Owner Driver - Karting (For Fun)

[pspnut]

Okay firstly sorry if this has been covered before im new to the forum.

At 27 i think its about time i got myself a "big boys toy" for some hooning around circuits and have trawled website after website for advice on costings and weighing up the pros and cons of kart over car etc...
Recently i came to the conclusion that a gearbox kart (probably a 250cc because yes i am a little crazy) would be a lot of fun for a pretty minimal outlay considering the performance on offer but my question is this:-
Where could i take this little beastie for a thrashing? I currently live in West Yorkshire (Wakefield) and as far as i can tell the local kart tracks wont let me on with a gearbox kart due to the greatly increased risk of colliding with the slower karts etc.. so is it track days only? and does anyone on here have one/go to regular meets up this way as i dont want to commit to a purchase and have it stuck in my garage 11 months of the year.

Any advice/help would be greatly appreciated lads

Cheers


PsPNuT

[PGD5]

Sounds like a lot of fun and if you ever get one and have it run locally I'd be interested to see it!

I've no other info than that I'm afraid. Roddo on here used to have one so it could be worth asking him about it, contact details here

[nottyash]

Tockwith do this. I have a friend who has just bought one and will be taking it there

[pspnut]

nottyash said:

Tockwith do this. I have a friend who has just bought one and will be taking it there

Really? ill drop them an email. i have a friend who takes a twin engined 4 stroke kart there and he said they wouldn't let geared on (maybe a different day or something)
Ill confirm this for anyone else when they get back to me.

Thanks chaps, this should be a lot of fun either way just wanted somewhere pretty close by

[pspnut]

PGD5 said:

Sounds like a lot of fun and if you ever get one and have it run locally I'd be interested to see it!

I've no other info than that I'm afraid. Roddo on here used to have one so it could be worth asking him about it, contact details here

Ill keep you posted mate

[ginettajoe]

Speak to them at www.teessidekarting.co.uk You won't have a problem there!!