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Please be advised that our Club AGM will be held on the Tuesday 19th of November 2024 at TJ Microsystems (335 Mulgrave Road) at 6pm. The AGM will be followed by a brief general meeting for November.

Congratulations to all our winners today at our final race meet of the year which was held up at the Makotrac International Racetrack in Mareeba which will host the 2025 QLD State Titles. Thanks to all the people who made our 2024 year possible and we are looking forward to a big 2025. Cadet 12 🥇 George Aciddao 🥈 Heath Schweitzer KA 3 Junior 🥇 Alex Boscarini 🥈 Luca Seeto 🥉 Ashtyn Thain KA 3 Senior Light 🥇 Michael Janusz TAG 125 Restricted Light 🥇 Peter Roberts TAG 125 Restricted Medium 🥇 Sebastian Di Salvo 🥈 Jeremy Evans 🥉 Nic Beehag 4SS Medium 1st Michael O’Connell DNS Matt Butland Thanks to @oconnell_racing for the photos

Final Noms list for our Race Meet at Mako Track. Let’s race! Timetable Practice 8:30 to 10 AM Driving briefing 10:20 AM Racing 10:30 AM

Final day to put your nom in for our final race meet of the year at Mako Track. Noms closes at 6PM today so don’t miss out. The canteen will be running this weekend with Cold Drinks, Sausages, Bacon&Egg Rolls and Toasties.

Current Noms list There is 3 Days to go until our final race meet of year at Mako Track in Mareeba. There is only 2 days left to nominate so don’t miss out on our final race meet of the year.

Our Club Shirts have arrived! Short sleeve polos $38, long sleeve polos $42 and singlets $32. Shirts are available from TJ Microsystems 335 Mulgrave Road and at the race meeting at Mako on 9 November. Reminder also to get you noms in before 6PM Friday 8th November for our final race meet of 2024 and to get a run on track before the 2025 Queensland State Tittles.

Congratulations to our Cairns Club Members who raced the Capri Cup at Ipswich over the weekend which was Ipswich’s last race meet of the year. The race meet was ran the reverse direction which made a different feel of racing. Sebastian Di Salvo finished 3rd in TAG Restricted Medium and ended up 5th in Ipswich Club Championship standings. For our two KA 3 Junior Light drivers Luca Seeto&Alex Boscarini they were involved in incidents in their heat races but managed to finish the final. TAG 125 Restricted Medium 18 Karts 3rd Sebastian Di Salvo KA 3 Junior Light 40 Karts 18th Alex Boscarini 25th Luca Seeto

Nominations are now open for the final race meet of the year at mako are now open. Get your noms in for next weekends race meet

Our last race meet of the year has been moved and will be held at the Mako Track on November 9th

Congratulations to our Cairns Club Members who raced at the Robb Harrison Memorial in Townsville over the weekend where it was an all points count meet. Cadet 12 6 Entires 4th Ashley Richards KA 3 Junior Championship Weight 12 Entries 4th Alex Boscarini 7th Connor Hole 8th Luke Downes 10th Cooper Price 4SS Medium 5 Entries 4th Michael O’Connell

Congratulations to our Cairns Club Members who raced over the weekend at Ipswich Kart Club for the KA100 Titles and coming home with fantastic results against strong competition. TAG 125 Restricted Medium 17 Karts 5th Sebastian Di Salvo KA 3 Junior Light 38 Karts 12th Luca Seeto 20th Alex Boscarini

LAP RECORDS UPDATE With the State Cup run and won. We had 7 lap records broken and 1 new benchmark to now chase. Cadet 9 Billy Bailey 56.314 17/8/24 Cadet 12 Jack Larsen (NEW LAP RECORD) 52.713 28/9/24 KA 3 Junior Nate Thompson 47.940 (NEW LAP RECORD) 28/9/24 KA 3 Senior Championship Michael Janusz 48.164 28/9/24 (NEW CLASS RECORD) KA 3 Senior Light Rayner Costello 48.267 17/8/24 TAG 125 Restricted Light Zac Ewing 48.597 (NEW LAP RECORD) 28/9/24 TAG 125 Restricted Medium Sebastian Di Salvo 49.684 (NEW LAP RECORD) 28/9/24 TAG 125 Light Seth Chellingworth 47.139 (NEW LAP RECORD) 28/9/24 TAG 125 Heavy Damien Bugler 48.846 17/8/24 4SS Medium Matt Butland 55.051 (NEW LAP RECORD) 29/9/24 4SS Heavy Matt Hunter 55.477 (NEW LAP RECORD) 29/9/24 These results are via the Speedhive app

Major sponsor of the 2024 State Cup Tyrepower Mareeba&Cairns owner John Raso waving the chequered flag as local racer Seb Di Salvo crossing the finish line to win the State Cup in TAG 125 Restricted Medium.

