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27th June 2010. SILHOUETTE RACE KARTS WIN 3 CLASSES!
Club Day - Eastern Lions Kart Club (Pucka) Today at Pucka Glenn Riddell raced the Silhouette C30 chassis using a Silhouette Race Engines prepared Yamaha S engine in the Clubman Heavy class. Glenn once again showed the Silhouette C30 is the Kart to have in this class by winning the 1st & 2nd Heats. He started on Pole Position for the Final & after being challenged early in the race he was then able to pull away & take the victory and a clean sweep of wins for the day. In the TAG Restricted class Steven Riddell raced the Silhouette T30 chassis using a Silhouette Race Engines prepared Leopard X30 engine. With 1st & 2nd places in the first 2 heats he started on pole position for the Final. He dropped back to 2nd place at the start but regained the lead before the end of the 1st lap. He then showed superior pace to pull away for a comfortable win. We would also like to congratulate Keith Hamann on his 2nd Place in the Clubman Super Heavy class powered by a Silhouette Race Engines prepared Yamaha S engine. Club Day - Go-Kart Club of Victoria (Todd Road) Today at Todd Road Chris Knowles raced the Silhouette T32 chassis using a Silhouette Race Engines prepared Leopard engine in the Tag Restricted class. In the 1st Heat he started at the back & showed good pace to finish in 4th place. In the 2nd Heat he started in 2nd place & after a tough, close race he took the win. This meant he would start the Final in pole position. Chris had a good battle for the lead with another competitor during the 1st half of the Final but was able to re-take the lead & pull a comfortable gap over the rest of the field to take the win. The team at Silhouette Karts would like to congratulate Chris on his first overall win. Well Done! 30th May 2010. Club Day - Eastern Lions Kart Club (Pucka) Today at Pucka Glenn Riddell raced the Silhouette C30 chassis using a Silhouette Race Engines prepared Yamaha S engine in the Clubman Heavy class. The 1st Heat was held on a wet track & Glenn showed the Silhouette chassis can handle all conditions by taking the win. The 2nd Heat was held on a dry but cold & slippery track & he also won this race. He started on Pole Position for the Final & led front start to finish to take a clean sweep of wins for the day. Club Day - Go-Kart Club of Victoria (Todd Road) Today at Todd Road Chris Knowles raced the Silhouette T32 chassis using a Silhouette Race Engines prepared Leopard engine in the Tag Restricted class. In the 1st Heat he showed great skill by winning the race on a wet & slippery track with slick tyres! In the 2nd Heat he finished in 7th place on a dry track. Starting in position 4 for the Final he had an early battle with another competitor for 3rd position but in the second half of the race he was able to pull away and finish in a comfortable 3rd place. Well done on another podium position! In the Clubman Light class Rhys Harrod was having his 1st race in the Silhouette C28 chassis. After only driving the Kart for the 1st time the day before Rhys used the Heats to acclimatize himself to the Kart finishing in 8th & 5th positions. After making some chassis adjustments & rectifying an engine issue Rhys showed excellent speed in the Final by powering his way up to 3rd place at the finish. Well Done! 8th & 9 May 2010. All Star Series - Round 2 - Geelong Kart Club This weekend at Geelong Steven Riddell raced the Silhouette T30 chassis using a Silhouette Race Engines prepared Leopard X30 engine in the TAG Restricted class. Steven once again showed that Silhouette Race Karts are the Kart to have in this class. Starting the 1st Heat in 8th he stormed through the field to finish in 2nd position setting the fastest lap of the race. In the 2nd Heat he started in 7th & once again stormed through the field to win the race & set the fastest lap. In the Pre-Final he started on pole position & after a battle on the first lap he then controlled the pace from the front to win the 14 lap race by over 2 seconds. In the Final he once again started on pole position & lead the race from start to finish showing the full potential of the Silhouette T30 by setting the fastest lap & winning the 16 lap race by over 5 seconds! Well done! In the Clubman Heavy class Glenn Riddell raced the Silhouette C30 chassis powered by a Silhouette Race Engines prepared Yamaha S engine. Glenn showed good speed in the Heats finishing in 6th & 3rd positions. Unfortunately he was unable to start the Pre-Final due to a broken chain in the formation laps. This meant he would have to start the final in 18th position. In the 16 lap Final he survived a first lap incident in which he lost a lot of time to then power his way through the field to finish in 7th position. 