FAQ

These are not your typical go karts. Our all electric grand prix style karts are designed for face ripping g forces and blazing acceleration speeds. Our staff will give you a rundown of how the race works. We will also help you in selecting a helmet and properly securing you in the kart. Races include 1 site lap to help you understand the track. The next 6 minutes will challenge your driving skills and give you dialogue to crap talk your friends for weeks.

Races of all experience levels race together every day! We use a blue flag with an orange stripe to indicate a faster racer is approaching behind you. When the flag is waived and pointed at you, slow slightly and pull to the outside of the next corner to allow the faster racer to pass. Try to follow this racer to learn their race line to improve your own!

Honestly, gas karts suck. Outside being covered in fumes and getting a migraine, they do not have nearly the same acceleration or consistency of our electric karts. Most gas karts for adults run a 270cc Honda that produces about 9hp. Our 11KW electric motors are the equivalent of 14.75hp and deliver their power INSTANTLY rather than waiting for the right RPM. Our karts are also belt driven making them quieter allowing you to focus on what your tires are saying rather than the engine.

We offer leagues each week. Each racer goes through a practice session, qualifying session, and main heat. Both the qualifying and main heat are races are rolling starts by fastest single lap time. The final top 6 racers of the main heat will proceed to the championship race which is a grid start. The championship race is by position to determine the podium results.

All minors must have an adult complete their liability waiver. Kids ages 8-16 will be placed in a junior race at reduced speeds. Juniors that wish to experience adult speeds can complete our racer training course to improve their skills and potentially level up to achieve access to adult racing speeds.  You must be at least 8 years old to experience a Combat Race. Junior races are not scheduled past 8pm on Fridays and Saturdays, while Mini Races are only available until 6 on Friday and Saturday.

Kids 5-12 can participate in the following activities: Mini Go Karts, Throwbowling, Gellyball Blasters, Dodgeball, pocket soccer, and the arcade.

Closed toes shoes are required. Heels and wedges are prohibited as they can jam in the pedals. We offer loaner high speed footwear (crocs) in case you forgot. We would discourage skirts or dresses while racing.

Personal helmets are allowed if they are DOT approved and have sufficient eye protection.

No drivers license is required. Juniors under the age of 16 will race in junior races at reduced speeds.

• Riders must be at least 8 years old and 54" tall to race. 
• Juniors between the ages of 8 and 15 race at reduced speeds.
• Junior racers can complete a racer training certification to access adult racing speeds.
• Mini Go Karts are available for kids 5 and up, at a reduced speed around the track. 

A typical race experience lasts about 15 minutes. That gives covers the amount of time it takes to be briefed, select a helmet, get assigned your kart, get buckled in properly, taxi onto track, experience your site lap as well as race for 6 minutes. Depending on the track, you can experience between 14 and 28 laps.

Our facility allows the purchase and consumption of alcoholic beverages from with in High Caliber, but has a strict “no intoxicated driving” rule that is strictly enforced. This means that an employee of High Caliber reserves the right to, at any point, deny a patron access to an activity or postpone participation until time or date based on behaviors of the guest. All High Caliber Employees also reserve the right to ask guests to leave if the patron is putting the health or safety of other guests or employees at risk.

Go Pros can be helmet mounted. Mounts will be checked by the staff prior to the race. If they are found improperly secured, they will have to be removed before the race. We are not responsible if your mount fails during a race.

• Green “Start of race. Make your MOMMA PROUD!”
• Blue/Orange “There is a faster racer behind you. Please slow to the outside of the next corner to allow them to pass”
• Yellow: “Caution on track”
• White: “Final Lap”
• Checkered “Race completed”

No bumping will be tolerated on the track. The speed of our karts makes impacts extremely unsafe and is prohibited. Our track team is trained to help guide you on proper racing etiquette. If you are not adhering to their instructions, they have 100% autonomy to remove you from the race. Everyone on that track is trusting one another to complete the race uninjured. If you pose a hazard to that, we will take immediate action and you will be asked to leave the facility.

When exiting the track there are screens just above the door that rank the racers position. You also will receive an email with details to your race including individual lap times and positional changes throughout the race.

Our red track can run 10 racers at the same time. Our blue track can facilitate 6 at a time.

Our red track has longer straights and wider sweeping corners. Our blue track is more strategic with multiple turns and differing race lines.

Our karts are single seater karts only. We do now offer mini go karts for kids 5 and up to race in now.

As of Mid April 2022, yes! We now offer handicapable go kart races where the guest is lifted into the go kart with a loading swing and can then operate the gas and brakes with pedals directly being the steering wheel. 

We have tested this and if you are using your higher weight as an excuse, we have bad news for you… In independent tests, rider weights have little to no effect up to 300lb capacity. We found that the heavier the individual, the tighter the turning radius and more traction in cornering. For lighter individuals, acceleration out of the straights is more prominent. A difference of 90 lbs. for the same kart and same rider changed lap times by less than .01 second. Here is a great video where they confirmed similar results https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgQ2EsFheiA.

Our red track is 1510 linear feet (Just over ¼ mile) while our Blue track is 987 linear feet. Occasionally we connect the two tracks together to make it nearly a half mile circuit called Megatrack!

We offer a "Two for Tuesday" promotion, and our reservations website just isn't formatted in a manner that allows us to implement that pricing structure.  Tuesdays, you will not be able to reserve races.

Fridays and Saturdays, we restrict the number of Junior Races we run.  After 5pm, we don't race juniors on the red track, and the blue track has devoted junior races at the top of every hour.