Kart race planned to light up streets of Cheltenham in 2013
By Karting1 ~ April 22nd, 2010. Filed under: Kart Racing News.
The Rock Island GP is a fantastic street race held in the USA every year and a similar event could be on the cards for the UK as Cheltenham Motorsports are planning to emulate the event for 2013. The project, promoted by Cheltenham Motorsports, is being sponsored by a group of local businesses aiming to bring more trade to the Cheltenham area. Plans include using proper karts including KZs, meaning it will be a full-on proper kart race instead of a gimmick using rental karts. This is the real deal and it sounds sensational!
We got in contact with Pete Allison, MD of Cheltenham Motorsports, and this is what he had to say
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“Cheltenham Motor Sports was formed about a year ago to look at the feasibility of mounting an eventually nationally leagued karting race, actually in the streets of Cheltenham. Its quite a major project as you can imagine, its going to take an act of parliament to acheive!…..
“Everyone agrees it is a very exciting project and everyone is very keen to make it happen – I think its true to say up until this point, in terms of the authorities and people who have a say in running the town centre, we have an absolute unanimous vote of lets try to make this happen for the town.”
Pete Allison Speaking to Alan Dove Karting1.co.uk on the Cheltenham Motor Sports Karting Street Race
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April 22nd, 2010 at 1:46 pm
This would be immense for karting, and everyone involved. Hardly anyone gets to see proper karts close up and racing hard – and they are far more impressive live than on TV.
April 22nd, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Hi , just to let u know that the all championship in angola is done like that, and let me tell u completly different that drive on a race track.
Best regards
April 23rd, 2010 at 7:58 am
Hello! I m from Greece and last year we had the first ever kart road race in the center of the city of Patras! It was a great event and it will be repeated again this year.
The website of the race is http://www.pickpatras.gr .
April 28th, 2010 at 8:52 am
Hi,
this sounds fantastic for the sport and for the onlookers as well. It would be a great spectical to see how close racing can be done on ordinary streets, i do hope this comes off.
Colin
July 12th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Now that would be spot on!!!!
January 14th, 2011 at 3:48 pm
Hello , I think this even will be a great event for your community.I live in Rock Island IL. US and the go-kart street race here is one of the biggest in the US and brings karts from all over the country.We have had this race here for over ten years now and cant think of a year that we didnt have over thousands of spectators line the street threw the weekend to watch the kart races and bring enjoyment to them and there family.Hope you can pull this off for the community and for the sport.Best wishes from karters from the US.