Picton hill proves painful
Full disclosure: the above picture is the start-finish line at the Picton racetrack, but it is from the 1978 Canadian Pro race and...
Hello kart 2.0; goodbye racetrack
1977 was the year that saw Roots change television, the Concorde and the shuttle take their first flights, Elvis leave the building for the...
Playing with the big boys
(Above) Getting ready to go out onto the track for practice: in red, Dave Elliot (#5), in white, me (#25). In the yellow...
Getting my feet wet in buzz-bomb karts
After completing the Jim Russell school in the summer of 1975, my attention turned to college — but I was still so fixated on...
Kart racing returns to the capital
A friend recently described a photograph as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone. When I posted several photos of karting days-gone-by on...
Racing School: the best $1,200 I ever spent
One of a series of posts about the racing antics we got up to before arriving in competitive karting. Check the overview for...
Ice racing and slaloming – and a championship!
One of a series of posts about the racing antics we got up to before arriving in competitive karting. Check the overview for...
Radio-controlled racing cars and … a curb
One of a series of posts about the racing antics we got up to before arriving in competitive karting. Check the overview for...
Finally, a taste of real racing
One of a series of posts about the racing antics we got up to before arriving in competitive karting. Check the overview for...
A passion for racing little electric projectiles
One of a series of posts about the racing antics we got up to before arriving in competitive karting. Check the overview for...
