This place is awesome!!!! I was a little skeptical on the price per person but it's worth EVERY PENNY. I'm not giving it the full 5 stars for a couple of small reasons; there should definitely be more instruction/signage and they should really consider some new gloves or washing the ones they have. We were supposed to start racing at 12:45 but didn't get out there till a little after 1p. For a Saturday, I'm sure this is pretty typical. All the bachelor parties want to get in early so they can start drinking earlier =) They're strict about drinking so don't even think about it before you get there. You're allowed to bring your own cooler for after you're done - they have a nice deck area you can use.
You get there, sign your life away and grab a helmet sock (if you're not wearing your own helmet). The guy at the counter didn't really tell us what to do after that so we were all just standing around until someone asked 'where to now?'. You head back outside where you stand around without instruction, watching everyone else race. There's a small shack where they keep all of the jackets, gloves, helmets and rib protectors. I know they attempt to keep them organized but people just put them back wherever they want so it was a bit of a clusterf*ck trying to get people the sizes they needed. I didn't realize I was wearing XL gloves till the very last race. I'd recommend wearing the rib protectors too, FYI.
You're instructed to get in a cart and go without any instruction. I didn't realize it was just a practice heat till we asked afterwards. Thank goodness for the pedal extenders! Once all of the groups have finished their practice heat they call a "driver's meeting" where a guy talks SUPER fast about the rules, the flags, etc. I think I heard 5% of what he had to say because we were outside, RIGHT next to the track where other people are racing. Here's where some signage would come in handy, or maybe a video. Then you get to race 3 heats, 10 laps each. After each heat they post statistics so you can see who's the fastest, had the fastest lap, the difference in times, etc. That was a really fun bonus, especially for our competitive group!
Bottom line, we will ABSOLUTELY be back. I'm sure most people are just fine hopping in a 50mph go-cart without instruction or a seat belt but I needed a bit more reassurance that I wasn't going to die out there, haha. read more