One track in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire runs birthday parties events. The single thing that decides whether this works is age and height, and it catches people out constantly.
Aviemore, Highlands and Moray
A 550-metre outdoor circuit at Aviemore with the Cairngorms as a backdrop, and one of the more interesting layouts in Scotland: six metres wide for overtaking, sweeping bends on positive camber, undulations, and a long straight down one side.
Dunfermline, Fife
Knockhill's karting track sits within the Knockhill motor racing circuit near Dunfermline in Fife. It is a 500m outdoor floodlit circuit with four corners and changes in elevation, open seven days a week throughout the year.
Elgin, Highlands and Moray
Smart Kart Raceway is an outdoor, floodlit karting track at Bogton Farm near Lhanbryde, just east of Elgin in Moray. The circuit is about 500m long, with a mix of sweeping bends, chicanes, long straights and tight hairpins.
Dundee
TeamSport Dundee is an indoor electric kart track in the West Gourdie Industrial Estate on the western edge of Dundee, just off the A90 at the Myrekirk roundabout. The circuit is multi-level, with hairpins and short straights, and average laps of around 29 seconds.
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Always check both. The gap between a 1.20m and a 1.40m minimum is the difference between an eight-year-old driving and watching.
Purpose-built junior karts fit smaller drivers properly. Some tracks also fit remote speed limiters so staff can build a nervous child up gradually.
Children mixed in with adults have a worse time. Ask whether junior sessions run separately.
Food, a private room, a podium and a trophy make it a party. Without them it is a driving session with cake in the car.