Electric Cart Racing
There's this large indoor electric cart-racing place called Speeders in Calgary. On Friday, I went there for a corporate event - what a great time it was! The last time I was on a racetrack, would have been in the late 90's and that was gasoline-powered carts in an outside track. The track at this place was very twisty, and the carts were slower than the gasoline ones. Back then, it was more of a demolition derby. The carts were loud, and the sun was hot. Indoors? Lots of tire noise, cool air, and narrow raceways. We were given 2 races, and during the first race I kind of hung behind the slowest driver to get a feel for the track. When the electric cart dipped down an incline, you could really feel the speed. These were tiny F-1 style cars with rubber wheels. The squeaks they made when you took turns sharply reminded me of a basketball court. And honestly, I wasn't ready for the speed of these things, there were quite fast on the narrow track! At my first race, I was prob...
