Teamworks Karting has held its prices steady since January 2007, but inevitably prices have to rise in line with increasing supplier costs. Prices have today risen by an average of £1.95 per person, although some events have been reduced: Cadet Club and Cadet Grand Prix events are now just £26.95 if booked online.
This is the first time prices have risen at Teamworks Karting for nearly 4 years, and prices will remain fixed in 2011 despite the forthcoming rise in VAT.
You can save an extra £5 per driver on all of our event formats by booking online: For full details and online booking visit our online events calendar.
Teamworks Karting Ltd
Birmingham | Reading | Letchworth
Tel: 0845 180 3020
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Friday, 15 October 2010
Karting Tips - Overtaking
Kart racing tips from our senior Race Director, Ian Seager
Overtaking
People think that they should always be able to overtake. If it was easy I’d be on television every weekend driving an F1 car! The simple overlooked fact is that you need to be faster than the person in front at some point on the track. If you are much faster you will get past easily. If you are close on speed then you will need to work at it. The best way to slow the person in front down is to make him defend. He will take a slower line to block you if he thinks you might pass him, leaving you a faster line out of the corner and now you are suddenly much faster than him and able to breeze past. You may need to do this for several corners before finally outfoxing him. Be sure to wave as you go past!
OK are you going to simply drive past on the straight, go round someone in the corner or outbrake them when you arrive at a corner. Without a magic wand you are going to have to do one of these if you are going to pass the kart in front. The first is easiest but you will need to be faster through the corner onto the straight to make it work. Going round someone in a corner only works if they are really slow; it’s normally step one on the way to the scene of your accident! Outbraking is the easiest but you must be very close since braking distances in karting are short.
Teamworks Karting Ltd
Birmingham | Reading | Letchworth
Tel: 0845 180 3020
Overtaking
People think that they should always be able to overtake. If it was easy I’d be on television every weekend driving an F1 car! The simple overlooked fact is that you need to be faster than the person in front at some point on the track. If you are much faster you will get past easily. If you are close on speed then you will need to work at it. The best way to slow the person in front down is to make him defend. He will take a slower line to block you if he thinks you might pass him, leaving you a faster line out of the corner and now you are suddenly much faster than him and able to breeze past. You may need to do this for several corners before finally outfoxing him. Be sure to wave as you go past!
OK are you going to simply drive past on the straight, go round someone in the corner or outbrake them when you arrive at a corner. Without a magic wand you are going to have to do one of these if you are going to pass the kart in front. The first is easiest but you will need to be faster through the corner onto the straight to make it work. Going round someone in a corner only works if they are really slow; it’s normally step one on the way to the scene of your accident! Outbraking is the easiest but you must be very close since braking distances in karting are short.
Teamworks Karting Ltd
Birmingham | Reading | Letchworth
Tel: 0845 180 3020
Friday, 1 October 2010
Karting Tips - Race Start
Kart racing tips from our senior Race Director, Ian Seager
Race Start
Well the famous saying is that you can’t win the race at the first corner, but you can certainly lose it! Whilst it may be a great chance to overtake a few people it’s also your best chance of getting parked in a barrier! Have a plan. Decide which side of the track you would like to be on approaching the corner. Watch other races and see where the traffic queue forms to get round. See where people are spinning or getting slowed by contact. Then in your race position yourself, brake a little earlier and pick your way past the people making a mess of things. Job done...
Teamworks Karting Ltd
Birmingham | Reading | Letchworth
Tel: 0845 180 3020
Race Start
Well the famous saying is that you can’t win the race at the first corner, but you can certainly lose it! Whilst it may be a great chance to overtake a few people it’s also your best chance of getting parked in a barrier! Have a plan. Decide which side of the track you would like to be on approaching the corner. Watch other races and see where the traffic queue forms to get round. See where people are spinning or getting slowed by contact. Then in your race position yourself, brake a little earlier and pick your way past the people making a mess of things. Job done...
Teamworks Karting Ltd
Birmingham | Reading | Letchworth
Tel: 0845 180 3020
Friday, 17 September 2010
Karting Tips - Practice Time!
Kart racing tips from our senior Race Director, Ian Seager
Practice Time!
You know it never ceases to amaze me how many times people crash in practice, often on the first lap! You need to learn which way each corner turns, how wide they are, where to brake and which line to use before you can get anywhere near a competitive lap time. Even Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton can't break any track record on their first lap. Use the time to practice and learn the track, not waste it finding out how good the marshals are at pulling you out of the barrier!
Teamworks Karting Ltd
Birmingham | Reading | Letchworth
Tel: 0845 180 3020
Practice Time!
You know it never ceases to amaze me how many times people crash in practice, often on the first lap! You need to learn which way each corner turns, how wide they are, where to brake and which line to use before you can get anywhere near a competitive lap time. Even Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton can't break any track record on their first lap. Use the time to practice and learn the track, not waste it finding out how good the marshals are at pulling you out of the barrier!
Teamworks Karting Ltd
Birmingham | Reading | Letchworth
Tel: 0845 180 3020
Friday, 3 September 2010
Karting tips - Steering
Kart racing tips from our senior Race Director, Ian Seager
Steering
Lots of people come karting after playing racing games on their Playstation and think that all you have to do is turn the wheel to get round the corner. If only it was that simple! The steering on a kart is very direct, which means that only a very small turn of the wheel results in a big change of direction. You have to learn to be precise. Also, whenever you are tunring the wheel you are using power to turn (due to tyre grip) and thus losing speed., thus learn to minimise your steering inputs. Finally, as you turn the wheel the grip builds up in the front wheels to turn the kart. If you turn the wheel too quickly the front wheels will lose grip and you will run wide in the corner! Watch a very quick driver and you will notice that he hardly ever seems to turn the wheel. He has learnt all these lessons!
Teamworks Karting Ltd
Birmingham | Reading | Letchworth
Tel: 0845 180 3020
Steering
Lots of people come karting after playing racing games on their Playstation and think that all you have to do is turn the wheel to get round the corner. If only it was that simple! The steering on a kart is very direct, which means that only a very small turn of the wheel results in a big change of direction. You have to learn to be precise. Also, whenever you are tunring the wheel you are using power to turn (due to tyre grip) and thus losing speed., thus learn to minimise your steering inputs. Finally, as you turn the wheel the grip builds up in the front wheels to turn the kart. If you turn the wheel too quickly the front wheels will lose grip and you will run wide in the corner! Watch a very quick driver and you will notice that he hardly ever seems to turn the wheel. He has learnt all these lessons!
Teamworks Karting Ltd
Birmingham | Reading | Letchworth
Tel: 0845 180 3020
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