Kart Racing
12-21-2010, 08:28 AM
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Here's some good info:
SKUSA or Super Karts USA:
SKUSA site:
http://www.superkartsusa.com/
SKUSA rule book:
http://www.superkartsusa.com/dmdocuments/2...SA-RuleBook.pdf
Race Cost, you pay the following with your registration for a race directly to SKUSA. It's required that you buy tires, 5 gallons fuel, and oil from them. Everything is spec.
$60 practice day before the event, optional
$115 Race in one class
$75 Additional class, optional
$212 One set race day spec tires, shipped to you or picked up race day.
$16 Spec oil
$63 Spec fuel, 5 gallon
race entry form here:
http://www.superkartsusa.com/dmdocuments/2...-Entry_Form.pdf
Club races like Los Angeles Kart Club and San Diego Kart Club are less expensive, like $75 entry and you Bring your own tires, fuel and oil, which are all spec and will be tested and inspected at the track.
Typical sprint Kart Tracks are around .65 to .9 miles.
Event calender for next yr:
http://www.superkartsusa.com/regional/pkc-...t-calendar.html
Notice Streets of Willow is on the SKUSA calender, they run it every year.
In the top Spec Moto Class S1 last Year the top 3 guys were in the 1.17's
Keep in mind that the Karts run an extra tight loop thats at the top of the track that the cars don't run. It adds about 2 to 2.5 sec est. Also the kart top speed in the front and back straight is only about 102 mph. So knock off the 2 sec for the extra loop and your at 1.15 for CCW.
In S4 which is Spec Moto Shifter Class for 30yr olds and older the top time at streets is 1.18 so 1.16 approx without the loop the cars don't run.
The ICC top class karts with more power do 1.15's. They have around 45hp and Spec Motos are around 37hp.
Super Karts do somewhere in the 1.11's I heard Eddie Lawson did a 1.10 at Streets. Ron White Did a 1.18 at Big Willow. Super Karts are a complete different animal with 100+ hp and Aero. They do not run at SKUSA or other sprint kart events. They have thier own events.
Typical race day schedule:
2 Warm up/ practice sessions
Qualifying
1st heat race
2nd heat tace
final event race
Karts are great but they are very physically demanding and can really beat you up. Your neck can get a real workout especially at the grippier tracks with lots of sweepers. Hard turns at 2.5 lateral G's can break ribs even with a reinforced rib vest. Ask me how I know.
Go Checkout a race sometime.
If your in LA Cal Speed is Close and a very fun track.
http://www.calspeedkarting.com/general-info.html
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SKUSA or Super Karts USA:
SKUSA site:
http://www.superkartsusa.com/
SKUSA rule book:
http://www.superkartsusa.com/dmdocuments/2...SA-RuleBook.pdf
Race Cost, you pay the following with your registration for a race directly to SKUSA. It's required that you buy tires, 5 gallons fuel, and oil from them. Everything is spec.
$60 practice day before the event, optional
$115 Race in one class
$75 Additional class, optional
$212 One set race day spec tires, shipped to you or picked up race day.
$16 Spec oil
$63 Spec fuel, 5 gallon
race entry form here:
http://www.superkartsusa.com/dmdocuments/2...-Entry_Form.pdf
Club races like Los Angeles Kart Club and San Diego Kart Club are less expensive, like $75 entry and you Bring your own tires, fuel and oil, which are all spec and will be tested and inspected at the track.
Typical sprint Kart Tracks are around .65 to .9 miles.
Event calender for next yr:
http://www.superkartsusa.com/regional/pkc-...t-calendar.html
Notice Streets of Willow is on the SKUSA calender, they run it every year.
In the top Spec Moto Class S1 last Year the top 3 guys were in the 1.17's
Keep in mind that the Karts run an extra tight loop thats at the top of the track that the cars don't run. It adds about 2 to 2.5 sec est. Also the kart top speed in the front and back straight is only about 102 mph. So knock off the 2 sec for the extra loop and your at 1.15 for CCW.
In S4 which is Spec Moto Shifter Class for 30yr olds and older the top time at streets is 1.18 so 1.16 approx without the loop the cars don't run.
The ICC top class karts with more power do 1.15's. They have around 45hp and Spec Motos are around 37hp.
Super Karts do somewhere in the 1.11's I heard Eddie Lawson did a 1.10 at Streets. Ron White Did a 1.18 at Big Willow. Super Karts are a complete different animal with 100+ hp and Aero. They do not run at SKUSA or other sprint kart events. They have thier own events.
Typical race day schedule:
2 Warm up/ practice sessions
Qualifying
1st heat race
2nd heat tace
final event race
Karts are great but they are very physically demanding and can really beat you up. Your neck can get a real workout especially at the grippier tracks with lots of sweepers. Hard turns at 2.5 lateral G's can break ribs even with a reinforced rib vest. Ask me how I know.
Go Checkout a race sometime.
If your in LA Cal Speed is Close and a very fun track.
http://www.calspeedkarting.com/general-info.html
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12-22-2010, 11:45 AM
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[QUOTE=rioyellows2k,Dec 19 2010, 02:17 PM]I've thought about Karting, but it's looking costly. I'm always torn between improving some of the hardware on the S, plus replacement of consumables vs. a 125cc Shifter Kart.
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Wow, I didn't follow this thread for a few days and I come back to find these incredible responses! Thanks so much for all the info. To answer a few questions posed above, I would like to get involved in kart racing because I want to do "wheel to wheel" racing. From the little research I have done, it seems kart is the cheapest way to get into this sort of racing. My budget to race is about $4000-5000 per year. Lastly, my driving experience is minimal: I have done a few autocrosses, but that is it. But then again, I want to get into racing to improve my driving 
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