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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.
After an accident in 1956, Callender stopped midget car racing, but continued sponsoring other drivers. He also began making go-karts under the Kalkart brand. In 1957, Callender imported a JBS 500 Formula 3 race car which he raced in the New Zealand Grand Prix at Ardmore 1958 to 1961, as well as races Levin and Ohakea. [3]
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.
Mickey Rupp began assembling go-karts in his basement in the late 1950s. 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.
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.
Rupp opened Rupp Industries in Mansfield, Ohio in the late 1950s. First producing go-karts, Rupp Industries would eventually produce their iconic mini bikes, motorcycles [2] and snowmobiles with unit sales of up to 75,000 minibikes and 35,000 snowmobiles per year respectively.
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