Overview

Now that people are starting to see that karting is the perfect training ground for professional racers of all stripesas well as a not-so-expensive alternative to full-scale road racing and oval track racingits become the fastest-growing motorsport in the U.S. and the world. For the novice confronted with a bewildering array of choiceskart types and classes, road racing, sprint track racing, oval racingthis book offers answers. The best single resource on kart racing, Karting will teach you the ins and outs of the sport, from choosing a class and kart to selecting safety equipment to performing maintenance and mastering racing techniques that will get you up to speed on the track.

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Reviews

Speedscene (UK), Summer 2006 This is an excellent 160-page glossy soft cover publication aimed at the newcomer to karting in the USA. The American classes are race procedures that are very different from ours. All is not lost, the chapters on kart set up, tuning and most of the driving technique chapters are relevant and well explained. Some amusing terminology differences.

Author Information

Memo Gidley is an accomplished racecar driver having competed in CART, including podium finishes at Houston, Laguna Seca and Cleveland. Currently Memo is the driver of the Air Force Reserve/Make-a-wish Daytona Prototype with Findlay Motorsports and the lead test driver for Trackmagic. He has 2 championships to his credit Memo Gidley is an accomplished racecar driver having competed in CART, including podium finishes at Houston, Laguna Seca and Cleveland. Currently Memo is the driver of the Air Force Reserve/Make-a-wish Daytona Prototype with Findlay Motorsports and the lead test driver for Trackmagic. He has 2 championships to his credit. Jeff Grist is shifter kart enthusiast and first time author. Mr. Grist has put his 15 years of brand marketing and corporate communications experience into this new project. Currently, Jeff is President and CEO of PromoSpyder Inc., and Oakville, ON based Internet software development company he founded in 2000.

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