Saturday 10 May 2008

Go Karts - Exciting At Any Age!

Go Kart is an exciting hobby that casts its spell on all of us. Many of us have tried it when we were young. However, one needs to fulfill the mandatory criterion to drive legally in many parts of the world especially in the UK. Generally, kart racing has been defined as the basic activity for racing other types of cars of course after getting a certain level of experience and age. After this step, a person can always move to V8's, rally cars and general race built cars. Daring and extreme racing enthusiasts can move towards the formula 1, which is considered as the highest peak in the racing world.


Off Road Karting: At a Glance

Go karting activity were initially started in 1950 in California by Kurtis Kraft, a veteran hot rodder. Due to its exciting features, the game became popular in other countries around the world. In addition to it, it has a very large following in Europe. There are mainly two types of go karting activity that can be enjoyed; one is Sprint Karting and another one is Enduro Karting. Let us know about them in brief.

Sprint Karting is more of a prototypical kart & track, developed in amusement parks, recreational facilities, and many other such places. The tracks of Sprint Karting are sleek and sturdy. In this type of karting, short tracks are preferred over the long tracks, usually made up of materials from asphalt to concrete.

On the other hand, Enduro Karting can be better defined as the prolonged version of Sprint. They are upgraded versions of Sprint and use aerodynamical steering on tracks. In this type of racing, oval tracks are designed to add fun in your racing pleasure. As this karting is longer than Sprint, durability of karts and maintenance of pit shops are given special attention rather than just on speed.

Choose anything from Sprint Karting to Enduro Karting, try to get the maximum pleasure of driving fearlessly on some of the complex tracks.

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