Lake Speed's Go-Kart Racing History

them but every now and then I get the bug yeah that'd be really cool to see that happen I used to race go-karts there when I was gosh I'm trying to think out eight n nine years old we ran go-karts at the big vir when I was a kid wow and then we moved on to the lay down go-karts we used to run well over 100 mph 120 mph at VIR it's a nice in a go-kart that's terrifying stretch for you say you're on the ground I mean you would bump the ground every now and then the bottom and you're laying in the B you're laying flat on your back the only that's tilted is your head and you've got two big fuel tanks on each side of you and you're running methanol and nitromethane in that and uh and you're laying down in this gas tank basically it's a gas tank with a floorboard in it uh but uh it's uh they were fun fun times you definitely had the sensation of speed so land that have you ever driven one of these before I have not do you want to yeah I do uh I don't know about racing I'm scared of the politics to be honest with you but yeah no I've I've always had the bug well we got Lake speed back on the track he he was done he still had the car and lake is an amazing guy Lakes uh I still have a stal at GoPro Motorplex up there and I I raced the full season in 2014 Lake was