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April 20th, 2009
Our mission is to provide information on topics such as Go Karts in general, Go Kart Racing Tracks, Indoor Race Tracks, Go Carts and a review of the best indoor go cart racing tracks you could be possibly racing on. We at Indoor go kart racing also review race products such as kart racing suits, tires, frames, motors, and many more products.
Kart racing or karting is a variant of open-wheel motor sport with simple, small four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits. Karting is commonly perceived as the stepping stone to the higher and more expensive ranks of motorsports.
Karts vary widely in speed and some (known as Superkarts) can reach speeds exceeding 160 mph (250 km/h, while go-karts intended for the general public in amusement parks may be limited to speeds of no more than 15 mph (25 km/h). A KF1 kart, with a 125 cc 2-stroke engine and an overall weight including the driver of 150 kilograms has a top speed of 85 mph (140 km/h). It takes a little more than 3 seconds to go from 0 to 60 mph with a 125 cc shifter kart (6 gears), with a top speed of 115 mph (185 km/h) on long circuits.
Short History on Go Karting
Art Ingels is accepted to be the father of go karting. A veteran hot rodder and a race car builder at Kurtis Kraft, he built the first kart in Southern California in 1956. Karting has rapidly spread worldwide, and currently has a large following in Europe.
The first kart manufacturer was an American company, Go Kart Manufacturing Co. (1958). McCulloch was the first company in 1959, to produce engines for karts. Its first engine, the McCulloch MC-10, was a modified chainsaw 2-stroke engine. In the 1960’s, motorcycle engines were also introduced for kart use, before dedicated manufacturers specifically in Italy (IAME), started to build engines for the sport.