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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. Karting is commonly perceived as the stepping stone to the higher ranks of motorsports.
Location Length Shape/banking Classes Sunny South Raceway: Alabama Grand Bay: 0.25 miles (0.40 km) Oval: Go-Karts, INEX Bandoleros, INEX Legends, Stingers, Bombers, Pro Challenge Huntsville Speedway: Alabama Huntsville: 0.25 miles (0.40 km) Oval: Late Models, Super Modifieds, Super streets, Mini Stocks, Hobby Cups, Trucks, Hot Shots, American ...
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.
A Formula E/Division 250 cc superkart at Castle Combe, England. Superkart is a form of motorsport road racing that uses karts on long circuits. The bigger difference between a superkart and most other forms of kart is that they have full aerodynamic bodykits, as well as having a longer wheel base than sprint chassis, and are generally raced on car circuits over 1,500 metres in length.
A kart circuit is a race track designed for kart racing or other forms of short-length motor racing, such as small-scale motorcycle racing, pocketbike racing, or radio-controlled model racing. There are several types of kart circuit, depending on the type of use desired.
Avanti is a brand of kart chassis marketed in the US and Central America by JM Racing (of Carson, California) but built in Italy by Parolin. Avanti has a full line of karts, including TaG, Shifter, 100 cc, Cadet, 4-Cycle and Baby.
Most other WKA national series (except shifter karts) begin races with a rolling start. At road racing events, karts line up in a traditional "Le Mans" style starting formation. The race official/starter starts a timer when he or she puts the green flag up and holds the flag in the air until he waves it and the karts take off.
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] The first Rupp karts introduced were called Dart Karts. Rupp also produced the A-Bone, A-Bone Deuce (both pictured to the right), Lancer, Monza Jr. and later the J Dart Kart.