Pole Position Indoor Karting

Saturday night, in honor of Kristen’s Birthday, a group of us met up at Pole Position Raceway for some go-kart racing. We had about 20 of use there, but only a dozen of us were racing. We signed up for a 2 race event. The first race has all 12 of us on the the track and they record your lap times. Then, in the second race they line you up NASCAR style and you have an all-out race.

These go-karts are like none I had ever seen before. They are all electric powered and they are all tied in to a hand-held remote control carried by one of the track officials. When they first let you out of the gate, they are on minimal power. Once everybody is on the track and they have the gate closed, he pushes the button put the karts in high gear. If there is any sort of incident on the track, a quick push of the button and the carts are back in low gear. It’s really a cool way to moderate the races. I’m sure that for more experienced racers, there is a gear higher than they let us have access to. I should thank them for keeping it away from us.

Todd and I both took our camera equipment. I was having a great time taking pictures of the other races that were going on between ours. Shooting at high speed was proving to be quite a challenge. I think I’d like to go back there and just practice shooting.

I hope to make it out there again. We had a great time and it was an awesome way to spend an evening with a dozen people and get them all involved in a single activity. I’m sure this would make a for a great team-building outing for companies. (If any of the higher-ups at my office are reading this… hint hint)

Before you pack up the kids and head over to Pole Position, keep two things in mind. First, it’s not cheap. The two race deal was $55 per person. For a family four, that’s a pricey evening out. Also, these cars are fast. My daughter basically missed the final part of an S turn and drove UNDER the barricade. It ripped her helmet off her head. Amazingly she wasn’t injured at all. Shaken up quite a bit, but nothing that some Aleve and rest couldn’t handle. Make sure the people you take with you have all had experience driving karts before. These are probably not the best for first timers.

Here’s a link to some additional photos from our racing adventures.

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