We signed our lives away and then were given our race numbers while the guys got the karts ready for us. After a quick safety video we were ready to go and the boys were up first. We chose the fifteen minute time blitz which costs £14 per person at weekends and £12 on weekdays, but there was plenty of other packages on offer - check out their website here.
After the boys whizzed round the track trying to overtake and beat each other, it was finally time for the girls to rule the road...really really slowly (Check out the video). Eventually, the checkered flag was waved and we headed into the pits, the boys took our place and took their second go. This one was much faster as everyone was feeling a bit more confident and this was definitely evident from the changes on our time sheets!
All in all, this was a really fun day out whether you are competitive or not and I'd urge everyone to try it at least once.
Who wrote this...?
I'm 20 years old, studying Journalism with Photo-Imaging at the University of Ulster Coleraine Campus. I have an undying love for Belfast and all that it has to offer, an undying love for sleeping, Tegan and Sara, trashy tv shows, foreign snack-foods and being irresponsible with money. I also quite like origami, reading, jazz, hip-hop, dubstep, anything acoustic and Food Network TV. I've written for The Big List, Culture NI, Chatterbox and The Echo, as well as currently writing for BBC Across the Line.
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