The Australian Karting Association ltd Trading as Karting Australia (AKA) is the association formed in 1966 that was appointed by the
FIA
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and
Motorsport Australia
Motorsport Australia, formerly the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS), is the nationally recognised governing and sanctioning body for four-wheeled motorsport in Australia. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Au ...
to control and administer the CIK class
kart racing
Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on kart circuit, scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are als ...
in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
.
The purposes of the AKA as outlined on its website include:
*The promotion and protection of kart racing
*The promotion of excellence and just & honourable practices in kart racing
*To suppress malpractices
*The promotion and organisation of kart meetings
*Other functions for members and to do all such acts that in the opinion of the AKA are for general benefit of members or of karting.
The AKA Inc has six member associations who represent individual states in Australia. These six state karting associations include:
[AKA, I]
karting.net.au
, Australian Karting Association, 26 March 2008.
*Karting Australia New South Wales (4 clubs)
*Karting Northern Territory (1 club)
*Karting Queensland (14 clubs)
*Karting South Australia (5 clubs)
*Karting Tasmania Inc. (4 clubs)
*Victorian Karting Association (17 clubs)
*Karting Western Australia (13 clubs)
Karting Australia's partners include Australian Tool company SP Tools and global Oils company Castrol.
See also
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Motorsport in Australia
Motorsport is a popular spectator sport in Australia, although there are relatively few competitors compared to other sports due to the high costs of competing. The oldest motorsport competition in Australia is the Alpine Rally which was firs ...
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Kart Racing
Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on kart circuit, scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are als ...
*
Karting World Championship
The Karting World Championship is a kart racing competition organised by the CIK-FIA. It is held annually since 1964, and is karting's flagship event. The FIA (International Automobile Federation) created the CIK (International Karting Commissi ...
References
External links
Official website of the Australian Karting Association
Kart racing organizations
Kart
Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on ful ...
1966 establishments in Australia
Sports organizations established in 1966
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