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Anybody know anything about Kart racing (ie...where to look into it, where to do it, etc)? I looked at World Karting Association but I'm looking for a regional association. It'll be alot cheaper and more practical to do kart racing than buying another car to just do track days with.

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Jim
 
As far as being CHEAPER... well, it depends on what you want race. Some of the shifter carts can be upwards of $10-$15k. You could build a decent SCCA race car and have a lot of fun with it for that kinda money. :)
 
I raced karts professionally for close to 8 years in Indiana. Did some karting out in cali as well later on. What do you want to know specifically and I will try to help you out as much as possible.
 
The best kart racing I have done to date is outlaw karts, 500 cc opens, look them up on youtube and visit the QRC website. If they have that in your area, you will have a ball with it!
 
I do kart racing too, but in the Netherlands. It's not the same as in America, but it's good fun to do. Wen you go 80km/h and drifting with one hand, that's good fun. But the tracks in America are mutch bigger compare where I'm racing on. The tracks where I race is 600m, but it is the smallest in the Netherlands. The most are around 1km-1500m. But if you want to go karting, just do it. It's great to drive these things. oh, and buy then a shifter, that's the BOMM!!! I'm driving a 125cc automatic, because I'm only 15 years old. But I want to drive a shifter, becuase that's so fast. Just do it!!
 
wheredwhogo? said:
The best kart racing I have done to date is outlaw karts, 500 cc opens, look them up on youtube and visit the QRC website. If they have that in your area, you will have a ball with it!
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500cc in a shifter that's insane. I have seen the rotex guys with what I think are 125 shifters and that's even insanely fast.

I would think though for 10-15K you could buy a decent formula ford or a nice vintage vee and be a lot more safe.
 
WearyMicrobe said:
500cc in a shifter that's insane. I have seen the rotex guys with what I think are 125 shifters and that's even insanely fast.

I would think though for 10-15K you could buy a decent formula ford or a nice vintage vee and be a lot more safe.
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You dont shift on the 500 open, you just put it in 4th gear and get pushed off. they have full cages too. you can get a race ready setup for about 5k-8k. that mutha will pull wheelies very easy on the dirt! and yes they do effin fly! i think on the quarter mile oval they were clocking us doin about 90-94 going into the turn sideways!!!!!!!!!
 
wheredwhogo? said:
You dont shift on the 500 open, you just put it in 4th gear and get pushed off. they have full cages too. you can get a race ready setup for about 5k-8k. that mutha will pull wheelies very easy on the dirt! and yes they do effin fly! i think on the quarter mile oval they were clocking us doin about 90-94 going into the turn sideways!!!!!!!!!
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I thought you were running a 500cc on a asphalt track not dirt!!!! That's insane, but I can see with the cage and wings how it would be possible.

You would never catch me in one of those, a shifter is plenty fast.
 
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