Seeing Scott so blown away says a lot about how crazy these things are tbh.

@Kacpa2

Жыл бұрын

Normal gokarts are already incredibly fun. You sit almost literarily on the ground.

@aidarhelpswithenglish4160

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, and Scott drove ex F1 cars. That kart must feel terrible

@danielthompson3849

Жыл бұрын

@@aidarhelpswithenglish4160 he loved it. Went out for one lap in the dry after the cameras stoped came in after 5 laps with a massive grin

@dingusmagee3326

Жыл бұрын

and that old bloke has been racing the fucker for 5 years, what a psychopath

@danielthompson3849

Жыл бұрын

@@dingusmagee3326 bit harsh. Some have been racing them since they where 16 And he is a good friend of mine

Haha go kart go vrrm

@IronOre33

9 ай бұрын

💀😭😭

@IronOre33

9 ай бұрын

Why did i die from this

@kasinathanu2794

3 ай бұрын

go kart: go vroom vroom Me: kachow

the fact that scott is lost for words really gives me an idea for how raw these go carts are..... I reallllyyyyy want one

@jvsyoutube3298

Жыл бұрын

driven a 50hp one, yeah, its completly insane, and adrenalinrush is, YES!

@therealf.b.i9468

Жыл бұрын

Even a 32hp rotax max scared the sht out of me when i first drive it the adrenaline rush when you first drive this thing is insane but when you get used to it the fear is just gone you still get a little bit of adrenaline rush when getting oversteer and getting close to the wall.

@darianistead2239

Жыл бұрын

​@@jvsyoutube3298 Yep, scary af.. Back when I raced carts my old mans mate let me have a practice in his supercart, it had cesna brakes, 250cc rotax, 6speed, I think back then it was around 90hp.. I near touched cloth driving that thing, was way off the pace but the speed I thought I was going was absolutely insane.

@ShadowRacing

Жыл бұрын

I think they're over £30k

@twanheijkoop6753

Жыл бұрын

@@therealf.b.i9468 drove a 36hp kart for the first time when I was 16 with my dad on holiday. My only experience with racing then was indoor karting. Scared the shit out of me for the first few laps.

That part when Callum "can't pull away" and here comes Scot doing somewhat of a baby run to tell Callum the obvious was so annoyingly amusing 😂

@purwantiallan5089

Жыл бұрын

The Superkart costed $500k.

@danielthompson3849

Жыл бұрын

@@purwantiallan5089 where did you get that idea from. The most expensive brand new all carbon bodywork kart is 25k/ 30k. The one in the video (number 67) was built for Less than 5k

@SopwithTheCamel

Жыл бұрын

Really?

@danielthompson3849

Жыл бұрын

@@SopwithTheCamel ????

@jeremyclares4851

Жыл бұрын

@@danielthompson3849 he is trolling and he is pretty much a bot

Love seeing Bananaru any time. Feels like it's a great benchmark car, just having the same car with admirable performance in different situations and tracks.

Use to race unlimited 125 CC Shifters (106mph max) and had a friend racing the 250 cc on the California great tracks like Laguna, Sears point, Big Willow and others. At time the great 4 times Grand Prix Motorcycle champion Mr. Eddie Lawson would come race with us in his Yamaha 250 cc superkart. It was not even a contest when he was on the track. The guy is crazy fast. One year the club did an exhibition race at the Rolex Sport Cars Series (2000 to 2013) that was held in Laguna. Patrick Dempsey was racing Mazda Rotary at the time coming to check out the 250 karts and the drivers as they were just 3 seconds off from the Rolex Series GT Factory Cars (1,000+hp). If I recall correctly, after checking out the kart, Patrick looked at the driver who raced the one 250cc's and said. "you guys are nuts."

@plav032

Жыл бұрын

Wow this comment needs more upvotes! Some serious talent to drive these things at the limit!

@purwantiallan5089

Жыл бұрын

@Keichi Tsutsiya Keichi san, this Superkart could be as fast as Super GT500 cars.

