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There is a new place in the S.F. Bay Area that is a must. WWW.speedring.org.
Indoor go karts. This is NOT some Disneyland ride. These are 50MPH go karts.
For $20.00 you get..... a full race suit, flame hood, gloves, helmet, neck brace. You get 12 minutes on the track with about 10 other drivers in the heat. You also get a print out of your race after your done. I usually get 22 laps in 12 minutes.
It is a blast.............
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Indoor go karts. This is NOT some Disneyland ride. These are 50MPH go karts.
For $20.00 you get..... a full race suit, flame hood, gloves, helmet, neck brace. You get 12 minutes on the track with about 10 other drivers in the heat. You also get a print out of your race after your done. I usually get 22 laps in 12 minutes.
It is a blast.............
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I was there yesterday, and some chick went head on full speed into the wall. I think she was OK but she only got 2 laps in. Caused us to run 12 laps under full course yellow.
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FYI, not pertinent to the relative safety of Speedring (and I *seriously doubt* 50mph indoors; the closer you are to the ground, the faster the perceived speed)...
Go-kart racing (you know, the stepping stone that prepares young pro racers for F1, Indy, CART, NASCAR, etc.) is rated as the 5th most dangerous amateur sport by life insurance companies. Here is the full listing:
Most Dangerous Sport-->Risk Factor
1. Powerboat racing -->15
2. Ocean yacht racing -->10
3. Cave diving -->7
4. Spelunking(cave exploration) -->6
5. Karting tied with drag racing(not the comparatively rinky-dink street-car-type) -->5
7. Microlyte(powered hang-glider) -->4
8. Hang gliding tied with mountaineering(see Vertical Limit; exaggerated, but it's one of the few sports you can freeze solid to a vertical wall not to be discovered for decades or centuries to come) tied with motor racing -->3
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Go-kart racing (you know, the stepping stone that prepares young pro racers for F1, Indy, CART, NASCAR, etc.) is rated as the 5th most dangerous amateur sport by life insurance companies. Here is the full listing:
Most Dangerous Sport-->Risk Factor
1. Powerboat racing -->15
2. Ocean yacht racing -->10
3. Cave diving -->7
4. Spelunking(cave exploration) -->6
5. Karting tied with drag racing(not the comparatively rinky-dink street-car-type) -->5
7. Microlyte(powered hang-glider) -->4
8. Hang gliding tied with mountaineering(see Vertical Limit; exaggerated, but it's one of the few sports you can freeze solid to a vertical wall not to be discovered for decades or centuries to come) tied with motor racing -->3
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12 laps under a full course yellow huh? Sounds just like a NASCAR race! Seriously, I wish we had something like that around here. Karting is huge in Europe, that is where the Michael Schumachers of the world start before graduating to F1 if they are 1)rich & well sponsored; and, 2) phenomenonally talented.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by tuleman:
There is a new place in the S.F. Bay Area that is a must. WWW.speedring.org.
Indoor go karts. This is NOT some Disneyland ride. These are 50MPH go karts.
For $20.00 you get..... a full race suit, flame hood, gloves, helmet, neck brace. You get 12 minutes on the track with about 10 other drivers in the heat. You also get a print out of your race after your done. I usually get 22 laps in 12 minutes.
It is a blast.............
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There is a new place in the S.F. Bay Area that is a must. WWW.speedring.org.
Indoor go karts. This is NOT some Disneyland ride. These are 50MPH go karts.
For $20.00 you get..... a full race suit, flame hood, gloves, helmet, neck brace. You get 12 minutes on the track with about 10 other drivers in the heat. You also get a print out of your race after your done. I usually get 22 laps in 12 minutes.
It is a blast.............
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We can have everyone from the MD,DC,VA meet go there after the meet.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by NOVAwhiteTypeS:
We can have everyone from the MD,DC,VA meet go there after the meet.
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We can have everyone from the MD,DC,VA meet go there after the meet.
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when i went on my senior trip to mexico we went to this cart place...they did like 60 on a full 1 mile track...it was the sickest time of my life
, i lapped most of my friends ![](http://www.acura-cl.com/ubb/biggrin.gif)
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by SoundSpeed:
I wanna get one of those out on the street and take on some IS 300s.
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I wanna get one of those out on the street and take on some IS 300s.
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1. Acceleration - karts can run the gamut from 60lb/hp to 7.5lb/hp. Compare that to the 13-15lb/hp for the IS300/CL-S. A fast kart will obliterate just about anything short of a sportbike in acceleration on a track. (Karts don't work well at all on the street, with tiny diameter slicks and no suspension.)
2. Cornering - RWD, slicks, no suspension = absolute terror on a track (remember, this is where professional racing looks for its young talent), but not workable on the street.
3. Top speed - the top speed of the fastest karts will top out at around 130mph. But being that you sit very low the sensation of speed is ridiculously exaggerated the closer you are to the ground, top speed in a kart feels like the Trekkie proverbial "warp factor 10".
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