Karting Genk is a

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

track, located in

Genk Genk () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city located in the Belgian Provinces of Belgium, province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg near Hasselt. The municipality comprises only the town of Genk itself. It ...

, a

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located in the Belgian

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of Limburg, near

Hasselt Hasselt (, , ) is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg in the Flemish Region of Belgium. As of 1 August 2023, Hasselt had a total population of 80,846. The old ...

. 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 The FIA Karting World Championship, officially known as the Mondokart.com FIA Karting World Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a kart racing competition organised by the CIK-FIA. Hosted annually since 1964, it is widely regarded as the ...

. It hosted 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

* * * http://www.hbvl.be/limburg/genk/michael-schumacher-kart-in-genk.aspx

External links

Karting Genk website
in Dutch (als
available in French
{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320000036/http://www.kartinggenk.be/fr/index.aspx , date=2012-03-20 ) Entertainment companies established in 1983 Kart circuits Companies based in Limburg (Belgium) Genk Sports venues in Limburg (Belgium)