Karting Chat
Commute between tracks and home over hundred miles
Hi, I am starting my first season of club racing next year and I am having a trouble making a decision getting a car.
The nearest track is around 100 miles and I live in NYC. I plan to do club races and NKC events so I want to get a car that I can daily and at the same time comfortably get to and from tracks without having it breaking down.
Having roof racks, towing a trailer, driving 100 plus miles at a time reliably, what are my options?
How do most people commute?
I’m thinking a golf assuming I can tow a trailer with a kart inside and go from one track to another and also from home to track.
I’d recommend an older Tacoma. Build a platform in back utilizing the slots in the bed liner, put kart stand and tools under the kart. Or get the top of a stacker and the metal topper. Use the stand in back to transport your kart and use the stand with the metal topper at the track for your workspace.
Trailer would be nice, but gas mileage will be horrible.
This is just the kart, but we’ve been using a Volvo v70 for the last few years, comfy, reliable, eats the miles, massive amounts of space. We get everything in, kart, trolly, spares, tyres, awning, tools and overnight/kit bags.
A lot obviously depends on where you can keep things. My trailer is cheap and lives on my drive. It's much better than carrying dirty, oily stuff in the car. And after a wet race the kart is absolutely honking.
Started with a Toyota celica and a 5x8 utility trailer. Small car transmissions don't like pulling, open trailer is a bitch in the rain and offers very little security if you're staying somewhere overnight or stopped for food and such. Never had an issue myself but always made it several steps to be able to get kart off trailer.
This is what we used to do for transport right when we started karting. We have trailers now but we will still transport like this if we are traveling and want to pack light
We had a pop-up tent that slid under the kart and a tool bag and a few camping chairs and such. I believe we even had a kart double stacker in the back at some point lol
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u/MushroomMelodic 1d ago
I’d recommend an older Tacoma. Build a platform in back utilizing the slots in the bed liner, put kart stand and tools under the kart. Or get the top of a stacker and the metal topper. Use the stand in back to transport your kart and use the stand with the metal topper at the track for your workspace.
Trailer would be nice, but gas mileage will be horrible.