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From Six to 60. High sensation at relatively low speed and cost has turned the so-called "go kart" into the newest sensation in auto racing. Born in California three years ago, go karting has grown into a coast-to-coast sport and attracted something like 100,000 lead-footed devotees from six to 60. This year, say the addicts, another 100,000 will go kart crazy. New clubs are springing up at a one-a-day clip, and in California, a town of 5,000 can draw 10,000 visitors for a race. This week Westbury, L.I. will inaugurate...
Today's go karts are direct descendants of the first model put together in 1956 by a crack Los Angeles mechanic named Art Ingels, 41, who set out to build a cheap, pocket-sized racer in the spare time from his job of working on the "big cars" that race at Indianapolis. Ingels' prototype, made from spare parts, was powered by a lawn-mower engine. The new models are often precision-built from equipment specifically designed for go karts, including tires, tiny high-speed (up to 16,000 r.p.m.) engines, steering gears and bodies turned out by some...
...Kart E. Lieb, president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, under whose auspices the fund is conducted, announced a $150,000 nation-wide goal. He left the collection methods up to the separate colleges...
...other stories in the number are: "The Legend of the Black Canon," by G. L. K.; "A Fresco," by R. I.; "Kentucky Bell," by L. B. Stowe '04; "Verrani and Piccolo"; "At the Masquerade" by M. K. Kart '04; "Long Sam's Record Run," by J. M. A. Adams...