@vagabondroller

Жыл бұрын

Haha, all you are doing is revealing to the world that you are a sad angry little boy, who can’t get any.

@trevor4533

Жыл бұрын

@@purwantiallan5089 This dude really just used Japanese honorifics for a fake ass account 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@JohnDoe-gn3rg

Жыл бұрын

Hey do you know my dad? He raced 250cc single but had a really cool idea by putting a 450cc in. On the faster tracks he would use the 250cc in and on the slower tight tracks he would us the 450cc 4 stroke.

That was brilliant lads, old school top gear vibes. Keep it up, don’t get too scripted, keep it light and have fun… great stuff

@michaelgomez3044

Жыл бұрын

So I was not alone in thinking that!

Jesus what an incredible bit of kit. no way I'd go near it!

@petiertje

Жыл бұрын

I'd stand next to it (at a respectable distance). Drive it? no way. I'll stick to sim racing where I can crash to my hearts content :-)

@piuthemagicman

Жыл бұрын

​@@petiertje danger makes racing racing, sorry, you gotta try to understand

Back around 2000 they drove those things on the Nordschleife. Not at racespeed, but definitely not slow either. I was around 8 back then and I had mad respect for those daredevils. If anything, my respect only grew over the years as I found my way into simracing.

@DeFausti

Жыл бұрын

GT3s running around the Nordschleife is already super scary, can't imagine with this or an old F1, the drivers back then were absolutely crazy. Or as Niki Lauda said: "My personal opinion is that the Nurburgring is just too dangerous to drive on nowadays,” he said . “On any of the modern circuits if something breaks on my car I have a 70/30 chance that I will be all right or I will be dead. Here, if you have any failure on the car, one hundred percent death. We're not discussing if I make a mistake, but if I have failure on the car. If I make a mistake and kill myself, then tough shit."

@Rentta

Жыл бұрын

They also drove those in Isle of Man

@sl-je5fg

Жыл бұрын

Man that’s mad, with all the bumps and elevation and grip changes that must have been a proper nightmare

@ciello___8307

Жыл бұрын

@@DeFausti At least with GT3 cars, theres rollcages and they are built to withstand crashes. In superkarts, you have no protection

@savagex466-qt1io

Жыл бұрын

@@DeFausti Whats so dangours or crazy about the old f1 cars ? I keep hearing people talk about it

3:54 - have done that too many times in a go-kart because their power/weight ratio is bonkers compared to regular sized racing vehicles. If someone says they've never spun their go-kart out on a corner, you can confidently say they're a liar :)

@fredpinczuk7352

Жыл бұрын

In the rain, second corner at Sear Points. Then later at the last right just before the Carrousel. Be honest, the scariest for me was when my front tires overheated. They were my practice tires but gripping so well I decided to keep them on for the next event. Was a Big Willow in Willow Springs CA. Was on my 5th or 6th lap, 1st place. Doing about 105 mph on the long straight and into the left hand bend. Lost complete grip, and understeered at 70+ mph out of the corner and into the gravel. Managed to safe it, and finished 2nd place. Still have the skid plate mounted on my garage wall with all the scratches and rocks hits.

@tedecker3792

Жыл бұрын

A kart spins around its center of gravity (you). The sensation is that of bouncing up and down in one spot as the scenery spins around you.

So awesome to see Superkarts get the love they deserve. We’ve been racing Superkarts since I was 13 (39 now) and there simply isn’t anything out there that can touch the performance envelope of a well developed Super. These reactions are very real for Super first-timers. Awesome video!

The fact that Scott who has driven an F1 car is that pumped up after this shows how crazy this is! Brilliant video!

Ever since I’ve seen these at Assen, where I marshal, last year I’ve been terrified of these things. Amazing to watch, but I’d never step into one of these. Props to Scott for stepping in and I can’t wait for these to pass me again at insine go kart speeds this summer

@jblcharge3_basstester

Жыл бұрын

Assen great coty (i live there haha) the tt circuit and the small version look amazing! Id love to drive karts on there

@tiemenscholten3755

Жыл бұрын

@@jblcharge3_basstester these super karts are just something else. If I remember correctly, they take the main straight as fast as the superbikes

@Zoldergamer

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesinoregon1081 they have their own races and i believe they have similair lap times as motogp around assen because they can corner faster

Oh do I remember driving go-karts, as kids my brother and I went to a summer holiday camp two years running where for half of each day we maintained, drove & raced go-karts. So much fun!