The 2024 Queensland State Cup has been run and won. Congratulations to all our winners. Big thanks to all the people who traveled up to FNQ to come and support the event. Thanks to all the people who did all the work to the lead up to this event to get all ready for the State Cup. Thanks to all the sponsors who supported the event. TAG 125 Light 1st Michael Janusz 🥇 2nd Tristan Lambert 🥈 3rd Seth Chellingworth 🥉 4SS Medium 1st Gerrard Nolan 🥇 2nd Matt Butland 🥈 4SS Heavy 1st Matt Hunter🥇 2nd Rusell Ollington 🥈 3rd Phil Ollington 🥉 TAG 125 Restricted Masters 1st Wayne Ohl🥇 2nd Julian Laws🥈 3rd Rick Jones🥉 KA 3 Senior 1st Rayner Costello🥇 2nd Michael Janusz 🥈 3rd Jess Golding 🥉 TAG 125 Restricted Light 1st Zac Ewing 🥇 2nd Emily Caldwell 🥈 3rd Dylan Dunston 🥉 Cadet 12 1st Jack Larsen🥇 2nd Brock Nolan🥈 3rd Cruz Smith 🥉 TAG 125 Restricted Medium 1st Sebastian Di Salvo 🥇 2nd Ryley Jones 🥈 3rd Matt Taylor 🥉 KA 3 Junior 1st Nate Thompson 🥇 2nd Jake Lydom🥈 3rd Zac Tyson🥉

King Julian and chief trophy presentation Tamika practicing their trophy presentation for Tyrepower Cairns Pitstop& Mareeba Tyrepower Queensland State Cup. Apologies for the glare but it beautiful sunny day in Far North Queensland.

Provisional Timetable and Nominations for State Cup - Please note Transponders must be on for Timed Practice sessions from 1:30pm onwards.

A shout out to Boscon Constructions for coming on as a class sponsor. Kyne and his team also pitched in repairing some kerbs around makotrac and even bolted some tyres for us too.

Thanks to Ross at Cairns Tyre Specialists not only for coming on board with class sponsorship, but also helping out the club with the new tyre barriers that we needed.

PRACTICE THURSDAY Thursday practice is a KAC controlled event. Please register via komp if you are wanting to practice Thursday.

Class Sponsor, Elements air and refrigeration. Contact Paulie for all your refrigeration, cold room and air conditioning needs.

Airlec NQ our sponsor for TAG 125 Heavy. Show your support and give John a call for your electrical and air conditioning needs

Thank you, Tyrepower Cairns and Mareeba for being our major sponsors for the 2024 QLD State Cup. See John and Frank Raso for all your wheel and tyre needs. Don't forget to nominate by midnight tonight to win back your nominations.

A huge thanks goes to JME painting, not only are they sponsoring a Restricted Light for the state cup, they have also painted all the tyre barriers around makotrac to make it look fantastic. If you need painting done at home or at work, get in contact with Jeremy. JME Painting Pty Ltd

Thanks to Chem Safe Cleaning and Disaster Restoration for sponsoring our futures stars in the Cadet 12 class

A shout out for the support of Doug and the team at DC Performance and Dyno Tuning. The are sponsoring our 4SS Heavy class DC Performance & Dyno Tuning DC Mechanical Repairs

Thanks CBIS for sponsoring our youngest competitiors the Cadet 9 Class!

Please support those who support us. Drop in to our 125 Restricted Medium class sponsor The Mountain View Hotel on your way home Mountain View Hotel Karting Queensland

WIN YOUR NOMINATION BACK!! Enter the 2024 Tyrepower Cairns and Marreba QLD State Cup by midnight on Sunday 22nd September to go into the draw to win your nominations back. Nominate now via Komp Karting Queensland Karting Australia Bundaberg Kart Club Towers Kart Racing Club Page · 3K followers Page · 1.3K followers

A big thanks to class sponsor of KA3 Junior, The Quack Coffee The Quack Coffee @thequackcoffee @followers

Class Sponsor, TAG 125 Light DC Mechanical Repairs Tyrepower Cairns Pitstop Mareeba Tyrepower

GET YOUR NOMINATIONS IN! The Tyrepower Cairns and Mareeba 2024 QLD State Cup is on next weekend. Get your noms in to win a Maroon plate. Racing at Mako track in Mareeba! Tyrepower Cairns Pitstop Mareeba Tyrepower Makotrac International Racetrack Towers Kart Racing Club Townsville Kart Club Toowoomba & Lockyer Valley Kart Club Bundaberg Kart Club Warwick Kart Club @ipswichkartclub Whitsunday Moto Sports Club - Karting Cooloola Coast Kart Club Gladstone Kart Club Karting Queensland Karting Australia

Club Meeting Tonight We have a club meeting tonight and we urge everyone to attend if possible. Most of the meeting will be surrounding state cup. 6pm at TJ microsystems Mulgrave road opposite cazalys. If you would prefer to link in from home please email secretary@cairnskartclub.com and we will send you the link.

