The 2009 Australian Superkart season covers national level

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racing in Australia during 2009. There were three national level race meetings in 2009 all held on the calendar of the

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, the first two covered the

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, which was won by Sam Zavaglia. The third event, the stand-alone Pacific Superkart Challenge, was won by Warren McIlveen.

Featured events

Australian Superkart Championship

The 2009

was the 21st running of the national championships for

s. It began on 6 June 2009 at

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and end on 19 July at

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after eight races. It was contested for two engine capacity based classes, 250 cc International (incorporating 250 National Class) and 125 cc. 125cc champion was Melbourne teenager, Steven Tamasi. A third national level event was held later in the season at

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which was held for the 250 International, 125cc, the recently superseded 85cc class and the Rotax Max non-gearbox category.

Non-Gearbox Superkart Championship

With insufficient pre-registration, non-Gearbox Rotax Max championship was not contested in 2009.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers competed in the 2009

. The series consisted of two rounds, with four races at each meeting. With only four competitors appearing from the 250 National class all season, the 250 Nationals were merged into the 250 International class.

Results and standings

Gearbox race calendar

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season consisted of two rounds. Four races were held at both race meetings. Likewise four races were held at the Pacific Superkart Challenge.

Drivers Championship

Points were awarded 20-17-15-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 based on the top fifteen race positions in first three races of each round. The fourth race of each round, which is longer than the others (eight laps vs five laps) awarded points for the top twenty race positions at 25-22-20-18-16-15-14-13-12–11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. Points sourced from in part:

Rockpress Pacific Superkart Challenge

Points were awarded 401-300-225-169-127-95-71 based on the top race positions in each classe in each of the four races. There was an additional bonus points structure added, multiplying the points received by the number of karts entered in that competitors class, divided by the total number of entries for the field.

References

External links

Official championship website

CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles
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