25th April 2010. Club Day - Go-Kart Club of Victoria (Todd Road) Today at Todd Road Chris Knowles raced the Silhouette T32 chassis using a Silhouette Race Engines prepared Leopard engine in the Tag Restricted class. In the 1st Heat he showed the full potential of this package by taking the win. We would like to congratulate Chris on his first race win, Well Done! In the 2nd Heat he finished in 8th place after a tough race. Starting in position 4 for the Final he unfortunately had to avoid an incident at the first corner which meant he dropped back to last place. Showing great speed & determination he charged back to 6th place at the finish. Better luck next time Chris! In the Junior National Heavy Class Liam Brooks raced using a Silhouette Race Engines prepared Yamaha J engine. He showed consistent pace throughout the day to place 3rd in the 1st & 2nd Heats. He then followed this up with another 3rd in the Final. Well Done! 24th April 2010. Club Day - Eastern Lions Kart Club (Pucka) Today at Pucka Steven Riddell raced the Silhouette T30 chassis using a Silhouette Race Engines prepared Leopard X30 engine in the TAG Restricted class. He once again proved that the Silhouette package is the one to beat in this class by winning all 3 heats in variable conditions. Well Done! We would also Like to congratulate Keith Hamann on his 3rd Place in the Clubman Over 40’s class powered by a Silhouette Race Engines prepared Yamaha S engine. 2nd - 4th May 2010. 2010 National Championships Silhouette Race Karts team test driver Glenn Riddell competed in the 2010 National Championships this weekend held at the Eastern Lions Kart Club track at Puckapunyal. Glenn competed in the Clubman Heavy class using a Silhouette C30 Chassis and in the Senior National Heavy class using the Silhouette J28 Chassis. He was powered by Silhouette Race engines prepared Yamaha engines in both classes. In Senior National Heavy Glenn showed some good speed including setting the fastest lap in Heat 1. In the Final he was involved in a tough battle at the front of the field & ended up finishing in 5th position. Well Done! In a huge field of Clubman Heavy Glenn qualified 16th out of 48 drivers. In the 3 Heats Glenn showed some good speed but was unfortunately involved in a number of incidents which meant he was only able to finish one heat in 8th position. This meant he would have to start the 16 lap Final in 40th position! In the Final Glenn was finally able to show the potential of the Silhouette C30 by charging through the field, getting up to 16th postion on the last lap. Unfortunately on the 2nd last corner a passing move for 15th position resulted in Glenn spinning out of the race. 17th March 2010. EASTER TRADING HOURS Good Friday 2nd April 2010 - CLOSED. Easter Saturday 3rd April 2010 - OPEN 10am - 10pm. Easter Sunday 4th April 2010 - CLOSED. Easter Monday 5th April 2010 - OPEN 10am - 5pm. We would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Easter! 13th & 14 March 2010. All Star Series - Round 1 - Go-Kart Club of Victoria (Todd Road) This weekend at Todd Road Steven Riddell raced the Silhouette T30 chassis using a Silhouette Race Engines prepared Leopard X30 engine in the TAG Restricted class. In his second meeting & still on P-Plates Steven once again showed that Silhouette Race Karts are the Kart to have in this class. Starting last in every race due to being on P-Plates he set the fastest lap in both heats to come through the field to finish in 5th & 4th. In the Pre-Final he once again set the fastest lap finishing in 2nd place by only 0.119 second! In the Final he once again carved his way through the field, setting the fastest lap of the race, to take the victory by over 2 seconds. Well done! In the Clubman Heavy class Glenn Riddell debuted the new Silhouette C30 chassis which has just been released powered by a Silhouette Race Engines prepared Yamaha S engine. After a difficult Heat #1 where he finished in 11th position he showed the potential of the new chassis by finishing in 3rd place in Heat #2 only 0.367 second behind the winner. Unfortunately he was involved in an incident at the start of the Pre-Final which resulted in a DNF. This meant he would have to start the final in 16th position. Showing that the new chassis will be a force to be reckoned with he recovered from a poor start to charge his way up to 8th position at the finish, setting the fastest lap of the race. 28th February 2010. Club Day - Eastern Lions Kart Club (Pucka) Today at Pucka Steven Riddell raced the Silhouette T30 chassis using a Silhouette Race Engines prepared Leopard X30 engine in the TAG Restricted class. In his first meeting in 15 years & despite being on P-Plates Steven showed the superior pace of his Silhouette package in the first 2 heats to win them both in convincing fashion. Unfortunately he fouled a spark plug at the start of the 3rd heat and didn’t finish. His wins in the first 2 heats still gave him enough points to take 1st place overall on the day. Well done!