LAP RECORDS UPDATE We had 2 lap records broken today in TAG 125 Restricted Medium and 4SS Medium. Cadet 9 Billy Bailey 56.314 17/8/24 Cadet 12 Jack Larsen 53.014 17/8/24 KA 3 Junior Luca Seeto 48.840 17/8/24 KA 3 Senior Light Rayner Costello 48.267 17/8/24 TAG 125 Restricted Light Zac Ewing 49.078 17/8/24 TAG 125 Restricted Medium Sebastian Di Salvo 50.234 (NEW LAP RECORD) TAG 125 Light Johnno Stockman 47.786 17/8/24 TAG 125 Heavy Damien Bugler 48.846 17/8/24 4SS Medium Gerard Nolan 55.324 (NEW LAP RECORD) 4SS Heavy Gerrard Nolan 55.696 17/8/24 These results are via the Speedhive app

Our final club meet before the State Cup was raced today. Thanks everyone who made the meeting possible and we are looking forward to the State Cup on September 27-29. Congratulations to all our winners. KA 3 Junior 1st Alex Boscarini 2nd Connor Hole 3rd Ashtyn Thain Cadet 12 1st Byron Hannaford 2nd Daniel Janusz 3rd Ashley Richards TAG 125 Restricted Medium 1st Sebastian Di Salvo 2nd Nic Beehag 3rd Hunter Evans (Not Featured) TAG 125 Light 1st Michael Janusz 2nd Johnno Stockman (Not Featured) 3rd Peter Roberts 4SS Medium (No Photo) 1st Gerard Nolan 2nd Michael O’Connell 4SS Heavy (No Photo) 1st Matt Hunter 2nd Jack Stockman

2024 Queensland State Cup Nominations are now open. Get nominating for this event.

Noms are still open for our final race meet before the State Cup. Don’t miss out on this final opportunity to race at the Mako Track before the State Cup

This weekend we had 3 Cairns Club Members race at Ipswich for Round 6 of their Club Championship. We had Daniel Janusz in Cadet 12 while his older brother Michael Janusz raced in TAG 125 Light and Sebastian Di Salvo in TAG 125 Restricted Medium. Sebastian Di Salvo got his first win at the super competitive Ipswich track in heat 2 also. The final race counted for the results for the weekend. Cadet 12 20 Entries 16th Daniel Janusz TAG 125 Light 8 Entries 4th Michael Janusz TAG 125 Restricted Medium 17 Entries 3rd Sebastian Di Salvo

State Cup Update! Hi everyone. The Queensland State Cup which will be held on September 27-29 at the Makotrac International Racetrack in Mareeba is still going ahead. The subs are yet to be submitted. We will notify when noms are open. @townsvillekartclub @towerskartclub @ipswichkartclub @bundaberg_kart_club @gladstone.kart.club @emeraldkartclub @warwickkartclub @kartingaustralia @cooloolacoastkartclub @kartingqld

Noms are now open for our final race meet before the State Cup. Don’t miss out on this opportunity.

Hi Everyone, We are having one last tyre bolting session at Cairns Tyre Specialists opposite Cairns s Central tomorrow ( Tuesday 3rd) afternoon from 4pm. We need a few more bundles to sort out the in grid and afew other spots. Many hands make light work. @followers Please call or message Craig if you can help out on 0437 483 934.

Congratulations to our Cairns Club Members who raced at the final round of the Australian Karting Championship over weekend at Oakleigh Kart Club in Victoria. It was a very tough weekend for our members with changing conditions all weekend with windy weather conditions. KA 3 Senior 26th Michael Janusz TAG 125 21st Michael Janusz 25th Seth Chellingworth 42nd Damien Bugler (was a reserve driver and didn’t make into the final) For our two KA 3 Junior drivers Alex Boscarini and Luke Downes they weren’t able to make into the top 40 of points for the final. That is the end of the Australian Karting Championship for 2024. Our members competed at all the rounds this year and did their best we are looking for to the 2025 Australian Kart Championship.

Congratulations to our Carins Club Members who raced at the club meeting in Townsville yesterday. This race meet was an all points count meet and also was raced in reverse direction. Cadet 12 4th Cooper Price KA 3 Junior Championship Weight 5th Luke Downes 7th Connor Hole 10th Jace Fewtrell TAG 125 Restricted Light Unfortunately for Alex McKirdy he got involved in a crash in Heat 3. He got damage and wasn’t able to compete in the rest of the meet.

The 2024 NQ Series has be won and ran for 2024. Congratulations to our podium getters who placed in top 3 for the series in their respective groups. Thanks to all the clubs for hosting the rounds and the competitors who raced at all rounds. Bring on the 2025 NQ Series. TAG 125 Restricted Medium 1st Jeremy Evans 988 PTS (Not Featured) 2nd Brendon Hickman 923 PTS 3rd Hunter Evans 870 PTS KA 3 Senior Light 1st Adain Stevens 750 PTS (Not Featured) 2nd Lachlan Sullivan 676 PTS 3rd Justin McCartney 672 PTS (Not Featured) KA 3 Junior 1st Nate Thompson 966 PTS 2nd Quade Powers 947 PTS 3rd Beau Ellwood 926 PTS Cadet 12 1st Dustin Pendry 922 PTS 2nd Byron Hannaford 844 PTS 3rd Copper Price 786 PTS Cadet 9 1st Billy Bailey 765 PTS 2nd Riley Smith 478 PTS 3rd Ethan Duce (Not Featured) 244 PTS 4SS Heavy 1st Gerard Nolan 727 PTS 2nd Brendan Rowe 714 PTS 3rd Rusell Ollington 655 PTS 4SS Medium 1st Glyn Williams 914 PTS 2nd Shea Pietersen (Not Featured) 755 PTS 3rd Jamie Boulter (Not Featured) 484 PTS TAG 125 Light 1st Thomas Mitchell 697 PTS 2nd Brayden Vincent 594 PTS (Not Featured) 3rd Johnno Stockman 476 PTS (Not Featured) TAG 125 Restricted Light 1st Zac Ewing 975 PTS 2nd Dylan Dunston 762 PTS 3rd Jason Brown 711 PTS

