Trofeo delle Industrie: nearly half a century of racing

The “Trofeo delle Industrie” is the oldest karting race in the world. It is organized by Parma Motorsport as the most full of history and glorious karting race. Among the numerous protagonists that started their career at the Trofeo delle Industrie, several have kept their momentum becoming great names of the main formulas of motor racing.

Everything started back in 1971 from an initiative of the Parma’s Kartodrome owner Umberto Pellegrini, who has made the circuit of Italy become the fulcrum of international karting organizing several Italian as well as European and World Championships: precisely, 37 Italian, 4 European and 5 World championships. It was not by chance that Umberto Pellegrini used to call his track the “Mondial… track!”.
The tradition of the “Trofeo delle Industrie”, as well as that of the other big event taking place in Parma, the Andrea Margutti Trophy, is still lively thanks to the commitment of Umberto Pellegrini with Tiziano, Donatella and Germano.

Year 2012 marks the relaunch of the Trofeo delle Industrie, and the race held in Lonato recorded a boost in the entries that climbed up to more than 150, with a good participation in all the four categories on track at the event. The absolute Trophy was won by the British driver Ilott Callum, who was the winner of KF3, while the Polish Igor Waliko won KF2, and the Swede Joel Johansson KZ2. The victory of 60 Mini went to the American Logan Sargeant, who won also the KF Junior World Championship three years later.
Edition 2013 of the Trophy was won by Davide Fore?, who had been competing in category KZ2. He secured therefore his second victory after the one taken back in 1989 in category 100 Italia. The winners of the other categories were Nicola Abrusci in Mini, the Russian Alexander Vartanyan in KF3,and the British winner of the previous year’s KF3 Trophy Callum Ilott in KF2.

The 43rd edition held in 2014 registered a further increase in the number of drivers present that reached level 180. The absolute winner was Leonardo Marseglia, who competed in 60 Mini. The victory of KF went to Stefano Cucco, that of KF Junior to the Austrian Simon Reicher, while in KZ2 the victory went to a surprising Swede Kevin Engman.

The 44th edition of the Trofeo delle Industrie took place at South Garda Karting in Lonato in 2015 as another karting star got the spotlights: the young Spanish driver Marta Garcia won in fact KF
Junior after having just won the CIK-FIA Academy Trophy. The victory in KZ2 went to another strong interpreter of the international shifter category: the Finn Simo Puhakka, while the emerging Mattia Michelotto had the upper hand among the 60 Mini youngsters, claiming also the absolute victory of the Memorial Carlo Fabi.

The Trofeo delle Industrie scored record figures again in the 45th edition of 2016. A total of 214 drivers coming from 27 different Countries confirmed once again the importance of this historic event organized as usual by the staff of the Pellegrini family under a new brand Parma Motorsport. Riccardo Longhi took the victory in KZ2, while the Russian drivers Pavel Bulantsev and Nikita Bedrin won respectively OK-Junior and 60 Mini respectively with Bedrin took also the victory of the Memorial Carlo Fabi.

46° Trofeo delle Industrie 2017, the racing program:

Friday October 27th: Free practice at 8.00; Sporting scrutineering at 11.00. Drivers briefing from 17.10. Saturday October 28th: Free practice from 8.10; Qualifying from 10.00; Heats from 12.40.

Sunday October 29th: Warm-up from 8.10; Heats and Second chance race from 10.20; Prefinals from 12.40; Finals from 14.15. Prize ceremony at 17.30.

Results, Live Timing and Live Streaming: www.trofeodelleindustrie.it and www.southgardakarting.it.

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