Racing Dirt Go-Carts

If you're an off-road fanatic, try racing dirt go-carts.

Racing dirt go-carts is a little different from competition with a street racer. Off-road go-carts are specialist carts that require time to refine the details of the cart to make them run better on a dirt track. You will likely race your cart on a variety of different terrains. This makes it exciting to build and tailor-make your cart especially for these different conditions.

Racing dirt go-carts require you to have knowledge of how to custom build your chassis to allow for uneven, rough road conditions. Off-road carts also need bigger wheels for better road holding and ground clearance. There are other special systems that need to be installed to help your cart deal with rough road conditions.

Racing dirt go-carts requires time and patience and it's not for the faint-hearted. Your cart chassis needs to be balanced and tires need to have the correct and equal pressure so that you don't overturn. It can be quite tricky to learn race dirt go-carts and it will help if you have a sponsor to keep you on the track.

A sponsor is somebody who will provide you with help and guidance (and possibly money) as you learn about racing dirt go-carts competitively. You should start by visiting the racing circuit and pay a visit to the pits. Here you will meet people who may be selling their carts or engines as they move onto better models.

But before buying a go cart you need to learn as much as possible about the the industry. This will help you to decide if racing dirt go-carts is really for you. Don't spend a lot of money initially as you might decide it's not for you after all. When you build your cart it helps to know something about mechanics or to have help from someone who does.

You can learn a lot from others who are involved in racing dirt go-carts. You need to learn a lot about which tires to use - either tread or slicks and the correct number of teeth to use on your clutch for example. This varies according to the terrain. Try to have two engines and re-build one about half way into the racing season. By the end of the first year you might have spent about $5000 so think carefully before getting into racing dirt go-carts.

So be sure to check out our pages about How To Build a Go-Cart, Racing Go-Carts, Go-Cart Kits, and Go-Cart Parts elsewhere on this site.