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Category: Miscellaneous

Racing Dreams: Go Kart Guru Movie Review

May 14, 2010 June 30, 2021Miscellaneous 0

Having hung around the go-kart racing scene I was intrigued when I first saw the trailer for Racing Dreams, especially when I first saw it in the theaters.  This movie hit the right notes for me, because I am extremely fond of go kart racing and it really gets my […]

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The Grand Prix Race….How To Win A Pine Wood Derby Race

February 21, 2010 June 29, 2021Miscellaneous 1

You may be wondering where the News Letters have been at?!  Well been a little waylaid by the annual Grand Prix Pine Wood Derby race that we have at the Awana’s group every year. It is the same panic every year.  Get the car blocks/wheels/axles in a kit every year […]

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Go Kart Building, Triangles and Cosines: The Key to The Unknown

January 23, 2010 July 17, 2021Miscellaneous 2

This article is going to discuss something most may groan at, and that is trigonometry.  Before you dismiss this article, you may be suprised at how simple and how fluid trignometry is.  Once you get past the “Ugh Math!” part, you will see how essential and useful trignometry is. Why […]

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The Go Kart Guru: A Year In Review 2009

December 18, 2009 June 29, 2021Miscellaneous 0

Well this has been quite a year. We made a wood go kart a pedal wood go kart and managed to work on the vertical engine go kart little bit this year too.  We made a full-length video and managed to get a blog up this year as well. We’ve […]

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Getting The Go Kart Ready For The Winter

September 12, 2009 June 19, 2021Miscellaneous 0

Fall is approaching and those winter months are just around the corner. The go kart will need to be put away for the winter because typically it is too cold and too wet and too slippery to ride a go kart in wintertime. There are some key tips or key […]

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Why Vertical Engines Run Vertical

July 25, 2009 June 18, 2021Miscellaneous 0

The excited youth had just mounted his vertical engines sideways. He had ingeniously mounted it to a board. He had a simple belt drive set up for the go kart he was planning to run it on. He’d done all the things necessary to get this engine to run horizontally, […]

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