Do karts beet up your body in a race........

Budmakesmewiser · 27 Nov 2001, 05:00 (Ref:179231)

and has anyone ever wrecked at a good amount of speed and not been hurt.

Nicholas · 27 Nov 2001, 15:57 (Ref:179384)

Because I've only used hire karts and don't have a fitted seat I get bruises on my back which stay for months. Apart from that, nothing. Luckily!

F3000fan · 27 Nov 2001, 21:13 (Ref:179525)

Yes,I've been in a terrible accident last year.We don't know what happent but on the straight the kart snapped away to the right.I couldn't correct the kart anymore because of the speed just before braking,the kart slammed into the tyre barriers and the chassis was destroyed.I've got away with minor scratches and a headache.We think it was a tyre thath came off under braking.

marcus · 28 Nov 2001, 01:13 (Ref:179591)

ouch F3000 fan..sounds nasty.

Ive had one or two shunts that were pretty nasty at around 65 mph (which is top speed for my kart) but thankfully no injuries.

both happened on a straight and involved someone eles mistake and i had nowhere to go and slammed into them.
the second one I actually got airborne after hitting a sandtrap sideways and slammed into a tyre barrier while in the air..unfortunately my foot had slipped under the brake pedal with all the jolting around and got squashed between the tyre wall and the brake pedal ...gave mea bit of pain but nothing was broken

just genral karting can make you very sore..bruises are common place especially around the lower back area ..but good padding helps that out.

Budmakesmewiser · 29 Nov 2001, 02:22 (Ref:180029)

Thanks,i would like to race some karts,and a legends car would be cool to start in,and then the asa series.

marcus · 30 Nov 2001, 13:48 (Ref:180548)

I have no idea what the asa series is Bud ..but Karts are a great place to start and many drivers start there ..even your beloved Nascar drivers did..I believe Jerry Nadeu may have even been a former karting world champion ..if not he was damm good in them

Budmakesmewiser · 9 Dec 2001, 03:06 (Ref:183838)

asa is the american speed association,a am pretty shure,it is a televised series in the US.They are stock cars that get up to about 130 on the straits,they are fuel injected,about 500 hp,it is a good series for stock car drivers to start in.

hysen · 9 Dec 2001, 09:10 (Ref:183863)

Jerry Nadeau may well have been a 'world champion' in the American sense, but he wasn't a proper World Karting Champion.

marcus · 9 Dec 2001, 12:06 (Ref:183905)

ahhh thanks hysen...I wasnt sure if he was world champion or not..I had heard somewhere that he was but I guess he wasnt ..but from what i have heard he was very good in them.

philneast · 9 Dec 2001, 21:26 (Ref:184036)

I am not sure what he is doing now but fomer NASCAR driver Lake Speed was a proper World Karting Cchampion.

He was one of a group of Americans who achieved World Champion status in the seventies but were largely ignored at home. Mario Andretii F1 Champ and Kenny Roberts (Snr) in 500 cc Grand Prix Bikes.

From memory I think Lake Speed had an easy time of it. Only had people like a Brazillian called Senna to beat!

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