31st January 2010. Club Day - Go-Kart Club of Victoria (Todd Road) Today at Todd Road Silhouette Race Karts team test driver Glenn Riddell raced the Silhouette C28 chassis using a Silhouette Race Engines prepared Yamaha S engine in the Clubman Heavy class in extremely hot conditions. In his first meeting in the class Glenn showed some good pace by finishing 2nd in both heats. He dropped back to 3rd at the start of the Final but fought his way back to 2nd place matching the pace of the leader towards the end of the race.
In the TAG Restricted class Chris Knowles raced the Silhouette T32 chassis using a Silhouette Race Engines prepared Leopard engine. In his first race meeting off p-plates he showed good speed in the heats by finishing in 4th & 5th places in a big field of 18 drivers. Starting in position 2 for the Final he shot to the lead at the start of the race & after a good battle he finished an excellent 3rd place at the end of the 12 lap Final.
20th January 2010. Today we installed a magnetic strip in the track so any owner-drivers with a Mychron or Alfano unit with a magnetic pickup will now find their lap times displayed. Just remember to set your number of magnetic strips to 1 when setting up your unit. If you don’t have a timing system then remember we have the Mychron 4 available for purchase in our shop which is the best system on the market. 1st January 2010. HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 25th October 2009. Club Day - Go-Kart Club of Victoria (Todd Road) & Oakleigh Go-Kart Racing Club. Today at Todd Road Silhouette Race Karts team test driver Glenn Riddell raced the Silhouette C28 chassis in the Clubman Light class. Showing the speed of the Silhouette C28 chassis & Silhouette Race Engines prepared Yamaha S engine Glenn came through the field in the Final after starting 8th due to not finishing in Heat #1 to finish in 3rd place. At Oakleigh Jordan Kaye was also competing in the Clubman Light class aboard the Silhouette C28 chassis. Showing some great pace Jordan placed 2nd in Heat #1 & 3rd in Heat #2. Unfortunately Jordan didn’t finish the Final but showed he had the speed to finish on the podium. 27th September 2009. Club Day - Go-Kart Club of Victoria (Todd Road) & Oakleigh Go-Kart Racing Club. Today at Oakleigh Jordan Kaye was competing in the Clubman Light class aboard the Silhouette C28 chassis. In the cold & tricky conditions he unfortunately failed to finish both Heat races. Starting last in the Final Jordan stunned the other Clubman Light drivers by storming through the field to take Victory by over 2 seconds. He also set the fastest lap which was 0.5sec faster than the next quickest driver! At Todd Road Silhouette Race Karts team test driver Glenn Riddell raced the Silhouette C28 chassis in the Clubman Light class powered by a Silhouette Race Engines prepared Yamaha S engine. Also in cold & sometimes damp conditions Glenn finished 5th in Heat #1 and showed some great pace in Heat #2 to finish 2nd by only half a kart length. Starting 2nd for the Final he took the lead at the start & pulled a small gap but after a tough race finished on the podium in 3rd place. 25th July 2009. Silhouette Karts Signs New Lease. We have been hearing for the last 12 months or more that rumours were being spread about our track & business closing which disappointed us & were not true. We would like to announce that we have recently signed a new 4-year lease to remain at our current location & we would like to say that we remain very committed to both our Hire Kart & Race Kart/Owner-Driver customers. We will also be expanding our business in both these areas by increasing our product range in our Pro Shop which includes our range of Race Karts & also expanding our Hire Kart fleet to include karts to suit drivers under the age of 16 years old. 18th & 19th July 2009. All Star Series Round 3 - Todd Road. This weekend Glenn Riddell competed in the Senior National Pro class aboard the Silhouette J28 chassis powered by a Silhouette Race Engines prepared Yamaha J. He was consistently placed in the top 3 all weekend and ended up on the podium with 3rd position. 