@patrickschneider1986

Жыл бұрын

Jo what a nice Camp. I always were in the forest building 'houses' :D

@licensetodrive9930

Жыл бұрын

@@patrickschneider1986 Those two holidays were so good, a world away from the 'walking holidays' my brother & I also got sent on; two weeks walking over the mountains of Scotland... The views we got to see were wonderful, but didn't quite make up for the horrible wet windy cold weather and all that walking on steep rough terrain we had to experience to see them.

7:33 That is my dear friend and mentor Barbara Hepworth who hit the wall first at the Adelaide F1 Grand Prix. I think it was wet or there was oil on that section of the circuit and she plus a few others just went straight into the wall. She won the race one year before or after.

I love that before/ after race adrenaline rush! In the middle of race it is not noticeable.

I remember for years the gokarts held the lap record at Westwood Race Track in Coquitlam BC (RIP) and it took Formula A's to finally beat the time. Utterly insane !

The poorly blurred out “driven” in the hood had me dying laughing

@AlfinoFr

Жыл бұрын

I thought it was some sort of FakeTaxi thing... LOL/

@yunghernando3946

2 ай бұрын

Why was it blurred?

@Crono454

2 ай бұрын

@@yunghernando3946 they changed the name of the company. Assuming it was some sort of legal dispute over naming rights.

Brilliant Guys, no script and a great laugh to watch. We need more of these team racing events. 👍

How you guys don't have millions of subs is beyond me. I'll keep sharing. Brilliant video.

😏 Nice. You guys are lucky to experience things like that and having fun out there! I love all the content that you made. Keep up the great work and stay blessed.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Love how you guys go from a Ford Ka with mudflaps to these Formula like karts!

I have to try this one day! Absolutely fabulous!

Apparently they are faster than F3 cars around a full length circuit. Karting is just the best.

@JB22.

Жыл бұрын

In the sim they’re on pace with group c cars at brands hatch Indy at least

Scotts reaction is priceless haha

Its so nice to see Rockingham back as a racecourse. lovely track

@althejazzman

Жыл бұрын

Yes I was wondering what's happening there. Obviously the plans to turn it into a car park haven't happened. I did the last public track day there in 2018.

@benjybriggs8434

Жыл бұрын

@@althejazzman nice. I went to the last btcc race in 2018. Hoping that cinch let's them race there again

@neblolthecarnerd

Жыл бұрын

​@@benjybriggs8434 yea. Currently they only seem to be using it for car reviews but letting KZread channels film here is a big step.

When you're that close to the ground not only does it feel faster, but the track and turns are so much harder to judge. Must have been a FUN day!

This was great! I love watching you 3 drive random stuff.

Loving the new Top Gear!

@amielterence

Жыл бұрын

Excellent model for a channel. A nice addition to Driver61

@jeffmattel7867

Жыл бұрын

No kidding. These three could do a way better job leading the new top gear than the three current presenters that have zero chemistry.

It’s weird now because rockingham speedway closed down a few years ago so it’s nice to see that the track is still in use. 👍

@bazzingabomb

Жыл бұрын

i didn't know it had closed thats really sad was a great track.

Fantastic sound...love the 2 stroke off/on powerband - all or nothing

You guys are the best comedians out there. Funnier than any other uk/us car show. Keep it up

I want to see all F1 drivers in these at Monaco. Also, replace all the F1 sprint races with these.

@callumcurtis15

Жыл бұрын

It's the only way we'll actually ever know who's the best driver because the car has so much impact on the drivers in F1 it's ridiculous.

@pigeonpoo1823

Жыл бұрын

But then the little guy would have so much advantage, unless there was some equalising ballast?

