Shifter Kart Track Day (Oct 11-Oct 12)

[G.Irish]

Since several people expressed interest in driving shifter karts in the Enthusiast's Bucket List thread (<!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://mmsports.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8700">viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8700</a><!-- l -->) I looked up a place that does shifter kart rentals at the Englishtown kart track in NJ. It is $400 for the day. They have openings on October 11th and 12th.

I figured we could split the rental 4 ways at least, that would give each person 2 hours of track time, which is probably a bit too much considering that a shifter can pull 3.5G in a turn.

I'd say that anyone looking to do this should at least be intermediate level at track days, if not advanced. For those that don't have as much track experience they also rent a 9 hp kart for use at the track. It's about 50% more power than what we use at G-Force so it should still be plenty fun if anyone is interest. That kart only costs $200 for the day.

Chime in if you wanna do this. More details to follow.

[kcook]

<- interested

[D_Eclipse9916]

^^^ no your not, this is the days of VIR.


G I would be interested but unfortunately VIR falls on that date.

[kcook]

But Im not going to VIR hahah

[G.Irish]

Ok I contacted the peeps but I need to give them a call on Tuesday to get more specifics. So far it's me, Kyle, and RJ interested.

[G.Irish]

Talked to the on the phone today. It's $75 for each additional driver. The track time is broken up into sessions so it should be about 10-20 minute sessions every hour on the hour. We'd have to do one session on the 9 hp karts for orientation and to prove that we know how to drive.

He said they don't tend to rent out the shifters for people who haven't driven the Rotax or ICA before because they are usually too much to handle.

So I guess we should split things two ways and go for a ICA or Rotax kart.