NASCAR has nothing on these guys...

I went go-cart racing in Germany last week. I knew something was up when they handed me my Nomex flash gear and helmet....


Photo by Tony Klimas, Copyright 2004

There were people there with their own racing suits and I was told by my German friends that many famous F-1 drivers started at a track just like this. At first I was a little upset. We had only arranged for 30 minutes of track time. After 30 minutes, I had trouble lifting myself out of my car. It was fairly intense and although I turned in the second fastest lap time in my group, I finished our 30 minutes race near the back of the pack. Guess I pushed it just a bit and after I slammed into the wall and was thrown half out of my car, I lost my nerve and eased back a bit. A young man's sport, but I have to say, it was fun and much different than your normal business outing. The autobahn makes so much more sense to me now. Now if I could only figure out where the dragstrip is in Frankfurt, and a way to get my Firebird over there, I could really have some good old clean American fun.