3 tracks in West Yorkshire run team building events. The appeal is that karting is a genuine leveller: seniority stops mattering the moment the lights go out.
Bradford, West Yorkshire
TeamSport Bradford occupies units at Beckside Business Park on Beckside Road, a few minutes from Bradford city centre. Its 580 m indoor circuit runs over several levels and packs fifteen corners, with ramps linking the different heights.
Price not published
Leeds, West Yorkshire
TeamSport Leeds is an indoor karting track off South Accommodation Road, just south-east of Leeds city centre; the entrance is on that road, not Sayner Lane. The 580 m circuit is split across levels, with a flyover, an underpass and tight hairpins among its eight corners.
Price not published
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.
The thing that catches groups out. Below the minimum you either pay for absent drivers or book an open session instead.
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.
Hull
Hull Karting is an outdoor tarmac circuit at the Hull Adventure activity centre on Preston Road in east Hull. The track and centre were built in 2005.
Price not published
Hull
TeamSport Hull is an indoor karting track on Freightliner Road, west of Hull city centre. The 400 m circuit is multi-level with ten corners.
Price not published
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.
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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.