So I took my 8yo to a kart track
#1
Elite Member
Thread Starter
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 3,468
Total Cats: 365
So I took my 8yo to a kart track
and, I must say, it brings a tear to a father's eye to follow his boy around a track, the boy never having driven anything with any speed before, and see him experience oversteer in a corner, steer into it, and keep on driving like a baus.
Booyah! That's a proud Daddy moment right there.
These rental karts would do about 50 on the main straight. I had not driven a kart before, either, not counting the go-cart the neighbors had when I was a kid. I was ... surprised at how different it was from the miata. Other than the obvious size/weight/speed differences, it required different throttle strategies to corner. Specifically I had to be on the gas to get it to turn, which I was not expecting.
Booyah! That's a proud Daddy moment right there.
These rental karts would do about 50 on the main straight. I had not driven a kart before, either, not counting the go-cart the neighbors had when I was a kid. I was ... surprised at how different it was from the miata. Other than the obvious size/weight/speed differences, it required different throttle strategies to corner. Specifically I had to be on the gas to get it to turn, which I was not expecting.
#9
Elite Member
Thread Starter
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 3,468
Total Cats: 365
50mph is what they list
My son is second, the instructor comes by first. They are not hitting top speed in this shot; my son is following the instructor. I was impressed with his restraint as a new driver - he only spun once in the 75minutes or so we spent on track, and that was during the last session where he was allowed to lap by himself. During that last session, he was hitting whatever the top speed of the kart was, as I couldn't catch him on the straight.
If the karts didn't do 50, they were close. It's a 600 foot straight.
If the karts didn't do 50, they were close. It's a 600 foot straight.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post