A go kart is basicaly a mini race car for kids except it doesn't go as fast, and when racing, you don't do 200-250 laps.
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Actually, a kart isn't just for kids. There are many adults who do the sport. There are also races called endurance races that do 100-250 laps.
There are many different types of karts and engines. Engines= Komet Piston Port, fastest engine for teens, Yamaha, mid horsepower for any age, Shifter, fastest kart engine, TaG (Touch and Go) second fastest kart engine, Cadet, an okay speed for kids, and Kid Karts, the slowest which is for 5-8 year old kids.
There are countless types of kart brands so I wont name them.
Yes
you don't need them, its safer without
It is postulated in the championship/race rules
There is no official 'karting season'. However you will generally see many national and international championships running between the months of March - November. The 2009 draft calendar has been released for all the major UK and International championships, you can view this at http://www.abkc.org.uk/cal2009.html. There is no official 'karting season'. However you will generally see many national and international championships running between the months of March - November. The 2009 draft calendar has been released for all the major UK and International championships, you can view this at http://www.abkc.org.uk/cal2009.html.
Not sure on statistics or anything but there is a hell of a lot - way more than you realise. Theres about 300 at each race meeting and lots of meetings can happen on the same week so that's alot :)
The website UK Karting is the United Kingdom's largest karting site, the most comprehensive karting site, and above all, the most popular karting site ever.
Karting Genk was created in 1980.
LittleBigPlanet Karting was created in 2012.
Lee Kemp - karting driver - was born in 1976.
Yes
there is one in santry,dublin-outdoor go karting and one in kylemore,dublin-an indoor track.
Team-Sport Indoor Go Karting was created in 1990.
The Karting and Laser Tag venue in Plymouth has both of these attractions in the same area. They also have refreshment facilities such as a cafe and a burger bar and they have all weather facilities for the karting.
it is to dangerous for Olympians
Furious Karting - 2003 - VG was released on: USA: 28 March 2003
There are many places to go Go Karting all over the world. A few of the well known places are Town Bridge Go Karting in the United Kingdom and Best Go-Kart Racing in Chicago.
Yes!!