2 tracks in Lancashire run endurance events. Teams share a kart over an hour or more, swapping drivers through a pit stop.
Blackpool, Lancashire
Formulakart is an outdoor hire-kart circuit on Queen's Promenade at North Shore, Blackpool, about a mile north of the Tower. The 750-metre concrete track sits in a bowl-shaped arena, averages 9 metres across and is edged with tyre barriers.
Colne, Lancashire
Prestige Go Karting is an indoor kart track at Holker Mill on Holker Street, off Burnley Road in Colne, east Lancashire. The same site has a laser battle arena.
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.
Manchester
TeamSport Manchester Victoria is an indoor electric kart track underneath the Manchester Arena car park, beside Victoria station in the city centre. The 550-metre multi-level layout has 15 corners and includes a flyover section.
Price not published
Wigan, Greater Manchester
Three Sisters is a multi-use outdoor motorsport circuit on Three Sisters Road at Ashton-in-Makerfield, near Wigan. Alongside karting it hosts car and motorcycle track days, drift events and driver training.
Maryport, Cumbria
West Coast Karting is an indoor kart centre on the Solway Trading Estate in Maryport, on the west Cumbrian coast. It has been running since 1992 and describes its track as the longest indoor karting track in north-west England.
Split between four or six drivers, an endurance race often costs less per head than a sprint event, and gives you far more track time.
An hour is enough for a couple of stints each. Two or three hours turns it into a proper day with a real strategic element.
Minimum stop times and mandatory driver changes are what create the strategy. Ask how they run them.
Usually three to six per kart. More drivers means shorter stints, which suits mixed-ability groups.