28th June 2009. Club Day - Oakleigh Go-Kart Racing Club. Today Jordan Kaye competed in the Clubman Light class using a Silhouette C28 chassis. He showed good consistency in the two heats by finishing 3rd & 5th. In the Final he increased his pace & drove a good race to finish in 2nd place, which placed him in 2nd overall for the day. Well done Jordan! 31st May 2009. Club Day - Go-Kart Club of Victoria (Todd Road) & Oakleigh Go-Kart Racing Club. Today at Todd Road Silhouette Race Karts team test driver Glenn Riddell raced the Silhouette J28 chassis in the Senior National Pro class. Showing the speed of the Silhouette J28 chassis & Silhouette Race Engines prepared Yamaha J Glenn finished 1st in Heat #1 & 2nd in Heat #2. Starting in pole position in the Final, Glenn led from start to finish take the victory! At Oakleigh Jordan Kaye was competing in the Clubman Light class aboard the Silhouette C28 chassis. Showing some great pace Jordan placed 5th in Heat #1 & 3rd in Heat #2. After a tough battle in the Final Jordan just missed out on a podium finishing in 4th place. After only moving up from Juniors at the start of the year Jordan is showing that he will be one to watch as he gains more experience throughout the year. 8th - 10th May 2009. 2009 Victorian Championships Silhouette Race Karts team test driver Glenn Riddell competed in the 2009 Victorian Championships this weekend held at the Eastern Lions Kart Club track at Puckapunyal. Glenn competed in the Senior National Heavy class using the Silhouette J28 Chassis & Yamaha J engines prepared in-house by Silhouette Race Engines. Glenn qualified in 3rd position & after 2nd & 3rd places in the two heats (including the fastest lap in Heat 2) he started the Pre-Final in 3rd position & finished in 4th, which would be his starting position for the all important Final. After a tough race Glenn finished the Final in 3rd position only missing out on 2nd place by 0.029 of a second! 1st April 2009. EASTER TRADING HOURS Good Friday 10th April 2009 - CLOSED. Easter Saturday 11th April 2009 - OPEN 10am - 10pm. Easter Sunday 12th April 2009 - CLOSED. Easter Monday 13th April 2009 - OPEN 10am - 5pm. We would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Easter! 29th March 2009. Club Day - Go-Kart Club of Victoria (Todd Road). Today Silhouette Race Karts team test driver Glenn Riddell raced the Silhouette J28 chassis in the Senior National Pro class. Showing great pace in the sunny conditions Glenn worked his way to the front at half race distance in Heat #1 & pulled away for a convincing win. In Heat #2 Glenn again carved his way through the pack to take another convincing win. Starting in pole position in the Final, Glenn had an early battle with another competitor but once again took the victory to end the day unbeaten with a clean sweep of wins. 21st February 2009. Club Day - Oakleigh Go-Kart Racing Club. Silhouette Race Karts would like to congratulate Jordan Kaye on an excellent effort in his first meeting since moving up to seniors. With no testing after only picking up his new Silhouette C28 the day before, he just missed out on a podium place by ending up 4th overall on points in the very competitive Clubman Light class. 1st February 2009. Club Day - Go-Kart Club of Victoria (Todd Road). Today Silhouette Race Karts team test driver Glenn Riddell raced the Silhouette J28 chassis in the Senior National Pro class. After a difficult run in the Heats where he finished 4th & then had a DNF, Glenn would have to work hard in the Final only starting from 6th position. He showed the pace of the Silhouette J28 by steadily moving through the field to take a hard fought win in the 12 lap Final to start the year on a winning note! 1st January 2009. HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 5th December 2008. Silhouette Karts will be closed to the public on the following days during Christmas: Friday 19th December 2008. Monday 22nd to Friday 26th December 2008. Wednesday 31st December 2008. Thursday 1st January 2008. Friday 2nd January 2008. Our trading hours between Christmas & New Year will be: Saturday 27th to Tuesday 30th December 2008 10am - 6pm. We will re-open for the new year on Saturday 3rd January & will resume our normal operating hours. We would like to take this opportunity to extend our best wishes for the Christmas Holiday period and we hope to see you all safe & well in 2009. 