EP13: "Why should I go Dirt Karting?" with Kyle Keenan

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Kyle Keenan (@KyleKeenan) talks to Davin (@DavinRS) about what makes dirt karting a unique experience. - As always, we’d love if you share the Podcast with your friends.

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Excellent work gents.

I agree with Kyle. After 14 years of straight up sprint karting, I tried a dirt oval race for the first time a couple years ago. I was one of those elitist, European-style karting dudes, right up until that first lap in the dirt kart. Dude, it’s nuts, it’s so fun.

I was given an opportunity to try it from some friends/customers, and had a great time. My favorite part was wearing my Tony Kart suit and showing up with a bright pink and green Arai helmet. Only kid in the paddock wearing a full suit. I looked so out of place. And I was so uncomfortable in the kart for the first half of the day. I kept trying to sit up because I couldn’t see anything and it just felt weird to be laying that far back. But once you find the rhythm, it’s a blast. I qualified deep in the field after I made a mistake on every lap, but I actually had decent race pace once I settled down a bit, only about a tenth off some of the leaders. But it was impossible to recover because like Kyle said, you have literally 2 minutes to get it done. And I started basically last in every heat. It’s so hectic out there, every pass is full contact because it has to be, that’s the only way to get anywhere. But it’s a riot. I loved it.

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This has been on our radar for awhile. Now we might have to make a better effort to give it a go.
For those of you that want to try something new check our road racing too.

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I haven’t done oval track karting, but I have done a lot of oval racing in cars. Did you notice that your emphasis on what matters changes–you are driving the kart a lot more at the maximum more rather than sacrificing some corners on a road course. So a tiny mistake really matters. Also, you have almost zero track time in dirt racing, so you have to giddy-up right away.

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We’ve moved the KartPulse podcast hosting from soundcloud to spreaker and in the process did a little work on the audio. Nothing fancy, but noticed the audio levels were not consistent (Guest loud, host quiet or opposite) I made some corrections (Audio compression) to them.

Of course it’s available in your podcast player of choice too! Despite being recorded a couple of years ago, most of the discussions are pretty evergreen and still relevant.

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