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American Art Ingels is generally accepted to be the father of karting. A veteran hot rodder and a race car builder at Kurtis Kraft, he built the first kart in Southern California in 1956. Instantly popular, Karting rapidly spread to other countries, and currently has a large following in Europe.

The first kart manufacturer was an American company, Go Kart Manufacturing Co. (1958). In 1959, McCulloch was the first company to produce engines for karts. Its first engine, the McCulloch MC-10, was an adapted chainsaw two-stroke engine. Later, in the 1960s, motorcycle engines were also adapted for kart use, before dedicated manufacturers, especially in Italy (IAME), started to build engines for the sport.

Karting is represented for mini sports car, which originates in the United States. One theory is that the farmers spent their leisure time, and they installed the lawn mower engine on the self-made simple frame for fun; Another theory is that children developed the soap box car. Soap box car was extremely popular among kids as a big toy, parents began to create chic modelling for their children, and then numerous street racing appeared in the future.
Recognized the first karding was produced in the world, is by a American- Ingels in 1956. It was called ‘GO Kart’ .Ingels installed a two-stroke lawnmower engine that produced by West Bend in a simple frame which was welded by steel tube, oil was hanged in the rear seat. Its tires came from small planes.
As the first karding was produced, karting becomes widespread gradually in Europe and America countries. Karting was produced more and more karting manufacturers at the same time popularly, however, the design of karding was famililar to Ingels’. Karding was supposed for kids, but gradually become adults hot toys.
Because the simple structure of kading at that time, most manufacturers products are the same. In order to promote their products, some manufacturers began to make karting configuration and peripheral products. However, it is difficult to renovate the model structure, some manufacturers started seeking for new breakthrough in detail design of karting appearance. Therfore, shell with steering rod kading was born.
Because there is no traditional suspension system and wheel fixed on the axleon on karding, karting minimal clearance from the ground, which can make the driver experience as the real car go fast speed, but because of a lack of shock absorbing device to make it on the road vibration is very obvious. In order to make up for the deficiency of some manufacturer break the routine, for their design and installation, a set of complex damping device, but as a result, karting congenital advantage of handling was ruthless eliminated, so the suspension device equipped, did not get the recognition of people. Since the 60 s, the development of karting also entered the heyday, which gave birth to many different karting.
In order to use space effectively, almost all karting adopt the rear drive layout. However, as the technology innovation, engine also moved to pilot rear side or close to the driver side. There's also manufacturers placed engine in the front of karting. In 1970, Suzuki issued one karting with suzuki T200 motorcycle engine. This 196 cc suzuki motorcycle engine is placed on the front wheel, and brake and accelerator pedal were installed alongside the engine.
Although karting’s structure is simple and without sense of design, there are also some kartings which is full of design. ZIP Le Mans is one of them, which modeling is so wonderful that you can't see any frame structure. The ZIP Le Mans was covered by a well-designed shell, brake and accelerator pedal were processed by chrome. Seat also look very fastidious. ZIP Le Mans used power system of motor and shift mechanism of the motorcycle. However, the ZIP Le Mans was not mass produced.
As the karding more and more popular, it has been numerous kading race, but as a result of rolling specification is not unified, the rules of the game is multifarious also, makes the go-kart race more chaos. In order to encourage, this movement healthy development and gained popularity all over the world, President of the international automobile federation (FIA), the leicester in 1962 founded the international automobile federation karting committee (CIK - the FIA).
After founded, the international automobile federation karting committee developed a set of unified rules of karting and technical standards to promote and popularize karting. In 1978, the international automobile federation karting committee to conduct a comprehensive reorganization, karting since then stepped into a new era, with the constant improvement of kart in safety, combined with the technical requirements of the driver is not high, relatively low cost makes the karting grow rapidly.
Around the world are holding large and small races, one of the most famous is the "European kart championships and World Cup tournament in Japan, and from the European kart is born out of a batch of outstanding formula one driver. European kart throughout the year, a total of 16 RACES, most games are held in Europe, among them there are games to be held in Asia, in May 2012 and October will held in Japan and China Macao.
Karting race is not only fit for adults, due to drive kardings do not need a driver's license, many world karting race hold children and teens group games. Children who have the opportunity to contact this game, join the international the karting race such as the European karting race, which gradually makes them grow up to be good drivers.
We know many famous F1 drivers enter the field of F1 by karting gradually. French F1 world champion, Alain Prost (Alain Prost), who won four times world championship, and was called ‘professor F1’ is one of them. Compared with other F1 world champions, Prost contact karding pretty late. Prost was born in 1955. At the age of 13, he was interest in becoming a professional kart racer. Prost showed outstanding talent on karting in just a few years. And soon he qualified for the formula Renault driver and win. In 1980, the 25-year-old Prost joined McLaren F1 team. At the following years he turned to Renault team and won more games
The lately famous Brazilian F1 driver Elton Senna (Ayrton Senna) is also a good karting racer. At the age of four, his father gave him a handmade karding. The moment he sat into that, his fate had been changed thoroughly. Senna drove it around the streets, everyone was surprised to his peculiar way of driving . People did not believe that a 4 years old child can have such a driving talent. From then on, senna's father practice small senna every weekend on a open field.
At the age of 9, he got a real karting, which was similar to F1 on the steering wheel and a 100 cc engine displacement that top speed reached 100 km/h. At the age of 14, senna attended in a junior karting race. Even senna’s mechanic was impressed by his great racing talents. Senna’s professional career is smooth.
In 1977 and 1978, he gained two South American karting champion. In 1979, he turned European kart races, which is more competitive, and he attracted everyone’s attention. Since then, after many years, senna switched to F3 and got good grades, and he eventually got mounted the stage of F1. Senna’s racing career, however, stop at the SAN marino grand prix in 1994, which champion is Michael schumacher. Elton senna left us forever, left his racing career that he love.
Karting also made Michael Schumacher (Michael Schumacher). Schumacher's father was the director of the karding field, and Schumacher took the indissoluble bond with karding. Schumacher started race in 1983, relying on his driving skills, schumacher won world championship in 1984’s and 1985’s two consecutive terms German youngsters kart racing and 1985’s runners-up. In 1986, Michael schumacher won the German youngsters kart racing second runner-up , European kart race runners-up and second runner-up. In 1987 and 1988, schumacher won several prizes karding race.
Thanks to the karding race performance, schumacher joined in Germany F3 game in 1989. The first year, he gained second runner-up. In 1990, he won the champion of the tournament. In 1991, Michael schumacher joined in F1 for the first time, and then he started writing the brilliant F1 race.
More than these players that mentioned above, there are many players become F1 racers with the aid of karting gradually , of course. Top Spanish F1 driver Fernando Alonso (Fernando Alonso Diaz) and ‘Finland flyers’- hakkinen (Mika Hkkinen) also played the same karting game for many years, karting has cultivated many talents for F1 indeed.
Compared with Europe , the United States and other countries, karting started lately in China. Chinese karding sports federation joined the international automobile federation karting committee in 1995. Two years later, Chinese karding sports federation held the first session of the national karting race. Karding races are divided into A grade international, national and A grade youth international . The game has been held 13 years.
Although karting began from 1995 into China, but it is said that the shenzhen in 1985, has the domestic first go-kart, and Beijing established a go-kart field after 10 years. Since then, karting swept the country gradually, more and more karting pavilion appears in China.