Is 10 years old too early or too late for a kid to get into serious Karting?

[gearhead]

My son has actually signified he wants to race karts. He is turning 10 in a month. Any tips? We just got back here in the Philippines and I am no longer familiar wit the set-up here.

[jarx]

My son has actually signified he wants to race karts. He is turning 10 in a month. Any tips? We just got back here in the Philippines and I am no longer familiar wit the set-up here.

Good for him! I don't think 10 is too late because he will still have a couple of years before he moves to cars....

I'll watch this thread, my son is turning 2 and I have the same wish for him

[1D4LV]

^^ same here... my son's 8 years old and stands around 4'4". he started dun sa subic and nagustuhan nya. gusto na din nyang i pursue eh...

[Memphis Raines]

My nephew started last year when he was still 7.



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[GerardTagayty]

its never too late to start something you wanna do. the earlier the better i guess. i do some karting myself and one time i was driving over at speedzone at the fort with my xgf it was just the two of us then. we were driving like theres no tomorrow. then a kart passed me. it couldn't be my gf coz the driver way too small to be her. so anyhow after the 10 laps the guy who passed me was a second faster overall. met him in the changing room and he was 8 and i met the mom. hes been driving at speedzone every weekend for almost 2 yrs.

[CVT]

Michael Schumacher was born in Hürth Hermülheim, to Rolf, a bricklayer, and Elisabeth. When Schumacher was four, his father modified his pedal kart by adding a small motorcycle engine. After Schumacher crashed it into a lamp post in Kerpen, his parents took him to the local karting track at Kerpen-Horrem where he became the youngest member of the karting club. His father soon built him a proper kart from discarded parts and at the age of six Schumacher won his first club championship. To support his son's racing, Rolf Schumacher took on a second job renting and repairing karts at the circuit, while his wife worked at the track's canteen stand. Despite the extra income, when Schumacher needed a new engine costing 800 DM (400 €) his parents were unable to afford it, but their son was able to continue racing through support offered by several local businessmen.[9]

In Germany the regulations require the driver to be at least 14 years old in order to obtain a kart license. To get around this, Schumacher obtained a license in Luxembourg in 1981, at the age of 12.[10]

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schumacher

From wiki(above), MS started karting at age 4 and won his club championship at age 6.

Never too late to start!

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[gearspeed]

Its never too late.When they grow up sali mo sa TRS.