Just caught wind of this today (or I forgot about it.) Spring Mountain Karting in Pahrump, NV.
Per their Facebook page today (looks like website isn’t live yet)
Spring Mountain is thrilled to announce we have completed more than 30 days of construction on our upcoming karting complex. As we embark on this exciting journey, we will keep you informed every step of the way.
A significant milestone in the development of the new area just occurred - the paving of the karting area paddock! This crucial step not only marks progress in our construction but also brings us closer to offering an exceptional karting experience. The total 45 acre purpose-built facility will include:
1.13 mile Full course .73 mile North course .40 mile South course 28ft. Wide Built to FIA specifications for Regional and National racing 7.3 Acre Paddock Kart Shop & Storage Private Garages Control Tower & Viewing Area Rental Karts Member’s Lounge
Membership information and track accessibility options coming soon!
Nice looking track. A paddock cover would seem necessity out there.
As an aside, I sometimes I feel like we’re building monuments to our own hubris with the amount of development being done in desert regions. Have to wonder when the water will run out.
Spring Mountain looks like a country club type of motorsport facility, where you need a membership to have regular access to the track. Will the kart track be operating under the same premise?
They copied to track layout from the track at Sloan which closed in 2006… Really really good track. Super high grip…we were regularly pulling 2.5 Gs. Hopefully this one lasts longer than 8 years, as Sloan did.
Who remembers the IKF GNs that they had at Sloan…97 I think? It was so hot we had to race at night under massive lights. Practice started at 5 PM…and we raced till 2 am. The lights attracted about a hundred million grasshoppers, which swarmed under the lights. The karts would then hit them, and off the driving line the track was covered with dead hoppers. Instead of getting off line and losing because you “got in the marbles”…we were always going on and on about how slippery it was “in the hoppers”.
Big full field that year…whatever the max allowed was…I think 42 karts. I started KT light that year about row 5 or 6… right next to me was AJ. That year both Bridgestone and Dunlop Tires were allowed, and most of us made the mistake of using Stones. The Dunlops were way way faster. About 10% of the field was on Dunlops…and they lapped the rest of us like we were standing still… Good times…
Membership at Spring Mountain Motorsports costs $45,000 to join and $5,000 a year in dues. The current membership price includes a $60,000 one-time fee and an annual $6,000 fee. There are different membership levels, with varying fees…
