Gas Up Racing

2025 is well and truly off and running and the team headed off to the first meet of the year at Cooloola Coast Kart Club. It was so good to be back at Cooloola and even better to see so many supporting their first round back with a fresh new track!

The weather was a little trying with on and off showers all day Saturday. Sunday didn't disappoint with a heavy downpour first up which made for some wet qualifying for some classes, but it cleared into a beautiful day.

The team have added a few new karts over the break along with some class changes. Dan, Matt, Mark and Cooper stepped up to run 2 classes, James has moved up to Seniors (and will also do 2 classes as well soon), Olivia had already moved to Seniors and Zac has dropped a couple of strokes, moving to 2 stroke.

It is so pleasing to see the progress everyone has made. We spent some time together over the break working on race craft and technique and it definitely showed through in the performances over the weekend.

Congratulations to Olivia for winning the most improved award over the weekend judged by the officials. She was in a quality field and held her own very well. James had his first taste of Seniors and performed admirably. He drove very well and showed a fantastic level of maturity in his racing all weekend. Very proud James. Zac jumped in a new kart and engine in 2 stroke for the first time, learning as he raced and improved his times in every race. A steep learning curve indeed but it was pleasing to see him enjoying his racing again. He drove very well; now to understand the kart and engine a little more. Cooper had a great weekend, showing excellent pace and composure in both classes. Great racing Coop. Dan stepped up and raced Supermaxx as well as Clubmaxx and performed very well. He adapted to the more powerful Supermax very well and had a solid weekend. Matt also stepped up and ran 2 classes adding Supermaxx to the mix in a new chassis. He also had a great weekend of racing. Last but not least, Mark ran 2 classes as well and nailed both as usual with a win in both classes.

Big thanks to Cooper W for jumping on the spanners all day Sunday. Your help for everyone was invaluable.

Well done to everyone! We can't wait for the next round already!

Thanks to Sarah, Karah, Abby and Kev “the noise “ Davies commentary for the great photos.