2 tracks in Highlands and Moray run 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.
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.
Session price divided by minutes on track, calculated the same way everywhere. Group event pricing differs, so treat this as a guide to relative value.
The thing that catches groups out. Below the minimum you either pay for absent drivers or book an open session instead.
Aberdeen
Fastlane Indoor Raceways is an indoor kart track at the Broadfold Business Centre in Bridge of Don, on the northern side of Aberdeen, and describes itself as the city's only indoor karting venue. It runs walk-up sessions, children's birthday parties, company events and stag and hen groups.
Price not published
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.
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.
Price not published
Clydebank, Glasgow and Lanarkshire
TeamSport Glasgow Clydebank is an indoor electric kart track on John Knox Street in Clydebank, west of Glasgow city centre. The 400-metre circuit is multi-level, with 10 corners and elevation changes between fast sections and tight hairpins.
Price not published
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.