A reminder to karters that the first round of the 2015 Victorian Country Series is coming up fast.

The first round will be at the Portland and District Kart Club on February 15.

The Victorian Country Series involves six great tracks around south west Victoria, some great prizes, and some great competition.

Ballarat Kart Club is a proud supporter of the Country Series and we encourage our members to get involved.

Make sure you get your entry in EARLY - Classes without a minimum of 6 entries at the close of pre-entries will not form (Wed 11 Feb)

Enter online now via the Karting Australia  CMS

For more information and updates visit the Victorian Country Series Facebook page

Follow the link below for the 2015 KA manual

2015 KA Manual

A  reminder to all members to please respect the track opening hours and days

Track operating hours: 9:00am -6:00pm

When the track is open, No Karts on track before 9:00am, and All Karts off track by 6:00pm.

Track CLOSED Tuesdays

Sportsman Restricted Light

  1. Bradley DECARLI
  2. Brendan TORPY
  3. Kevin O'DONOHUE

Junior National Heavy

  1. Aaron ING
  2. Luke THURSTON
  3. William NYBERG

Cadets

  1. Zaiden BARRY
  2. Joseph FAWCETT

Sportsman Restricted Heavy

  1. Malcolm MASON
  2. Luke MASON
  3. Michael ANGWIN

Clubman Light

  1. John PAGE
  2. Patrick LOIACONO
  3. Paul STACK

Thanks to Luke Fong for helping out with some pics from club day:

2014 Club Champions

Club Day Racing

2014 comes to a close for Ballarat Kart Club with club champions being crowned.
Congratulations to Michelle Shields being our 2014 club member of the year for her non stop efforts for the club,
Michael Angwin was awarded a shield as appreciation for his long distance services as club delegate.

  • Senior champion was Luke Fong
  • Junior champion was tied between Aaron Ing and Luke Thurston (A first for the club, tied eve after countback)
  • Rookie champion was Jordan Malcolm
  • Cadet champion was Zaiden Barry


We wish any Ballarat karters competing in thr Vic closed the best of luck, and we hope all karters, members,friends, and family have a good break and we see you next season on March 1

 

We thank the following volunteers, stewards, officials, working bee workers, committee members and club supporters for their support in 2014 (In no particular order)
Kev O'Donohue
Debbie Page
John Page
Sarah Page
Chris Dunstone
Corrine Dunstone
Michelle Shields
Andrew Shields
Michael Masterson
Gayle Masterson
Anne Johnstone
Trevor Attwood
Fiona Attwood
Mal Mason
Leanne Mason 
Kelsey Mason
Chris Ing 
Liz Ing
Colin Russell
Beau Russell
Bob Shears
David Mckenzie
Justin Malcolm
Mark Fawcett
Sam Wren
Brendan Torpy 
Ken Decarli
Russell Harrison
Margaret Harrison
Helen Feely
Colin Feely

Clubman Light

  1. Paul Stack
  2. Luke Fong
  3. Ashley Burke

Junior National Light

  1. Joshua Gay
  2. Luke Thurston
  3. William Nyberg

Cadets

  1. Zaiden Barry
  2. Beau Russell
  3. Joseph Fawcett

Sportsman Restricted Heavy

  1. Sam Wren
  2. Luke Gunnell
  3. Mark Gunnell

Junior National Heavy

  1. Luke Thurston
  2. Aaron Ing
  3. Braydon Mckinnon

Sportsman Restricted Light

  1. Matthew Chatz
  2. David Mckenzie
  3. Sam Murphy

Saturday Heat 1

Sunday Heat 2 and Final

We thank all karters, friends and family for coming to Ballarat Kart Club for a great weekend's racing.
A big thankyou to every volunteer and steward that made the weekend possible.

The winner of the 2014 Mort Page Memorial for Clubman Light is Kyle Rethus, well done Kyle.

Congratulations go to the following Ballarat members for podium places:

  • Jarrod Dwyer: 1st Sportsman Restricted Light 
  • Luke Mason:  2nd Sportsman Restricted Heavy
  • Sam Wren: 3rd Sportsman Restricted Heavy
  • Paul Feely: 3rd Clubman Heavy

Full Results

 

EDIT Our apologies for missing a Ballarat member in the originally posted results, Jarrod Dwyer winning Sportsman Restricted Light

At our upcoming Country Series round on October 18-19 we will be raising awareness and money for Men's health issues by supporting Movember

You don't to grow a mo for the weekend (That can wait till November if you want to partake), but we would love your support

View the Movember event for details, and stay tuned as we may soon reveal more details.

You can also join the Ballarat Kart Club Movember team at http://au.movember.com/team/1568457

NOVEMBER UPDATE: http://www.karting.net.au/new-era-for-cadet-racing-in-australia-starts-now

Background

There is some confusion about the currently permitted use of the new engines to be introduced into competition in 2015.
This includes the IAME KA 100, Vortex Mini Rok, Micro Max and Mini Max engines for use on our race tracks.

Current Position
These engines are NOT eligible for use (Practice or Racing) on Karting Australia licensed circuits at this time.
They are all subject to homologation and approval by Karting Australia.
Our rules are quite specific with regards to engines that can be used for our Classes. These engines are not included in them at this time and cannot be used until such time as they are specifically approved by Karting Australia.

Vortex Mini Rok
The Vortex Mini Rok engine that is to be homologated by OTK Kart Group with Karting Australia will become eligible for use on KA Licenced tracks only after that process has been completed and the engines have been added to the appropriate Classes.

The specification and details of the engine and all of its peripherals have not been confirmed on the homologation that will apply to the Vortex Mini Rok engine for use in competition from 1 January 2015. It has not been approved for competition and it has not been added to any Class.

Competitors are advised that until the homologation, validation and approval for competition process has been completed and formal advice to that effect is supplied by Karting Australia that it is most unwise to purchase a Vortex Mini Rok engine with the expectation that it will be eligible for competition in 2015.

Further, Competitors are advised that they should not expect to practice with the Vortex Mini Rok engine at this time on Karting Australia licenced tracks. Karting Australia’s insurance policies do not afford cover for this engine at this time.

Source: http://www.karting.net.au/information-regarding-use-of-new-engines


 

The 2014 AGM was held before the September clubday, and all positions were declared vacant.

We thank the holders of the previous positions for their hard work.

The 2014/15 positions are:

  • President: Paul Feely
  • Vice-President: Mal Mason
  • Secretary: Kev O'Donohue
  • Treasurer: Kev O'Donohue
  • Race Secretary: Debbie Page
  • Delegate: Kev O'Donohue
  • Co-delegate: Paul Feely
  • Scrutineer: John Page
  • Track Inspector: Michael Masterson
  • Canteen Manager: Michelle Shields
  • Web Editor/Trophies: Paul Feely
  • Publicity Officer: Mark Fawcett

Committee members: 

  • Bob Shears
  • Justin Malcolm
  • David McKenzie
  • Sam Wren
  • John Page
  • Brendan Torpy

 

  1. September 2014 Clubday: Pictures
  2. September 2014 Clubday: Results
  3. Throwback Thursday: 2013 Country Series Rnd 1
  4. Throwback Thursday: Mort Page Memorial 2013
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