Customer Reviews (1)

Karting -racing fast little cars
In the middle of the summer Ingles made the first little car. It had a lawn mower engine, the wheels were a foot and a half round. The frame was three feet long, and it had a leather seat. Basically it was made of metal. Then his cousin wanted a little car too. So then people started buiding their own little cars. Next came racing. There were three kinds of racing. First came sprint racing.

They would race on a one mile track. Second came Super Kart racing. They would go on a three to four mile track with twist and turns. Third came Ice Racing, the cars would have nails stiking out of the tires so when they raced around the track it would give them grip. Super kart racing is different because 1 to 20 cars could race. The other races only go up to 1 to 10 cars in the race. I like this book because it told me a lot about cars. ... Read more

Book Description
Go KARTING!, A Guide to the World's Most Popular Motorsport contains 112 pages of valuable information for beginning and veteran karters alike. The publication contains the following: 1) Foreword by Al Unser Jr, 2) An Introduction to Karting, 3) Kart Racing - Breeding Ground for Today's Professional Drivers, 4) Hot Trends Karting (The Shifter Phenomenon!) 5) Hot Trends in Karting (Indoor Kart Racing), 6) How to get involved in kart racing, 7) Sources of information, 8) Important elements of Kart Racing, 9) US/Canada Track and Club Directory, 10) International (CIK) karting circuits.

The track and club directories are the most up-to-date and comprehensive ever assembled. Track listings include address, phone, sanctioning affiliation, type of surface and length of track. New track listing are highlighted in boldface. Club listing include address, phone and affiliation. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

1998 edition
News, adds, addresses... A lot of information and adds, but it's the 1998 edition of a magazine, not a book. Few text, a lot of "making a team" information, but not useful for driving. Not hints, not driving information. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

Competitive Kating
Despite the typos - I thought the book was great and by far the most up to date book kart racing.The technical details for setting up a kart were much better than any other book I've seen available.

sophomoric
This book is one of the worst I ever read. Spelling, photography and contents are incomplete, unprofessional, misleading, out of date, difficult to understand, poor;y written; definitely not worth the paper it is printedon.

Moderately useful.Don't recommend
Competitive Karting presents useful information on trackside preparation and basic kart maintenance. The information is clouded, though, by poor editing and unclear graphics.Famous racecar driver names are misspelled,'kevlar' has become 'kevar,' and a spell check program was obviously notconsidered. It's tough to accept precision driving and setup informationfrom someone who has taken such little care in crafting his message. ... Read more

Product Description
Here is everything you want or need to know about the fascinating world of Karting-the most complete and authoritative guide ever compiled by Dick Day and the editors of Kart Magazine. ... Read more