Vroom Karting Magazine

14/11/2024

Ride along with Racelab / TB Kart driver Christian Miles, competing in the KA100 Senior class at the SKUSA SuperNationals, in this ed...

13/11/2024

Not only Supernats. Since it's Supernats' week, here's a refresher on how the whole North American karting works ..

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27 June 2024 - The USA presents a karting scene much more fragmented than it might appear when viewed from Europe with our parameters. Upon closer inspection, American karting is a vast galaxy with various independent systems orbiting within it. Let's discover what they are. (fm)

13/11/2024

12/11/2024

If there were dads truly interested in saving money, that would be news, but for now, those who spend the most in karting still have the upper hand. However, it’s not impossible that the golden age of sky-high costs for a season in karting could one day come to an end. After all, if millions of jobs worldwide are at risk due to AI, why should karting — or at least what it’s become in recent years — be exempt from the threats technology poses? This is a bit of provocation, but if we consider karting solely for what it represents in the FIA feeder series — pure training — then the question is whether Sim Racing can truly shape the drivers of tomorrow. Later this month, the American driver Max Esterson, who learned to race ‘iRacing’ in his bedroom in Manhattan during his teens, will make his debut in F2. Last year, albeit with limited success, Cem Bölükbaşı tried the same path in F2. Although things didn’t go as hoped, he now competes in the European Le Mans Series, which is no small feat. Few sports can shape driving skills and character as karting does, and even if Verstappen hasn’t raced karts in years and now prefers the SIM, it was in karts that he became the phenomenon we know today, much like Lewis Hamilton and many others throughout history. But times change, and one day not too far from now, SIM racing could become a valid and more affordable alternative to karting for wannabe drivers...

12/11/2024

12 November 2024 - Karting, SIM Racing, and motorsport are three different worlds, certainly, but they share a common foundation—the passion for motorsport among those who engage in them. But are they truly interconnected? We met (alias Steve Brown), a hugely popular YouTuber who has mad...

10/11/2024

10 November 2024 - A parking lot at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway will host the annual event for the third time in its 27 editions, welcoming drivers from around the world to Las Vegas, Nevada, from November 13-17. This year, the race will be held on a track layout chosen through a poll among karting...

07/11/2024

Naked motorcycles have become a staple in the lineups of major manufacturers: cafèracers have carved out a respectable niche in the motorcycle world, and in karting, there’s no denying it — when one of these beauties shows up on the track, a crowd still gathers around it. They’re beautiful, they’re sexy, there’s no doubt about it. Today, their natural environment is historical trackdays, which fortunately remain plentiful for enthusiasts, allowing these beauties to once again be admired and even driven by a lucky few. According to some, if karts were still naked today, races would be different, and karting would be even more educational than it is with heavily armored vehicles — and there’s some logic to that argument. After all, even today, drivers can still flip over, despite front and rear bumpers. And with a naked kart, it’s implied that before attempting a maneuver — which needs to be both precise and clean — you’d think it over ten times and never even consider pushing on the driver in front of you. What if manufacturers were to bring old chassis back to the market, resuming small-scale production for the growing community of fans of this type of vehicle (not for competitions, of course, which now have different regulations), would you go buy one? What engine would you race it with?

05/11/2024

There's been a lot of talk about Sim Racing and how much Max Verstappen enjoys dedicating his free time to it. But let's be clear: if last sunday Max mesmerized his fans—and even got a nod of respect from those who don’t love him—it’s because he's spent a huge amount of time driving gokarts in the wet, back in his karting days. Whether or not you approve of his dad Jos’ coaching methods (“stay out there until your hands are frozen, then come back to the pit and put them on the exhaust until the gloves start to melt, then back on track”), all that training in the rain has paid off. And let's not forget that where Max grew up, it rains quite a bit all year round. Hats off to Max and to all the drivers who bring out that something extra in the rain, a quality only a few have. Are you one of those kart racers who pray for a wet track on Sunday?  ⛈️⛈️⛈️

