sandown park record

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Sandown Park Record

On the 30^th of April 2001 Gravitron were invited to Sandown Park kart circuit to carry out testing on their G60 electric race kart. Two karts were taken to the track, one of which was driven by Oliver ‘Olly’ Welton, currently lying 3rd in the British Clubman MSA Endurance Championship.

Oliver Welton, who is also double vice champion in TKM and endurance, was the main test driver on the day. He clocked a 45.1 sec. lap, breaking the current pro kart lap record on his first outing by just over 1 second.

Asked for his response Oliver said:

”This is the first time I have driven an electric kart and I’m very impressed. The style of driving is different from a petrol kart, it has a surprising amount of power and torque. I’m looking forward to racing it now and trying to get a win first time out. There are real advantages to this kart because you don’t need to re-build it every 8 hours and with re-charging costing only pennies I can’t understand why electric kart racing has not kicked off in England. It really is the way of the future and there is definitely a big potential here.

On Sunday 13^th May Gravitron were once again at Sandown Park at the invitation of Gordon Foat of Future Energies. Gordon has been instrumental in promoting environmentally friendly alternatives to petrol and has now set up www. greenmotorsport.co.uk. He is keen to promote Gravitron’s electric karts for both indoor centres and outdoor tracks. The Gravitron kart was driven by Oliver during the interval of the race sessions and attracted the interest of almost all those attending. The response to the display was a mixture of disbelief and a new found respect . Afterwards a crowd gathered around the kart to discuss the merits of electric racing.

Gravitron are currently in discussion with the MSA to promote electric kart racing in the UK. Sandown Park have offered to host the first electric kart event when the MSA sanction has been passed. There will be a class for adults in the first instance and then a class for cadets. Gravitron anticipate that electric karting will be welcomed by those clubs and circuits who currently have restrictions or planning problems due to noise levels.

Gravitron Limited, based in Gloucester, are designers and manufacturers of drive systems for electric vehicles. Go karts are just one of the applications for Gravitron’s products, other current projects include an electric dragster, electric jet ski and a vehicle that will attempt to take the current British Electric Land Speed Record.

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