Mildura Kart Club

Membership Information

For more information about membership contact the club secretary on 5022 0917.

Club Membership

Mildura had it's first taste of "Go-Karts" in 1960 when a "KART" appeared at the Mildura Sporting Car Club with a few bits of steel with four wheels and a steering wheel with a motor attached. The bug soon caught on and many more karts "appeared" almost overnight.

Membership grew rapidly with almost all Sporting Car Club members purchasing or making their very own "Go Karts". Members would travel away to compete at other tracks and very soon they built their own dirt track then sought affiliation with the Governing body.

In 1972 Mildura Kart Club applied for and was granted their very first OPEN meeting. This meeting was granted for the long weekend in June, the Queens Birthday weekend and to this day, has always run on the long weekend in June.

This meeting was staged over a one day race meeting until the mid 1980's when the Club applied for and was granted a TWO DAY MEETING to be held on the long weekend in June.

This meeting is one of the most prestigious meetings run in Victoria aside from the Victorian Open and attracts drivers from all over Victoria, South Australia and regular visitors from Queensland.

Mildura has bred many States Open and Closed Title holders, a National Title holder and two place -getters. We now boast 3 "Driver of the Year" for Victoria winners.

They being Neal Gathercole who won in 1995, Gary Dickinson who won in 1999 and Scott Ferguson who won in 2000 as well as many other Open Title meetings winners have come from our "small" country club.

Mildura has bred State Open and Closed Title holders, they being a National Title holder and two place getters. We now boast 3 "Driver of the Year" for Victoria winners. They being Neal Gathercole who won in 1995, Gary Dickinson who won in 1999 and Scott Ferguson who won in 2000. Other Open and Closed Title meetings winners have come from our "small" country club.

The current active membership base is 50 members.
There are 10 Life Members of which 6 are still actively involved with the Club.
The Life Members are:
Bill Jory, John Dowson, Phil Sedgmen, Harry Toole, John Dyson, Greg Mattschoss, Les O'Connor, Kay O'Connor, Ross Gathercole and Genevieve Gathercole.

We have also bred and groomed current V8 Supercar drivers Todd and Rick Kelly.