Australian Superkart Championship

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Australian Superkart Championship
Category Single-seaters
CountryAustralia
Inaugural season1989
Drivers72
Teams33
Constructors7
Drivers' champion Russell Jamieson
Makes' champion Anderson Racing Karts
Teams' championCoach Design
Official website Superkarts Australia
Motorsport current event.svg Current season

The Australian Superkart Championship is a motor racing series run in Australia under the auspices of Motorsport Australia and AASA under their Superkart regulations. The karts race on full-size Australian circuits and in 2013 the series was raced at Sydney Motorsport Park and Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. As of 2007 the series has raced as part of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships. The series is one of nine that enjoy full CAMS Australian Championship status. [1]

Contents

National titles have also been run by other sanctioning organisations over the years as one-off events.

Classes

Presently three different classes of Superkart compete in the Australian championship: 250 International (for two cylinder 250cc engines), 250 National (for single cylinder 250cc engines), 125 Gearbox (for 125cc engines). Rotax max family of classes no longer compete for Australian championship status but have a single event non-gearbox Nationals with three classes: Rotax Light and Rotax Heavy, both weight based categories and Rotax Junior for drivers of the ages 12–16, and they run their Rotax 125cc engines without a power valve, reducing the power output of the class relative to Rotax Light and Rotax Heavy. While all classes compete for a national title, because of regulations in 2008 only the winners of the 250 International class has consistently been able to claim Australian Champion. Prior to the widespread popularity of Rotax Max the non-gearbox classes were 100cc engine capacity. Previously there was also a fourth gearbox class for 80cc engines Superkarts but numbers have dwindled in recent times to the point that 80cc class has been folded into 125cc class at national level and today only survives in limited numbers at state level.

Champions

Australia's most decorated Superkart racer, Warren McIlveen Mcilveen.jpg
Australia's most decorated Superkart racer, Warren McIlveen

The following is a compilation of Australian Superkart championship and national series winners. Since 1980 superkart motor racing series have been run under AKA & CAMS regulation. Prior to 1989 titles existed run under AKA authority. Run originally as single event championship it blossomed into a multi-event series in the early 2000s.

One of the most successful driver in Superkart racing is Warren McIlveen who has won 7 titles, six of them in the top class, 250 International. The most successful & cross-class driver has been Brian Stockman who has won eight titles across four classes. 2 x 80cc, 1 x 125cc, 2 x 250cc single & 3 x 250cc international. Jason McIntyre, Luke May and Jeff Reed are the only drivers to have won both Gearbox and non-Gearbox titles. Both the non-gearbox classes 100cc and Rotax Max have both used Light, Heavy and Junior classes to further sub-divide their numbers on occasion. They are indicate L: Light, H: Heavy and J: Junior. [2]

Due partially to falling numbers not all have been recognised as Australian Champions, some only as national series winners. For example, in 2009 only the 250 International class was recognised with the status of Australian champion. Numbers have since rebounded.

Attempts to run a Rotax Max title since 2009 had collapsed on multiple occasions [3] but a replacement event no longer considered an Australian Championship was run in 2011. [4]

