As usual, my eight year old was following his dad and I around the course as
we walked it. As we *approached* a confusing turn, he asked why a guy in
front of us was going off course (he was). The I asked him to get in front
of us and walk the course. He did. Flawlessly. Without asking one
question. Without ever getting lost. So...
we're thinking about karts and letting him drive (which he thinks would be
really cool).
I was thinking doing the kart rental thing at a big event, but Eric pointed
out some important things I hadn't thought of:
1. National Tours and Pros aren't necessarily the best introduction to
autocrossing (remember poor Guido or Guava or whatever pseudonym Katie
Kelly gave her former boyfriend?)
2. He's never driven anything. (We wanted to take him to the local go kart
track to let him get an idea for it, but you have to be 54 inches tall to
drive.)
3. Where and how would he get the hang of the rental cart? (How irritated
would all the people waiting in line for the practice course be at waiting
for a kart to go around? Can the rental karts even be used on Friday?)
So now we're thinking all sorts of options. Rental karts, getting a kart,
sharing a kart with someone else. I know some of this has come across the
net before, but if you have thoughts, recommendations, suggestions, contact
people, etc., please reply.
mlc
'91 MR2 NA (personally, I think Eric wants a kart so he'll have something
to drive when the 1.6 l Miatae come to CS next year...)
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