The Grass Kart Challenge aims to promote interest in engineering/technical subjects and careers.

  • Build a Kart from scratch.
  • Race that Kart against other students.
  • Gain credits.

2010 Contest News...

Congratulations to Burnside High School, Winners of a New Kart Engine and Rangiora New Life School on recieving a $400 Prize

Rough Timeline for the contest is now up

List of the confirmed schools for 2010 that have registered so far

 

2009 Contest Final Results

The final Weekend of the 2009 Otago Southland Grass Kart Competition was held at the Taieri College grounds on the 16th and 17th of October. This years overall winners were Northern Southland College.

Southland teams featured prominently this year but each team put together a Kart they could be proud of. Next years competition will be held in Southland (Details forthcoming soon).

Overall Winner – Tools4Work Award
1st Northern Southland College
2nd Rangiora High School A
3rd Southland Boys High School

 

BOC Gases Construction Award
1st Aurora College A
2nd Northern Southland College
3rd Rangiora High School A

 

Repco Appearance Award
1st Northern Southland College
2nd Southland Boys High School
3rd Aurora College A

 

Southern Group Training Record Keeping Award
1st Northern Southland College
2nd Twizel Area School
3rd Logan Park High School

 

Blackwoods Paykels Performance Award
1st Rangiora High School A
2nd Southland Boys High School
3rd Northern Southland College

 

Hayden Pope Memorial Trophy for the Winner of the Performance Relay Race
1st Rangiora High School A

 

Engineering Dunedin Incorporated Peoples Choice
1st Aurora College A