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John Arthur “Art” Ingels (sometimes misspelled as Ingles; May 14, 1918 - December 16, 1981) is known as 'the father of karting'. [1]In 1956, while he was a race car builder at Kurtis Kraft, a famous builder of Indy race cars during the 1950s, he assembled the first Go-Kart in history out of scrap metal and a surplus West Bend Company two-stroke engine. [2]
Margay is a kart chassis manufacturer that designs and builds sprint and endurance karts in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Margay has been around karting almost since karting began. The company started out in 1964 making gearboxes for karts then tried building chassis. It proved to be an instant success.
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.
Formula 500 in 2012. Formula 600 (F600) [1] is a Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and Midwestern Council of Sports Car Clubs (MCSCC) open wheel road racing class.. Formula 600 was originally introduced in the early 1980s as Formula 440 (F440) and continued as Formula 500 (F500) through the 2022 season before being renamed to Formula 600 (F600), and is a closely regulated class.
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.
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.
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.
CRG is a kart chassis manufacturer. Notable members include Alex Zanardi, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Lewis Hamilton, and Max Verstappen.. CRG was founded by three Italian racers (Carlo Vanaria, Roberto Vanaria and Giancarlo Tinini), and was originally known as Kali Karts. [1]