Why you should choose a kart based on the stickers!

Can-Am was totally bonkers. That era is lost, but you can apply the spirit of racing pioneers to up your racing game.

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I’ve been down a YouTube rabbit hole, about Can-Am racing, a series that ran in North America from 1966 to 1987. It was an unlimited sports car category, where the rules were minimal and the innovation was maximal. The cars were insane, with huge engines, movable wings, fan cars, and all kinds of bonkers designs.

Can-Am racing was pure racing. It was not about finding loopholes in regulations or copying what everyone else was doing. It was about creating something new, testing it on the track, and competing against other visionaries. It was about being attached to your machine, your idea, your philosophy. It was about the joy of success and the devastation of failure.

But there is a way to bring back some of that spirit in karting.