Grassroots Battle: Go-Kart Racing vs. Lawnmower Racing

[JohnBM01]

Let's take a break from exotic muscle and allow me to go down a road less traveled. Two types of "Hometown Horsepower," Go-Kart racing and Lawnmower racing. I've seen both types on television. I've competed indoors at a go-kart facility once and the experience was insane. Seeing a John Deere (John? Hey! That's MY name!) at a Home Depot or someplace makes me imagine just what the heck it would be like to modify it and go racing. Grassroots karting and lawnmower racing are both outside of the definition of what I consider "pure racing cars," but karting and lawnmower racing are both just for fun racing series. So which is better?

I think both series are fun. I've raced go-karts at centers about two times. One at a Supertrack here in Southeast Houston, then at the Davy Jones Kartzone (http://www.kartzone.net) around Ferrari of Houston. So I've done karting around town. Never did anything like Super 1 Karting in Europe, FIA Karting, or those wonderful Superkarts that I've seen before but can't actually describe which ones I'm into the most. The lawnmower racers usually race out around grass and have walls of hay. A lawnmower racer's worst nightmare is to get hay-bathed. But from what I've seen, there are hay ovals and hay road courses. Just being on one is fun in my view. Plus, you modify the lawnmower to a contender against others.

So who takes the cake in the grassroots battle?

 

[Dorifto]

Real karting.

 

[CDailey]

Dude, you have way too much time on your hands.

 

[Dorifto]

Who has too much time on their hands?

 

[Nick_Johnston28]

Here is a pic of me in carson city for the Stars Of Karting event, JICA class.

 

[Dorifto]

Oh my gosh!
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=12134&page=1&pp=20

My fellow kart people how about we post in here ^

 

[kart racer]

O.K. Kart racing is a step up the ladder to a future in racing.Lawnmower racing is a step from the bar. It would be fun, but you can't really look at it as a real sport.This is just my view.Now, lower them down,put them on pavement and up the hp........ you will have some dead rednecks.

 

[Nick_Johnston28]

O.K. Kart racing is a step up the ladder to a future in racing.Lawnmower racing is a step from the bar. It would be fun, but you can't really look at it as a real sport.This is just my view.Now, lower them down,put them on pavement and up the hp........ you will have some dead rednecks.

No a steap from the bar would be barstool racing. :bg:

 

[kart racer]

O.K It's a step up from the bar.

 

[Nick_Johnston28]

Haha, alright