Kart Racing

[Lars Brugman]

Oh, okay. You should make one. I did.

I'm thinking of making one, with onboard footage and stuff like that.

On-topic:You can still post them!

 

[Ross Balfour]

Going across the water for my only chance of top quality competition in karting again this year, came first in the Northern Ireland nationals again and now in the UK finals of the BSKC again. Last year the U18 World, European and British champion were there.

 

[Kol Bailey]

I'm thinking of making one, with onboard footage and stuff like that.

On-topic:You can still post them!

I want to see.

 

[Lars Brugman]

 

[ufunacaoenn]

(is it really you because that wasn't a Swiss?)
Hahaha talk about frustration at the start.
Haha, I like how you try to give each other high five at the end and almost touch.

 

[Lars Brugman]

It is not me, but a track i visited once.

 

[Fredrik Arbegard]

Looks like a great track!

 

[ufunacaoenn]

Going across the water for my only chance of top quality competition in karting again this year, came first in the Northern Ireland nationals again and now in the UK finals of the BSKC again. Last year the U18 World, European and British champion were there.

Btw I just remembered, you promised us PICS if you would do it an other year!!!

 

[Ross Balfour]

Well as you probably knew, I did the UK finals in crutches last year. Guess who?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61147181@N03/5578083574/in/photostream


Some other photos:

 

[Lars Brugman]

Tommorow the last race in the winterchampionship, let's see how my kart does in the dry

 

[Thomas Dougherty]

hey fellas, since I'm starting to get a job now, I'm saving up for a kart. I don't have any ambitious plans with it, just as a hobby really. But I still want to be competitive with it.

How much does everything cost?
I know the go kart itself will cost $1000+
Safety equipment $200+

But how much will I have to fork out per year with tires and regular maintenance?

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

That all depends on what class you are driving, how much. Races or not, etc. etc.

 

[Thomas Dougherty]

That all depends on what class you are driving, how much. Races or not, etc. etc.

Not sure what class but I don't plan on using a shifter kart, at least not yet. I guess whatever beginner/intermediate classes there are I'll look into. I've done karting before, but I never owned my own.

Pretty much all I want to do is my local F1 Karting league every other week ($65/week) or find some other club.

 

[ufunacaoenn]

Class goes with age so if I may ask, how old are you?

 

[Kol Bailey]

I'm testing the Sr Rotax all week in preparation for the Gatorz Challenge of the Americas!

 

[Thomas Dougherty]

Class goes with age so if I may ask, how old are you?

I'm 18

 

[ufunacaoenn]

I'm 18

Then Rotax Max Senior or Sport 2000 (this class is called like this here in Sweden, idk the international name) would be your best option to start from. BUT, first I would recommend finding the closest karting club from your location and see what class the people in your age drive because I know that in the US they got a lot more variety when it comes to clasees.

Idk about the prices on karts at the US so I can't really tell you how much a Rotax Max Senior would cost.

 

[Lars Brugman]

I have some pictures which I took today.

 

[Toby Davis]

I'm #4, my brother is #21. I also have a new helmet for this season, inspired at least in part by Mika Hakkinen, Ayrton Senna and Riccardo Patrese.

I also have another photo here

 

[William Levesque]

Rotax Max is VERY expensive... If you want to win it's at least 10/15k CAN a year...

I am looking at Honda Senior, 4 strokes... About 3.5k for a very good kart and like 500$ for a basic equipment. About 100$ per weekend ?