| Motor sports were considered as a completely male | | | | participating in this recreational activity. |
| dominated sport in the past. The trend of only men | | | | Types of go karting |
| entering into the motor sports has been changed by | | | | The sprint kart racing is conducted in specially built |
| the introduction of go karting. Karting is a pure motor | | | | circuits that range from 400 to 1600 meters. Sprint |
| sport that can be enjoyed and experienced by both | | | | races are normally short races that last for only |
| male and female equally. | | | | around fifteen to twenty minutes. The championships |
| Women enter into karting for the similar reasons as | | | | that are conducted by the karting world |
| men do; for power, performance and speed. Go | | | | championship and the FIA are sprint races. |
| karting is also called as kart racing. This is a motor | | | | The endurance kart racing is a long period race. The |
| sport, which can be enjoyed by all people regardless | | | | period of this race can even go up to twenty-four |
| of the age barriers. Children above eight years of age | | | | hours. This race mainly focuses on the reliability and |
| can even participate in the kart racing competition. | | | | the pit strategy rather than speed. In US, the |
| There are around 120 tracks organized by the world | | | | endurance race is called as enduro, and the race only |
| karting association all around the globe. Karting was | | | | takes around forty to fifty minutes without the pit |
| established in US in the year 1971, and it is the largest | | | | stops. |
| body that sanctions karting all around the world. Kart | | | | The speedway races are conducted on asphalt or |
| racing has gained its popularity in the 1950’s | | | | clay tracks. The tracks normally have two straight |
| when the karters started racing in the parking lots. | | | | lengths and four left turns. The speedway races are |
| The popularity of this sport grew rapidly thereby | | | | normally conducted between four- twenty laps. |
| making it an organized motor sport event. Now more | | | | These are the major types of go karting races |
| than 100,000 people in US enjoy watching as well as | | | | conducted all around the globe. |