The two facilities are very different. The McMinville track seems more like E-town in that it seems to be a track first, and primarily cars. Looks like a great place for the lessons. No peripheral karting businesses, though. I bet on race weekends, you’ll find the tent programs here.
Pat’s Acres seems like it would be my home. They seem to be a business around karting only. It looks like they have rental leagues, a pro shop, the whole nine.
It seems more likely to me that Pat’s Acres can sell, service, advise and maybe even rents storage and does coaching. If the non-rental series goes through here, too, even better. If you see non-rentals offered for sale there, that’s a good sign.
This feels out of sequence to me. It feels like you got interested in karting, figured out a place that sells karts, went there, got shown a couple karts, and was suggested some coaching. All that is fine, but where’s the rest of the picture?
I dunno about your neck of the woods, but there are businesses that live in the periphery of karting that do all of this stuff and provide you a tent to be under. Someone who knows the drill gets you out on track and through the day. Worth doing like that at first, if money permits.
Don’t buy a kart until you’ve got an idea of how the day goes and whats involved. Its not a huge undertaking, but you need some guidance. It seems weird to me that you are being offered karts and lessons, but being asked to figure out the rest
@DavinRS Who can he talk to? He needs a version of my Jerry. Kid team you can think of, beginner friendly?