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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Racing Go Carts Can Become Your Dream

By Sam Williams

Racing and motorsports is a fast-paced and adrenaline filled world full of opportunities for a budding enthusiasts. Open wheel motors sports like racing go carts are fan favorites for their accessibility and cost efficiency. From the first go kart in 1956 to today's high-octane karts, these simple vehicles have delivered fun and excitement to people of all ages.

Unlike its bigger counterparts like Formula 1 and Formula 3, racing go carts are smaller and therefore much less expensive. The carts don't require huge support and transport teams. Some racing go cart drivers even own and maintain their own karts. Kart racing is also a starting point for future professional racing drivers. Famous personalities in the racing world like Ricky Rudd, Michael Schumacher, and Fernando Alonzo honed their skills as go kart drivers. The little karts have great potential in achieving high speeds. Different engines such as four or two stroke, power these little mean machines.

Like other motorsports, every design element, every part can contribute to the handling and speed of your device. Racing go carts are finely tuned according to each driver or team specifications. In fact, watching and seeing your kart perform its best during a race is one of the thrills of go kart racing.

Achieving speeds of up to one hundred and sixty miles per hour, depending on setup and layout, these karts are not pushovers. They also accelerate quickly due to their small sized and light construction. Each kart can be modified and tuned according to the kind of race and track they will race on. Races like endurance differ in engine and transmission setup from sprint or speedway. A bit of mechanical and physical knowledge of your kart and the tracks can help a lot during tuning.

Amateur and professional racing leagues are not hard to find. It is likely that your local go kart racing circuit has some. You can also look for and find out the racing requirements of big racing go cart organizations like the International Racing Association (IRA), International Kart Federation (IKF) World Kart Federation, Karter's of America Triad, among others. - 21392

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