GETTING CLOSER: AUSTRALIAN SUPERKART CHAMPIONSHIPS at SHELL V-POWER MOTORSPORT PARK SA

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With just over 5 weeks to go I am sure everybody is doing the hard yards in the
garage or shed getting their gear prepared for the Australian Superkart
Championships at SHELL V-POWER MOTORSPORT PARK SA. The dates are
Friday 19 th , Saturday 20 th and Sunday 21 st September. There is an old saying
that most of the race is won in the garage doing the preparation but with 2
strokes all that can go out the window quickly. At Championship events, the
bar gets raised a lot higher and drivers do whatever they can to squeeze the
last drop of power out of the engines.

We still have not received the sup regs from track management and they
usually send them to us 4 weeks before, so they are not too far off. SKA has to
include the Superkart Sporting Regs which is ready to go.
As per last year the entry fee will include Friday practice, Saturday and Sunday
racing. It will also include garage hire and Transponders. Entry fee will be $700
per kart per driver and our Superkart category only has one slot due to the size
of the race meeting so it is all in together. From a spectators view it will look
great.

Because of the size of the event, being a National and State championship, the
regular garages were at a premium cost, which would have pushed up the
entry fee considerably. Track management has offered us the covered in car
ports on the left side as you drive in, and in consideration for our competitor’s
costs SKA has agreed to this arrangement. There are 24 of them and all for us
and we were told that we can park our trailers at the rear of the sheds which is
more convenient for all and will create a great atmosphere.

We can make garage allocations based on your pairing requests or if no
request is received with your entry we’ll leave it to whenever you get there
you can set up. There’ll be at least 2 karts per garage so we all get a garage
space.

Unfortunately, in our Superkart arena there are a few protagonists who seem
to take great delight in trying to derail the hard work that SKA puts in to bring
to the drivers and teams a professionally run and great race weekend. You’ve
seen and heard enough on regular news and media to know that there are
plenty of mis-information from fools out there. Unfortunately superkart may
have them as well, so if it’s about SKA that’s not clearly from us, check and
trust only us for the information, not some anarchist!

However, what matters most is that despite interference, SKA will continue to
provide excellent championship standard race events where all superkarters
are welcome, supported, and treated with respect.
We have no time for politics or rumours and our focus is on close hard racing
and having a drink and yarn with all your karting mates when the meeting
comes to an end.

We’ll be getting the sporting regs out very soon.

Regards
SKA Committee.