Kiwi karter wins final Euro KF championship round

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Kiwi Marcus Armstrong takes centre stage on the KF class podium at the final round of theEuropean CIK-FIA Championship in Sweden on Sunday. Photo by Fast Company/CIK-FIA.

Kiwi Marcus Armstrong takes centre stage on the KF class podium at the final round of theEuropean CIK-FIA Championship in Sweden on Sunday. Photo by Fast Company/CIK-FIA.

ARMSTRONG WINS FINAL EURO KF CHAMPS ROUND IN SWEDEN

Kiwi karter Marcus Armstrong has scored the biggest win of his career to date - beating the cream of the karting world's top young drivers to KF class victory at the final round of this year's European CIK-FIA championship in Sweden.

Works Tony Kart driver Armstrong, 14, from Christchurch, qualfied 19th, finished the Pre-Final sixth and led the 25-lap Final from the eighth lap to beat Richard Vorschoor (Exprit/Vortex/Vega) from the Netherlands and British driver Tom Joyner (Zanardi/TM/Vega) to the line.

Armstrong is a multi-time former New Zealand kart champion from Christchurch who this year has been living and racing in Italy as part of the works Tony Kart team.