Australian Superkart Championship

Australian Superkart Championship
Category	Single-seaters
Country	Australia
Inaugural season	1989
Drivers	41
Teams	33
Constructors	7
Drivers' champion	Russell Jamieson
Makes' champion	Anderson Racing Karts
Teams' champion	Coach Design
Official website	Superkarts Australia
	Current season

The Australian Superkart Championship is a motor racing series run in Australia under the auspices of CAMS under their Superkart regulations. The karts race on full-size Australian circuits and in 2013 the series was raced at Sydney Motorsport Park and Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. As of 2007 the series has raced as part of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships. The series is one of nine that enjoy full CAMS Australian Championship status.^[1]

National titles have also been run by other sanctioning organisations over the years as one-off events.

Classes

Presently three different classes of Superkart compete in the Australian championship: 250 International (for two cylinder 250cc engines), 250 National (for single cylinder 250cc engines), 125 Gearbox (for 125cc engines). Rotax max family of classes no longer compete for Australian championship status but have a single event non-gearbox Nationals with three classes: Rotax Light and Rotax Heavy, both weight based categories and Rotax Junior for drivers of the ages 12–16, and they run their Rotax 125cc engines without a power valve, reducing the power output of the class relative to Rotax Light and Rotax Heavy. While all classes compete for a national title, because of regulations in 2008 only the winners of the 250 International class has consistently been able to claim Australian Champion. Prior to the widespread popularity of Rotax Max the non-gearbox classes were 100cc engine capacity. Previously there was also a fourth gearbox class for 80cc engines Superkarts but numbers have dwindled in recent times to the point that 80cc class has been folded into 125cc class at national level and today only survives in limited numbers at state level.

Champions

Australia's most decorated Superkart racer, Warren McIlveen

The following is a compilation of Australian Superkart championship and national series winners. Since 1980 superkart motor racing series have been run under AKA & CAMS regulation. Prior to 1989 titles existed run under AKA authority. Run originally as single event championship it blossomed into a multi-event series in the early 2000s.

One of the most successful driver in Superkart racing is Warren McIlveen who has won 7 titles, six of them in the top class, 250 International. The most successful & cross-class driver has been Brian Stockman who has won eight titles across four classes. 2 x 80cc, 1 x 125cc, 2 x 250cc single & 3 x 250cc international. Jason McIntyre, Luke May and Jeff Reed are the only drivers to have won both Gearbox and non-Gearbox titles. Both the non-gearbox classes 100cc and Rotax Max have both used Light, Heavy and Junior classes to further sub-divide their numbers on occasion. They are indicate L: Light, H: Heavy and J: Junior.^[2]

Due partially to falling numbers not all have been recognised as Australian Champions, some only as national series winners. For example, in 2009 only the 250 International class was recognised with the status of Australian champion. Numbers have since rebounded.

Attempts to run a Rotax Max title since 2009 had collapsed on multiple occasions^[3] but a replacement event no longer considered an Australian Championship was run in 2011.^[4]