29th & 30th November 2008. Gold Cup - Go-Kart Club of Victoria (Todd Road). Silhouette Race Karts team test driver Glenn Riddell competed in the annual Gold Cup which was run over 2 days with 3 heats of 8 laps, a pre-final of 12 laps and a Final of 15 laps. He competed in the Senior National Pro class using the Silhouette J28 chassis. Unfortunately Glenn was unable to compete on the first day of competition due to prior commitments. This meant he missed the first 2 heats. He started the 3rd heat on Sunday morning in 8th place and carved his way through the field to win comfortably. This meant he also started the pre-final from 8th and once again he worked his way through the field to take a hard fought win. He started from pole position for the 15 lap Final and after leading for every lap he was passed with half a lap to go and narrowly missed out on victory by finishing a close second. 31st October - 2nd November 2008. 2008 Tasmanian Championships Silhouette Race Karts team test driver Glenn Riddell competed in the 2008 Tasmanian Championships held from 31st Oct - 2nd Nov in Burnie, Tasmania. Glenn competed in the Senior National Light & Heavy classes using the Silhouette J28 Chassis & Yamaha J engines prepared in-house by Silhouette Race Engines. Glenn qualified in fourth position in both classes missing out on Pole Position in Senior National Light by less than 0.1 sec! Unfortunately Glenn was involved in a pile-up at the start of the Senior National Light Final which eliminated him from the race. He was able to show the full potential of the Silhouette J28 in the Senior National Heavy Final by finishing an excellent 2nd place. 16th October 2008. The track will be closed to the general public including owner-drivers due to private functions on the following days & times: Wed 5th November 2008 - 10:00am to 2:30pm (will be open from 2:30pm to 10:00pm). Tues 11th November 2008 - 10:00 am to 5:00pm (all day).
5th October 2008.
Club Day - Go-Kart Club of Victoria (Todd Road). Today Silhouette Race Karts team test driver Glenn Riddell raced the Silhouette J28 chassis in the Senior National Pro class. Showing great pace in the sunny conditions Glenn turned his front row starting position in Heat #1 into a convincing win. Starting at the rear of the field in Heat #2 Glenn carved his way through the pack to take another win. Starting in pole position in the Final, Glenn had a race long battle with another competitor & narrowly missed out on victory finishing one kart length behind in second position. 8th September 2008. We now have in stock the Italsport Red Clutch to suit the Yamaha KT100S motor (short crankshaft) & the Tomar TD22-AKA clutch to suit the Yamaha KT100S (long crankshaft) & Yamaha KT100J motors. We also have the Burris Mini-lite starter in stock. 25th August 2008. Silhouette Karts are proud to announce the launch of a new model to our range of Race Karts. The Silhouette T32 is designed for use with 125cc electric start motors including the Parilla Leopard, Rotax Max & PRD Fireball. For more information please go to the 'Race Karts' section. 29th June 2008. June Club Day - Oakleigh Go-Kart Racing Club. Silhouette Race Karts would like to congratulate Jordan Kaye on an excellent result in the Junior National Light class. In his first race meeting in the newly released Silhouette J28 chassis Jordan caused a stir by finishing the final in 2nd place only 0.1 second behind the leader.
