Dunlop in conjunction with Paul Fletcher have extended their agreement to provide the first twenty-five competitors in the KF1 class – which is the MSA British Kart Championship – with a free set of race tyres per round in both the 2009/10 KF Winter Series and the 2010 Super One Series. 

Russell Anderson, whose company distributes the Dunlop tyres for kart racing, said: “Dunlop is delighted that the KF1 class has held up well on entries this year, and we are very pleased to be a partner in this venture.  Dunlop is very happy to put this sponsorship of free race tyres back into the sport and have noted that the participation in karting has been very good this year, and not declined like some other forms of motorsport.” 

The KF Winter Series will commence on November 14/15th at Shenington (further details from Sonja Game on 01869 320157) and the Super One registration details will be available from November on the www.s1series.co.uk website.  Paul Fletcher, who runs his eponymous team in the series and owns the PF International kart circuit, which is to host a qualifying round of the KF2 and KF3 CIK European championship next May, said: “I think it is very important  that KF1 is differentiated from the graduates that come into KF2, and in my opinion we must keep the elite KF1 class going in the U.K.  I notice that in Japan all the top drivers choose to race in KF1.  And there’s no reason why the best KF3 junior drivers should not graduate directly to KF1, it helps them to battle with the best.”

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