Sprint karts are also raced at large “street races”, tracks setup in parking lots of shopping centers or tracks setup on city streets. Most tracks are between one-half mile to one mile in length. Sprint karts are special built racing chassis' designed to turn both left and right on asphalt tracks up to one mile in length. Doing a little homework before you buy will save you a lot of trouble and money later. Do you want new, used? Are you going sprint racing on a road course or oval dirt racing? The kart you would use on one is completely different than the other. Go to the local kart track and walk around, ask racers questions, most are very friendly and love to talk to new people interested in getting started in this great sport! Visit a local kart shop or two and check out all the equipment. Until you know those two answers you might end up buying a bunch of equipment that you can't run against anyone. The most important thing to decide before buying anything is knowing where you are going to run your kart and what class you want to run in.

Even a bum knee that sidelined your jogging or a shoulder injury, as an example, is rarely an issue driving a kart. The great part about karting is that even though it's a good work out you can be 5 or 75 and still drive a kart! It's aerobic for sure but you don't have to have any special physical talents to enjoy and excel at karting. It's a great way to spend a day with your family as well as teaching a lot of life lessons such as sportsmanship and mechanical know how. It's not unusual to see a family of four all racing together on any given weekend. You'll see dads and moms and grandparents enjoying a day at the track, mom or dad might race as well as the kids.

Kids kart racing