Governing body miss target with Eastwood

Little over a year ago, Irish karting was hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons.

A breakaway group, Kart Ireland, threatened to go it alone after they claimed Motorsport Ireland had reneged on a deal to heal divisions within the karting spectrum of the governing body.

Costs, publicity, fairness and transparency were the principal issues. Internally within Motorsport Ireland (MI), the composition of the Karting committee was the catalyst that spawned the breakaway group.