LAP RECORDS UPDATE With almost 60 Karts on track it was excepted that lap records would be broken. We had 6 lap records broken while in Cadet 9, TAG 125 Heavy and 4SS Heavy this was the first time the classes raced at Mako. Cadet 9 Billy Bailey 56.314 (NEW TRACK RECORD) Cadet 12 Jack Larsen 53.014 (NEW LAP RECORD) KA 3 Junior Luca Seeto 48.840 (NEW LAP RECORD) KA 3 Senior Light Rayner Costello 48.267 (NEW LAP RECORD) TAG 125 Restricted Light Zac Ewing 49.078 (NEW LAP RECORD) TAG 125 Restricted Medium Brendon Hickman 50.393 (NEW LAP RECORD) TAG 125 Light Johnno Stockman 47.786 (NEW LAP RECORD) TAG 125 Heavy Damien Bugler 48.846 (NEW TRACK RECORD) 4SS Medium Gerard Nolan 55.424 20/07/24 4SS Heavy Gerrard Nolan 55.696 (NEW TRACK RECORD)

Congratulations to the podium placers at the final round of the NQ Series held at the Mako Track. Thanks to all the people who drove all the way up Mareeba to the Mako Track to race. Our next race meet will be on September 14th at Mako the final race meet before State Cup. Series Results to be posted in the next few days. Thanks to Julian for running the series in 2024. TAG 125 Restricted Medium 1st Jeremy Evans (Not Present) 2nd Brendon Hickman 3rd Sebastian Di Salvo KA 3 Senior Light 1st Rayner Costello 2nd Michael Janusz 3rd Adain Stevens (Not Present) Cadet 12 1st Jack Larsen 2nd Dustin Pendry 3rd Byron Hannaford Cadet 9 1st Billy Bailey 2nd Riley Smith 4SS Heavy 1st Jason Stockman (standing on 2nd place) 2nd Matt Hunter (Not Present) 3rd Brendan Rowe 4SS Medium 1st Michael O’Connell DNF Glyn Williams TAG 125 Light 1st Michael Janusz 2nd Brayden Vincent 3rd Jack Bugler (Not Present) TAG 125 Heavy 1st Damien Bugler (Not Present) TAG 125 Restricted Light 1st Zac Ewing 2nd Dylan Dunston 3rd Julian Laws KA 3 Junior 1st Nate Thompson 2nd Luca Seeto 3rd Beau Ellwood

NQ Series Round 4 Update. Practice Friday - 10am to 4pm - Entry via comp. Please note there are some minor things we need to do to the track, ie testing / modifying start lights, signage, herringbone grid etc that will be occurring during the day. Expecting interruptions to be minimal. Camping - Refer the map for where you can camp. Basically no camping on the asphalt pit area. Powered ($50) unpowered ($40) for the duration of the event. There are two showers in the main building. Water on site is not potable (bore water) and cannot be used to fill water tanks etc. The only powered sites are near the main building. Pay for Camping at Canteen. Pitting - Please refer attached map, reserved areas are for officials etc. OK to set up under the existing shade structures but do not screw or peg into the asphalt. Please be considerate of other racers. Leave access paths clear. Please do not take up three or four pit shelters when you need one. Fill the shelters closest to the outgrid first. No tyre dumping on site. Please avoid spilling fuels on site and immediately wipe up any spills on asphalt. Canteen will be operating. Practice and Race order for Saturday. *** Sub Regs show incorrect Race format *** NQ Series format is Qualy, Four Heats AND a final. We have aimed to make the order optimal considering drivers racing two classes, and families with drivers in two and three different classes. Practice 1 & 2 1 Tag Light and Heavy, Tag Res Medium 2 Cadets 3 Tag Res Light, 4SS, KA3 Senior 4 Juniors Race Order 1 Tag Res Medium 2 KA3 Senior 3 Junior 4 Cadets 5 4SS 6 Tag Light and Heavy, Tag Res Light There are no cut throughs in use for either practice or racing. Pick up vehicle in operation on race day only.

These will the lap times chase this weekend at the NQ Series Round at Mako Track Cadet 12 Heath Schweitzer 55.552 KA 3 Junior Nate Thompson 49.612 KA 3 Senior Light Adain Stevens 49.532 KA 3 Senior Medium Glen Stallabaum 51.718 TAG 125 Restricted Light Peter Roberts 51.500 TAG 125 Restricted Medium Jeremy Evans 50.770 TAG 125 Light Thomas Mitchell 48.144 4SS Medium Gerard Nolan 55.424 Not all classes ran at the first Mako meet and you can set the target for that class at this meet. These times are via the Speedhive

NQ SERIES PRACTICE There is practice available Friday from 10 to 4pm. Event is open on KOMP please register before Friday. @followers Towers Kart Racing Club Townsville Kart Club Whitsunday Moto Sports Club - Karting

Congratulations to Cairns Member Michael Janusz on his 4th Place in TAG 125 Light at the SA Kart Championship at Monarto Karting Complex in South Australia over the weekend. Michael raced against front running national and state drivers in TAG 125 Light. This was his first race meet in the group. Unfortunately his final in KA 3 Senior Light class was cut short due to his camera mount breaking off and unfortunately hitting his rear tyre and side pod cutting his final short while running in 7th.

