insideKENT Magazine Issue 76 - July 2018 | Page 52

VISITKENT
OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW AT
BUCKMORE PARK
IF YOU’VE BEEN TO BUCKMORE PARK, THEN
YOU WILL KNOW WHAT ALL THE HYPE IS
ABOUT. IT’S LABELLED AS ONE OF THE MOST
ADVANCED KARTING CIRCUITS IN EUROPE,
SO IT COMES AS LITTLE SURPRISE THAT IT HAS
WON AWARDS FOR ITS DEDICATION TO
SAFETY AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
At the heart of that experience is the wheel-to-wheel racing.
A hot lap entails navigating a wave of twist and turns,
undulation and negative camber, which makes it an
extremely technical circuit to master, so it takes an extremely
capable machine to handle hundreds of thousands of laps
at full throttle. But, as times change and technology moves
on, Buckmore constantly strives to beat the industry
benchmark that it has set.
In June 2018 they introduced a brand new fleet of karts for
the public to use, so now you can really put pedal to the
metal. These high-speed, track-bred machines offer the
latest in racing technology and have been developed and
tailored specifically to meet the needs of such a challenging
circuit. The investment is well into six-digit figures and
follows on from a remarkable recent redevelopment by the
late John Surtees CBE. This goes to show that there is no
letting off at Buckmore, they remain in pole position.
www.buckmore.co.uk
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