Karting in Kent: Feature

With prices rising in the world of owner driver racing, Karting in Kent investigates the change and what alternatives there are to stay involved with the sport...

One of Kent's most successful firms: Tillett Racing Seats

Tillett fit karts all over the world, like this World Championship kart (www.tillet.co.uk)

1978. Steve Tillett, founder and owner of Tillett Racing Seats, had just started karting.

Formula One Team To Launch New Karting Championship

The Caterham karting campaign image (www.caterham.co.uk)

Formula One's newest team, Caterham, are planning to launch a new go-karting championship in 2013 designed to hone the skills of new young racers.

The Only Way Is Club 100: Europe's Premier arrive-and-drive

Club 100 HQ in Sittingbourne, Kent

What better way to kart for the average Joe, than turning up, paying some cash and zipping around on a kart all day?

Lewis Hamilton: A Karting Story To Remember

Lewis Hamilton and his cadet kart (www.google.com)

Lewis Hamilton's rise to Formula One was that of a fairy- tale.

Bayford Meadows Review

The track is one of Kent's most popular days out

Bayford Meadows is home to one of the largest Kart tracks in the UK, in Sittingbourne, Kent.

What it'll cost you too look the part on the grid

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Prices have changed dramatically in the last decade, on everything in life.

Top 5 karting prodigies

The famous Ayrton Senna karting in Brazil (www.google.com)

5. Dan Wheldon - The late Dan Wheldon passed in October 2011 after a huge collision in the IndyCar World Championship in Las Vegas at the young age of 33. Wheldon was highly recongnised for his driving skills from an early age after taking up karting at the age of four. During his early career, he raced against Jenson Button before leaving the UK to race in America. In 2002, Wheldon took up IndyCar. He won the championship in 2005 along with 16 wins and Rookie of the year award in 2003.