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Originally Posted by aigel
Rammstein is asking for information on carting, not how to get competitive with his own equipment. He is going to an indoor carting place where you can run their carts, rented suit, rented helmet - all included. In my neck of the woods it is about $70 an hour. That is MUCH cheaper than taking my 993 to the track - per hour seat time.  You can have a lot of fun this way and compete against the other dorks on the track in all stock carts. I have done a few "social" events with people from work and it was a hoot. These places track your times and you can have real races.
That all said, I do not know where to read. If you have the basics from autocross or track driving, you should be able to apply it to carting. Just practise. You'll learn what you can do in a cart and what you can not do. I had to learn that you can do a lot with them which would get you in trouble with a car. One other thing is that you can drive it 100% - there is no real chance to get hurt if you go off ...
George |
We did an arrive and drive at a local outdoor karting track. The WKA was there that weekend and some of the WKA kids jumped into the rental karts and raced around with us.
I was thinking I would be able to hand with these kids with my track and AX experience. 2 of them caught me and passed me (the way we started I was in 3rd position they were in the back) I was bewildered, then I watched, I followed and watched his lines, how he took the hairpins where he braked, how he slid through turns sideways (like we would never do in a car) and how he used his slides as brakes.
After 2 laps behind him I had it figured out and was able to put a charge back on him and start to pressure him, in the sections where you drive more like on a road course I was able to pressure him, in the sliding turns I could hang while still learning, and out of the tight turns and down the straights he had me being an easy 50 lbs lighter.
The point is, its not like driving a car, you do things in these karts that defy logic and go against everything you think you know about driving. Its like learning to drive all over again.