Stock cart racing
 

Am I to believe that there is actually a move afoot to begin Saturday night Stock cart racing at the polo field? A friend of mine who says he is involved in the events, is planning to begin preparing his cart with numbers, shoulder harness, roll cage, sponsor decals and safety equipment.

He's got to be kidding.:a20:

Jan,

I would find that hard to believe; I'm no racing aficionado, but, it seems the facility would be too small for stock cars; also, would conflict with polo season;

One call to the entertainment dept would probably yield an answer.

07, he said "carts".

Cool, If they use the road that goes around the polo field that would make it a one mile oval. Now we will see who has their cart cranked up. Main starts at dusk.

as in go-karts? certainly not golf carts.

I just assumed it was a typo and he meant stock cars not carts.

Jan????

There is a go kart track just off 466A east of Colony Plaza.

Golf Carts....Golf Carts.....Golf Carts. Not Go carts, not Stock CARS. Golf Carts. Stock CART Racing.

Cart Racing
 

Of course the really funny part is that to be a legit golf cart you can't exceed 19.6 mph. Every cart will be circling at the same speed!
Like something out of a Seinfeld episode.

Sounds like alot of fun!! :coolsmiley:
Of course I wont be racing lol, I will be in the cheerleading section. :pepper2:

Then it's all driver skill...and daring! Bumper cars come to mind!:o

If there is any kernal of fact to this rumor, perhaps it is that the NASCAR fan club (or whatever its official name is) is sponsoring some type of car show at the Polo Fields prior to a drive in movie. I believe this is to happen on 9/25. I vaguely recall reading about this in the paper a few weeks back.

I really can't believe there would be official golf cart races....

Where is this speed stated anywhere ? What is the statute ?

The 19 MPH speed limit for golf carts has been discussed a lot of times.
I don't know if it's 19.6 or 19.8 but I know from all of the discussion here that if a "cart" exceeds that limit it becomes by defintion a "Low Speed Vehicle" (LSV) and you need a license and insurance.
I wasn't trying to make a point about the specifics of the speed but rather point out the humor in a bunch of folks (with numbers, sponsors, roll cages etc - as TH humorously discussed) would be driving aroun in a big crcle all going the same slow seed. Seemed funny to me.

And I understand that there will be a timer official and if your cart is caught going over the 19.6 speed limit you will be sent to the pits for one lap.

If I'm not mistaken it is not illegal to 'soup' up your cart to go faster than 19.6.

It is illegal to actually go over 19.6 (except LSV's that are street legal).

So perhaps you go turn off that governor and let it rip at the Polo field race track.

I'd pay a few bucks to watch that mayhem!

AHHHHH! The question rears it's head again. Sumter County Sheriff has said that "souping up" amounts to illegal alteration of factory safety equipment.

Probably so, but unless the catch you going over the limit they wouldn't know. Of course I'm not suggesting that anyone break the law:)

Seems like "capable of" as stated in the statute would cover that.

Anyhow, this isn't April 1, is it ?

The operative words in the statute are,"capable of exceeding 20MPH". I don't know where 19.6 MPH comes from but that is the max speed of my 02 Club Car as measured by GPS and a timed measured mile.

When there is an "Unlimted" class...count me IN!

Don't bet on it... Up north where I come from, they have organized lawnmower races and they go a lot faster than 20 MPH. And you and I know, there are a lot of carts that can do well in excess of 20 MPH in The Villages:crap2:.

Capable of
 

It is really sad that a good satirical post can be turned into the 19.6 mph and over boondoggle. Would you guys please let it be and allow us to have a little pun!!!

That's the way the law is worded.

My thought exactly! I am really sorry I mentioned it, as I only meant it to be describing a funny situation......