| When you were a kid growing up you loved to go on | | | | safer ride as long as a helmet and seatbelts are |
| vacation to the beach and ride the go karts with the | | | | worn. |
| family. Something about driving before you are old | | | | The street racing go kart is much more sleek and |
| enough to drive a car is really appealing especially for | | | | lower profile. The tires are slick and the kart itself is |
| young boys. Anything motorized is always appealing | | | | much more arrow dynamic for the street. These |
| at any age. But go carts are not just for kids and | | | | karts can get up into the hundred mile an hour range |
| they get bigger and faster all the time. They are | | | | and even faster. They are very much made for |
| basically considered an all terrain vehicle to some | | | | those that have a need for speed and racing |
| people. You can buy a street racing go cart or you | | | | background. The racing side of it often is a precursor |
| can get an off road go kart as well. | | | | to the Craftsman truck racing series. If you can get |
| The size and design of the kart determines whether | | | | through that then you are well on your way to |
| it is made for off road duties or street racing. The | | | | racings most dominant series, Nascar. Many Nascar |
| off road go karts are made to handle very rough | | | | drivers have gotten their start in racing go karts and |
| terrain like a 4 wheeler. It is an off road buggy with | | | | the sport has grown exponentially in the past decade. |
| massive tires and heavy duty running gear to | | | | More and more kids and young adults are getting into |
| withstand tough bumps. The size of the kart is also | | | | the sport in hopes to one day make it big in the |
| much larger and thus the engine has to be bigger to | | | | sport of racing. There are also a lot of young women |
| handle the heavier workload. Now this kind of riding is | | | | getting into racing mainly because of the success |
| safe and dangerous at the same time. The roll cage | | | | that Indycar racing Danica Patrick has displayed. She |
| is usually very heavy duty and larger so you have a | | | | has been the face of Indy racing for the last 5 years. |