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Thursday, 29 April 2021, 12:49 pm
Auckland karters free to travel around the country again
have provided the organisers of the third round of
the
2020/21 Manawatu & TRC
Toyota-backed Wellington Provincial Karting Association’s
(WPKA) Goldstar Series at the KartSport Hawke’s Bay
club’s Carter’s Tyres Raceway at Fernhill near Hastings
this weekend with an entry bonus – at last count 129
karters have signed on to compete, making the meeting one of
the biggest the club has run in recent times.
Because
of the country’s last snap COVID-19 Lockdown Aucklanders
were unable to travel to the second round of this season’s
Press Release – KartSport New Zealand
Fast-rising young Kiwi racing driver Liam Lawson. Photo credit: Fast Company/Ross MacKay
He came, he saw, and fast-rising young New Zealand racing driver Liam Lawson conquered – in both classes he was entered in to boot – on his return to the sport where he got his start – karting – at the KartSport Auckland club’s annual City of Sails’ two-day challenge meeting over the Auckland Anniversary weekend (Sat/Sun Jan 30-31).
Despite not having raced a kart since his move to cars in 2014, Pukekohe driver Lawson was happy to accept the offer of a drive at this year’s Pool & Spa Maintenance Ltd-sponsored City of Sails meeting from fellow former NZ kart champion and now Hamilton-based team owner, Josh Hart, of Josh Hart Karting.
Monday, 1 February 2021, 5:30 pm
Fast-rising
young Kiwi racing driver Liam Lawson. Photo credit: Fast
Company/Ross MacKay
He came, he saw,
and fast-rising young New Zealand racing driver Liam Lawson
conquered – in both classes he was entered in to boot –
on his return to the sport where he got his start –
karting – at the KartSport Auckland club’s annual City
of Sails’ two-day challenge meeting over the Auckland
Anniversary weekend (Sat/Sun Jan 30-31).
Despite not
having raced a kart since his move to cars in 2014, Pukekohe
driver Lawson was happy to accept the offer of a drive at
this year’s Pool & Spa Maintenance Ltd-sponsored City