Thank you for selection MM Racing for your karting experience.  Our goal is to provide you with a safe and controlled learning environment where you can quench your thirst for speed.  The MM Racing Karting School and Race Challenge is an Arrive-and-Drive four (4) hour, fast paced, event.  We provide the equipment, and you supply the talent.  The tentative event schedule is:

Sign-In – Begins 30 Minutes Prior to Event Start Time

• Participant Sign-In
• Hand out Pit Passes and Lanyards
• Hand out Event Clipboard and Kart Setup Sheets

Meet & Greet and Event Schedule  - 15 Minutes

• Meet & Greet – Gives the participants an opportunity to get familiar with the MM Racing staff.  Gives the MM Racing staff an opportunity to understand the participant’s experience and comfort level
• Hand out and Review Event Schedule

Classroom Instruction - 15 Minutes

• Classroom Instruction
  • Go over the safety equipment – Helmet, neck brace, gloves, rib protector, racing suit and shoes
  • Go over the kart - weighs about 300 pounds with driver, has about 15 hp, which gives a nice power to weight ratio.  The only suspension it has is the flex of the chassis and tire compression. The rear axle is solid no differential to help it turn.  It can produce cornering forces of about three (3) g’s (three (3) times the weight of your body).  We use three controls to maneuver the kart, the gas pedal, brake pedal, and the steering wheel.
  • Controls and how to use them (smooth gentle inputs). 
  • The racing line (maximize the radius of the corners, using the reference cones on track). 
  • Using your vision to anticipate rather than react to what you are going to do on the race track.  The farther down the track you look the slower the sensation of speed will feel.  You want to eliminate the sensation of speed.
• Suit up!

Track Walk - 15 Minutes

• Instructor will walk participants around the track
• Explain Safety Procedures
  • Flags
  • Pit In/Out
  • Track Direction
  • Hand Signals – caution, slow, stop, etc.
  • Reference Cones
• Explain basic corning - match speed with radius of corner. 
• Explain Tire - Balloon as weight is transferred and expands contact to the ground, thus increasing grip
• Explain Kart Flex – How to get inside rear tire to lift to act like a differential
• Explain Weight Transfer - Lean to the outside of the corner
• Explain Corner Numbers

Lead and Follow Session - 30 Minutes

• Quick instructions about kart spacing and safety
• Instructor leads in kart and several students follow in separate karts – Slow speeds, demonstrate racing line and following reference cones.  This gives the participants a chance to get comfortable in the kart environment and allows them to acquire seat time. 
• Instructor will cycle though participants, giving each person five (5) laps. 

Question and Answer / Classroom Instruction - 15 Minutes

• Acquire feedback from participants
• Talk about the importance of a precise driving line
• Talk about driving turning in too early / late
• Talk about being smooth
• Talk about looking ahead
• Talk about what to expect at higher speeds

Lead and Follow Session - 30 Minutes

• Instructor leads in kart and several students follow in separate karts – Speeds increase, demonstrate racing line and following reference cones.  This gives the participants a chance to get comfortable in the kart environment and allows them to acquire seat time. 

Break - 15 Minutes

Question and Answer / Classroom Instruction - 15 Minutes

• Acquire feedback from participants
• Talk about the importance of safety

Time Trial Event - 30 Minutes

• Each participant will have 2 warm-up laps and 5 timed laps, that will count toward their personal best  
• Participants that are not driving will observer others at particular corners to learn hone their technique

Classroom Instruction on Kart Racing - 15 Minutes

• Explain basic racing techniques
• Explain rules and safety
• Explain how to properly pass / be passed
• Explain how to brake into the corner, accelerate out of the corner, and to watch for mistakes
• Explain kart control - Patience is the key and in order to finish first you must first finish

Race Challenge - 40 Minutes

• Participants will be grouped according to their Time Trial finishes
• Races will consist of fifteen (15) laps
• Five (5) participants will race at a time
• Top finisher in each group will receive a prize
• Participants that are not driving will observer others at particular corners to learn hone their technique

Question and Answer / Event Wrap-Up / Awards - 20 Minutes

• Acquire feedback from participants
• Give out Awards
• Thank everyone for their participation