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Karting1 Podcast FeedKarting is a strange beast. Sometimes we obsess over race results and pay little attention to the beauty and soul of karting. Just stand back for a moment and observe a kart – it’s an amazingly simple piece of machinery (most of the time) that is unrivalled as a pure driving vehicle. You have to [...]
The CIK are pretty clear about this – they want to simplify the KF concept, make it cheaper and attract more private entries. But what does this actually mean for KF and its design philosophy? It is over a decade now since the CIK announced it wanted to get rid of 100cc and move to [...]
The MSA describe karting to be ‘widely regarded as the first step on the motor racing ladder and is the starting point for many young aspiring racing drivers’. No less than 4 UK championships this year will be offering tests in race cars as prizes and various teams/championships around the world have integrated car programs. [...]
Amid all the politics and complication of modern karting it’s easy to forget how unashamedly awesome it can be! The date was October 18th 2009 and it was the last round of the MSA British Karting Championship. Several drivers had a chance of the title and the electric atmosphere ripped through the paddock. Anyone lucky [...]
I was going to start this with a fantastically elaborate metaphor explaining what’s so magic about owning and driving a 100cc kart. How it compared to owning an Alfa Romeo instead of a boring VW Polo or something about a painter over-working a piece of art. However I am not as good as Jeremy Clarkson [...]
