Huntsville Utah, Cyclekart Gran Prix May 2023, one of the afternoon heats

[@sed6]

I did not know this was a thing. Looks exciting! Going to have to research how to build one of these. Where do I start?

[@BenTerwilliger]

Look for Steve Vinson, Dennis Graham, and Kelly Wood's youtube videos, then head to www.cyclekartclub.com and Cyclekarts North America on FB.

[@mannacler]

Randy is more dominant than Verstapp3n.

[@randylivengood3112]

Not sure how this ended up in my feed, but I’m glad it did. Let’s go Raaaaaaaaaaaandy!!!!

[@donaldvantongeren8385]

How utterly entertaining this is! Amazed we don’t see more of this….. thanks guys!

[@BenTerwilliger]

It's even funner building and driving them!

[@myperspective5091]

I would love one of those as my daily driver.

[@leojansen2773]

That looks like fun.

[@simonsmith3060]

Listen to the frequency difference in the exhaust note between Randy and everyone else!

[@SilentSooYun]

My dad raced for years in an authentic antique race car club with his red 1918 Model T speedster until the group shut down from lack of funding and interest. He passed one year ago yesterday, three months after selling his cars, and I would give anything to be able to share these videos with him. I honestly believe that losing that part of his life killed him faster than any cancer could have. Seeing these cars, watching how much fun everyone is having... makes me want to start work on my own, if only to feel engaged with him again Of course, I would want to build the "Hannibal Twin 8" from The Great Race, our favourite movie :)

[@BenTerwilliger]

Build a cyclekart, it is one of the easiest ways into a "motorsport", and Mark Parnell at Renegade Cyclekart Parts is building Hannible 8, your dad would approve of both!

[@chayrogers995]

Well this is now a place i need to visit !

[@GeneralChangFromDanang]

This looks like great fun. If I ever get free time (yeah right), I will start making my Lotus 25 clone.

[@Tunda2]

Randy the goat is the Smokey Yunick of cycle carts

[@keithdutton1246]

I want one! Thanks for sharing. I subscribed. 🏎️

[@BenTerwilliger]

they are addictive fun

[@fireh8r]

Randy crushed that race after fixing the motor plate. Damn that CK would go ! Best pit guys at the event !

[@scottgriffiths3396]

This would be fun

[@robertthurman9866]

Reminds me of the 72 Riverside CanAm. On the fourth lap Donahue came past I told my brother I was going to get a hot dog and coke and I would be back before second place came around.

[@ubercop2000]

Great race coverage!

[@peterbonnez]

At 1:07 seems to be a replica of Basil Davenport's famous GN Spider II racer in the background. A car that's been at the top of it's game for 100 years. A weird looking but very fast twin.

[@olsonspeed]

I think Randy is channelling Smokey Yunick.

[@BenTerwilliger]

Thanks Andrew, hope to see you at a CK event before too long!

[@supergub]

Need a 2 stroke in there!

[@brianbarney1885]

Really fun to watch but please slow the camera movement, made me car sick😂.

[@hooXpoo]

Now that's a real man's sport!

[@gabrielmartore7259]

The nostalgic racer

[@skipstalforce]

Randys flying!

[@garstanforddasilva9663]

Don’t know where this place is, but I’d like to be there for the next big race 🎉

[@veedubbya]

Randy has a fine looking machine

[@benpeirce2531]

Local gokart clubs should run these afew times a year. There tracks are only used once or twice a month.

[@mikesbackyardgarage5578]

COOL !!!!

[@foxwolf316]

3:39 Randy that kart is going to be banned just like what happen to jeff gordon T Rex Machine, he's not going to drive that kart again next year

[@jasondk5127]

Listen for the turbo on Randy's car !

[@glenlivingstonegl]

Only seen a couple of races with these cars but that pole sitter just walked away from the field 👍👍🏁

[@konradyearwood5845]

I hope they test a urine sample from Randy's car! 🤣🤣🤣

[@horstd.engart9362]

I love it . But the track should have more curves .

[@markgerrard1892]

Ben, did you go to middle-school in Cockeysville, MD?

[@BenTerwilliger]

No, I grew up in PA and SC, been all over in the Army since 93

[@eamoncrawford]

Randy's from Abilene. Is this in Huntsville, Texas?

[@mikerogers1216]

Huntsville Utah.

[@DFX2KX]

oh wow so these cars just use predator engines then (or whichever honda engine those are a clone of)? Huh! They're surprisingly quick given the powerplant. It looks fun!

[@badad0166]

Cameraman: Hints: Stay zoomed out fully and don't whip the camera around. Causes dizziness and nausea for the viewer. Pretend it has a broken wing and nurse it as you turn. Try to live through the camera so you maintain proper framing. If you really want to go wild, put the camera on a closed tripod, hold the rig from a few inches down on the tripod shaft. Poor mans gimble. If you'd like, I could talk one of the car builders into making you a steadi-cam... (thanks!)

[@eightyduece9670]

Randy must be running nitro...................

[@jockellis]

Where is Huntsville?

[@BenTerwilliger]

Utah

[@pfflyer3381]

Get a tripod!

[@BenTerwilliger]

meh

[@amandahugankiss4110]

WWI bombing run..

[@BenTerwilliger]

the in-car experience cannot be properly described, it's loud, shakey and fast like nothing else

[@othoapproto9603]

almost trump rally crowds

[@bobstuart2638]

I'd love to watch this event. For pity's sake, get a real camera with a stabilizer, and learn how to pan slowly.

[@BenTerwilliger]

I love criticism! Make sure to introduce yourself at the next Cyclekart event

[@oscare.quiros6349]

It would be great if they were electric.

[@donhammer186]

Right... once you purchase a good gas powered generator to charge the batteries between heats it makes prefect sense. The idea is to be able to build an inexpensive, light weight kart to compete with. By the time you outfit one for electric drive they weigh more and you have to spend additional $$$ on (the afore mentioned) a "gas powered generator" and extra batteries. Where is the advantage!?

[@oscare.quiros6349]

@@donhammer186 I see your point, but since you asked, well the advantage is speed, lots of less noise, and less polution. Cheers

[@donhammer186]

Do you remember the story of the tortoise and the hare? By the time you put a large enough electric motor and enough of those heavy batters in a kart, you have diminished your time on track enough that you have lost the advantage of speed. It's been tried. There is zero advantage to electric over gas. Did you know that lithium is one of the most toxic compounds on the planet, do you know that most lithium comes from Afghanistan where it is mined by young children, do you know that there are no facilities currently in place to store or recycle lithium batteries...? As I asked, where is the advantage? @@oscare.quiros6349

[@dickfitzwelliner2807]

​@@oscare.quiros6349the cars have little engines to keep the speed down. A little car with no exhaust sound is lame and would seem slower and the "pollution" is very trivia because you're replacing one type of pollution with another. Besides the cars would cost more and weigh more. Why not just be content with what it is and enjoy life instead of being a buzzkill?

[@oscare.quiros6349]

@@dickfitzwelliner2807 I guess you have not been informed about electric vehicles (EV) at all. It has been abundantly demostrated with hundreds of scientific articles based on evidence that EVs pollute a lot less, and are more cost effective than internal combustion engines. If you do not want to read academic journals, you could just ask anybody who owns an EV.

[@mick8669]

Motor needs to be checked on the 34, I think it is illegal.

[@tomriddle5564]

Looks likes toasters. And sound like noisy tea kettles. But Hey it’s better than watching grass grow.

[@BenTerwilliger]

Build a cool one Tom!