The show is held at Stoneleigh Park near Coventry in the United Kingdom. On inside display were three karts this year, a 1978 Mounteagle Eagle / Hewland Arrow, a 1959 Trokart / Clinton and a contemporary 125 Open Birel ART / TM which came second in the long circuit championship.
Mike Topp, secretary of the club, was on hand to explain the history of his Eagle. “It is a replica of my first ever kart lent to me by Mounteagle Racing in 1978”, he explained. Mike used to take youngsters karting at Camberley Kart Club’s Blackbushe venue, which is still thriving today. He did some work for Mounteagle so in return they lent the kart, and didn’t ask for it back. Mike Hewland, of the famous Hewland gearbox company, was one of the Camberley committee members. “They were developing the Hewland Arrow 100cc engine, and gave me a pre-production model”, Mike reminisced. The engine has a sprocket 2.25:1 reduction gear so that the sprocket size could be increased from 9 teeth to 17 teeth to ease the load on the chain. The end of the crankshaft has parallel splines to fit into a cup shaped gear and also drops the centre line of the sprocket, running in EP90 gear oil.
Mike found this kart in a rather sorry state at a Kartmania kart show five years ago and purchased it for £40. It needed a whole new back end being made and the alternative Zip brake restored to the original KP brake. It went on to kart win second in the Concours class at the 2023 Jesolo meet.
Tony Brinkworth had just finished the restoration of the Trokart for the show, one of many he has done. In 1959 a Trokart / Clinton A400 could be purchased for less than £50 in the U.K. in kit form. Trojan made cars from 1913, and was involved in production of various vehicles up to 2013. The company was dissolved in 2023 after the death of the then owner Peter Agg. Agg had seen the popularity of karting in the USA and combined his business of importing Lambretta scooters with manufacturing the Trokart up to the mid sixties. This example is a Trokart Tiger Cub with the striking black and white print seat upholstery.
The third kart belongs to Ollie Holmes, and came second on the big motor racing tracks in 2025 in the 125 Open category.
On another part of the show Tim Norwood’s 1974 MOTUS Mk7 / Bultaco 250cc was on display. Drawing on his background in aircraft construction, Keith Moseley began crafting these monocoque karts from resin bonded plywood. That is fixed to a short steel frame for the engine and rear suspension, then panelled with fibreglass. The aerodynamic shape was refined with the help of Loughborough University’s wind tunnel. At the time the rubber blocks in parallel pillars at the rear and single wishbones at the front with the rubber blocks met the RAC regulations. Keith’s son Dud Moseley won the Villiers class championship in 1974 and beat Nigel Mansell to the title in 1975. It was then refined into this Mk 7 example, which cost about £350 at the time. That was very competitive in hill climbs and sprints until karts were banned. The Moseley’s went on to concentrate on their Motus Sport 2000 cars. The Motus at the show went on to be in the finalists for the public vote on their favourite vehicle.
The track action continued throughout Saturday and Sunday alongside the rally car stage.
Mike Topp, secretary of the club, was on hand to explain the history of his Eagle. “It is a replica of my first ever kart lent to me by Mounteagle Racing in 1978”, he explained. Mike used to take youngsters karting at Camberley Kart Club’s Blackbushe venue, which is still thriving today. He did some work for Mounteagle so in return they lent the kart, and didn’t ask for it back. Mike Hewland, of the famous Hewland gearbox company, was one of the Camberley committee members. “They were developing the Hewland Arrow 100cc engine, and gave me a pre-production model”, Mike reminisced. The engine has a sprocket 2.25:1 reduction gear so that the sprocket size could be increased from 9 teeth to 17 teeth to ease the load on the chain. The end of the crankshaft has parallel splines to fit into a cup shaped gear and also drops the centre line of the sprocket, running in EP90 gear oil.
Mike found this kart in a rather sorry state at a Kartmania kart show five years ago and purchased it for £40. It needed a whole new back end being made and the alternative Zip brake restored to the original KP brake. It went on to kart win second in the Concours class at the 2023 Jesolo meet.
Tony Brinkworth had just finished the restoration of the Trokart for the show, one of many he has done. In 1959 a Trokart / Clinton A400 could be purchased for less than £50 in the U.K. in kit form. Trojan made cars from 1913, and was involved in production of various vehicles up to 2013. The company was dissolved in 2023 after the death of the then owner Peter Agg. Agg had seen the popularity of karting in the USA and combined his business of importing Lambretta scooters with manufacturing the Trokart up to the mid sixties. This example is a Trokart Tiger Cub with the striking black and white print seat upholstery.
The third kart belongs to Ollie Holmes, and came second on the big motor racing tracks in 2025 in the 125 Open category.
On another part of the show Tim Norwood’s 1974 MOTUS Mk7 / Bultaco 250cc was on display. Drawing on his background in aircraft construction, Keith Moseley began crafting these monocoque karts from resin bonded plywood. That is fixed to a short steel frame for the engine and rear suspension, then panelled with fibreglass. The aerodynamic shape was refined with the help of Loughborough University’s wind tunnel. At the time the rubber blocks in parallel pillars at the rear and single wishbones at the front with the rubber blocks met the RAC regulations. Keith’s son Dud Moseley won the Villiers class championship in 1974 and beat Nigel Mansell to the title in 1975. It was then refined into this Mk 7 example, which cost about £350 at the time. That was very competitive in hill climbs and sprints until karts were banned. The Moseley’s went on to concentrate on their Motus Sport 2000 cars. The Motus at the show went on to be in the finalists for the public vote on their favourite vehicle.
The track action continued throughout Saturday and Sunday alongside the rally car stage.