Year	250cc International		250cc National		125cc Gearbox		80cc Gearbox		100cc non-Gearbox		Rotax Max
Year	Driver	Kart-Engine	Driver	Kart-Engine	Driver	Kart-Engine	Driver	Kart-Engine	Driver	Kart-Engine	Driver	Kart-Engine
1989	Paul Lawson	Zip	Barry Thomas	Zip	Bruce Jolly	Zip	Gerard Skelly	TonyKart
1990	Gerard Siebert	Zip Eagle-Rotax	Rob Lindsay	Anderson-Husqvarna			Glen Robertson	Eliminator-Yamaha
1991	Les May	Zip Eagle-Rotax	Rob Lindsay	Anderson-Husqvarna	Paul Hillman	Centreline-Honda	Cameron Kerr	Talbot-Yamaha
1992	Shane Wilson	Anderson-Rotax	Brian Stockman	Stockman-Kawasaki	Paul Hillman	Centreline-Honda	Chryss Jamieson	Gladiator-Yamaha	Dale Harris	Sprinter-Yamaha
1993	Gerard Siebert	Zip Eagle-Rotax	Brian Stockman	Stockman-Kawasaki	Paul Hillman	Centreline-Honda	Brett Anderson	Minarelli-Yamaha	Jeff Reed	Sprinter-Yamaha
1994	Les May	Anderson-Rotax	John Pellicano	Stockman-Kawasaki	Matthew Campbell	Centreline-Honda	Brett Walsh	Gladiator-Yamaha	Kerryn Brewer	Benson-Yamaha
1995	John Barabasz	Kustom-Rotax	Graeme Williams	Stockman-Yamaha	Peter Worrall	Centreline-Honda	Brett Walsh	Gladiator-Yamaha	Les Prziovski	Speed-Yamaha
1996	Gerard Siebert	Zip Eagle-Rotax	Paul Hillman	Centreline-Yamaha	Warren McIlveen	Stockman-Honda	Troy Byron	Centreline-Yamaha	Les Prziovski	Speed-Yamaha
1997	David Baker	PVP-Rotax	Chris Staff	Stockman-Kawasaki	Peter Worrall	Centreline-Honda	Troy Byron	Centreline-Yamaha	Ian Lennox	Mac-Mineralli
1998	Brian Stockman	Stockman-Yamaha	Michael Crossland	Stockman-Kawasaki	Peter Carter	Centreline-Honda	Ross Hansen	Centreline-Yamaha	L: Ray Collier H: Ken Knight	Arrow AX5
1999	Warren McIlveen	Stockman-Honda	Gary Brookes	Centreline-Honda	Brian Stockman	Stockman-Honda	Chryss Jamieson	Gladiator-Yamaha	L: Jason McIntyre H: Gary Pegoraro J: Luke May	DAP-Yamaha CRG-Yamaha CRG-Yamaha
2000	Brian Stockman	Stockman-Honda	Steven Tapper	Stockman-kawasaki	Roy Francescato	Centreline-Honda	Chryss Jamieson	Gladiator-Yamaha	L: Ray Collier H: Gary Pegoraro	KCM-Yamaha Azzurro-Yamaha
2001	Warren McIlveen	Stockman-Honda	Steven Tapper	Stockman-kawasaki	Darren Dunn	Topkart-Honda	Anthony Lappas	Eliminator-Yamaha	L: Michael Rogers H: Andrew Davison	Arrow-Yamaha KCM-Yamaha
2002	Sam Zavaglia	Stockman-Honda	Colin McIntyre	Anderson-KTM	Darren Dunn	Topkart-Honda	Ross Hansen	Centreline-Yamaha	Gary Pegoraro	Azzuro-Yamaha	Tracey O'Rourke
2003	Warren McIlveen	Stockman MR2-Honda			Anthony Zulian	Stockman MR2-Honda	Chryss Jamieson	Gladiator-Honda	Gary Pegoraro	Azzuro-Yamaha	Shane Wright
2004	Brian Stockman	Stockman MR2-Honda			Sam Zavaglia	Stockman MR2-Honda					Nathen Bey	Monaco-Rotax
2005	Warren McIlveen	Stockman MR2-Honda	Jason McIntyre	Anderson-KTM	Sam Zavaglia	Stockman MR2-Honda	Doug Ward	Centreline-Yamaha			Darren Tyler	Birel-Rotax
2006	Warren McIlveen	Stockman MR2-Honda	Jason McIntyre	Anderson-KTM	Russell Jamieson	Stockman Laydown-Honda	Robert Trimmer	Centreline-Yamaha
2007	Warren McIlveen	Stockman MR2-Honda	Jason McIntyre*	Anderson-KTM	Kristian Stebbing	Stockman MR2-Honda					L: Michael Rogers H: Ron Goldfinch J: Sean Whitfield
2008	Darren Hossack	Anderson-Safe	Martin Latta*	Stockman-Yamaha	Brad Stebbing	Stockman MR2-Honda					L: Michael Rogers H: Mark Wicks J: Sean Whitfield	Arrow-Rotax Hypermax-Rotax Hypermax-Rotax
2009	Sam Zavaglia	Stockman MR2-Yamaha			Steven Tamasi*	Stockman MR2-Honda
2010	Darren Hossack	Anderson-Safe	Martin Latta	Anderson-Honda	Steven Tamasi	Stockman MR2-Honda
2011	Warren McIlveen	Stockman MR2-Honda	Luke May*	Anderson-Honda	Jeff Reed	Stockman MR2-Honda					L: Shaun Pannowitch* H: Steve Milner* J: Tim Clarke*
2012	Jason Smith	Anderson-DEA	Brendan Luneman*	Anderson-Yamaha	Jeff Reed	Stockman MR2-Honda
2013	Russell Jamieson	Anderson-DEA	Dalton Rowell*	Stockman MR2-Honda	Jeff Reed	Stockman MR2-Honda
2014	Gary Pegoraro	Anderson-BRC	Dalton Rowell*	Stockman MR2-Honda	Gary Haywood	Bakker X4-Yamaha
2015	Russell Jamieson	Anderson-DEA	Jordan Ford*	Anderson-Yamaha	Mark Robin	Stockman MR2-Honda
2016 Australian Superkart season 2016	Ilya Harpas	Anderson-DEA	Driver	Kart-Engine	Driver	Kart-Engine	Driver	Kart-Engine	Driver	Kart-Engine	Driver	Kart-Engine
250cc International Ilya Harpas^[5]		250cc National		125cc Gearbox		80cc Gearbox		125 Stock-Honda		Rotax Max

* Indicates winner of a national series rather than Australian championship.

References

^ "CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport". CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport. Archived from the original on 2007-01-16.
^ "Online Manual of Motor Sport: Section 14: Titles" (PDF). Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. 2008-10-01. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 2008-12-01. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Australian Superkart Championships". Superkarts Australia. 8 April 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
^ "2011 Australian Non Gearbox Superkart Nationals: Sporting Regulations" (PDF). CAMS. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
^ Australia

External links

Official championship website

[1] "CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport". CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport. Archived from the original on 2007-01-16.

[2] "Online Manual of Motor Sport: Section 14: Titles" (PDF). Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. 2008-10-01. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 2008-12-01. ^{[dead link]}

[3] "Australian Superkart Championships". Superkarts Australia. 8 April 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 29 June 2011.

[4] "2011 Australian Non Gearbox Superkart Nationals: Sporting Regulations" (PDF). CAMS. Retrieved 29 June 2011.

[5] Australia

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