- Goat Karts
- Racing Karts
A goat kart is a small four-wheeled vehicle powered by a goat. Goat karts share characteristics with cars, including a steering wheel, tires, brakes, and pedals. Billy goat carts are useful for transporting goats. A mature buck can pull 25-35% of its weight, up to 50 pounds. However, goats lack the temperament for reliable pulling.
Go karts come in different types. Sprint karts allow speeds up to 75 km/hr for right and left turns. Oval karts suit oval tracks. Gas-powered go-karts have complex engines for ages 12+. Kid karts ages 5-7 have 50cc engines, 30 mph speeds.
Why is it called go-karting?
Go-karting started in the late 1950s following the small but expensive open-wheeled cars of the 1930s and 1940s. Art Ingels is said to have created the first racing "kart" in 1956 when he installed a two-cycle lawnmower motor in a small car for racing. Duffy Livingston is credited with the name and making the karts take off in popularity.
Go Karting in New Zealand.
The term “go-kart” was coined by Duffy Livingston, a muffler-shop owner in Los Angeles, who went on to manufacture and sell the machines under the Go-Kart name—the first kart manufacturer.
Safety is always a top priority in any sport, including go-karting. Many new go-karts built today feature enhanced safety features such as impact-absorbing materials, roll cages, and better brakes.
One of the best things about the sport is that young kids can start with a kart in the yard and progress to the heights or racing leagues worldwide. With the more powerful engines, they can reach speeds that require the best reflexes and training to make it to the top.
Go karting is a slang term that refers to the activity of driving small, open-wheel vehicles called go-karts around a specially designed track.
Basically, you put on some protective gear, sit on a go kart a few centimetres above the ground and then tear around a go kart race track at speeds of up to 160 miles per hour!
Sprint Karting and Go Karting are common names for it in Australia and in America it is often referred to as Go-carts. Michael Schumacher, Kyle Petty, Darrell Waltrip, and Tony Stewart started their love for racing on the Go Kart track.