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  • Red Bull Kart Fight Video

    Red Bull Kart Fight Video
  • Just another Saturday for Daytona…

    Just another Saturday for Daytona…

    Over the last 21 years I have been lucky enough to be involved in some very glamorous and exciting karting events. Race Directing the Daytona 24 Hours on the Race Of Champions Circuit on the pitch at Wembley Stadium was a highlight, as was entering an endurance race with Tom Cruise. However my privileged viewing…

  • How to win the F1 championship

    How to win the F1 championship

    Formula 1 is enjoying probably the best season for about 15 years. As British motorsport fans we all enjoyed watching Lewis’ successes over the previous three years, just as much as we enjoyed watching Button, Hill and Mansell thrashing everyone in their hey-days (with Adrian Newey’s help in most cases), but really F1 hasn’t been…

  • I won’t watch F1 on Sky Sports

    I won’t watch F1 on Sky Sports

    Motor racing fans throughout the UK are in shock this week, due to the announcement that Sky Sports will be the only place to watch the entire 2013 F1 season. The BBC are putting a brave face on the fact that they have half the races but the deal beggars belief. Over the last two-and-a-half…

  • Black Flag

    Black Flag

    How many of you run a business where you have to tread the fine line between giving your customers a great time and “punishing” them? We aim to provide our customers with good, old-fashioned service. We also aim to keep our customers safe as they race around our circuits, at just one inch off the ground.…

  • Strike whilst the irons hot…

    Strike whilst the irons hot…

    When I realised that most British kids would have the day off on Thursday due to the teachers’ strike, I asked Jon, our Group Sales Manager, to schedule some Junior karting sessions at all three tracks for the day. When he said he could only schedule some at Daytona Milton Keynes, I was a little…

  • Our Marshals are Electric

    Our Marshals are Electric

    It’s just over a week now until Bluebird Electric attempts to surpass its own U.K. electric land speed record, which was set 11 years ago. The target speed is 160 mph, with the aim to one day secure the world land speed record for an electric vehicle. The venue is Pendine Sands in Pembrokeshire, Wales.…

  • National Motorsport Week Update

    National Motorsport Week Update

    National Motorsport Week Spreads Across the Country Teams, venues, championships and businesses right across the United Kingdom are embracing the re-energised National Motorsport Week (25 June-3 July) with a raft of different initiatives and activities. The latest companies to support the initiative are: M-Sport Prodrive Silverstone Croft Knockhill Mercedes-Benz World Dunlop Daytona Following last week’s…

  • Ten tips to drive a kart faster!

    Ten tips to drive a kart faster!

    It doesn’t matter how quick you are in a kart… there is always someone faster. Imagine being the second fastest karter in the UK about 12 years ago when Lewis Hamilton was winning everything. Over the last 21 years, I have watched over a million people drive karts. Some have been quick and some haven’t.…

  • Lewis Hamilton Karting at Daytona Milton Keynes

    Lewis Hamilton Karting at Daytona Milton Keynes

    The video below shows Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Driver and 2009 F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton returning to his karting roots at Daytona Milton Keynes. Onboard footage shows Lewis taking T4’s Georgie for a few laps around the International Circuit.