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SpeedPagan

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How many of y'all have driven yard karts in your own backyard? Well apparently some people decided to create a sanctioning body for backyard racing.

They are trying to promote a type of kart racing that is inexpensive and is accessible to everyone in the family, it's called Grasspass racing. You can even build your own track for you and your friends to race on.

There is already three groups that does this kind of racing, GrassPass, which is a touring series in Connecticut and North Eastern Ohio Kart Club (NEOKart), there's also seem to be a group in the Southwest but not much information on them. There's even clubs in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.

This is really interesting and I may try to find someone who does this in the Carolinas, and if there isn't, then I may start a club myself.

http://grasspass.org/
http://www.neokarts.com/
http://www.coningsbykartclub.co.uk/
http://www.grasskarting.org.nz/
http://www.adelaidedirtkartclub.com.au/
 
this like what Jr does in his backyard?
 
kkfan91 said:
like more of a quick scene but its also been somewhere else
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I think I've seen this commerical, and that's basically it. You can create a dirt track in your backyard, and host races, you can even host seasonal races. It's suppose to be something that family and friends can do. The rules can be as lax or as strict as you want them. The main focus seems to be about enjoy racing without the high cost and just having fun with it.
 
SpeedPagan said:
I think I've seen this commerical, and that's basically it. You can create a dirt track in your backyard, and host races, you can even host seasonal races. It's suppose to be something that family and friends can do. The rules can be as lax or as strict as you want them. The main focus seems to be about enjoy racing without the high cost and just having fun with it.
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Like SCCA used to be?
 
SpeedPagan said:
I know, but apparently it's gotten too expensive to run in.
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For most of the people it was actually started for, it has. Dues and costs tripled in my area in less than two years. Kinda puts a damper on the whole 'affordability' aspect...
 
Gato_Solo said:
For most of the people it was actually started for, it has. Dues and costs tripled in my area in less than two years. Kinda puts a damper on the whole 'affordability' aspect...
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Well that sucks. Anyways I'm still looking into Backyard Kart Racing, and so far I like what I see. It does seem like a very affordable way to race which is good for me because if I do start racing karts, it'll only be on weekends and as a hobby.
 
A question of course is what zoning permits do you need to build a go kart track in your yard
 
kkfan91 said:
A question of course is what zoning permits do you need to build a go kart track in your yard
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That's a good point. I can't build one in my yard, it's solely dedicated to my business, however I may try to see if I can't buy some land nearby, maybe out in the country.
 
SpeedPagan said:
That's a good point. I can't build one in my yard, it's solely dedicated to my business, however I may try to see if I can't buy some land nearby, maybe out in the country.
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Rhode Island is the only state without a race track. Up until a few years ago we had "pig farm" racing. The guy would cut a track into his fields, run whatcha brung. Mostly old beat up streeters. He was successfully fighting the town but somebody got hurt real bad and that ended it. It was a lot of fun,,no rules, no points, no money, no trophy.

IF you do it have some good insurance!!!
 
SST55 said:
Rhode Island is the only state without a race track. Up until a few years ago we had "pig farm" racing. The guy would cut a track into his fields, run whatcha brung. Mostly old beat up streeters. He was successfully fighting the town but somebody got hurt real bad and that ended it. It was a lot of fun,,no rules, no points, no money, no trophy.

IF you do it have some good insurance!!!
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Well IF I do it, I plan to set down some rules that the drivers will have to sign, and one of the rules is that the drivers are participating in the events on their own free will, and neither the track nor the organization is responsible for any damages or injury that may happen.
 
SpeedPagan said:
Well IF I do it, I plan to set down some rules that the drivers will have to sign, and one of the rules is that the drivers are participating in the events on their own free will, and neither the track nor the organization is responsible for any damages or injury that may happen.
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Those waivers will only get you so far, as ther will always be one who will screw it up for everybody else.
 
Gato_Solo said:
Those waivers will only get you so far, as ther will always be one who will screw it up for everybody else.
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Hmm true. I'll have to see if I can get my house insurance to cover this. However before I put too much work into this, I should make sure there are people around here that are actually interested in doing this.
 
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