For budding racers specially for Formula-1 racing, Go Karting is the best way to start. There is no doubt about the importance of Go- karting in grooming the budding racers of the nation but unfortunatily the concept of Go karting came a little late in our country as compare to other developed nations. RPM is a central India's latest well equipped Go karting track, opened up recently in the month of March 2014 in a close and serene vicinity of the capital city of Madhya Pradesh- Bhopal.
At RPM there is a well designed asphalt track of 1.2 Kms with both easy to very competive turns. There are adequate numbers of Karts available at RPM, ranging from karts fitted with 4- stroke engines producing 15 Bhp of power to karts fitted with imported Italian 125cc 2-stroke engines producing 26 Bhp of power at 15000 Rpm. These karts are capable of achieving top speed of 100 kmph to 150 kmph.
Karting School:At the RPM Karting School the budding go kart racers can take addimission and get trained by the expert Go kart racers. At the beginning the students are provided with the less powered go kart machines fitted with smaller sized engine and once they graduate to the another level of training they are allowed to train on the top go kart machines fitted with imported 2-stroke engines.
The Manager and Caretaker of the RPM Mr.Chandan told BikesIndia that the motive of the RPM Go Karting is not making money but they are more interested in producing the quality racers who can become renowned racers of national and international stature one day. That is the reason RPM charges very nominal as compare to the other Go Karting schools across the country.
Karting Club:There is a "Go karting Club" at the RPM as well, where members from karting school or those who want to do Go karting for fun sake are being given free membership for six months after graduating from the RPM Go kart school. The Karting Club organizes regular racing events on weekends amongst the Club members on the basis of the different age groups. The club members compete with each other for collecting championship points which eventually decide the overall Club Champion.
Apart from the internal race events for the club members the RPM racing circuit is open for all national and international races.
For more details log on to: www.rpmgokarting.com
By: Farhan Kashif