 OT: SF Bay Area Karting, Which facility is best? |
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| Dave_Darling |
 May 6 2004, 04:30 PM
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914 Idiot  Group: Members Posts: 14,991 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California 
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There are a few places around the southern end of the Bay where one can run karts wheel-to-wheel. Most of them are "arrive and drive" deals, where you show up with nothing but a fistful of money, and they provide the suit/helmet/kart/everything. I am considering going driving at one this weekend some time, and was wondering which one you guys prefer, and why?
The only two facilities that I can recall of the top of my head are Le Mans Karting in Fremont, and Speedring down in Santa Clara. I've actually been to Le Mans Karting, but did not drive. How does Speedring compare, and are there similar places around this area? Thanks! --DD |
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| Brad Roberts |
May 6 2004, 08:11 PM
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Last I heard the Millbrae place had a setup on the karts that didnt allow you to hit the brake and gas at the same time... anything change ?
If I had to chose between Lemans and Speed... Speed all the way. The place is pretty nice. Both of them utilize the same timing and scoring system. Lemans wont be around much longer. They are scraping by. Funny thing: I watched this exact same thing take place in Dallas 10 years ago (too many indoor kart places) and ALL of them failed. SpeedR was built on the premise of corporate groups attending "sales force" events. B |
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Dave_Darling OT: SF Bay Area Karting May 6 2004, 04:30 PM
Mueller Dave,
There is a new one up north off of 101, GoK... May 6 2004, 04:32 PM lapuwali I've been to Speedring many times, and it... May 6 2004, 04:38 PM lapuwali Oh, one other thing, Speedring is open late during... May 6 2004, 04:42 PM peridotian If a six foot 4 inch 230 pound fatboy like me can ... May 6 2004, 04:57 PM lapuwali Speedring does have some karts with, erm, "wide" s... May 6 2004, 05:11 PM vortrex I went to speedring before. seemed like a good op... May 6 2004, 05:11 PM Dave_Darling Some other week for the group thing...
I'll h... May 6 2004, 05:13 PM RocknRollFrenzy Been to all of them a number of times. Go-Kart Ra... May 6 2004, 05:24 PM lapuwali The Speedring surface is just a concrete warehouse... May 6 2004, 05:29 PM PatW Dave.
GoKart Racer in Burlingame is far the b... May 6 2004, 08:12 PM
Dave_Darling Thanks! :)
--DD May 6 2004, 11:05 PM |
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