Bruce MartinINSIDE RACING Mar 18, 2009
Purdue grew up in Florida driving go-karts and quarter-midgets until he literally outgrew them. He met Gordon and his crew chief, Robbie Loomis, at Chicagoland Speedway's first race in 2001. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Racing)
• For those remotely into cooking: Food video games create chefs Mar 18, 2009
25 billion casual video game industry have realized that if couch potatoes want to bowl and box, play golf and tennis, race go-karts or shred like rock stars, some of them also want to "cook." And as TV cooking competitions continue to multiply, developers are turning them into video games. Diner Dash, a 2004 downloadable game that became a phenomenon, follows a waitress/restaurateur named Flo as she hustles around and tries to earn points by keeping patrons happy. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Axlemaker Dana, Leaving Idyllic 'Palace,' Auctions Candelabras, Go-Karts Mar 15, 2009
Dana, Leaving Idyllic Palace, Auctions Candelabras, Go-Karts - Bloomberg ... Dana, Leaving Idyllic Palace, Auctions Candelabras, Go-Karts ... The company hoped to do better selling candelabras, go-karts, and a gold-plated warrior helmet. (Bloomberg -- US)
Shooting Victims A Mix Of Family And Strangers Mar 12, 2009
The 51-year-old "free spirit" and former motorcycle repairman loved racing go-karts. Malloy was in a car on a local highway when he was shot dead. (CBS News -- US)
A Year like No Other at Wild Adventures Mar 7, 2009
Upgrade to a Gold Passport for $20 more (total of $89 + tax) to enjoy free parking, Adventure Quest miniature golf and Adventure Raceway go-karts through December 31, 2009. For more information about Wild Adventures Water and Theme Park's unbelievable 2009 season, please visit our website at or call 229-219-7080. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
City to host summer parade Mar 6, 2009
I am told that the Shriners units consist of clowns, antique cars, go karts, camels, motorcycles and much more. Solberg noted that for those interested in entering a unit, more details will be available soon. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
McCumbee team has driver Feb 28, 2009
The Supply, N.C., natives are longtime friends and used to race Go-Karts against each other. "He's run good in everything he's ever run," McCumbee said of Evans. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Chris Keller National Convention notes Feb 28, 2009
Understanding that concept and putting it to use in my go karts and now Formula Ford, and learning how to tune my cars, has shortened the learning curve. "Mark Donohue is definitely one of the top road racers of all time, and to have my name mentioned in the same breath as his is really an honor and a privilege," Keller said with respect to the heroes of the sport. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
The need for speed Feb 21, 2009
Watching as go-karts, late models, and sprint cars raced each week, his need for speed began to escalate. At age 18, VanBuskirk, now a resident of Watsontown, started racing go-karts. (Milton Standard Journal, PA)
City limits tower heights to open up flight patterns Feb 20, 2009
Bennett said Renegade Sports plans to keep the go-karts and mini-golf at the center and would like to include an ATV test course and perhaps a pee-wee motocross track for kids. Sdwide Inc. started work to remove the towers last fall and should complete the project when the ground starts to unthaw and workers can get to their equipment, he said. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Racing runs in this family Feb 17, 2009
Published: Monday, February 16, 2009 9:39 AM CST WINFIELD To some, go-karts are just a fun way to pass the time, however, for 10-year-old Jimmy Baney of Winfield, go-karting is a family tradition ... He started racing go-karts when he was 5 years old and will be driving in the Rookie 2, 9-12 class this year ... The go-karts, sprint cars, and late model racers will be on display daily through Saturday. (Milton Standard Journal, PA)
Gordon hopes struggles with COT behind him Feb 8, 2009
- He has driven sprint cars, midgets, modifieds, go-karts and IROC cars during his racing career not to mention piloting a stock car to four Sprint Cup championships all with equal aplomb. That's why it's so confounding when Jeff Gordon looks back at 2008 and all the trouble he had adapting to NASCAR's new-style car, otherwise known as the Car of Tomorrow. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Lovin life in the fast lane Mar 29, 2008