Congratulations to Cairns Club Members Sebastian Di Salvo and Alex Boscarini who raced at the Ipswich Club Meet over the weekend. The meet was random draw for the first two races with Alex getting draw on pole position for the first race. During the lead up to the race meet this weekend, Sebastian Di Salvo got promoted up to 4th for Queensland State Tittles which were held at Ipswich also at the end of June this year. TAG 125 Restricted Medium 25 Karts 5th Sebastian Di Salvo KA 3 Junior Light 32 Karts 25th Alex Boscarini

Noms are open for the final round of the NQ Series being held up the Mako Track in Mareeba. Get you noms in as this will be the last opportunity to race on the Mako Track before the State Cup at the end of September.

Congratulations to our Cairns Members who raced over the weekend in Townsville for the Tony Lovasi Enduro. The Cadets had a 2 hour and 30 Minute enduro race. The Juniors and seniors had an 3 hour enduro race. Cadets 3rd Byron Hannaford with his co-driver Chevy Thomson Juniors 3rd Luke Downes&Alex Boscarini. Two of our Cairns Members pairing up for the enduro.

Congratulations to our Cairns Club Members who yesterday raced the final day of the Australian Karting Championship at Coffs Harbour. For 2 of our members they managed to make into the final with other members unable to make in top 40 for the final. Cadet 12 Daniel Janusz Heat 4 Odd Points 26th out of 28 Karts Final. Didn’t make the top 40 in points KA 3 Junior Luke Downes Heat 4 Odd Points 25th out of 31 Karts Final. Didn’t make the top 40 on points Alex Boscarini Heat 4 Odd points 20th out of 31 Karts Final. Didn’t make top 40 on points. KA 3 Senior Michael Janusz Heat 4 Even Points 18th out of 21 Karts Final. Got up to 11th but then dropped down to 18th with a carby issue during racing. TAG 125 Seth Chellingworth Heat 4 Odd points 8th out of 28 Karts Final 21st out of 40 Karts Damien Bugler Heat 4 Even Points 19th out of 27 Karts Final. Didn’t make it into the top 40 on points

The Cairns Kart Club hosted it’s first meet at Mako track in Mareeba for the first time in almost 20 years. This track will host the 2024 QLD State Cup and 2025 QLD State Titles. A big thanks to all the people involved in making this track up to spec to race on. The meet was a great success and we are looking forward to hosting the NQ Series Final Round on August 17th at Mako Track. Class Results Cadet 12 1st Heath Schweitzer DNS Ashley Richards KA 3 Junior Light 1st Nate Thompson 2nd Connor Hole 3rd Luca Seeto KA 3 Senior Light 1st Adain Stevens KA 3 Senior Medium 1st Glen Stallbaum TAG 125 Light 1st Thomas Mitchell TAG 125 Restricted Light 1st Peter Roberts TAG 125 Restricted Medium 1st Jeremy Evans 2nd Sebastian Di Salvo 3rd Michael Curcio 4SS Medium 1st Kain Magro 2nd Gerard Nolan 3rd Michael O’Connell

For those unsure which track layout we are using for tomorrow race at Mako here is the drawing of it

Come to Cairns Show to see our show stall setup and find out how to get involved in the sport of Karting and being apart of a sporting club.

We wish the best of luck to our Cairns Club Members that are racing the 4th round of the Australian Karting Championship this weekend at Coffs Harbour. Cadet 12 Daniel Janusz KA 3 Junior Luke Downes Alex Boscarini KA 3 Senior Michael Janusz TAG 125 Seth Chellingworth Damien Bugler

Noms open on Komp for this weekends Club Round 6 back at Makotrac International Racetrack. Be one of the first to get on track for our return to the circuit in preparation for our 2024 Qld State Cup and 2025 Qld State Titles! (there is a Friday working bee from 9am to finalise track prep - there will be free practice after the working bee for those who turn up to help before 10am!)

TYRE BUNDLE WORKING BEE Monday 15th July from 4pm 24 Svendsen st Bungalow, directly behind TJmicrosystems. We need one last session before next weekends race meeting. Please bring drills, drivers and 10mm sockets and spanners

Next Race Meeting for Cairns Kart Club is scheduled to run at Makotrac International Racetrack next weekend Saturday 20th July - Venue for 2024 Queensland State Cup and 2025 Qld State Titles. Preparations are progressing and we are on track to run our first race meeting in many years at the Mareeba track in just over a week. Nominations on KOMP to open soon - keep an eye out!

WORKING BEE POSTPONED After the huge effort yesterday bolting tyres we are going to have a rest day today and gather some more tyres. Thanks to Craig for organising, Glenn for the storage area and Jeremy, Hunter, Nic, Scott, Callan, Ian and Thomas with approx 40 bundles done just yesterday. Please keep eyes peeled for an update, if we can get more tyres we will aim for another working bee later in the week

Tyre bundling is a go We will be bolting more tyre stacks together today and tomorrow per Julian's email. From 4pm at 24 svendsen St bungalow. This is directly behind TJ microsystems. Please bring drills and 10mm sockets and drivers

Congratulations to Cairns Member Michael Janusz who came 4th at NT Kart Championship in Darwin. He came so close to finishing 3rd in his first race event in KA 3 Senior.

