2 tracks in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire run team building events. The appeal is that karting is a genuine leveller: seniority stops mattering the moment the lights go out.
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.
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Inverurie, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire
Lochter Activity Centre is a multi-activity site in rural Aberdeenshire near Oldmeldrum, north of Inverurie. Its outdoor kart track, called Lochterstone, is about 1.2 km long, which the operator says makes it the largest karting track in Aberdeenshire.
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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.
Golspie, Highlands and Moray
North of Scotland Kart Club runs the Little Ferry Circuit near Golspie in Sutherland, which the club describes as the most northerly kart track in Britain. The outdoor circuit is 998 metres long with six corners, including a corkscrew section.
Price not published
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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Drivers share a kart and swap over across an hour or more. Far better for building a team than everyone racing individually, and often cheaper per head because it is priced per kart.
Most operators take card on the day. Fewer will invoice a company on thirty days, and it is worth asking before you commit.
Meeting or dining space on site turns half a day into a full one and saves moving everybody twice.
Height, weight or medical limits will rule someone out. Sites with a simulator or a second activity handle that gracefully.