The series is open to children and adults alike and no prior experience in karting is necessary. The next step before buying your own kart and running it yourself is competing with Club The club uses two-stroke race karts, too, which are a world apart from the four-stroke corporate machines you might have driven before now. Your new Club will be able to help you find the one that provides the best value for money advice and service for people who are entering the sport. You need to be sure that the kart and engine that you are buying is in good condition, is suitable for your age group and Class that you will be looking to compete in.
You will need a full face helmet, race suits, racing boots, gloves and other optional safety gear such as padded rib vests and neck braces. Ask Questions, meet the people Karting is a friendly, family-orientated sport and karters young and old are always happy to help out newcomers.
Make sure you ask lots of questions of members of your kart club, state association and local kart shop. It is often a good idea to plan your first trip to the kart track with your kart with someone you know so that they can help you with any questions you may have.
Also, while at the circuit feel free to ask other competitors any questions. Often a used kart can look like a bargain, but it might have some technical detail out of the homologation and it will soon become useless. In the best case, it is a great kart, but you cannot use it in a single-make championship, or it is just a bad buy and one does not have the knowledge to realize that in time. After this, one has to decide a category to compete in and the help of a professional reseller of Racing Team could be very useful.
Often an obstacle to karting are also logistic problems and a karting operator can provide you with all the solutions: from transport to storage and maintenance of the kart. An owned kart could be the best option in terms of costs for training instead. Start gradually. If you have never driven on a track, you do not need a KZ kart with 40 BHP for your karting baptism: it would be like going down a black diamond skiing slope on the first day on skis, which means the concrete chance not to get any fun at all.
Starting with rental karts is a great solution to appreciate the thrill of driving on the track and learn a lot clocking up mileage at low cost. The second step could be testing a 2 stroke rental kart. Virtually all resellers organize tests, but you can also look for the track closest to your home and ask them how to test a kart. Choosing the 1 st Kart. The choice should be based on needs and expectations.
Do you have time and money for a commitment to competition or are you targeting a couple of karting days per month? Regarding karts, there are two main families of products: shifters and non-shifters. Our advice is to test both and the choice is going to be natural, but not trivial: they require two different driving styles and it is not obvious that more power translates in more fun. Once this choice has been made, you will have to choose the category that suits your needs, considering that there are a lot of chances, especially for non-shifters.
Which one should you go for? The web has a lot of information on the number of entitled drivers and regulations of each category, but you could also contact some teams and get a more precise idea by talking to them about costs, testing and services.
If you are close to the decision to purchase your 1 st Kart, here are some important pieces of advice: go for an experienced reseller and one of the main brands. Safety first Once you have your kart, make sure that you get the appropriate safety gear. Watch go-kart racing in action Find the local go-kart races and go. Ask questions and get training Often at go-kart races, you buy a ticket that allows you to scope out the karts and talk to the racers.
Practice and train Hit up your local track and go as often as possible. Bight the bullet and enter a race You might feel like you have to have everything right in order to enter your first race, but the fact is, no matter how much you practice, nothing will prepare you better than going to actual races and participating.
Tagged: buying a go kart racing go kart. Jason Lancaster is the editor and founder of AccurateAutoAdvice. Jason has worked in the auto industry since , including nearly 10 years of auto dealership experience.
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