POLE POSITION RACEWAY

Have you ever thought about how much fun it Millsaps, Kurt Caselli, Grant Langston, Nathan would be to race against James Stewart? You Ramsey, and Ricky Johnson are just a few that know, go the same speed as the multi-time come to mind. Heck we even had a bunch of champ, and maybe, just maybe, have a shot at Team Green riders show up one day for a little passing the young superstar? Odds are you have race action with Final Lap magazine. We had 12 dreamed about it, but instantly realized that it’s mini riders spend about three hours here one probably not going to happen on a or morning, and a lot of them even said it taught Supercross track. them a lot about momentum and cornering.”

“I’m really surprised at how fast the karts are,” said James Stewart. “I wasn’t sure about the whole electric thing, but they are the fastest karts I’ve ever driven at any indoor track. Plus, the whole thing is just cool. There’s really a lot of interesting stuff to look at.”

Although Williams and Faught created the company, they are not the only ones involved. They approached a bunch of their friends to help out with the project, and that’s what really gave Raceway its elite status.” “Jeremy McGrath, Mike Metzger, Steve Hatch, , Trevor Vines, Dick Burleson, Jeff Fox (Parts Unlimited), Eric Phipps (Works Connection) and Paul Thede (Race Tech) are all involved with our project,” added Williams. “They have helped us make this a real racing experience.” Most of the races are done on the 1/4-mile long European-style road against the clock. Pole Position Raceway uses electronic transponders But there is a place where you do have a shot “There’s actually a lot of reasons why people visit just like the AMA uses for the Motocross and of going head-to-head with the world’s fastest Pole Position Raceway,” says co-founder and Supercross, to record everyone’s lap times. The riders. It’s called Pole Position Raceway and it President Ken Faught. “Some come to look at our times are then put on a 10’ x 12’ projection screen is located deep in the heart of motocross coun- mini motocross museum, others come to just have television for everyone to see. And because all of try in Corona, California. The indoor karting fun in our performance race karts, and others come the top riders have driven the high-performance center opened this past September and has here for a chance of seeing a famous racer or two.” electric karts, you can compare your times to the already become the hangout of hangouts for “It seems like everyone has been here,” says world’s fastest motorcycle and car racers. I our sport. Everyone from Stewart to NASCAR’s Jason Williams, a former AMA 500cc National have spun laps inside the 53,000 competitor and Faught’s primary partner in the For more square-foot state-of-the-art facility. So what’s project. “, , Nate information, go to www.racep2r.com the big draw? Adams, Malcolm Smith, Ernesto Fonseca, Davi

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