Karting Genk is a Kart racing track, located in Genk, a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

located in the Belgian

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

of Limburg, near

Hasselt Hasselt (, , ; la, Hasseletum, Hasselatum) is a Belgian city and municipality, and capital and largest city of the province of Limburg in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is known for its former branding as "the city of taste", as well as its ...

. 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 Karting World Championship is a kart racing competition organised by the CIK-FIA. It is held annually since 1964, and is karting's flagship event. The FIA (International Automobile Federation) created the CIK (International Karting Commissi ...

. 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)