He competed in a league at F1, racing go-karts no bigger than an average bathtub ... The Minicup vehicles are roughly nine feet long, much larger than the go-karts he raced at F1 ... The Minicup cars are also closed, whereas the go-karts were exposed. (Easton Journal, MA)
Things to do, see Mar 28, 2008
Play laser tag and mini-golf, ram bumper boats and ride go-karts at Adventure Island (). Cool off at Waterville U.S.A. (). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Preview of this year's IRL drivers Mar 27, 2008
The grandson of four-time Indianapolis 500 winner A.J. Foyt began his driving career in junior dragsters at age 9, winning two titles before moving to go-karts at age 11 ... Began racing go-karts when he was 12 and won a Brazilian karting title by the time he moved to Europe to race cars in 1995, just before his 19th birthday. (MSNBC -- Sports)
General Assembly honors Stewart Mar 18, 2008
Whereas, Tony Stewart began his career at age seven racing go-karts while his father, Nelson, acted as his car owner and crew chief ... Whereas, In 1989 Tony Stewart moved from racing go-karts to racing higher-horsepower, open-wheel machines. (Hartford City News-Times, IN)
Egg Hunts and Spring Festivals Calendar Mar 16, 2008
- Adventure Landing, 1944 Beach Blvd., registration, 8 a.m.; egg hunts for children up to age 10, 9 and 11 a.m.; $3 a child to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Florida; raffle tickets, $3 each; unlimited go-karts, laser tag and miniature golf until 2 p.m., $10 a person ... - Adventure Landing, 4825 Blanding Blvd., registration, 8 a.m., egg hunts with candy and prizes for children up to age 10 at 9 and 11 a.m.; $3 a child to benefit the Children's Miracle Network; raffle tickets, $3... (Florida Times-Union)
School Notes Mar 15, 2008
While other metal shop students are constructing tables, shelves, coat racks and go-karts, freshman Thomas Jordan is building a device that will enable him to make carbon nanotubes, microscopic tubes of carbon molecules that are 20-40 nanometers in size. The tubes are used to conduct electricity in small machines, Thomas says. (Scranton Times, PA)
Survival of the fittest Mar 5, 2008
Mario and his Nintendo pals have raced go-karts, played sports, teamed up in role-playing games and even taught kids how to type. However, most gamers want to see them do one thing - fight. (Daily Orange, NY)
Racing complex in Randolph County expected to provide economic boom Mar 4, 2008
He also said the new business will not compete with 24 Raceway in Moberly because The Junction Group project offers only small-scale racing of go-karts and midget cars. The group has also started the process with the Randolph County Commission to have the area designated a "tax increment financing," or TIF, district so that a portion of property taxes help pay costs associated with the development. (Moberly Monitor-Index, MO)
Heikki Kovalainen determined to push Hamilton Mar 3, 2008
Kovalainen and Hamilton have been friends since their days in go-karts. The Briton sees him as something of a kindred spirit, an easy colleague to get along with. (International Herald Tribune)
Bowling goes beyond blue collar roots Feb 27, 2008
"Laser tag, go-karts, bumper cars, expanded video game arcades, climbing walls, redemption, glow miniature golf, and similar activities" create family entertainment centers. While 300 fashions itself on a Friday and Saturday image, the chain does cater to other groups. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Notes: Short offseason for Griffey Feb 20, 2008
He bought go-karts and raced them with his wife and kids, dealt with a generator fire on his large yacht and lowered his golf handicap to six. "The drives were long and I was feathery around the greens," Griffey joked. (MLB.com -- Cincinnati Reds)
South Georgia theme park reopens Saturday Feb 16, 2008
The Gold Passport includes all the great perks as the Passport 2008 with the addition of free parking, free go-karts and free Adventure Golf. Gold pass-holders also receive 20 percent off season concert reserve seats. (Rockmart Journal, GA)
Getting back on track: Jennerstown Speedway to open season with big race Feb 13, 2008
A lot of drivers get their start in go-karts. It s a good family hobby. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Watch Gale Kerns Living History Lesson Feb 5, 2008
So we started racing our go-karts down there. And eventually we raced our bicycles down there too. (Rensselaer Republican, IN)