We wish the best of luck to Cairns Club Member Michael Janusz who is racing in Darwin for the NT Kart Championship. This will be Michael first race event in a new class. He will be racing in KA 3 Senior Light. To follow Michael results on Speedhive here is the link https://speedhive.mylaps.com/livetiming/D882681E701FA7A3-2147484466

ATTENTION There will tyre tying session tomorrow afternoon at 4pm at Cairns tyre specialist. Please bring drills, ratchets and 10mm sockets and drivers and spanners.

What an incredible weekend for our Cairns Club Members at the Queensland Kart Championship in Ipswich. We had two top 5 results for our members and the others with good results at one of the tough tracks in Australia. KA 3 Junior Heavy 4th Michael Janusz KA 3 Senior 24th Charlie McQuinn TAG 125 Restricted Medium 4th Sebastian Di Salvo TAG 125 Light 18th Seth Chellingworth TAG 125 Heavy 23rd Damien Bugler

We wish our Cairns Members the best of luck this weekend at the Qld State Tittles in Ipswich. This track is one of the toughest to master in Australia and with nearly close to 400 competitors it’s set to be a huge meet. Cadet 12 Byron Hannaford Daniel Janusz KA 3 Junior Light Luca Seeto Luke Downes KA 3 Junior Heavy Michael Janusz KA 3 Senior Charlie McQuinn TAG 125 Light Seth Chellingworth TAG 125 Heavy Damien Bugler TAG 125 Restricted Medium Sebastian Di Salvo The event will be streamed on YouTube from Saturday. https://www.youtube.com/live/jNucQfIGhuw?si=DT4xyGb1fggcSBXF

Hi Everyone, Unfortunately we are forced to cancel this weekends race meeting. With such low nominations with so many people away including many of our officials it is not viable to run with only 1 or 2 people in each class. The call has been made now rather than later as we had arranged for an official to travel up from down south who’s time we do not want to waste including an day off work to drive up to Cairns. Any pre paid nominations will be refunded in the coming days. There will however be practice day from 1145 to 3 for those that still want to hit the track. The social karting activity is now on KOMP. Regards Executive & race committee.

Get your nominations in now for this weekends race meeting!! Note if everyone can be on time we will try and get everything going early. Note the canteen will not be open, please byo food and drinks.

WORKING BEE & CLUB MEETING Hi Everyone, we will be having another tyre bundle building session tomorrow arvo from 4pm to 545pm at Cairns Tyre Specialists McLeod st, to build more stacks for the state cup. Please bring drills, ratchets and 10mm sockets and drivers and spanners. At 6pm is our club general meeting at TJ micro systems Mulgrave road, opposite cazalys. There will be refreshments for tyre bundles at the meeting!

Congratulations to our members who raced over the weekend at the double header meeting at Whitsunday Moto Sports Club - Karting club & Townsville Kart Club. We had our Club President Julian who raced against the Southern Queensland drivers at Toowoomba. We also had Club Member Michael Janusz race at Coffs Harbour Kart Racing Club in preparation for the 4th round of Australian Kart Championship in July. Whitsunday Club Meet Results (Saturday) KA 3 Junior 3rd Alex Boscarini 5th Luke Downes Townsville Club Meet Results (Sunday) Cadet 12 2nd Cooper Price KA 3 Championship Weight 4th Alex Boscarini 6th Luke Downes 10th Connor Hole Michael Janusz won KA 3 Junior Heavy at Coffs Harbour in wet and dry conditions against 6 competitors. Our Club President Julian came 10th out of 11 competitors in Toowoomba against some very competitive Southern Queensland Drivers.

WORKING BEE Hi Everyone, we will be having another tyre bundle building session tomorrow arvo from 4pm at Cairns Tyre Specialists McLeod st, to build more stacks for the state cup. Please bring drills, ratchets and 10mm sockets and drivers. We are also trying to get another one organised for next Tuesday prior to the club meeting, keep your eyes and ears peeled for more details if there is enough tyres.

WORKING BEE Hi Everyone, we will be having another tyre bundle building session tomorrow arvo from 4pm at Cairns Tyre Specialists McLeod st, to build more stacks for the state cup. Please bring drills, ratchets and 10mm sockets and drivers. We are also trying to get another one organised for next Tuesday prior to the club meeting, keep your eyes and ears peeled for more details if there is enough tyres.

Entries for June 22nd Day/Night race meeting open on Komp now. Nominate early because everyone wants to know if you are racing! 🥳

Congratulations to our over 40S Cairns Members who raced at the over 40S even at @coffskart club this weekend. KA 3 Senior Medium 6 Entries 2nd Jeremy Evans TAG 125 Restricted Light 12 Entries 7th Peter Roberts 9th Julian Laws TAG 125 Restricted Medium 29 Entries DNF Jeremy Evans

Congratulations to our Cairns Members who raced at Emerald over the weekend. A handful of our members participated in one of the toughest karting championships in Australia. Cadet 12 Daniel Janusz 42nd was a reserve for the final but didn’t race in the final KA 3 Junior Michael Janusz 16th out of 40 Karts Luke Downes 53rd didn’t make it into the top 40 in the final Luca Seeto 54th didn’t make it into the top 40 in the final Alex Boscarini 58th didn’t make it into the top 40 in the final TAG 125 Seth Chellingworth 33rd out of 40 Karts Damien Bugler 34th out of 40 Karts All thought some of our members didn’t get to race in the final it was still a great effort.