31/10/2024

Good old times, those of the fairs. Among the many casualties of modernity, fairs are among those we miss the most: for the sense of wonder they brought us as children, for the new things they let us see before anyone else, and for the unmissable race, with F1 drivers, in the parking lot-turned-racetrack. Not all of them are gone, of course, but the volume of motorsport fairs has greatly diminished, if not vanished, in many countries, replaced by countless—and all somewhat boring—digital alternatives. Interestingly, motorsport fairs are holding strong especially in the USA and the UK, not coincidentally two countries with a vast grassroots scene that seems immune to decline, perhaps because it’s constantly fed by newcomers. Elsewhere, karting seems to thrive without the fairs and has reached sky-high levels of cost and prestige, but remains far removed from the grassroots: it doesn’t attract everyday people, who prefer SIM racing or other more accessible sports (even just as a place to go). Today’s karting, except for the two cases above, seems to speak almost exclusively to itself, and is passed down primarily through family lines. Could it be that the good old fairs are what’s needed to spread the seed among those who don’t yet know karting?

31/10/2024

Birelart Racing Rising Stars is born: il nuovo programma per promuovere il vivaio Easykart 🌟

Oltre a partecipare alla WSK Final Cup, è prevista la definizione di un programma specifico con il reparto corse per la stagione 2025. 🔥

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30/10/2024

Rental Rental 2025 EDITION OF THE 24 HOURS KARTING OF ITALY TO TAKE PLACE AT THE CREMONA CIRCUIT The 2025 edition of the prestigious 24 Hours Karting organized by CRG changes location, moving to the Cremona Circuit, a modern and very beautiful facility that has structures capable of guaranteeing max...

30/10/2024

29 October 2024 - The 2024 edition of the RMCGF in Sarno confirmed the success of the race format and solidified the event’s position as one of the most important on the global racing calendar.

29/10/2024

We all have two natures, and it’s difficult to make them coexist; that’s why, at a certain point, we need to take a stand. Right or wrong, by the rules or against them, to be punished or praised: the vice of speed paired with the virtues of sport. Motorsport stirs deep emotion for those who practice it, those who follow it, and those who comment on it. And if, at some point in life, we chose it, it’s for all it awakens within us. Racing represents, in its own unique way, a kind of struggle for survival, and it’s from this story that passion often springs: the F1 duels of the past, the endless discussions about Senna and Prost, about Biaggi and Valentino Rossi, or about who is the greatest of all time, whether behind the wheel, on two wheels, around a circuit, or on the mountain roads of the TT. These are people admired by many, who fought tooth and nail, often walking the fine line of the rules, and sometimes going beyond them. We cannot pick one side or the other, as each position is valid in its own way and has its own logic—even that of changing times, which we can accept. But if this sport excites us, if it moves us, if it stirs something unique within us, it’s also because there are races fought to the limit, pushing as far as they can go…

28/10/2024

28 October 2024 - In the lat few days, images of lad-and-dad Raikkonens at the Rotax Grand Finals in Sarno have been everywhere on social media. Kimi has confirmed that, for now, having fun is the main goal, as for the future, who knows...

28/10/2024

27 October 2024 - It’s Finals Day at the Circuito Internazionale di Napoli in Sarno, Italy. After a week of hard-fought racing, it was time to crown champions at the 2024 RMC Grand Finals. Drivers from around the world battled one last time to have the chance to bask in the glory and fame of winni...

26/10/2024

26 October 2024 - In the most fiercely contested class of the Rotax World Championship, the favored British drivers eliminated each other, paving the way for Stevens, who, once in the lead, claimed a decisive victory. Wins for the British came in Micro and Junior, while the younger Babickovas’ bro...

25/10/2024

25 October 2024 - The likely scenario for the finals in Sarno takes shape on the penultimate day of racing: seven British drivers occupy the top seven spots in Senior Max, with local favorite Pappacena ready to spoil the party. Italian drivers are aiming for the challenging goal of securing a podium...