Carolina 500 will have Speed Feb 2, 2008
Speed, whose racing career began with Go-Karts in 1993 when he was 10 years old, moved up the ranks and won the Red Bull American Driver search in 2002, preparing him for a career in the Formula One World Championship. Speed posted career best F1 finishes of ninth (Monaco Grand Prix 2007, Australian Grand Prix 2006) before making the transition to stock cars via the ARCA RE/MAX Series. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
Mexican drivers well represented in Rolex Jan 25, 2008
30-day news archives. We had won it, and you never think about what you achieved until a few days later. (Florida Today)
It's A Fine Line Jan 17, 2008
Whether it's carrying on like Robin Hood and his Merry Men, racing go-karts, playing dominoes in the locker room or simply going out to dinner, New England's offensive linemen -- Light, left guard and Mariposa High School graduate Logan Mankins, center Dan Koppen, right guard Stephen Neal, right tackle Nick Kaczur and Hochstein -- know how to have a good time. "If you shadowed us and saw what we do on a regular basis, you would see we enjoy each other's company a lot, we have a lot of fun... (Modesto Bee, CA)
Kurt Busch Biography Jan 4, 2008
Kurt Busch pursued the same ambitions as he traveled with his father to races, all the while learning the rudiments of the sport by racing go-karts. Following ten consecutive wins at the youthful age of 16, it was apparent that the time had arrived for Kurt to compete on a bigger stage. (Suite101.com)
This area would be ideal for a new track Dec 31, 2007
There are also go-karts, mini stocks, late models, bandoleros, quarter-midgets and legends divisions out there looking for venues where they can race. And, it s not like there isn t any local talent out there to help promote a local racing facility. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
16-0 means nothing without title Dec 29, 2007
Trying to sell them on the notion that a 16-0 regular season without a Super Bowl chaser is something to celebrate would be like telling Jeff Gordon that riding the rails on the DisneyWorld go-karts is a pretty good time. Take Brady as an example. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Shades of Gray Dec 26, 2007
But for this youngster it is five years later where was Gray has moved onto bigger challenges known as G-Force go karts. Gray is in what is called the Bandoleras Division which ranges from the ages 8-13. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)
SPECIAL EVENT (FRESNO, CA.) - Q&A with four-time NHRA world champ Gary Scelzi Dec 15, 2007
Dominic spent a year in go-karts, so he was able to learn how to pass and he built his strength up by driving the road courses. I'd still like to do that with Giovanni. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Brevard revisits RV parking rules Dec 5, 2007
30-day news archives. "To help residents like the Hayneses, Brevard County commissioners unanimously agreed Tuesday to consider revising codes that govern how motor homes, boat trailers and other recreational vehicles can be parked at unincorporated homes.Requested by Commissioner Chuck Nelson, the changes could restore rules eliminated two years ago as part of a broader -- and controversial -- revamping of residential parking codes that also included commercial vehicles."We now have two years... (Florida Today)
Young drivers take fast track to success Dec 2, 2007
"We start out in the go-karts and just go from there," said Vanderley, who his friends with his Pensacola peers. For Long, there is the added focus of being a female driver. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
MAM to issue permits for local motorsports events Nov 27, 2007
Meanwhile, Minister of Youth and Sports Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said announced yesterday that the Ministry of Finance had approved a duty and tax exemption scheme for vehicles (go karts, cars and bikes) used exclusively for motorsports competitions. In many cases, the savings to competitors will be about 30. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Top 10 arcades Nov 13, 2007
Safety features include a safety belt and full protective bumper rail system on go-karts and track perimeter ... The 20-acre complex for families has go-karts, batting cages, miniature golf and bumper boats ... Little kids will like the Rookie Go-Karts and Dragon Kiddie Ride. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Johnson takes detour en route to Phoenix Nov 8, 2007