Love the Subaru. Great episode as always!

Love karting. Glad that you guys tried it. It is real racing in the purest form.

You know a Go-Kart is fast when the thing itself sounds like a goddamn Pikes Peak hill climb car

Pretty sure he was screaming 'I am a driving god' (despite what the subtitles may incorrectly suggest)

I'd love if possible to see the lads do the mini practice sidecars, or just a sidecar attempt.

Great to see you having so much fun!

EPIC! Talk about jumping in the deepend. Love it.

If they want to eject in a crash, Callum should have been wearing motorcycle leathers (like the guy who helped them restart the car), and probably Scott, too. Sliding on that asphalt would have eaten through Callum's jacket and skin in seconds. I'm not sure about Scott's race suit, but I suspect it's more fire protection than friction protection. Also, what was blurred out on the hood of the Bananaru? I feel driven to discover that. 😄

@Nonkel_Jef

Жыл бұрын

“Driven”

@jstogdill

Жыл бұрын

I came to say the same thing. No way I would drive that without leathers.

I did regular karts. Raced the tag class and did 3 tests in a 125 shifter. Shifter karts are something else. However, i have always wanted to do some laps in a superkart as they are 250cc and lightning fast. They hold lap records at some local tracks.

That thing is sick! I'd send it! I've driven fast carts a few times back in the day, almost bought one to race at one point, they're terrifying lol! At 80-90mph an inch off the ground feels like triple that. Scariest thing i've probably piloted ever was a tiny reverse 3 point hydroplane. It was a 10' long closed cockpit with a fighter jet like canopy and a '90hp' Mercury outboard tuned way past 90hp. It was all of about 3 feet wide at the back and had three small zinc 'ski' plates, one up front below the nosecone and two on tiny rear sponsons, the reverse of a normal hydroplane. You had to be delicate with the throttle and jackplate to get it up on plane and not just backflip, and once it was up on step it was terrifying, like being strapped into a sea skimming missile. A mile by half mile lake got real small real fast when i went full send over triple digits with the screaming 2 stroke wide open and everything going blurry from vibration. Doing the run along the opposite shore i hit a bit of my own wake and got squirrely at full send, bouncing from side to side and almost rolling it.

Awesome video lads, that machine looks so so scary, can't imagine how mindblowing it would be (especially in the wet!) And if Scott says it's scarier than an 80s F1 then I don't even really wanna try (maybe..)

Those karts are incredible. They can really punish you for an entire race. great video

There's a go cart place in my town called drift cart, and it's basically an indoor dirt track that you can drift go carts on and race your friends. In fact, one of the go carts had actually been modified a little by one of the guys working there and somehow he gave the little engine V-Tech. It was noticably faster.

@mikes9282

7 ай бұрын

Fascinating

Man. When someone who has driven a f1 car reacts likes this to another car. I’ll take their word for it. The way the last driver reacted was a great moment. Been their the 1st time I drove over 200mph

Crazy nuts lads!! 💯

Petition for F1 to use these in Monaco instead of the F1 cars

I used to race a 125cc shifter kart with a modified Honda (about 47hp) We'd hit about 115mph in the draft and corner so hard you have to wear rib protectors. Good times.

We can only imagine what you relived there. thx for sharing!

this is incredible lads, well done!!

Damn. Even an f1 driver got scared. Gotta give Callum credit for hitting full throttle

I love how you censored the old channel name at 8:42, but forgot to do it earlier at 7:56 on a much more prominent shot

@Flashbang_Photo

Жыл бұрын

Also in the race suit

This trio is so lovely!

That thing is so scary it made Scott forget how to speak.

Ha. I drive one of these all the time and they feel normal to me. Awesome to see someone that has driven lots of other types of cars be blown away by superkarts. Chris Harris did same thing on top gear extra number of years back. Let's me know that if I can handle one of these I would do alright in other forms of motorsports.

@Platesmasher

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. I raced one for 8 years. I’m glad these guys tried it out.

