Kart Class
Kart Class is hosted by 18 x Australian Champion David Sera.
With over 25 years' experience in the sport, Sera provides an insight into the latest news from the world of karting, expert tips that will see you improve your lap-times & kart setup information to make better adjustments to your kart.
To learn more about kart racing check out our online digital courses at www.kartclass.com
Episodes
60 episodes
Is my Chassis Bent?
You’ve had an accident, but now you need to work out whether your kart is bent. Kart manufacturers design their chassis’ a lot softer these days. That's to try and counter the softer tires racers use. A softer chassis absorbs a lot of that flex...
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6:27
How to Avoid Accidents
With more than 30 drivers on a race track that is less than one kilometer long, no matter how much we prepare there will always be a tussle or two in the opening corners. Sadly it may be the end of your race if you are directly caught up in thi...
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7:22
Checking you Chain Tension
Today I'm looking at how to check your chain tension. Now, when it comes to chains, I find they're wearing out a lot faster than what they previously were. That could be down to the quality of the chains, or it could be that we're now driving f...
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5:33
Meet APEX
Over the last 12-18 months Kart Class has been working on a new feature to answer peoples questions (immediately!).Now if you're unsure of what setup adjustment to make at the race track, don't know what tyre pressure to use, or a certa...
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4:17
How to be Consistent
Winning races comes down to being fast, but also being consistent.That might mean stringing 10 laps in a row within 1 tenth of a second. What this does is, by making less mistakes, chasing drivers will find it harder to overtake and bea...
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4:58
How to Overtake
Motor Racing is all about driving fast and trying to beat your competition.But sometimes that means we need to overtake our competitors to get in-front and win the race.Nerves, confidence and choosing the right corners are all i...
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5:36
Go Kart Rear Axle Setup
Today we're discussing go-kart rear axles. When it comes to motor racing, cars have suspension. So karting is different because the rear axle acts like a suspension. It might flex a little bit here and there depending on the stiffness of the ax...
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Season 4
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4:42
How to Kart in the Rain
Today we're going to be discussing how to go-kart in the rain. Now, for most of us, we tend to want to drive as it’s easier. When you drive in the rain, things are going to wear out quicker; engines, tires, cleaning the kart, that takes more ti...
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5:25
How to find the final second of Lap Time
Today we're going to be discussing how to find the last one second in kart racing. Now, it can be quite frustrating as you're starting out in karting and you're picking off one to two seconds at a time because you're just starting out and it al...
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5:20
Learning new Race Tracks
Let’s look at why it’s so important to not just drive at the one circuit. For some people, they don't have the luxury of having a circuit close to them. So, they might have to travel one or two hours away and be forced to just drive at the one ...
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3:33
Negative vs Positive Camber
Let’s look at when to use positive or negative camber in kart racing. Now the first thing is what is camber? That's changing the angle of the tire. As you are looki...
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4:45
How to get a good race start
Let's be honest. It's all good qualifying up the front, but if you aren't good at the race starts, then it's all a waste of time.There's different techniques drivers can use to get a better launch, this then gives the driver an opportun...
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7:09
Practice makes Permanent
Let’s discuss how some drivers can dominate on a practice day, but then can't translate that onto a race day. We see in practice sometimes, kids setting the fastest laps they've ever set. Two days later, or a couple of weeks later, get to race ...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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7:02
Wet Weather Driving Tips
In motor racing, driving in the wet conditions can be more difficult than driving in the dry conditions. Wheel spin, limited grip, understeer, are all factors that are exaggerated in the rain. For drivers though, they need to learn...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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6:58
Creating a Winning Mindset
We pay a lot of money for our race tires, and we pay a lot of money to get a good engine. We buy brand new go-karts, and we still find ourselves finishing in the middle of the pack. We're now wondering to ourselves, "Well, we've got all the equ...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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8:05
How to use Data Analysis
We discuss the pros and cons of data analysis in this podcast. Now, technologies improved a lot over the last five, 10 years, and when I was winning all my races in the 2005, 2015 era, we didn't really look a lot into data analysis. It just was...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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8:05
How to manage your Kart Tyres
Tire management is something drivers don’t always think about, but it plays a big role in the results. Now a lot is determined by how hard or how soft the compound of tire that you're driving on. It also has a lot to do with the track surface i...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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7:35
Top 3 Mistakes Beginners Make in Karting
When we’re starting out in karting, it’s daunting!We’ve got no idea what’s going on, what do we buy, what pressures do we use and how and where do we drive on the racetrack?I’ve covered the 3 biggest mistakes that beginners make w...
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11:21
AKC Round 2 Wrap Up from Wanneroo, WA
The second round of the Australian Kart Championships took place at the Tiger Kart Club in Wanneroo, Western Australia this past weekend.It was the first time a Western Australian circuit has held a round of the AKC since it moved to a ...
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8:18
USA Track Review - Atlanta Motorsports Park
The next circuit we’re looking at in our USA Track review is Atlanta Motor Sports Park in Dawson, Georgia. So the track itself is a private club and it shares the facility with a car racing track. So, it's not something that you can just rock u...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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7:06
USA Track Review - Go Pro Motorplex
The next track we are reviewing is the GoPro Motorplex Circuit in Charlotte, North Carolina. The facility is world-class with state-of-the-art lighting allowing this circuit to be used all day and into the evening. With motor racing being such ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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7:56
USA Track Review - New Castle Motorsports Park
We're going to try and do a miniseries & talk about some USA kart tracks that we recently toured on a road trip.How to get involved in some of these different facilities around the country, but also just giving it a review on what w...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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5:44
Which country produces the fastest racing drivers?
When it comes to Motor Racing, there is a lot of countries represented in all categories. But which countries produce the fastest drivers consistently?Formula 1 has drivers from North America, Europe, Australia and Asia, and we know Ita...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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9:01
How to deal with Pressure
Any sporting competition entails dealing with pressure & karting is no different. But how drivers can cope when others are on their bumper and concentrate on their own driving is what sets apart the good & great drivers.It's all...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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7:23
What Brake Technique should I use?
In motor racing, engines play a big part to a drivers lap time. But the other area that's often overlooked, is the braking zone!How fast a driver can go from their maximum speed to their minimum speed, not over-slowing the kart and over...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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6:52