Coming off three straight wins, Johnson heads to Phoenix tomorrow and plans to race go-karts with his No. 48 crew for one last diversion before the Nextel Cup garage opens on Friday morning. Sports Information. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Leader Johnson not 'in control of this thing' Nov 7, 2007
Johnson heads to Phoenix on Thursday and plans to race go-karts with his No. 48 crew for one last diversion before the Nextel Cup garage opens on Friday morning. Once we get into the track, it will be all business, Johnson said. (MSNBC -- Sports)
New Lenox's Mooi makes most of his chance Oct 26, 2007
Mooi started driving go-karts at age 8 and raced at Grundy County Speedway in 2005 and '06, where he won a Mid-American feature. He made nine CRA Super Series starts this year in the family car in addition to making the move to Auburn, Ga. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Yorkville teen ready for fast lane Oct 24, 2007
The 18-year-old Yorkville High School graduate has been tearing up ovals of varying sizes and compositions since he started racing go-karts at 12. This past summer, even before he took his first class as a freshman at Waubonsee Community College, he raced Legend Cars -- a closed-wheel vehicle that runs quite a bit faster that those go-karts, but not nearly as fast as the NASCAR and Indy cars he someday hopes to drive. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Sprint Series to have international flavor Oct 19, 2007
These days it seems that whether its go-karts, Legends, stocks or sprints all roads lead to NASCAR. It certainly doesn't mean it will stay that way. But there is this certainty, there is no specific path that the American driver is taking. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Mekarsari fruit park adds more juice to lure visitors Oct 17, 2007
The park has mini go-karts for children, a family garden for gatherings, a deer park and a plantation laboratory. Thirty-something couple Didi and Elsie from Bekasi, who visited Mekarsari twice this year, said the garden ambiance suited families. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia)
Martin Truex Jr Biography Oct 9, 2007
By age 11, he was racing go-karts. At the age of 14, Truex Jr won the Junior Class Championship as well as the New Jersey Championship Series at the New Egypt Speedway. (Suite101.com)
OKTOBERFEST RACE WEEKEND/BROWN: What makes a good driver? This 5-foot-1, 100-pound woman is holding her own Oct 7, 2007
For more than half her life, she has raced everything from go-karts to Legends cars to stock cars on dirt and asphalt tracks. She very much wants to make it her career, but in the meantime, she s d. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Oktoberfest races: Ross Kenseth follows in his father's race tracks Oct 5, 2007
Lisa knows full well that Ross loves racing, and has ever since he started racing go-karts at age 5. He progressed from go-karts to Legends cars to stock cars this summer. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Go-kart races in Chiefland Oct 4, 2007
While riding in go-karts is just plain fun for a lot of folks, there are those who like to show their competitive side behind the wheel. Tri-County Go-Kart track in Chiefland is filling the void by offering races with cash prizes. (Chiefland Citizen, FL)
Birthday Parties for Older Kids Oct 1, 2007
Your middle-schoolers will have a blast riding the go-karts and playing the arcade games that are more suited for tweens than toddlers ... Wherever you find go-karts, you ll probably find laser tag. (Suite101.com)
Glendale resident driven to success at national event Sep 28, 2007
There are seven categories of driving skills the drivers will handle; cars, laps, sport utility vehicles, motocross, all-terrain vehicles, and go-karts and new this year is a rally course, said Dunlop Tires Spokesman, Dave Wilkins. The road cars will be BMX 335i coupe sport package; the sport utility vehicles are Toyota FJ Cruisers; motocross is the 230cc Honda CRF; all-terrain vehicles are the Suzuki LTA 400s; go-karts are the GHB Honda go-karts and the autocross will be the Volkswagen GTI... (Glendale Star, AZ)
Tank Sports Intends to Acquire Buggy/Go-Kart Manufacturer Sep 27, 2007
