| What started out as a way for airmen in the 1950s | | | | sure, getting behind the wheel of one of them is |
| to pass the time has turned into a popular worldwide | | | | exciting. Go carts are related to open-wheel Formula |
| sport for many. Go carts have quickly become a | | | | One or Indy Car racing. If you've ever wanted to |
| phenomenon all over the globe. With most historians | | | | know what it feels like to race a Formula 1 or Indy |
| giving Art Ingels the credit for inventing the go cart, | | | | Car, while still being as safe as possible, go carts |
| he built his very first one back in 1956. But that first | | | | would be your best bet. And that's probably what |
| go cart was nothing compared to the models we | | | | Michael Schumacher, Sarah Fisher, Darrell Waltrip, |
| have today. Newer more modern go carts can now | | | | Tony Stewart and Kyle Petty all thought when they |
| travel 160 mph or faster. Now that's amazing. | | | | were kids. They all started their racing careers in go |
| This miniature Formula One racing machine is referred | | | | carts. With speeds as high as 160 mph these little |
| to by a lot of names including go carts, go karts, | | | | machines can travel as fast as the professional race |
| go-carts, shifter carts, gocarts, gokarts, enduro carts, | | | | car drivers do on many of their tracks. |
| and a number of other ways. But one thing is for | | | | |