Crosskart
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Crosskart is a type of kart racing
that takes place on autocross, speedway, dirt, or snow tracks instead of on paved tracks.
Competitions take place in classes that are based on cylinder volume (125 cc, 250 cc, 500 cc or 650 cc). The 125 cc class is a junior class, open to those 12 years of age and older, but one can begin training at age 10. The 250 cc, 500 cc, and 650 cc classes are open to people above 16 years of age.
Erland Andersson of Sweden is said to have invented the Crosskart in the early 1980s. The idea was to create something that is safe, cheap, and easy to maintain, but still fun to ride. The Crosskart is basically a simplified version of American Sprint
and Midget Carts.
Crosskarting is probably most popular in the Nordic countries, although in southern Europe a similar motorsport with more powerful engines, Kartcross, exists.
Kart racing
Kart racing or karting is a variant of open-wheel motorsport with small, open, four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits...
that takes place on autocross, speedway, dirt, or snow tracks instead of on paved tracks.
Competitions take place in classes that are based on cylinder volume (125 cc, 250 cc, 500 cc or 650 cc). The 125 cc class is a junior class, open to those 12 years of age and older, but one can begin training at age 10. The 250 cc, 500 cc, and 650 cc classes are open to people above 16 years of age.
Erland Andersson of Sweden is said to have invented the Crosskart in the early 1980s. The idea was to create something that is safe, cheap, and easy to maintain, but still fun to ride. The Crosskart is basically a simplified version of American Sprint
Sprint car racing
Sprint cars are high-powered race cars designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt or paved tracks. Sprint car racing is popular in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa....
and Midget Carts.
Crosskarting is probably most popular in the Nordic countries, although in southern Europe a similar motorsport with more powerful engines, Kartcross, exists.