Go Karting
 

Anyone fancy a go karting session before the bad weather sets in?

I've done Sandown recently which is a fantastic circuit, but would be open to suggestions if ones has any ideas.

Would be good to get a few of us together for a race or arrive and drive session.

This is an excellent circuit http://www.buckmore.co.uk/ which I have done an endurance race on with my dad and we came 2nd overall and got a trophy which I am very proud off :yeah: lol one of the best karting circuits around in my opinion :ok:

Definitely up for some karting!

I'd be up for that, used to do it quite a bit when i was at Uni but that was about 10 years ago!

Count me in :)

These would probably be the places to choose from:

http://www.daytona.co.uk/venues/sandown/index.php - excellent circuit
http://www.buckmore.co.uk/ - never been but supposed to be brilliant
http://www.qleisure.co.uk/ - never been there so have no idea what it's like

My girlfriends ex used to do the 24 hour le mon karting years back and said its fantastic at buckmore. I'm going there on October the 5th so if you don't go by then I'll let you know what it's like!

I'm popping up to Sandown on Monday evening if anyone fancies coming up for a practice?

(7.30 session on the faster DMAX karts)

i would be interested in this!! how about lydd???

I'm certainly down for this with a bit of notice but Monday I can't do :(

interested at some point but no can do monday:sadnod:

This still needs to happen!

Well we went to buckmore park karting last night for my mates stag do. There was 12 of us, very well organised and run place. Excellent track we done a 5 minute practice/qualifying which put me on pole and then I went on to win the 30 minute race!! So an even better day for me, wouldn't hesitate about going back it was absolutely superb and the best track i've done so far, highly recommend.
Then 14 of us out to Maidstone for a night out, few good bars then on to there club 'wonderland' cheap drinks and not a bad club at all really i've been in a lot worse and it doesn't kick out till 3.30! Back to premiere inn at 4.30am by the time we demolished a kebab and chips. Great day and night out really really good. Premiere inn is by the canal aswel if you like that sort of thing.

Sounds ideal. We need to get some karting going on!! Would be a good bit of fun for jonny to practice his driving skills.

id be up for abit of karting....iv done abit over the yrs....:drive:

With Buckmore the organiser needs to pay in full up front. I've tried to organise events there but I'm not putting a load of my own dough down in case people can't turn up, cancel etc.

I much prefer the atmosphere and staff at http://www.bayfordkarting.co.uk in Sittingbourne. Really relaxed, decent karts and a fun, fast circuit plus everyone pays on the night. A fair amount cheaper than Buckmore too. I've organised I think 3-4 events there in the last 2 years and they've always been great fun.

2mins from my house....really good track...wide fast flowing and long lap(for karts)....

theres races there every weekend....

Anyone still fancy this?

Did the Crawley track last week and it's pretty good, they can organise an exclusive race if we get 8-12 people

I'm in :)

Count me in, although been about 10 years since i last went karting...

I might be interested ;) :drive:

That's a true racer. Getting the excuses in early!

Depending upon when this is I may be able to join. Nice and easy to get to as an after work thing.

Are you aiming for the full track Gary (Fri/Sat/Sun Evenings I think)?? I'd be interested if you are...

If it's Monday to Thursday I'd be interested as I can go straight from work, finish at 12:30 on Fridays so it's a long afternoon to kill.

The old man (Big 'E') got on the podium there in an endurance race! 20 years ago tho, when he was my weight!!!!! :rofl: :hbags::oldman:
Great track.

Got the fastest lap of the night last time I was there. Even beating young skinny types with their own race suits and helmets :D:D:D:D
Was wanting to try the Brighton venue, as done Crawley 3 or 4 many times in several configurations.

What kind of dates would suit everyone?

I rang today and if we do a weekday evening it'll be either the upstairs or the downstairs circuit, it's luck of the draw which one apparently

Other option is getting a couple of teams together and do the endurance event. (Teams of 2-4 apparently)

would be a laugh:ok:

lakeside track is brilliant ,, and they do endurance races etc over two hours with up to four drivers per team or if you fancy an hour each teams of two :-)

I think Crawley is probably best location wise for most people as its central to the region. I know i wouldn't be able to get up to lakeside for an evening without knocking off work early.

Moley - any weekday evening should be fine for me.

Ive got a indoor kart track 5min from my house thats a bonus on another note there is a track just off the A2 bypass heading from canterbury towards M2 London .

Is it possible to have the whole track (upstairs and downstairs? ) I may be interested when and approx cost?

Did this ever take off? I'd be really interested in coming :) an easy way to meet everyone aswell.... Sittingbourne sounds good?

I would love to do this, I recall quite a while ago we had tried to sort it with no avail.
Lakeside or Crawley or Sittingbourne all look cool.

Even if one person ends up booking it and holds everyone's money to pay? Whomever is the most known and trusted person to be going lol

Who is sorting this out before it snows? Lol

I wonder if anyone really wants to go?!

I'm definitely up for it. If we can't get numbers for an exclusive event does anyone fancy an evening season at Crawley?

Season or session?? ;)

As mentioned before, would prefer the full track at Crawley but would be up for it either way.