{"id":635691,"date":"2026-04-28T06:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T06:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/635691\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T06:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T06:35:14","slug":"circuit-racing-tin-top-drivers-return-to-the-australian-karting-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/635691\/","title":{"rendered":"Circuit racing, tin top drivers return to the Australian Karting Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A BUMPER field of 337 drivers is provisionally set for the second round of the 2026 Penrite Australian Kart Championship, which is set for Ipswich on May 15-17, with a mix of circuit racing aces set to hit the track.<\/p>\n<p>In the mix is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-1184-Macauley-Jones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Macauley Jones<\/a>, a veteran of 245 Supercars race starts with Brad Jones Racing.<\/p>\n<p>Jones will line up in the premier KZ2 class, which features 125 cc water-cooled two-stroke engines mated to a 6-speed gearbox.<\/p>\n<p>After much success in his junior karting days leading up to Formula Ford, Jones has continued to dabble in karting throughout his tin-top career, including in KZ2 for a number of years.<\/p>\n<p>The Toyota driver is currently placed 19th in the Supercars Championship standings after four events, and fifth in the KZ2 standings after the Coffs Harbour season opener.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/v8-sleuth-magazine-issue-3?utm_source=SRBuyButton&amp;utm_medium=website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/v8sleuth-mag-issue3_1024x1024.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Going head-to-head with Jones will be Oscar Targett.<\/p>\n<p>The former Grove Racing junior driver has shifted this year to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/former-grove-prodigy-secures-next-step\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tigani Motorsport\u2019s GT World Challenge Australia squad<\/a>, while he recently raced in the Bathurst 6 Hour aboard a BMW M4.<\/p>\n<p>Lincoln Taylor has entered in the X30 class.<\/p>\n<p>After finishing runner-up in the 2025 GR Cup, the Walkinshaw TWG Racing Foundation Academy racer this season <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/wau-toyota-junior-lands-porsche-seat\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stepped up to the Porsche Sprint Challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, he participated in the Porsche junior camp in Queensland, while at the Christchurch Super 440, he raced in Formula Ford.<\/p>\n<p>George Gutierrez, who was last seen in the V8 SuperUtes class at Adelaide last year, is down to drive in TaG 125.<\/p>\n<p>Coverage from the event will be telecast live via 7plus.<\/p>\n<p>The Undercut \u2013 Fuelling the feuds in Supercars!<\/p>\n<p>The Undercut returns in a massive week of sport, with Aaron Noonan once again joined by Jack Perkins, breaking down the inaugural New Zealand double header!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A BUMPER field of 337 drivers is provisionally set for the second round of the 2026 Penrite Australian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-635691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}