Since its inception, PMI/Dazon is recognized as one of the world's foremost Buggy/go-kart developers and manufacturers, with products ranging from 90cc-1100cc engine displacement, with special emphasis and focus on EEC and EPA approved buggies and go-karts. PMI's core competency has been built on research and development, continuous improvement, quality and customer service, and utilizing a strategic global management team with extensive Western educational backgrounds. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Motorsports profile: Chris Rhein Sep 21, 2007
Background: Rhein began racing go-karts when he was 7 after moving with his family to Arizona and raced many times against Kevin Harvick and JJ Yeley, both of whom went on to careers in NASCAR. He had more than 100 victories in karting and three national championships. He also has won in mini-sprints and midgets. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Speedway debut anything but cruel for Elvis Sep 15, 2007
He raced Go-Karts from age 8 to 14 all over South Carolina. His father, Barry, is a crew chief in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Nextel phenom Hamlin a force of nature Sep 14, 2007
"Thanks to the dedication of Hamlin's hard-working parents, it wasn't his last.Even though it nearly drove them to financial ruin, Hamlin's parents vowed to do whatever it took - depleting their savings and retirement accounts, twice mortgaging their home, and nearly bankrupting their family trailer hitch business - to nurture the prodigious racing talent of their youngest of four children.They recognized Denny was a burgeoning phenom who won races in just about everything he drove, from... (Boston Globe)
Jeff Burton Biography Sep 14, 2007
Burton s racing career was set in motion at the age of 7 as he began racing go-karts. Burton would go on to win two Virginia go-kart state championships which led him to stock car racing in 1984 at the age of seventeen. (Suite101.com)
2007 Northwoods Senior Olympics Sep 5, 2007
Entry fee is 12 for all events, with an additional 2 charge for bowling, miniature golf and go-karts. All participants must be 55 years of age. (Forest Republican, WI)
Words from sponsor helps Murray earn extra money Sep 1, 2007
Murray has had success in his five years of go-karts, winning at least one feature every year. This season has been his best. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Carlson is bringing the heat at the blizzard series races Aug 30, 2007
My friends and I raced go-karts at the old airport when I was 13, 14 and 15 years old. When I was 16 years old I started racing (at Five Flags Speedway) and I've been racing out here ever since on the local level. (Pensacola News Journal)
Things to do in Snowdonia Wales Aug 18, 2007
Go karts run on two tracks seniors (14 and over) and junior (8 to 13), but younger visitors (over 3) and disabled guests can share a double kart with a responsible adult. Admission to the grounds is free of charge. (Suite101.com)
More of this story Aug 18, 2007
It's a long way to come in just a few short years, considering the only thing he had raced prior were go-karts ... Too young to climb behind the wheel at Oswego, Sobus found a more suitable way to hit the road racing go-karts at Frozen Ocean at the age of 14. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
The Racing Reporter by Gerald Hodges Aug 15, 2007
After bikes came go-karts, street stocks and late models, the latter being the series that set Mayfield's career in motion. Mayfield was 19 when he moved to Nashville and got a job with Sadler Racing as a fabricator. (Brookneal Union Star, VA)
Braun, 18, making grand transition to stock cars Aug 15, 2007
"Youngsters can go into go-karts, dirt cars and late model and learn how to race that way," Roush said. "(Sports cars) shouldn't be any different.". (USA Today -- Sports)
Fisher returns to Kentucky still trying to revive open-wheel career Aug 11, 2007
She spent time in the NASCAR's Grand National West Series in 2005 and hasn't ruled out running go karts just for the fun of it. I've got six Indy 500 rings and they can't take them from me but I want to grow on that, she said. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Flagstaff driver makes name on dirt Aug 10, 2007
He raced go-karts at the age of 4 and went into quarter-midgets when he was 7. He's in his third year of mini-sprints, crediting his father and a stint at Cory Kruseman's Sprint Car and Midget Driving School in Ventura, Calif. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Kaylin Kirk is REDRACER Aug 10, 2007
Race karts and go-karts I ve never even heard them call it a go-kart in this sport, Kim said. Nobody really knows a lot about this sport. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
