Karting Tips, Cornering By Truman Godfrey Past U.S. Indoor Kart National Champion
Posted by Tom on 11/26/2014

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Karting Tips In Cornering

Entering the corner at full throttle is a thrill but you want to be able to pull the kart around at its maximum speed. Here are some tips that will aid this. Entering the corner be careful not to out break yourself, if you feel that the kart may be loosing the grip it is possible to bring the kart back by using a combination of accelerator and break pedals...be gentle. The idea is to correct this and get back on full throttle as soon as possible it will make the difference of being the fastest. Try to ease the kart into the bend even by just de-accelerating can help the control of the kart but you will need enter the corner on deeper line. One key point to remember is that the smoother you are the faster kart driver you'll be, turning that steering wheel as little as possible, controlling the throttle is essential, wasting valuable speed and physical energy hack sawing the steering wheel only results in slower lap time and although this might not be down to driver error it will result in the same. One advanced technique in karting that you'll see in good kart drivers is the use of weight transfer. This is achieved by pushing your weight over any one of the front wheels. The effect is that the kart will flick or step out forcing the kart to cut the Apex giving you straighter line through the bend. It must be said that this will be something that will come with karting age.

By Truman Godfrey