Crosskart or off-road kart is a type of

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 kart circuit, scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are als ...

that takes place on

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, rallycross, dirt oval or

ice racing Ice racing is a form of racing that uses cars, motorcycles, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, or other motorized vehicles. Ice racing takes place on frozen lakes or rivers, or on groomed frozen lots. As cold weather is a requirement for natural ...

tracks instead of on paved tracks. Competitions take place in classes that are based on cylinder volume (125 cc, 250 cc, or 650 cc). The 125 cc class is a junior class, open to those 12 years of age and older, but one can begin training at age 10. The 250 cc, and 650 cc classes are open to people above 16 years of age. Erland Andersson of Sweden is said to have invented the crosskart in the early 1980s. The idea was to create something that is safe, cheap, and easy to maintain, but still fun to ride. The crosskart is basically a simplified version of a

sprint car Sprint cars are high-powered open-wheel race cars, designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt or paved tracks. Sprint car racing is popular primarily in the United States and Canada, as well as in Australia, New ...

midget car Midget cars, also speedcars in Australia, is a class of racing cars. The cars are very small with a very high power-to-weight ratio and typically use four cylinder engines. They originated in the United States in the 1930s and are raced on most ...

and

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. Crosskarting is probably most popular in the Nordic countries, although in southern Europe a similar motorsport with more powerful engines, ''kartcross'', exists.

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Svenska Bilsportsförbundet - CrosskartFIA-Federation Internationale AutomobileSwedish Crosskart drivers AssociationSwedish Crosskart drivers AssociationNorway Crosskart drivers AssociationDanish Crosskart drivers AssociationLatvian Crosskart drivers Association
{{Offroading Auto racing by type Kart models Kart racing series Off-road vehicles

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