27th June 2008. Silhouette Karts are proud to announce the launch of our new range of Race Karts. We have two models available for order now and we will be adding further models soon. For more information please go to the 'Race Karts' section. 2nd April 2008. As of today the new AKA 43 control airbox becomes compulsory for those racing at AKA race meetings. This new airbox features an internal filter to better protect your engine from dust & dirt. We have these new airbox's in stock so beat the rush & get yours now! 20th March 2008. We now have in stock Strike clutches to suit Yamaha KT100S & KT100J motors. These clutches are also used on the new Yamaha KT100SEC (electric start) motor. We also have the Strike starter's to suit these clutches. So if you are tired of pushing ask about these products in our shop. 3rd March 2008. EASTER TRADING HOURS Good Friday 21st March 2008 - CLOSED. Easter Saturday 22nd March 2008 - OPEN 10am - 10pm. Easter Sunday 23rd March 2008 - CLOSED. Easter Monday 24th March 2008 - OPEN 10am - 5pm. We would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Easter! 24th February 2008. Feburary Club Day - Go-Kart Club of Victoria (Todd Road). Today Silhouette Race Karts team test driver Glenn Riddell raced our new prototype Silhouette chassis for the first time in the Senior National Pro class. 2nd & 4th place finishes in the two 8 lap heats placed Glenn on grid 3 for the 12 lap final. In the Final Glenn moved into the lead at the start of lap 5 and pulled away to stretch the lead out to about 10 kart length's at the finish to give our new chassis a winning debut! 24th January 2008. Silhouette Karts are proud to announce that we are now supporting three Formula SAE teams. We are continuing our support of Melbourne University and Monash University from 2007 and we are extending our support to include Victoria University for 2008. The teams of engineering students will be using our track as a test facility during the year in preparation for the competition at the end of the year. For more information we have links to each team's website on our links page. 1st January 2008. HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 1st December 2007. Silhouette Karts will be closed to the public on the following days during Christmas: Friday 14th December 2007. Thursday 20th December 2007. Friday 21st December 2007. Monday 24th to Friday 28th December 2007. Monday 31st December 2007. Tuesday 1st January 2008. Our trading hours between Christmas & New Year will be: Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th December 2007 10am - 10pm. We would like to take this opportunity to extend our best wishes for the Christmas Holiday period and we hope to see you all safe & well in 2008. 1st October 2007. Silhouette Karts are proud to announce that we are now supporting Monash University engineering students. The Monash Motorsports Team will be using our track as a test facility for their Formula SAE car. This means we are now supporting two Formula SAE teams as Melbourne University have been using our facilites to develop their new car since March. 25th June 2007 Silhouette Karts is proud to announce the launch of our new line of equipment & apparel for Karts called 'Silhouette Karting Gear'. We will be specializing in high quality products designed especially for Karts at extremely economical prices. 18th March 2007 ANZAC DAY. The track will be open from 1pm - 10pm on Wednesday 25th April 2007. 23rd March 2007 The track will be closed on Good Friday 6th April 2007. We will be operating as usual for the rest of the Easter weekend including Easter Monday. The team at Silhouette Karts would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Easter. 20th March 2007 Yamaha has announced a drop in the price of the KT100SEC electric start engine. The price has been reduced by $300 dollars! We are now selling this engine for $1650.00. 