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Karting: Everything You Need to Know

Karting: Everything You Need to Know
By Memo Gidley, Jeff Grist

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Now that people are starting to see that karting is the perfect training ground for professional racers of all stripes—as well as a not-so-expensive alternative to full-scale road racing and oval track racing—it’s become the fastest-growing motorsport in the U.S. and the world. 

For the novice confronted with a bewildering array of choices—kart types and classes, road racing, sprint track racing, oval racing—this 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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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #472381 in Books
  • Published on: 2006-04-22
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 160 pages

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Editorial Reviews

Review

London Evening Standard (UK), Aug. 18, 2006

“It proves good grounding for anyone wanting to take it up.”

 



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.”

About the Author
    

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.

Customer Reviews

Great book for beginners about kart set-up.5
As someone who has been involved in go kart racing for over 25 years I disagree with the first review of this book. Book has some good info about the most important part of kart racing, which is kart chassis set-up, not the driver. In my opinion kart racing is about 10% motor, 10% driver and 80% chassis set-up, which includes the proper tires. If you get a kart handling right it is a breeze to drive it.
The book does have a section on driving as well as sections on motor choice, the history of karting, safety, kart tuning and more. For a beginner wanting to know about all aspects of kart racing, this book is as good as any and much better than most.
There are other books on the market that cover just the driving aspects of karting, if that is what you're looking for.

Karting Disapointment2

"Karting: Everything You Need to Know": while useful, the book did not meet my expectations. I expected a more detailed "Technical" publication. While this is OK for raw beginners, not recommended for someone looking for a more technical solutions & "Hints & Kinks" format.

Rubbish!, Full of false information.1
The books is FULL of false information, it has alot of mistakes in it.
If you drive like this book teaches you, you will probably end up dead last. For example. this book teaches you to go on throttle on the straight, while in reality you should be on the throttle before the apex.
It even has mistakes in very simple things like aluminium, or magnesium wheels. It claims that aluminium wheels offer better cooling, while in reality it is the exact opposite.