Year250cc International250cc National125cc Gearbox80cc Gearbox100cc non-GearboxRotax Max
DriverKart-EngineDriverKart-EngineDriverKart-EngineDriverKart-EngineDriverKart-EngineDriverKart-Engine
1989Paul LawsonZipBarry ThomasZipBruce JollyZipGerard SkellyTonyKart
1990Gerard SiebertZip Eagle-Rotax Rob Lindsay Anderson-Husqvarna Glen RobertsonEliminator-Yamaha
1991Les MayZip Eagle-Rotax Rob LindsayAnderson-Husqvarna Paul HillmanCentreline-Honda Cameron KerrTalbot-Yamaha
1992Shane WilsonAnderson-Rotax Brian StockmanStockman-Kawasaki Paul HillmanCentreline-Honda Chryss JamiesonGladiator-Yamaha Dale HarrisSprinter-Yamaha
1993Gerard SiebertZip Eagle-Rotax Brian StockmanStockman-Kawasaki Paul HillmanCentreline-Honda Brett AndersonMinarelli-Yamaha Jeff ReedSprinter-Yamaha
1994Les MayAnderson-Rotax John PellicanoStockman-Kawasaki Matthew CampbellCentreline-Honda Brett WalshGladiator-Yamaha Kerryn BrewerBenson-Yamaha
1995John BarabaszKustom-Rotax Graeme WilliamsStockman-Yamaha Peter WorrallCentreline-Honda Brett WalshGladiator-Yamaha Les PrziovskiSpeed-Yamaha
1996Gerard SiebertZip Eagle-Rotax Paul HillmanCentreline-Yamaha Warren McIlveenStockman-Honda Troy ByronCentreline-Yamaha Les PrziovskiSpeed-Yamaha
1997David BakerPVP-Rotax Chris StaffStockman-Kawasaki Peter WorrallCentreline-Honda Troy ByronCentreline-Yamaha Ian LennoxMac-Mineralli
1998Brian StockmanStockman-Yamaha Michael CrosslandStockman-Kawasaki Peter CarterCentreline-Honda Ross HansenCentreline-Yamaha L: Ray Collier
H: Ken Knight
Arrow AX5
1999Warren McIlveenStockman-Honda Gary BrookesCentreline-Honda Brian StockmanStockman-Honda Chryss JamiesonGladiator-Yamaha L: Jason McIntyre
H: Gary Pegoraro
J: Luke May		DAP-Yamaha
CRG-Yamaha
CRG-Yamaha
2000Brian StockmanStockman-Honda Steven TapperStockman-kawasaki Roy FrancescatoCentreline-Honda Chryss JamiesonGladiator-Yamaha L: Ray Collier
H: Gary Pegoraro		KCM-Yamaha
Azzurro-Yamaha
2001Warren McIlveenStockman-Honda Steven TapperStockman-kawasaki Darren DunnTopkart-Honda Anthony LappasEliminator-Yamaha L: Michael Rogers
H: Andrew Davison		Arrow-Yamaha
KCM-Yamaha
2002Sam ZavagliaStockman-Honda Colin McIntyreAnderson-KTM Darren DunnTopkart-Honda Ross HansenCentreline-Yamaha Gary PegoraroAzzuro-Yamaha Tracey O'Rourke
2003Warren McIlveenStockman MR2-Honda Anthony ZulianStockman MR2-Honda Chryss JamiesonGladiator-Honda Gary PegoraroAzzuro-Yamaha Shane Wright
2004Brian StockmanStockman MR2-Honda Sam ZavagliaStockman MR2-Honda Nathan BeyMonaco CRG-Rotax
2005Warren McIlveenStockman MR2-Honda Jason McIntyreAnderson-KTM Sam ZavagliaStockman MR2-Honda Doug WardCentreline-Yamaha Darren TylerBirel-Rotax
2006Warren McIlveenStockman MR2-Honda Jason McIntyreAnderson-KTM Russell JamiesonStockman Laydown-Honda Robert TrimmerCentreline-Yamaha
2007 Warren McIlveenStockman MR2-Honda Jason McIntyre*Anderson-KTM Kristian StebbingStockman MR2-Honda L: Michael Rogers
H: Ron Goldfinch
J: Sean Whitfield
2008 Darren Hossack Anderson-SafeMartin Latta*Stockman-Yamaha Brad StebbingStockman MR2-Honda L: Michael Rogers
H: Mark Wicks
J: Sean Whitfield		Arrow-Rotax
Hypermax-Rotax
Hypermax-Rotax
2009 Sam ZavagliaStockman MR2-Yamaha Steven Tamasi*Stockman MR2-Honda
2010 Darren Hossack Anderson-SafeMartin Latta Anderson-Honda Steven TamasiStockman MR2-Honda
2011 Warren McIlveenStockman MR2-Honda Luke May* Anderson-Honda Jeff ReedStockman MR2-Honda L: Shaun Pannowitch*
H: Steve Milner*
J: Tim Clarke*
2012 Jason Smith Anderson-DEABrendan Luneman* Anderson-Yamaha Jeff ReedStockman MR2-Honda
2013 Russell Jamieson Anderson-DEADalton Rowell*Stockman MR2-Honda Jeff ReedStockman MR2-Honda
2014 Gary PegoraroAnderson-BRCDalton Rowell*Stockman MR2-Honda Gary HaywoodBakker X4-Yamaha
2015 Russell Jamieson Anderson-DEAJordan Ford* Anderson-Yamaha Mark RobinStockman MR2-Honda
2016 Australian Superkart season 2016Ilya Harpas Anderson-DEADriverKart-EngineDriverKart-EngineDriverKart-EngineDriverKart-EngineDriverKart-Engine
250cc International Ilya Harpas [5] 250cc National125cc Gearbox80cc Gearbox125 Stock-HondaRotax Max

* Indicates winner of a national series rather than Australian championship.

References

  1. ↑ "CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport". CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport. Archived from the original on 2007-01-16.
  2. ↑ "Online Manual of Motor Sport: Section 14: Titles" (PDF). Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. 2008-10-01. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 2008-12-01.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Australian Superkart Championships". Superkarts Australia. 8 April 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "2011 Australian Non Gearbox Superkart Nationals: Sporting Regulations" (PDF). CAMS . Retrieved 29 June 2011.
  5. ↑ Australia
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