Legendary kart
Legendary kart
13/03/2024
Don is similar to Bud Hanna in that he’s a car and kart guy. Currently Don has a 1966 Corvette Stingray undergoing restoration as well as an Austin Healy (Text...
Don’s kart collection is so large it is difficult to count; there are karts in various stages of restoration all over the upper level of his large workshop sharing the space with the body...
Legendary kart
12/03/2024
On the return from Jacksonville to Chicago a call was made by Max-Torque Jim to request a viewing of the collection of karts assembled by the Fenwick brothers...
The brotherswho are beef farmers are located at Floyds Knobs, Indiana where their karts are housed in 2 large insulated barns. Having a liking for rear engine American racing karts the brothers have...
Legendary kart
12/03/2024
Located at 103 rd Street Jacksonville the circuit is owned by the city of Jacksonville and is currently home to the North Florida Kart Club (Text and Photos:...
The circuit was the venue for the 1986 FIA/CIK World Karting Championship and caused major controversy back then amongst the European drivers who thought the track unsuitable resulting in many of the...
Legendary kart
11/03/2024
The Association’s second meeting of 2024 was slated for Thursday February 29, through Saturday March 2, at Jacksonville, Florida. All vintage karting interest...
The Bud Hanna Classic Car and Karts Collection
Bud’s collection is located in Booneville, Mississippi, 9 hours driving time from Chicago. The facility occupies an expansive floor area. It is a...
Legendary kart
24/12/2023
A demonstration of karting on the pit straight at Silverstone in 1959 was watched by Albert (Bert) Zains who at that time was racing a 500cc Cooper MkXI. Bert...
Zains was said to have been unfortunately gifted with little practical mechanical expertise. Nevertheless he was very enthusiastic about motorsport and along with a gentleman called John 'Boots...
Legendary kart
22/08/2023
The Dart story began during the summer of 1958 when Herbert E Rupp II, a young 22 years old ex-Marine from Mansfield, Ohio, affectionately known by his two...
Initially Rupp became a Go Kart dealer and purchased kits from the Californian manufacturer which he then set about welding, painting and assembling, skills that his father, an industrialist,...
Legendary kart
18/05/2022
The Vintage Kart Reunion, a one-off meeting, was held in splendid spring weather on Friday May 6 and Saturday May 7, 2022, at the kart, quarter midget and off-...
The event was promoted by Dean Seavers ably assisted by Vince Hughes, Keith CoBen, Michel Edick and Tom Thorin. Unfortunately Tom was unable to be present at the venue due to health issues; he did...
Legendary kart
31/05/2018
The Mike Wilson / Parilla of Fernando Alonso, from Vroom n.342.
As a veteran kart afficionado and lover of the Nineties of the four wheels, the revival of vintage and retro karting convinced me to throw myself on my own personal restoration project. The end of...