Daytona karting

[Cyder]

Buggered if I know which forum to put this in so it'll do in here!

Off to Daytona in MK for an evening karting next week and I was wondering whether it would be better to wear my own Nomex racesuit or the ones they provide?

As kart suit construction is different to race/rally suits are you even allowed to wear a Nomex one?

Thanks in advance.

[Al Weyman]

Max tyler will know he sells both and his son kart races I think he posts on here.

[mat205125]

You'd better be able to live up to the suit!

I'd be more incognito, and just use their perfectly adequate suits, however I always use my own gloves and lid - purely for hygiene and comfort reasons, and safety of course.

[Cyder]

Well my suit never gets used for driving, it's only ever in the silly seat of a rallycar but I get your point! I'll probably just go with their kit I guess.

Would use my crash hat but I haven't got a visor fitted anymore, only a peak which probably isn't ideal!

[SmartVenom]

Cyder said:

Buggered if I know which forum to put this in so it'll do in here!

Off to Daytona in MK for an evening karting next week and I was wondering whether it would be better to wear my own Nomex racesuit or the ones they provide?

As kart suit construction is different to race/rally suits are you even allowed to wear a Nomex one?

Thanks in advance.

I wouldn't bother wearing your race suit. I've worn my kart suit to that kind of thing before and i wouldn't even do that now. As previously stated it's nicer to wear your own lid and gloves (gloves especially as the ones they provide are terrible) but if you wear your own suit you are just marking yourself out. That's fine when you win, but when you end up in a dog of a kart and don't you're just leaving yourself open to a lot of ribbing.

[pikeyboy]

Don't wear your nomex suit the chain will spray oil all over your back. Also the karts were very indifferent last time I was there, as they are at most arrive and drive circuits.

[dunc_sx]

You don't want to be the guy that turns up in his race suit imo

[Birdthom]

I thought that kart suits were designed to resist abrasion? Car race suits don't resist abrasion and are very hot, they will also make you look like a bit of a tart. Always go incognito IMO!

[Cyder]

Going there tonight, will just use one of their suits for the reasons listed above, don't want to give the game away about how freaking awesome horrendously slow I am before we get on the track!

[sarahbee]

The guy at www.moderacewear.com told me that a Nomex race suit would rip to pieces if you were unfortunate enough to be thrown from or dragged along by a kart onto tarmac at 50 MPH
Also you would probably be the main target for all the F1 wannabees out there!!

[drakart]

sarahbee said:

The guy at www.moderacewear.com told me that a Nomex race suit would rip to pieces if you were unfortunate enough to be thrown from or dragged along by a kart onto tarmac at 50 MPH
Also you would probably be the main target for all the F1 wannabees out there!!

Having been launched from a kart and down the tarmac at a higher speed than that in my CIK-FIA kart suit, I can tell you that they just melt! It makes little difference what you wear tbh. I had to pick out melted bits of suit from my wounds!

[carl_w]

sarahbee said:

The guy at www.moderacewear.com told me that a Nomex race suit would rip to pieces if you were unfortunate enough to be thrown from or dragged along by a kart onto tarmac at 50 MPH
Also you would probably be the main target for all the F1 wannabees out there!!

So no different from the cotton/Proban ones supplied by the kart company?

For long-circuit competition karting you have to wear bike leathers I believe.

[pikeyboy]

carl_w said:

o no different from the cotton/Proban ones supplied by the kart company?

For long-circuit competition karting you have to wear bike leathers I believe.

Superkart racers wear bike leathers as they do 160mph.

[Aizle]

boy said:

Superkart racers wear bike leathers as they do 160mph.

[Glyn84]

Search YouTube for Superkarts at Cadwell or Castle Combe (I can't give a direct link from work as YouTube is blocked). Those guys clearly have a few screws loose!