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The race dates for 2023 club championship have been uploaded, and formats will be up soon

Beginning in Late 2021 and coming to completion in late 2022, our Edmontona track was completely resurfaced, many kerbs replaced and one section of track altered.

click the link to see some more details

With the weather looking a lot better this weekend we are hoping to have our working bee this weekend same time same place

When - Saturday 12th February

Where - Cairns international speedway

Time - 8am

Lunch - Sausage sizzle & drinks (provided)

Please if you are attending contact Michael Peake on 0419332999 by Friday 11th February as he will need to cater for food & drinks also he has the list of Job's that need doing.

We are back racing on the 11th of July!

All members please check your emails and watch the facebook page for updates.

Please not you MUST pre nominate online for this race meeting along with a fw other requirements that you should have recieved an email about today. To see these instructions please click the link and it will take you to the forms and dowload age where we have uploaded the supp regs and some instructions to make sure we are all COVID safe.

The Cairns Kart Club Race Meeting 21st March 2020 will go ahead as scheduled with the following pre-cautions in line with Karting Australia’s recommendations in regards to Covid-19.

• All entrants must complete the on-line ‘Travel Register and Isolation Form’ by Wednesday 18th March 2020. The form takes less than a minute to complete and asks a few basic questions. The form can be found at

https://www.karting.net.au/karting-australia-travel-register

• The timetable for the meeting has been amended refer Karting QLD for details

• The timetable was bought forward as there is maintenance occurring on the speedway lights and they cannot be used for this meeting. Gates open 7.30am, track set-up (if required) at 8am followed by unofficial practice.

• There is a working bee from 4pm Thursday for track set-up. This will allow for unofficial practice on Friday.

• Canteen will NOT be operating at this meeting.

• Allow a minimum of 2M spacing between pit areas.

• There will be no traditional driver’s brief. The Clerk of Course / Chief Steward will present the driver’s brief either by email or over the PA system.

• It is recommended to pre-pay your entry on-line.

• Print and fill out your own scrutineering form at home and bring it with you to the race meeting, no pens will be available in the tower. 

• Only one driver and / or guardian permitted in the tower at one time, others waiting outside not to congregate together.

• There will be no trophy presentation at the end of the meeting

• When on the in and out grids or parc ferme, leave a minimum spacing of 1.5M between karts. Only one pit crew at a time to collect karts. Waiting pit crews should not congregate together, recommend 1.5M personal space as per Department of Health recommendations.

• All Come and Try days have been cancelled till further notice.

• ‘Bring a mate’ is permitted although not recommended at this meeting.

• Hand sanitiser will be available, although it is recommended you provide your own in your pits. Remember to wash and sanitise your hands regularly.

• No Hand shaking, Fist Pumping or Hugging is allowed.

• Observe and respect personal space requirements (recommended minimum 1.5M)

• Borrowing or sharing of equipment / parts etc is discouraged.

• Under no circumstances attend the meeting if you have a fever or respiratory illness.

CAIRNS Kart Club’s long wait for a new motorsport and driver training facility is slowly coming to an end after the club presented a project masterplan to the Cairns Regional Council earlier this month.

The masterplan which included preliminary facility and track layouts, designs, costs and business plans, was “well accepted” by the council which had already bought 20ha of farm land on Thomson Rd in Edmonton for about $750,000 five years ago.

The plan also proposed that the facility will be a multi-use space and incorporate events for disabled motorsports, inline skating, supermotards, electric and human-powered vehicles, motorhome facilities and a criterium track for the Cairns Cycling Club.

Although the karting club’s masterplan itself is no guarantee the $6 million facility will be built, it provided council the assurance it needed to “soon” sign Cairns Kart Club as a leaseholder of the parcel of land at Thomson Rd.

A lease agreement and the facility masterplan are tipped to help the club campaign for government funding before development applications can be made and construction can begin.

Words by Arun Singh Mann, The Cairns Post

A big thank you to those members who helped out at the Cairns Show for 2019. The Club had a display at the Fred Moule Pavillion with two of the Clubs Come and Try karts on show along with the up-to-date pictures of the New Driver Training Facility.

Special thanks to Michael, Ken, Thomas, Julian, Jim and Alan for taking time out of their week to promote our club. Well done!