One track in Hull and East Yorkshire runs grand prix events. The full race weekend in miniature: qualifying to set the grid, heats, then a final with a podium at the end.
Mexborough, South Yorkshire
Avago Indoor Karting is an indoor track on the Swinton Bridge industrial estate, on the Swinton side of Mexborough between Rotherham and Doncaster. Sessions are sold by the lap, with a standard session of 30 laps.
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
TeamSport Sheffield is an indoor kart track on the Tinsley Industrial Estate in the east of the city, close to junction 34 of the M1. Its 950-metre circuit is spread over more than one level and has 15 corners, making it one of the longer tracks in the TeamSport group.
Price not published
York
Tockwith Outdoor Karting is an outdoor circuit on the former Tockwith Airfield, west of York in North Yorkshire. The track is floodlit, so booked sessions run into the evening all year.
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Wakefield Indoor Karting is an indoor tarmac circuit at Millenia Park on Thornes Road, south-west of Wakefield city centre. The track includes an 80-metre straight and tight hairpins, and the layout is changed periodically.
Ask how many laps the final is. A 30-lap final is a proper race; a 10-lap one is a sprint with ceremony attached.
Six drivers is typical. Some formats need ten or more to fill a grid properly.
Some tracks run junior versions of the same format at the same price. Others set race events at 14 or 16 plus.
Printed results and a podium are what people remember. Live timing screens make the qualifying session matter.