WORLD'S FASTEST Go-Karts

This is SUPERKART racing. They are 100 horsepower race karts, with INCREDIBLE power to weight and DOWNFORCE.

And they might be small, but they RAPID - holding several OUTRIGHT LAP RECORDS and being faster than FORMULA 1 cars around some circuits.

Now, they only have 250cc engines - that's a quarter of a litre. Yet they produce 100 horsepower! They are inline twins, and are water-cooled 2-stroke engines. (you can see the massive radiator behind the driver).

And being two-stroke means they can create incredible power with smaller displacement, as the engine is firing twice as often! The engines rev to 14 THOUSAND Rpm and run through 5 or 6 speed gearboxes.

Most of you will have been in a rental kart that weighs a similar amount to these superkarts - but they have 5 to 10 horsepower. This has ONE HUNDRED!

But one difference is that they don’t just brake the rear axle. Similar to higher levels of karting, they have a disc on each corner and super sticky slick tyres - with a similarly soft compound to Formula 1 tyres.

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[scsutton]

Petition to have these race around Monaco on Grand Prix weekend.

[OneldGeek]

I would LOVE to see you race one and give us your first hand perspective!

[simonchristie]

The Kart race in Adelaide was a support race for the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix when it was held in Adelaide in the 80s and 90s. Organisers wanted action on the track at all times. So there were races like this Kart race along with celebrities racing cars which lead to some pretty bad crashes. No surprise they cancelled kart races at the F1 Australian GP after that. I remember the crash well when it happened.

[steveowright]

Yes! I'd absolutely love to see you run with these guys.

[deerlord]

I love those things, Superkarts look like a blast to drive, but you have to be quite skilled or they'll help you meet your maker. Kudos to those drivers for being so brave! ✌️😄

[glensgraphix]

Sorry, this is long;
The Adelaide SuperKart Club use to race with the motor bike clubs back in the 80's. The Karts were told they were no longer welcome because even the smaller 80cc Karts were faster than some of the bigger bikes and the 250cc's were setting lap records faster than the national level cars had set. The bike riders didn't like that. So they had to organise all their own events and had to have licenced officials. They asked if the local officials club to do the events. The club was the South Australian Motor Racing Officials club (S.A.M.R.O.A) who accepted. I was a member at the time and we were blown away by these little things and the racing they were capable of! I have some fond memories of some amazing racing at Adelaide International Raceway (A.I.R.) and Mallala Motorsport Park. If you don't know these tracks please Google these them to save me describing them later. At the end of the event/weekend the Superkart club invited all the officials back to their paddock shed and feed and "watered" us. The amount of drivers who came up to us as individuals to thanks us took us back as it never happened much back then from the cars guys.

A lot of other officials didn't attend, at first, because they didn't think it would be worth it. Word soon got around the to others how great they were. How fantastic the racing and how mental the speeds they were doing. The classes that raced at first were 80cc, 125 cc, 250cc National (single cylinder) and 250 International (twin cylinder) and with 5 or 6 speed gearboxes. One driver I remember, nick named "The Professor" not because he was like Prost but how he built his Karts. He ran an enclosed body with a very laid down seating position and ground effects with a 125cc engine. He was challenging some of the midfield 250 Internationals. He went on to build a twin 125cc engined Kart with enclosed body work and ground effects. He sat between the engines and classed as a 250 International. He did well but not as dominant as when he raced the single 125. The fields were always large and the 80's always had the biggest field due to their cost.

There were crashes like any other form of motor racing would have and I can not think of any seriously hurt drivers except for one at A.I.R. This driver clipped another which launched his Kart into the air and into the concrete barrier along the main straight as A.I.R. had a drag strip too. I think it was a 250 National. There were two wheel marks a blue sidepod mark and helmet mark on the wall about half a metre off the ground for a very long time after. The driver suffered brain damage and I don't think he ever recovered. Most of the crashes were damaged steering or nose cones knocked off the Karts.

I was lucky enough to have a go at a 80cc Kart. It was great to see what a driver got to see as an official and a hell of a lot of fun too. One of our club members and a friend of mine was having a test day and invited a few of us out for a spin at Mallala. If I was being timed I didn't know it. So I had no idea how I went, but that wasn't the point. I knew I was getting quicker. Of course I had a spin too. Only way to find the limit. Even in the 80cc it was amazing how fast it was, I had driven Sprint Karts before and they were not as fast due to not having a gearbox. Both are awesome fun in their own way. I could go on an don about these things. They're just great fun to see.

I implore anyone to have a go at these amazing and awesome little machines! Racing one must be a huge buzz, no pun intended. So Mr Mansell, grow some big balls, not for courage, more for centre of gravity and race one. These race machines are overly under rated!

[dystopianlucidity]

Yes, absolutely yes, I would love to watch you do a full race if not more!

[kellyjohnstone]

My dad is in these clips black kart, number 29 - Bob Johnstone. He won the British GP championships in 1986! Lovely to see him racing as it was before I was born!

[TheNigel]

For the last Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix in Adelaide before it went to Melbourne, the Super Kart support race were invited back and were laping faster than the F1 cars around the street circuit. Senna was so keen on the racing that he almost missed the F1 drivers parade because he was watching the Super Karts going through different sections around the track and had to be picked up on a motor bike and driven back to the pits.

[CreakingJordans]

Having weird déjà vu vibes...haven't I watched this video yet? I'm I the chosen one?

[mikefargo]

In the early days of the Long Beach GP.... they ran the karts as an exhibition race prior to the F1 cars. They were not invited back in later years, as they turned faster lap times than the F1cars.

[petrsvetr]

GO for it Scott! I think you will dominate;-)

[BioFake]

Scott !! You HAVE TO race these !! Can't wait to see the videos you'll make about it !

[alisioardiona]

Go drive the superkart races ! sounds like great content.

[killerdago]

Please race super karts. I’d love to see that.

[fanA]

Drove myself for 2 seasons in Germany. Unforgettable experience and very expensive hobby. I’m missing it a lot. Nice to see that the sport is getting some attention now. Thank you.

[craigwilde]

If you think Superkarts at Adelaide is crazy, I had a video in the mid nineties called This is Karting which included a section showing superkarts racing around a village on the Isle of Mann.
But I’d say take the offer to race one up.

[anthonyw]

Promote go-kart racing? ABSOLUTELY!!!! I WOULD LOVE TO WATCH THIS RACING 🏁

[bryangk]

I wanna see Scott race one of these bad boys!

[nicsrocking]

Would love to see them on Monaco track.