12th March 2007 Silhouette Karts are proud to announce that we will be supporting University of Melbourne engineering students during 2007. The MUR Motorsports Team will be using our track as a test facility for their Formula SAE car. 1st January 2007 HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 1st December 2006 Silhouette Karts will be closed on Saturday 23rd Dec 2006 & will re-open on Wednesday 27th Dec 2006 for Christmas. We will also be closed on Sunday 31st Dec 2006 & Monday 1st Jan 2007 for the New Year. We will also be closed to the public & to owner-drivers on: - Friday 15th December 2006 from 10am—5pm - Wednesday 20th December 2006 from 10am—5pm - Thursday 21st & Friday 22nd December 2006. We would like to take this opportunity to extend our best wishes for the Christmas Holiday period and we hope to see you all safe & well in 2007. 8th October 2006 Silhouette Karts would like to congratulate Luke Youlden on his 4th place finish in the Bathurst 1000 once again co-driving with Russell Ingall in the Stone Brothers Racing Caltex Havoline Ford. 19th September 2006 Silhouette Karts is proud to announce that we have won the Hume Leader Business Award in the Hospitality & Tourism category for 2006. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Leader Newspapers & Wizard Home Loans for supporting the awards and most importantly we would like to thank our customers. 9th July 2006 Melbourne’s Fastest Hire Karts just got FASTER! The Team at Silhouette Karts are proud to announce that our new 2-Stroke Karts are now available for hire. We have also installed a state-of-the-art Dorian electronic timing system (as used by the V8 Supercars). 1st July 2006 Owner Drivers - Our engine rebuild pricing has been restructured to include full engine run-in as well as track test & tune. This ensures all engines rebuilt by us are run-in correctly & tuned for optimum performance. To view our new prices click on the Services link. 28th April 2006 Owner Drivers - The track will be closed to owner-drivers from 6pm - 10pm on Friday 5th May 2006. 3rd April 2006 The track will be closed on Good Friday 14th April 2006. We will be operating as usual for the rest of the Easter weekend including Easter Monday. The team at Silhouette Karts would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Easter. 1st February 2006 Owner Drivers - The track will be closed to owner-drivers on Sunday 26th February 2006. The Hire Karts will still be operating as usual. 1st January 2006 Happy New Year!! 1st December 2005 RMIT Uni engineering students used our track today to test their Formula SAE car ahead of this weekends competition at the Victoria University Driver Facility in Werribee. 28th November 2005 Silhouette Karts will be closed from Thursday 22nd Dec 2005 & will re-open on Tuesday 27th Dec 2005 for Christmas. We will also be closed on Saturday 31st Dec 2005 & Sunday 1st Jan 2006 for the New Year. We will also be closed on Friday 16th December 2005. We would like to take this opportunity to extend our best wishes for the Christmas Holiday period and we hope to see you all safe & well in 2006. 9th October 2005 Silhouette Karts would like to congratulate Luke Youlden on his 5th place finish in the Bathurst 1000 once again co-driving with Russell Ingall in the Stone Brothers Racing Caltex Havoline Ford. Luke’s double-stint contributed significantly to the result which now sees Russell leading the Championship with three rounds to go. 11th September 2005 Silhouette Karts would like to congratulate Luke Youlden on his 7th place finish in a rain affected Sandown 500 co-driving with Russell Ingall in the Stone Brothers Racing Caltex Havoline Ford. 1st September 2005 We have decided to extend our ‘Winter Evening’ special rate for owner-drivers. This is good news for those of you who have a Kart and like to come down just for the evening session from 6pm—10pm. The rate is staying at $30 per kart which is a saving of 25%! June 2005 Silhouette Karts has featured in an article in Issue #11 of Street Machine Commodores magazine. The article titled ‘Caught Lapping’ involved bringing V8 Supercar star Garth Tander back to where his career began; in Karts. Garth put one of our 2-Stroke Hire Karts through it’s paces and even raced against Silhouette mechanic Gary Brown who gave Garth a good run for his money! |
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