A big thanks to all those who lent a hand this afternoon bolting tyre bundles together for Mako track. Over 70 stacks ready for the trip up the hill. Remember tomorrow night we have a club meeting at 6pm at TJ microsystems (mulgrave rd opposite cazalyz) to discuss many things including the state cup. If you would prefer to zoom in please email the club and we can send out the link

Congratulations to our Members who raced at round 2 of the NQ titles this weekend. Thanks to Kev “the noise “ Davies commentary for his live streaming. If you haven’t see it go and check it out!. Cadet 12 6th Byron Hannaford 7th Cooper Price KA 3 Junior 6th Luca Seeto 7th Alex Boscarini 9th Connor Hole KA 3 Senior Light DNS Charlie McQuinn TAG 125 Restricted Light 1st Zac Ewing TAG 125 Restricted Medium 1st Jeremy Evans DNF Hunter Evans

We have arranged a tyre bolting session in Cairns. Come along and join in the fun! Monday (20th May) from 3.30pm till around 6.00pm. Where – Cairns Tyre Specialists McLeod Street Opposite Myers What to Bring – 10mm sockets and spanners, battery drills, impact drivers and batteries, covered shoes. Club will provide tyre burs and angle wrenches (we will have two wrenches so if you have one also bring that) and maybe a cold beverage at then end of the day. We are only going to tie them into stacks 600mm+ high, which we will then load into a truck and take to Mako and then bolt the stacks together. The process is quite easy and the tyres at Cairns Tyre Specialists are larger tyres so we should only need 3 tyres for a 600mm stack. Big thanks to Craig Beehag for arranging this and for Cairns Tyres Specialists for allow us access to their premises after hours and a truck to transport the tyres.

Best of luck to our @cairnskartclub members racing round 2 of NQ Series in Proserpine this weekend.

Congratulations to Cairns Kart Club member Alex Boscarini who came 24th in KA 3 Junior Light at @coffskart this weekend.

Best of luck to Cairns Kart Club member Alex Boscarini who is competing at @coffskart this weekend.

Cairns Kart Club Championship Round 5 Cadet 12 1st 🥇 Daniel Janusz 2nd 🥈 Byron Hannaford 3rd 🥉 Ashley Richards KA3 Jnr Championship 1st 🥇 Michael Janusz 2nd 🥈 Luca Seeto 3rd 🥉 Alex Boscarini TAG Restricted Medium 1st 🥇 Jeremy Evans 2nd 🥈 Nicholas Beehag 3rd 🥉 Hunter Evans TAG Restricted Light 1st 🥇 Peter Roberts 4SS Senior Medium 1st 🥇 Gerard Nolan 2nd 🥈 Russ Wiley 3rd 🥉 Brock Johnson A very big thankyou to Darren Jensen for travelling from Bundaberg to be clerk of course and all the volunteer officials on the ground and in the tower as well as our canteen ladies. Podium photos taken by Lauren Seeto.

Donuts this weekend. Canteen special #donut #donuts #weekend #canteen #special #kart #racing #food #snack #snacks #club @cairnsspeedway #cairns @kartingaust @kartingqld #yummy #yum #delicious #getsome

Hi Everyone, we need to have a working bee this Thursday from 4pm onwards to do track set up for Saturdays race meeting. We have arranged for a sweeper to come out and clean the burnout pad (in and out grids) on Friday so not going to 100% set up the burnout pad, to allow the grids to be cleaned with ease, but we can still do barriers, bunting, start line etc. Please let Julian know if you can make it to help out, ph 0439736825

Nominate now on KOMP. Cairns Kart Club Round 4 #nominate #enter #entry #race #racing #club #Championship #champion #round @kartingaust @kartingqld #cairns @cairnsspeedway #motorsport

Congrats to our members who raced over the weekend. We had members racing in two different locations. 13 members raced in Townsville for Round 1 of the NQ Series with one of them being our club president who had his first race meet in a while. 4 members raced in Ipswich at the final race meet before the QLD States Tittles at the end of June. Townsville NQ Series Results Cadet 12 2nd Byron Hannaford 3rd Ashley Richards 6th Cooper Price KA 3 Championship Weight 6th Connor Hole 7th Alex Boscarini 8th Luke Downes KA 3 Senior Light 6th Charlie McQuinn TAG 125 Restricted Light 3rd Zac Ewing 7th Julian Laws TAG 125 Restricted Medium 3rd Jeremy Evans 5th Hunter Evans TAG 125 Light 1st Johnno Stockman 4SS Heavy 1st Jason Stockman Ipswich Meet Results Cadet 12 27th Daniel Janusz KA 3 Junior Light DNF Luca Seeto KA 3 Junior Heavy 2nd Michael Janusz TAG 125 Restricted Medium 10th Sebastian Di Salvo

