Wilson And Marr To Fly Kiwi Flag Across The Tasman

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Wilson And Marr To Fly Kiwi Flag Across The Tasman

Reigning CIK Trophy of New Zealand - presented by Paymark title holders Karl Wilson (KZ2) and Aaron Marr (KF3) are taking their talents to Australia this year, the pair in Queensland this weekend contesting the opening round of the 2011 CIK Stars of Karting series.

Wilson, 26, from Wellington is a multi-time New Zealand sprint kart champion and will contest the Pro Gearbox (KZ2) class alongside reigning class champion Matthew Wall with the BRM team.

Marr, meanwhile, will make his international debut in the Pro Junior - KF3 category, the 15-year-old from Wanganui using the series to benchmark himself against top Australian teenagers like defending class champion Pierce Lehane
This weekend's opening series round is the first of five rounds with record entries across the key classes, a boon for organisers who not long ago had a track covered by flood waters.

In the Pro Gearbox (KZ2) class Karl Wilson will come up against 28 other drivers, a number which includes eight of the top ten finishers from the 2010 series.

The numbers are just as impressive in the other classes with 21 entries for the Pro Light (KF1) and 21 for Pro Junior (KF3) making this weekend's event the biggest, numbers-wise, since the late 1990s when the CIK series was the breeding ground for current V8 Supercar stars like Vodafone Racing's Jamie Whincup.

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