@flurpoid

Жыл бұрын

There's a reason so many young racers start off karting before transitioning to other kinds of racing. The care and awareness it takes to drive one of these at the limit absolutely translates to other motorsports.

Lov the video. Now if u guys want something serieusly mad. Try sidecar racing, its absolutly insane, Just don't flip like i did

From go-karts to F1 cars then back into go-karts

My favorite car channel. More videos, please!

I'd love to see your guys' reactions to driving a shifter kart on a kart-sized track. I know it took my brain months to just keep up with how much was going on each lap.

@danielthompson3849

Жыл бұрын

To be fair the layout we used that day was very small that’s why we only got 105mph. Rather than the 140mph + that is possible. Out of them

@technicallyspeaking4821

Жыл бұрын

@@danielthompson3849 Oh no, I was more so thinking the opposite! I raced Kz2 karts on very much kart made tracks (like 750 - 1100m total) which meant that the gears were really short leading to around 25 gears changes in about a 35 second lap. The amount of mental load it created (in me at the very least) would be interesting to see in this sort of format :)

@danielthompson3849

Жыл бұрын

@@technicallyspeaking4821 I drive mine (the one in video ). on them tracks and Race a historic 250 twin. Imagine more power than kz but less grip 😂

I'd love to see y'all out in america on some of those oval karts youre all but laying down inside of.

@DeFausti

Жыл бұрын

probably not as impressive since there's no corners

@coredaqqer6197

Жыл бұрын

​@De Fausti You severely underestimate the skill of oval drivers lol.

@GenuineRage

Жыл бұрын

@@DeFausti if it were regular car racing on ovals i'd somewhat understand your hesitancy to check it out but oval karts are seriously MENTAL. it's a different beast from hopping in a car with a roll cage and racing flat out, you're in a motorized coffin with big them big daytona walls on your outside. youre like inches away from your bum kissing concrete at any given moment. I can't guarantee it'll catch your interest but it's definitely worth checking out since there are some good videos of the experience on youtube, including some karting multiclass on the daytona road course i believe

@trevor4533

Жыл бұрын

@@GenuineRage If anything, car racing on ovals is just as intense. Especially dirt. Put Fausti the keyboard racer in a sprint car, and watch his brains turn to mush lol.

Fantastic video guys!😃

This looks amazing. I would love to have a go in one of those. Great content.

Shits like an early formula 1 car. Fucking coffin mobile.

@HRM.H

Жыл бұрын

Karting crashes are nasty. Mate of mine broke three of ribs and a arm once. That was in a super basic 125cc two stroker. About 1/3rd of the power of this kart

@Baker-qr4pf

Жыл бұрын

@@HRM.H Yeah I race indoor karts that only go about 40. Shits still scary and have seen plenty of bad crashes

Another fab vid, cheers guys. Always make me chuckle 😂

These videos are so well made, deserve way more subs

You have to try snowmobile drag racing. Or just snowmobile racing... it's totally insane. The drag snowmobiles cram 1000hp under the bonnet... scary fast.

@sauces1313

Жыл бұрын

Let's not have these guys end up like Ken Block, eh?

Seems similar to my KZ2 kart(60HP vs 90Kg), at least a manifestation of the engine 🙂So I can image the ride.. those who haven't tried won't understand 🙂

@danielthompson3849

Жыл бұрын

The one cal drives has two kz engines one each side

@jindranereknu5753

Жыл бұрын

@Daniel Thompson Sure, that is the reason why it has 100HP 🙂

@danielthompson3849

Жыл бұрын

@@jindranereknu5753 I know because it’s mine 😂👍👍

@jindranereknu5753

Жыл бұрын

@Daniel Thompson Nice, could you unreveal the price for this? And how much is the maintenance? 🙂

@danielthompson3849

Жыл бұрын

@@jindranereknu5753 when I built it tm kz9c motors where cheep so both engines cost £1500 and I already had the chassis

6:00 seems dramatic but when they look at the cart 😂😂

I want to see the lads try out double decker racing. Seeing how the different driving levels mash-up with that type of motorsport would be a great laugh.

