A Racing Dream

[...] tire to come back and pass several cars before the end of the race. Riverhead is a tiny 1/4 short track. I've also seen the races at my local asphalt short track (Old Dominion Speedway). Since I'd [...]

[...] It was a good year of racing in the TAG kart. The kart counts are up in the class, with several new people joining this year. With a vehicle [...]

[...] the US, but failed to improve my time and slowly slipped in the standings. I also had the TAG kart out for the first time a month ago, it's a blast! More on that to come. So on to the Grand [...]

[...] class. We were like the Formula Vee of production car racing. For the same price I bought a TAG kart, which is typically the second fastest karting class available in the US after a Moto/ICC/KZ2 [...]

[...] Here's just a few helmet cam videos of me in the TAG kart for my first few races. The first video is on very old tires with very little grip left, you can [...]

[...] time for a car race was around 4 times longer then that for the kart. The affordability. Our race car cost about the same to buy as it cost me to get my kart and motor and have it set up by an [...]

[...] time to focus on the leagues and enduros this year. I'm definitely not looking to buy another race car this year, but would like to do some testing in different types of cars for the experience and [...]

[...] of other things. 10% talent – yes talent is the smallest of the four major factors. Talent in a race car to me is a drivers “feel for it,” which allows that driver to drive the car as close to the [...]

[...] doing the 3 day skip barber racing school. I went in pretty unprepared, not having driven a race car in over a year, and not totally focused. I wasn't that happy with my performance at the 3 day [...]

[...] away with leaving it on). Most of these vehicles also have enough overall cargo volume to fit a kart stand, tools and a box or two of spares and personal gear as well. 2008+ Dodge Grand Caravan/ [...]

[...] is similar. After doing it a few times, it is relatively painless and safe. I then load the kart stand on top of the kart. Lifting the kart stand in and out in the right position is the most [...]

[...] for me. So the total cost for the kart ready to hit the track was $3300. Tools included a kart stand, tire mounting tool, air compressor, and many other smaller items (mostly karting [...]

[...] move up. And I'm having a lot more fun! Finally I'm flying out tomorrow for the Sport Kart Grand Nationals. I have to thank my team Indo Pratama Racing for their support for this event! I' [...]

[...] on the arrive and drive sport karting side of things. I won a free entry to the Sport Kart Grand Nationals from Volta Grand Prix. This is an exciting event which is expected to feature 120 of [...]

Sorry to my 3 loyal readers for my lack of updates. Been busy with everything. So here's a quick update on a few things. The GT Academy ended for me w [...]

[...] As promised a while back, here is a breakdown of my karting budget. I'll try to attach a detailed budget spreadsheet but below is a summary of the key areas. [...]

[...] the second fastest karting class available in the US after a Moto/ICC/KZ2 shifter. If a shifter kart was F1/IndyCar, TAG would be GP2/Indy Lights, much higher in performance then a Formula Vee! [...]

[...] the world for sprint karting, such as TAG, KF2, shifter, etc. The maximum rear width of a CIK kart is approximately 55 inches, and the kart are typically run near the maximum width. Note, a gold [...]

[...] Here's a promotional video for McCullochs “revolutionary” 1961 kart chassis that I found pretty entertaining. It shows the construction of the kart and explains the [...]