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February 21, 2011 Leave a comment
I am the Go Karting Champion,even got a gold trophy to prove it! Whooop!
Now that I got news out-of-the-way,I can actually concentrate on telling you all how I became crowned as the fastest Go Karter (ahem) ever. I’m a bit of a car maniac,love to drive. This is mostly because I have been lucky enough to experience what it is like to drive luxury cars on daily basis. I’ve even learned to control my road rage in rush hour traffic. However, recently we decided that it was time to hang up the driving gloves and our uber cool Mini Cooper went to live on a farm in Oxford. You can imagine my excitement when I heard that a new Go Karting venue, Team Sports had opened near Tower Bridge. I have never been before as really didn’t want to travel miles away to go spin on the tracks. However this venue is on the way home. Booked!
When you first arrive you get given gloves, racing overalls and a helmet hat thing. There are very slick changing rooms for you to get into the attire. (I looked hot). The changing rooms look like a high-end gym,wasn’t expecting that kind of facilities. Next up,briefing. They tell you how to work the cars,some safety tips and what you are not supposed to do on the track. Seems fairly simple,I thought. Most of the rules went out the window as I sat down in my kart. Oops. Well, I say most, but I mean some. The big news is that they have a brand new karts on the go at Tower Bridge (first in the world I might add), Electric Eco Karts from Biz and they are amazing! As I have never been before I of course didn’t know the difference, but driving these bad boys is a treat! They are light, super fast and best of all, they have ZERO emissions being electric and all. Seriously impressed! I could go on and on about the karts, but you are better off reading from the site as I really just want to tell you how much fun we had.
There is actually two tracks at Tower Bridge, that can be joined to form one longer one that is on two levels. We were lucky enough to have the two level option. You first have a little practise run, just to see how you handle the kart, test the speed and turns. Get used to working the pedals and get a good feel of the track. After that’s “out the way”, you are “let loose”. We had eight drivers on our race and being an only child I was determined to win and be crowned as the champion. I went heavy on the accelerator and ignored the break (obvious), I very nearly turned the kart around few times, burned some rubber and did not get taken off the track at all, which surprised me. I thought I was breaking all the rules in the book! Go me!
OMG! It is brilliant. As soon as you sit down in your kart, your adrenalin levels start rising. I was breathing so heavy, my visor got steamy! If like me you are a secret adrenalin junkie, this is the place to go “feed the need”. I loved it. After the race as we were sitting down in the bar area, drinking beer and eating pizza, I dawned to me: this place could really be a great destination to all sorts of occasions, just go for a fun night with few friends, have a stag party or a hen do with a difference or even a team day with work. Seriously, the options are endless. I would strongly advice you all to go have a spin, just be careful not to get taken off the track for bad behaviour!
Msalonen – The Champion