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A go-kart, also written as go-cart (often referred to as simply a kart), is a type of small sports car, close wheeled car, open-wheel car or quadracycle. Go-karts come in all shapes and forms, from non-motorised models to high-performance racing karts. Karting is a type of racing in which a compact four-wheel unit called a go-kart is used.
Kart racing or karting is a motorsport discipline using open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits , although some professional kart races are also held on full-size motorsport circuits.
Rupp made many contributions to the design of go-karts, including the step frame and a new braking system that augmented driver control and kart stopping power. [2] Rupp karts featured single- or dual-engine models with behind-seat-mounted fuel tanks. Rupp would eventually introduce a kart with four-wheel independent suspension. [3]
Riding a go-kart. Off-road go-karting uses a four-wheeled powered vehicle designed for off-road usage. This is opposed to the longer established activities of racing go-karts used for racing on a paved road circuit. Off-road go-karting is now a well-established and popular activity with a burgeoning range of vehicles, options, and adherents.
Due to the karts being scaled down to match the common design feature of a 17" wheel, the scale is approximately 1:2 or half scale, with most common sizes being between 55% and 66% of original size. Cars of the pre war era varied a lot and as a result the wheelbase can vary from as small as 64 inches to over 70 inches, with a wheelbase of 66 ...
Normally they have their own fleet of Go-karts or micro karts, chosen more for economy than out-and-out speed. In Europe, indoor karting is where most people will sample their first time in a kart. Indoor karting exploded across the UK in the 1990s and had a similar impact in European countries such as France and Belgium.
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CRG was founded by three Italian racers (Carlo Vanaria, Roberto Vanaria and Giancarlo Tinini), and was originally known as Kali Karts. [1] In the beginning, the company was viewed as unfavorable, with Zanardi being told by his original team, DAP , that if he didn't stop complaining they would "send him to Kali".