A big weekend in racing for our Cairns Kart Club members. The NQ series round 1 is kicking off in Townsville where Byron Hannaford, Connor Hole, Alex Boscarini, Charlie Mcquinn, Alex McKirdy, Jeremy Evans and Hunter Evans will be competing. Meanwhile 4 members Daniel Janusz, Luca Seeto, Michael Janusz and Sebastian Di Salvo have flown to Brisbane to compete at @ipswichkartclub for the final race meeting before the QLD State Championships later this year. Good luck to all our members #kart #karting #racing #motorsport #travel #flight #plane #fly #cairns #brisbane @sebbykarting7 @charlie_mcquinn_racing @connorhole1 @michael_janusz2019 @dragonsracingls8 @kartingaust @kartingqld #townsville

Round 2 of the Australian Kart Championship is completed and for two out of five of our Cairns Club Members they managed to make it into the finals in their respective classes. KA 3 Junior Light Michael Janusz Heat 4 Odd points 5th out of 36 Karters Final DNF unlucky for Michael who was running in 5th when his chain came off. Alex Boscarini Heat 4 Odd Points DNF Final didn’t make it into the top 40 in the final but was 56th out of 73 Karters Luke Downes Heat 4 27th out of 36 Karters Final didn’t make it into the top 40 in the final but was 55th out of 73 Karters TAG 125 Seth Chellingworth Heat 4 Even Points 10th out of 36 Karters Final 13th. Seth showed consistent top 10 pace in the final also being not far off front running pace. Damien Bugler Heat 4 Even Points 22nd out of 36 Karters. Final didn’t make it into the top 40 in the final but was 55th out of 74 Karters

Congratulations to Cairns Kart Club members Sebastian Di Salvo, Luke Downes and Luca Seeto who raced at @ipswichkartclub yesterday. Results: TAG Restricted Medium - 22 entries Sebastian Di Salvo - 14th place KA3 Junior Light - 40 entries Luca Seeto - 22nd place Luke Downes - 25th place @sebbykarting7 @dragonsracingls8 #kartingaus #kartingaus #kartingqld #kartingqueensland #kartingaustralia #members #lightsout #raceday #club #clubracing #motorsport #race #racing #track #kart #karting @kartingaust @kartingqld

Get nominating for our race meeting this weekend! We will get a noms list up in the next couple of days but in the mean time talk to the others in your class and get those noms going

Plenty of ups and downs for both Alex and Luca today at @emeraldkartclub Alex started the day strong, qualifying 8th in a strong field of 20 Junior Lights, while misfortune meant that Luca did not set a qualifying time and started heat 1 from last. A very unfortunate incident resulted in a DNF for Alex in heat 3, while Luca struggled with kart setup in the early heats but was able to still claw his way through the field. The boys starting positions for the final was Alex out of 17th and Luca out of 14th. Excellent racing by both boys in the final saw them both improve their positions. Results for the final Luca Seeto - P7 (highest finish of 7 NQ Juniors) Alex Boscarini - P13 @dragonsracingls8 @kartingqld @kartingaust #emerald #racing #motorsport #grassroots #karting #kart #track #trackside #travel #fun #love #lightsout

Good luck to Luca Seeto and Alex Boscarini who will be racing at @emeraldkartclub tomorrow after a day of practice today. @dragonsracingls8 #karting #kartracing #motorsport #emerald #racing #29 #8 #cairns #practice #raceday #lightsout #trackside

2024 Round 2 is in the books! Thank you to all the members, volunteers, officials and supporters for helping make these races happen. We also had another successful bring-a-mate session with a potential junior driver/member keen to start racing. Congratulations to the following place getters: Cadet 9 1st William Bailey Cadet 12 1st Byron Hannaford 2nd Daniel Janusz 3rd Ashley Richards TAG 125 Restricted Light 1st Peter Roberts TAG 125 Restricted Medium 1st Jeremy Evans 2nd Nic Beehag KA3 Juniors 1st Connor Hole 2nd Luca Seeto 3rd Ashtyn Thain #fun #volunteers #lightsout #raceday #club #clubracing #motorsport #race #racing #track #kart #karting #podium #championship #winners #community #sun #hot #kartracing #kartrace #kartingaustralia #kartingqueensland #kartingqld @kartingaust @kartingqld

Another successful working bee today. Thank you to those that could attend this afternoon Jeremy Evans, Nathan Hole, Scott Richards, Damien Schneider, Ian Seeto, Craig Beehag and of course King Julian. Also a big thank you to Craig for arranging the additional racking on the trailer. This will make setup and pack up a lot easier. Remember there is still plenty to do in the morning before practice commences, if you can spare the extra time please come along a bit earlier and lend a hand. Karting Australia Karting Queensland #karting #kart #track #setup #workingbee #help #racing #raceofstars #motorsport #clubracing #club #raceday #lights #out #lightsout #volunteers #members #fun #cleanup @kartingaust @kartingqld @cairnsspeedway

Cairns Kart Club Championship Round 2. This weekend. Get your entries in if you haven’t already. Spectators are free with access to the pits. Come along l, watch the action and enjoy the atmosphere. @kartingaust @kartingqld @cairnsspeedway #kartracing #kart #racing #motorsports #family #fun #saturday #saturdaynight #nightrace #easter #bunny #hotcrossbuns #chocolate #chocolateeggs #clubracing #clubs