I drove a KZ shifter kart with 45hp last week and it blew my mind (having owned 700hp cars). Simply unimaginable what double the power would do 🤯

@TrackDaysDude

Жыл бұрын

Any chance to rent it in the UK?

@danielthompson3849

Жыл бұрын

Callum was driving my kart and it runs two. Kz125 engines. 👍👍

@TrackDaysDude

Жыл бұрын

@@danielthompson3849 amazing kart 👍

@adamcollingburn430

Жыл бұрын

@@TrackDaysDude Yeah there’s a few teams that do test days (~£400 for the day) I did it with MK Racing at Fulbeck

@danielthompson3849

Жыл бұрын

@@TrackDaysDude thank you they really are somthing else Round Cadwell my first ever weekend racing there. I took my rs6. On a Friday to learn the track Then went out in the kart on sat. Was 15 seconds a lap faster The fact that Scott knows the Subaru well distorted the kart times a lot. Example at silverstone the kart time is 2second faster than gt3 race car

"Is someone coming to help me?" absolutely took me out 😂😂

Three really good friends out for an exciting afternoon. I wish I’d known you’d be there - I live just down the road. Brilliant video and thank you for sharing 🌞

It's Formula 1 for Oompa Loompas, but without the up and down because the suspension is keeping it flat. Perfect. This is spectacularly fast for a go-kart where you can get thrown out.

This is 100% my favorite channel!

brilliant episode that lads

I was genuinely scared for Scott there. Those Karts are mental!!!

Excellent video!!!

"Callum! Callum, you stopped!" god i laughed at that. so unexpected.

I'm used to Sprint and Endurance karts, but when I drove one of these, oh wow that's a whole new ball game indeed.

I've actually seen like 20 of them race irl it was great!

Scott, you're a hero!

So cool. As a kid in the early 60's, my dad helped the McColluch Gocart team with local races. He and two coworkers (one was a Master Mechanic) helped tune/fix their engines for the races. These were the old 1/4 to 1/2 mile snaky tracks, nothing like the track in this video. The team had a cart with dual engines - one on each rear wheel - that they did time trials with. Use small local airport runway to time the run. They turned a time of 110 MPH on one run. Quite a feat at the time. Given they were not built like today's carts. So really cool to see this one flying around on a big track.

@bobbys4327

12 күн бұрын

Raced karts back in 62. Had a Mcculloch MC-7 made for racing on a I believe Mccullock kart. We ran it on methanol and SteenC oil was about 10 hp. With a smaller kid (me) at the time was 12 YO and weighed about 100 lbs. it would flat get and go.

I had one and loved it. Only raced it a few times on the track, but on public roads it was a really scary fun. You need to get the tires warm and on day as cloudy as this was pick the right tires

Always top content guys😄😄

Love these cars in Project Cars

Looks like so much fun

Callum sounded like will from the inbertweeners when he spun lol. " can somebody help me " " help " lol, very enjoyable

This sounds soooo amazing. Would love to try one!

Wow I'm blown away fellas!!! So glad I came across this channel,my son and I have been making carts and minibikes faster for years and love our time in the shop and on the track. Certainly not this level😁but we love the cart and minibike world.

This was stellar. I wanted more.

0:04 seconds took him so long to realise the kart had gone past 😂

Very nice to see cars going fast at Rockingham again!

I raced long circuit Superkarts for 4 yrs absolutely loved it ...

I'm REALLY looking forward to Callum in Caterham. That's gonna be so fun to watch

"Thats faster then me car mate" at least one person HAD to have said that

This channel is the modern day Top Gear :D. Keep up the excellent work! By they way, it was unexpected to see 'driven' censored at 8:42

Can't believe they let him go out without a fire-proof race suit. A highly-combustible casual puffer jacket nearly caught fire...

@martinmarks4033

Жыл бұрын

Actually his coat ripped on the jubilee clip on the soolant pipe to the cyl heads on both sides.

Lol fantastic video, boys 👏🏻