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Amendment to Honda Engines: ABkC have issued an amendment temporarily stopping the use of the new T2 engine until a new Technical Regulation has been issued. TKM Clarification: Tal-Ko have issued this clarification of the regulations for the BT82 cylinder head, effective 1st June 2011. Autosport International Racing Car
Show 2012:
New Cadet engine announced:
The
O Plate News 2011: Congratulations to our latest O Plate winners, see Seeded Drivers for listings. The Comer Cadets, Honda Cadets, TKM 2-strokes and Rotax classes were all decided on 30 May 2011 at Rowrah. Winners picture below, courtesy kartpix.net and congrats to James Kellett, the first of the 2012 O Plate winners, in KF3.
KF O Plate 2011/2: Three round series is being held to determine the KF2 & 3 ABkC O Plates for 2012. Details and points on the Shenington website. Amendments to Gold Book 2012:
Rotax New Cylinders: The ABkC wishes to clarify the situation regarding the new '09' Rotax cylinder, which is on the 2009 fiche. BRP Rotax said that the performance target for the new cylinders is to reach the performance level of existing good cylinders. The new cylinders can be retrofitted to all existing ROTAX MAX engines on the market. The new senior Max cylinder (part No. 223 993) is now available as a spare part and on new engines and is now eligible to be used for racing in the U.K. The revised Rotax engine fiche is on the MSA website, covering all engine variants early in 2011. Rotax New Steel Clutch:
The
Rotax classes are affiliated to J.A.G, the importer, and the ABkC, and
they jointly wish to clarify the situation regarding grease or oil on
the new steel clutch as follows. BRP
Powertrain advise that as the needle bearing for the clutch drum must be
lubricated by use of grease (according to the service manual), it cannot
be avoided that some grease may get into the clutch drum and onto the
clutch element. The existence of oil or grease at the inside of the
clutch drum, or on the clutch element, is not in itself a reason for
technical disqualification. They state that oil or grease inside the
centrifugal clutch will not result in any technical advantage or in an
improved lap time: Issued 20.3.09
KartMania Show 2009, 28 - 29
November 2009 at the Ricoh
Comer
Cadet Carburettor:
UPDATED
COMER W60 HOMOLOGATION FICHE The ABkC Stand at the January 2009 Autosport International Racing Car Show, NEC.
The ABkC supports the
Go Motorsport and
Lets Go Karting schemes 2012 GOLD & BLUE BOOK:
250 National class in the
ABkC Super 4 2012 Series (promoted by the NKF):
Our new website- Honda Cadet, Junior and Senior
classes: The 2012 Honda Junior Regulations are here. The 2012 Honda Senior Regulations are here. The WTP Cadet 2012 Regulations are here The 2012 Junior Gearbox regulations are here. The 125 Open gearbox class regulations are here. The 450cc 4-stroke gearbox short circuit class regulations are here The 210 National Regulations for 2012 are here. Rotax DD2 Regulations for 2012 are here. Kart Tyro - MSA guidelines
are on www.msauk.org Tyre prices driven
down for 2007 onwards: For 2009, with exceptionally high changes in euro, dollar and yen currency rates, and factory input prices, the ABkC has negotiated special rates with the tyre suppliers through the terms of its on-going contracts to avoid what could have been up to 30% increases. For 2012 there are only small or no increases, all within RPI as follows. Tyre Prices 2012 (all
prices per set excl. VAT) Bridgestone
2012 prices: Dunlop 2012
prices: Mojo prices
for the Rotax classes in 2012 Download the Club Competition
Secretary seminar presentation
here Amendments: 2005: Adam Christodoulou
full tribunal findings here. He
was later excluded from a round of the Super 1 for an engine illegality,
along with three other drivers. MSA Parent/Guardian/Guarantors: New regulations from 2012, download MSA flier. All parents or guardians of minors (under 18) are required to take out a PG Entrant licence at the same time as the race licence. If someone else is signing on the under 18, a letter of consent must be completed in advance and left with the club at signing on.
MSA - Kart Regional Committee/ABkC Structure A more detailed
flow chart of the new structure is also available. (Note - this is a
large file) Most pictures on this site are courtesy of Chris Walker: Full Site Index including archive files:
The Association of British Kart Clubs (ABkC) was formed in 1990 to act as an interface between kart clubs and the sports governing body, the MSA, with whom there is a high degree of discussion and co-operation. The clubs are represented by the ABkC Steering Group which is elected each year during the A.G.M. held each Autumn. Over thirty of the kart clubs in the United Kingdom are members. The Steering Group also has representatives from other kart associations, which are usually regionally based, the MSA, the British Kart Industry Association (BKIA) and various championship organisers. The Steering Group doubles up as the MSA Kart Regional Committee. Decisions taken by that group will have a direct influence on all existing and proposed kart class regulations. Every year the ABkC publishes its regulations which represent the class structure being used by the Association in its direct drive and gearbox national championships. These are contained within the MSA Kart Racing Yearbook, the "Gold Book". We ask that clubs affiliated to ABkC use the regulations contained within this document for their race meetings. Without this co-operation it would be impossible for drivers to move from club to club during the racing season and find the same race classes. The ABkC Regulations should be used as an addition to the Club's Supplementary Regulations, used as the reference point for the classes. All ABkC clubs must run their meetings according to the regulations set down by the MSA. The officials and all safety regulations must conform to the current MSA Yearbook, the ABkC Regulations are only the class regulations. ABkC National Championships will be organised by the Super One Series for 60/100/125cc direct drive classes whilst the Super 4 national gearbox class championships are split between the Formula Kart Stars (KZ1) and the Northern Karting Federation (NKF) for the others. ABkC single event National Championships - the 'O' Plates - may be organised for all these and for the other less popular existing classes and any newer classes as they become established. It should be emphasised that the Super One Series awards the seeded numbers 1 - 15 in all KF, Rotax and TKM classes, and with the sole exception of the MSA British Cadet Championship, these are the only 1 - 15 numbers that are permitted to be used by drivers at the thirty ABkC clubs throughout the U.K. in these direct drive classes. Similarly the 1- 9 numbers from KZ1 are allocated from the ABkC national championship in the Formula Kart Stars series, and the KZ2/ICC UK and 250 National from the Super 4 Series in the NKF. Numbers from other series are not permitted to be used at club racing. There is one exception, the numbers from Comer Cadet Super One must be preceded with an S, to differentiate from the MSA British Cadet Championship series. Here is the list of authorised seeded numbers. 2000 Archive of Newsletters: December 2000, September 2000 News, June 2000 News, Mar2000, Feb2000, Dec1999
The elected members of the
ABkC Steering Group are: Return to the Site Index
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The
ABkC along with ARKS has booked a space in the new Karting Pavilion at
the 2012 Show. 
MSA
has announced that the IAME Parilla Gazelle 60cc air-cooled engine has
been selected as the MSA Cadet engine from 2013 for a minimum of 5
years, replacing the Comer W,60 which may continue to have a national
championship until 2015. The new engine will take over for the MSA
British Cadet championship. See the
Arena,
Coventry. The ABkC had a stand at the show (see picture with
Graham & Ann Smith featured), while the AGM was held on Saturday 28
November.
"Come Kart Racing" video now available:
