Kart blog

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Go Kart Racing Strategy
Before the race starts, you may want to consider a racing strategy. This is something that fans of Formula 1 will be familiar with, but for those that aren’t in the know: a racing strategy is a carefully detailed plan used to achieve a specific goal. In most cases, this ‘specific goal’ is winning a race (unless you’re Sauber, in which case your ‘specific goal’ might be finishing a race).

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tuck It \ Stick it: Usually used by two stroke racers to describe what happens when you run to lean and the piston sticks and usually seizes the engine.
• Tater Digger: Derogatory term used to describe a four-stroke motor in a karting application. Maybe don’t use this one.
• Tow: Another term for “drafting.”

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Jug: The body portion of a two-stroke engine, which includes the cylinder.
• Pipe: The exhaust of a 2-stroke engine. May also be referred to (incorrectly) as “expansion chamber” and (correctly) as “tuned pipe.”
• Laydown Enduro Kart: A kart set up for a long track (Over 1.2mi) and races for at least 30 Minutes. The driver lays down in a horizontal position, hence the name.

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Graining: Describes the appearance of a tire that looks somewhat like sandpaper. Occurs usually when the tire has been operated just outside its ideal range.
• Hot Shoe: A frequent race winner

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The second type simply has no clutch at all. The motor and rear axle are permanently connected. These karts are started by pushing.
• Expansion Chamber: The section of a two-stroke exhaust system designed to capture the and time the travel of expanded gases past the divergent cone (the “balloon” part of the pipe.

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The first type (by far the most common) is equipped with an automatic, centrifugal clutch that operates like a moped. This is the kind of setup you’ll find on everything from rentals, Briggs 206 and TAG.

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Direct Drive: Essentially it means single gear kart, but has spawned two meanings.
The first type (by far the most common) is equipped with an automatic, centrifugal clutch that operates like a moped. This is the kind of setup you’ll find on everything from rentals, Briggs 206 and TAG.