Australian Karting Association

{{Short description|Kart racing sanctioning body}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox sport governing body |name = Karting Australia |abbrev = |logo = |logosize = 150px |sport = |category = |image = |caption = |jurisdiction = [[Australia]] |founded = |aff = |affdate = |region = |regionyear = |headquarters = |location = |president = |chairman = |chairperson = |chair = |chiefexec = |vicepresident = |director = |secretary = |coach = |womenscoach = |key staff = |operating income = |sponsor = |year closed = |replaced = |prevfounded = |url = |countryflag = Australia }}

The '''Australian Karting Association ltd Trading as Karting Australia''' (AKA) is the association formed in 1966 that was appointed by the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] and [[Confederation of Australian Motor Sport|Motorsport Australia]] to control and administer the CIK class [[kart racing]] in [[Australia]].

The purposes of the AKA as outlined on its website include: *The promotion and protection of kart racing *The promotion of excellence and just & honourable practices in kart racing *To suppress malpractices *The promotion and organisation of kart meetings *Other functions for members and to do all such acts that in the opinion of the AKA are for general benefit of members or of karting.

The AKA Inc has six member associations who represent individual states in Australia. These six state karting associations include:<ref>AKA, I. [http://karting.net.au/about_the_aka.asp karting.net.au] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221144427/http://karting.net.au/about_the_aka.asp |date=21 February 2008 }}, Australian Karting Association, 26 March 2008.</ref> *Karting Australia New South Wales (4 clubs) *Karting Northern Territory (1 club) *Karting Queensland (14 clubs) *Karting South Australia (5 clubs) *Karting Tasmania Inc. (4 clubs) *Victorian Karting Association (17 clubs) *Karting Western Australia (13 clubs)

Karting Australia's partners include Australian Tool company SP Tools and global Oils company Castrol.

==See also== {{Portal|Australia|Sports}} *[[Motorsport in Australia]] *[[Kart Racing]] *[[Karting World Championship]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://karting.net.au/ Official website of the Australian Karting Association]

[[Category:Kart racing organizations]] [[Category:Motorsport governing bodies in Australia|Kart]] [[Category:1966 establishments in Australia]] [[Category:Sports organizations established in 1966]]