over 150 karters competing in 11 classes of racing.

For newcomers interested in watching some karting: spectator entry is free, practice is on Saturday 18 July and racing is on Sunday 19 July

For competing karters: a few bits of housekeeping:

  • TRACK CLOSED from Monday 13 July until uncontrolled practice Saturday 18 July (Friday pit setup only)
  • Please don't park in neighbouring driveways
  • Ballarat Members - There is a volunteer list at the clubrooms that we'd like to see as many names as possible on

Meanwhile, here are some pics from last year's action 

Club day run and won
Thanks to all our visitors for dropping by in preparation for the Victorian Country Series
The temperature was a little crisp, but no rain and the sun even came out in the afternoon to see  some good close racing.

Results:

TAG Restricted Heavy
1 Greg Ord
2 Barry Clough
3 Mal Mason

Cadet 12
1 Zaiden Barry
2 Karlee Pearson

TAG Restricted Light
1 Brendan Torpy
2 John Page
3 Jimmy Mason

Junior National Light
1 Jordan Malcolm

Junior National Heavy
1 Luke Thurston
2 Scott McEachran

Ballarat Kart Club members are required to be a financial member of Ballarat Kart Club and have a current Karting Australia license to access and use the track.

License and memberships are now done online via the Karting Australia CMS.
New karters can apply for CMS access https://www.karting.net.au/how-to-get-started-in-karting/apply-for-licence 

Ballarat Kart Club Membership 2024

New members: We are putting process in place to get in touch with new members sooner with getting started information.
Our new member liason and track key contact is Mal Mason:  0418 882854
Messages to the Ballarat Kart Club Facebook page is also a great place to ask beginner questions 

 

Race license      
  Single $90 License held with Ballarat Kart Club
  Family $115 License held with Ballarat Kart Club
  Second club $130 License held with any other club
Practice license      
  Any type $130 Note: There is no requirement for a family membership for a practice license
Joining fee      
  Home club $25  
  Second club  $50  
Track key      
  Race license and home club  $25  
  Practice license OR
second club		 $40  
     **  

 

Karting Victoria License 2025

New Competition/Racing License:       $420
Competition/Racing License Renewal: $405
8 day license: $150
E Grade/Practice license: $180
Vintage license: $110
Karting Activity Controller: $25

 

 

  1. May 2015 Club Day results
  2. Vale Ian White
  3. April 2015 Clubday results
  4. Country Series Round 3: Warrnambool May 10
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