Matthew_Thomson wrote:
how long are the sessions there?... i did an hour and a half of karting at the VIR karting thing in alternating 10 minute sessions and i was tired and sore afterwards..
G-Force sessions are 8 minutes. As a first timer, you might want to pay by the session. If you know, however, that you're definitely gonna go back (even if you don't end up doing more than a couple stints to start), you can buy five races at a time for $75 total and they will stay on your card until you use them (ie. you don't have to use them that day).
Also note that their "normal" karts are what you'll have to start with. They are plenty fun and we did several hundred laps on them with no complaints really. But now they have the "superkarts", which are 9HP (the normal are 6.5HP). The track is tight enough you can't flat foot even the 6.5's through the whole thing, or even think about it.
How do you get to drive the superkarts? There will be a sign, but last time we were there you had to run several laps *during the same stint* under 24.5, IIRC (I think it is four laps, but it may be five). Once you qualify, you just tell the person at the desk which you want to run when you get your race ticket.
Why do you care? Believe it or not, the 9HP karts are *much* less physically demanding. They are harder to drive fast (for obvious reasons), but you can definitely physically handle much more.
For the record, I've done 45 minute stints in the normal karts (they do team 2 hour enduros occasionally). I'm in pretty good upper body shape (I work out 3-9 times per week...yes, occasionally I do two workouts a day) and even then I was pretty tired and a little sore after that kind of stint. We've had days in the normal karts where we've done 9 or so stints over four hours or so, which is pretty brutal. We've since had days where we've done 12 stints in the superkarts over four hours which wasn't nearly as bad as the 9 in the normal karts.
I suggest going early on a Sunday if you want to get in a bunch of stints but still have breaks in between. Lines are shorter, there's much less traffic, etc. Check to make sure they don't have an enduro going that day, though, or you've driven up there for nothing. While there, make sure to mention you really think having a similar facility in the triangle area would be a KILLER MONEY MAKER.
--Donnie
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). There's only one or two pretty tight corners where you'll drift if you just keep it floored the whole session. They're still pretty fun, though - but you have to avoid certain karts or you'll be getting passed a lot.
- AB
