KartForce | Karting for Injured Troops
KartForce – Karting for Injured Troops
A truly inspirational project with a goal of providing injured troops with memorable, adrenalin packed experiences. Unlike other similar events, which have a primary aim of raising funds, KartForce focuses on providing the injured troops themselves with the opportunity of enjoying action packed experiences of racing and socialising, something they never thought they could do again.
KartForce have just competed in their very first team race at Teamworks Karting in Reading on 24th January. They have two more events coming up in the next couple of weeks, Peterborough on Wednesday 1st February and Birmingham on Tuesday 7th February.
KartForce use specially adapted hand controls to enable them to compete on a level playing field.
Below is a video of Cpl Andy Reid, who is a triple amputee, using one of the adapted karts
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvu-ytTCiNw]
KartForce is endeavouring to raise money to buy some pro karts so that the lads can start to compete at kart race meetings.
To find out more visit their website www.KartForce.org
