Karting Genk is a

Kart racing Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on fu ...

track, located in

Genk Genk () is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. The municipality only comprises the town of Genk itself. It is one of the most important industrial towns in Flanders, located on the Albert Canal, ...

, a

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located in the

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, near Hasselt. It was founded in 1983. In 2005, it was completely restyled, in order to get a new FIA homologation. In 2011 it hosted the Karting World Championship. It will host this competition again in 2018. The track is a regular on the European karting scene, featuring technical corners and hairpins as well as sweeping corners and overtaking opportunities.

References

* * *{{Cite web , title = RaceXpress - Karting, Autosport, Formule1, A1GP - And nothing less! , accessdate = 2011-02-07 , url = http://www.racexpress.nl/index.php?nav=Artikel&nid=30066 http://www.hbvl.be/limburg/genk/michael-schumacher-kart-in-genk.aspx

External links

Karting Genk website
in Dutch (als
available in French
Entertainment companies established in 1983 Kart circuits Companies based in Limburg (Belgium) Genk Sports venues in Limburg (Belgium)