So I did my first auto x event ever and took first place kart and won FTD. What I'm getting at is I see a lot of people spending so much money on their daily driver trying to make them faster and trying to win the FTD. I only spent 2400 on my kart and if parts break they are very inexpensive as compared to a street car and my daily driver won't be down for some time. What I'm getting at and what I'm asking why don't more people purchase karts for racing?

 

I enjoy driving my car
Oh! I also like playing with different suspension setups as well

 

Don't get me wrong I truly enjoy driving my S but I guess the risk of something going wrong with my daily is too much of a risk for me. And you can do suspension adjustments to a kart too lol

 

Karts are cool but...need storage space for them, need a way to transport them to the track, low competition, etc.

Suspension adjustment on a kart...isn't exactly suspension adjustment...more like chassis adjustment

 

Store it in a parking space, transport it with a trailer and ya i guess it is chassis adjustment over suspension. I guess low competition it really depends on where you are

 

Professional Kart racing is huge in warmer areas of the country. A lot of professional drivers come from kart racing from what I heard since you can start at a very young age. I see events at English town and NJMP for karting quite often.

 

It's why I went middle ground and went with a locost - I get the more affordable/lightweight aspects of a cart with the added benefit that I can also run it on the big track.

I know a lot of autox venues (our local one included) don't have enough setback area to run karts.

I wish circle track or dirt track racing was more popular in this part of the country for the same reason - great parts supply, very low running costs for w2w and good grid sizes.

 

my s2000 isnt my daily so if something breaks or needs upgraded i have a g35 to daily, however i work part time at an indoor kart facility and will say that it is a blast. we recently did a 4 hour team enduro race and man its a beating on your body.

 

Ya I love doing those endurance races. They have one out here in NC called rush hour and those heavy sodi karts are fun. I wish they would let me run my own kart there

 

Whats the details on your kart? I am thinking about getting one next year.