Tony Kart is an Italian company (a brand of OTK Kart Group), that produces racing

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. It was founded in 1958 by Antonio "Tony" Bosio. It is based in

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near

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in northern Italy. Tony Kart chassis have been used to win several races and championships both nationally and internationally. Its drivers have included

Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...

stars such as

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and

Jarno Trulli Jarno Trulli (; born 13 July 1974) is an Italian racing driver. He regularly competed in Formula One from 1997 to 2011, driving for Minardi, Prost, Jordan, Renault, Toyota, Lotus Racing and Team Lotus. His best result in the World Drivers' Cham ...

. Tony Kart's product lines include the

Kosmic Kart Kosmic Kart is a kart chassis brand being part of OTK Kart Group based in Italy. Kosmic Kart chassis are produced by the Tony Kart factory and share the Tony Kart frames layouts as well as OTK (Original Tony Kart) components. The brand is officiall ...

chassis as well as Exprit, RedSpeed, Trulli (few years ago). Vortex Engines company is part of the OTK Kart Group line products. JM Racing of

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introduced the brand in the USA with drivers Alex Barron,

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, Danica Patrick,

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and

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. After a long stint with distributor CompCor in the United States, Tony Kart established its own dealer network, employing well-known drivers such as Keith Spicer, David Jurca and Jason Bowles. Tony Kart won the 1998, 2000, 2004 2006 and 2021

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s with driver Davide Fore as well as the 2007 and 2008 titles with Marco Ardigò. They also won the world title in 2012 with Flavio Camponeschi, in 2020 with Callum Bradshaw, and most recently in 2021 with Tuukka Taponen and Noah Milell.

External links

Official Tony Kart website
Kart manufacturers of Italy Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1958 Italian companies established in 1958 Province of Brescia