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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.
K1 Speed is an American go-kart racetrack franchise based in Irvine, California. [1] The company was co-founded in 2003 by David Danglard and Susan Danglard, who had previously worked in the fashion industry. [2] [3] That same year, K1 Speed opened their first go-kart track outside San Diego, California. [1]
3.2-mile (5.1 km) multi-configuration road course (closely resembling the former Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California) World class 7/8-mile paved oval speedway; Integrated 1/3 and 1/2 mile paved oval tracks; 1/4 mile; 5,000-foot (1,500 m) dragstrip; World class 3/4 mile karting course; 1-mile (2 km) off-road circuit
Ventura Raceway is a 1/5 mile, high-banked clay oval racetrack located at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura, California, United States.On a weekly basis the track is home to many types of dirt track racecars including wingless sprint cars, midgets, dwarf cars, stock cars, modifieds, sport compacts, and karts.
Orange Show Speedway: San Bernardino: California: Asphalt Super Figure-Eights Series.25 miles (0.40 km) Flat cross Perris Auto Speedway: Perris: California: 1996 Clay .50 miles (0.80 km) Flat cross Irwindale Speedway: Irwindale: California: 1999 Asphalt .50 and .333 miles (0.80 and 0.54 km) Flat cross Evergreen Speedway: Monroe: Washington ...
The speeds go-karts reach at Road Racing events is perhaps the most intriguing part of the WKA Road Racing Series. 250cc karts, which look like small Indy cars, and dual-engine enduro karts reach in excess of 130 mph (210 km/h). Most other 2-cycle classes can reach anywhere from 90 to 130 mph (130 to 210 km/h).
In 2000 while racing at the California Speedway, de Ferran set both the track record and closed course record for fastest lap at 241.428 mph. It marked the fastest closed-circuit qualifying lap ...
When Gordon was nine years old, he began competing in kart racing. [14] In his first race in a go-kart, Gordon scored a victory in a major International Kart Federation event. [14] Gordon won all 25 races he entered in his first year of karting competition, [37] and won all 12 races he entered in his second year. [44]