What’s the most crazy/bonkers kind of Karting you’ve seen?
Rotax Max on a Dirt sprint track looks damn good to me
CRF450 on grass?
I’ve got more, but I want to see what others have.
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Sprint kart in the dirt = have fun cleaning up.
IoM 250 SK = Bad a$$.
Something about US kart racers not willing g to clean their karts 
I see the same excuse used for not running in the wet. Very weird.
Power wash it and call it good. Put it away wet if you like
Guilty. Who has time for that? Gotta get home after the race.
My karts are clean, just don’t use water (& keep it on the pavement). Oxidation in steel is a thing. Hard to get the water out of the tubing.
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Oh oxidation is a thing for sure. But I’ve never seen it actually be a problem for a kart in regular use, other than a surface rust on the axle.
We’d never get to race in the UK and Ireland if we didn’t race in the rain.
I hear you. You know, it’s funny, but my old steel tube framed dirtbikes (back in the day) lived in the wet at least 50% of the time, & they lived. But then, they’re dirtbikes.
I’ve always been told to never clean with water, & to thoroughly dry any part of the chassis if it does get wet. The thing is, I really think a soap + water wash would probably provide the most thorough cleaning (Plus, my main front spigot has a hot water valve), but it would bug me knowing I couldn’t effectively eliminate all the water from inside the tubing.
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In steel bicycles, you spray some of this inside the frame and then rotate around to coat as much as possible.
Is it temporary or permanent, & have you tried it in a kart chassis?
The verdict is out. Many cyclists will reapply once a year or so - even the stickiest of oils won’t be able to resist gravity’s demands. With that said, bicycles don’t see the vibration or G-loading seen by karts; and in the case of karting, that may help more regularly redistribute the stuff inside. Still probably not a bad idea to reapply in the off-season teardown/inspection.
Note: the stuff is mega sticky after you spray it. I think others use things like boiled linseed oil and the like.