Kart-Crazy.co.uk

Kart Crazy is owned and managed by me, Shaun Finch. I am an electronic engineer. I spent the first 15 years of my career commissioning RADAR and weapon systems on Navy ships. 

I have been involved in motorsport, racing motorbikes, from the mid-90s to 2007. In that time I designed one of the first “speed shifters” for clutch-less gear changes. 

In 2011 my son Jack was 7, old enough to start practicing in a kart. We bought him an old WTP 2 stroke in a Arrow Cadet Chassis & I bought a Rotax Max for me. We had loads of issues with the WTP so changed it for a Honda. This allowed both of us to do practice days at Clay Pigeon & Forest edge.  Once Jack got the hang of it he would do over 100 laps of Clay in a day - those where great days & he always slept well in the car on the way home!

 March 2012 we lined up for our first MSA kart meeting at Forest Edge. I quickly realised trying to look after Jack and race myself was too much, so I took the back seat and became his mechanic. I kept my kart and did lots of test days and a little IKR racing. Jack went on to win many races and compete in SuperOne.

It was apparent to me the cost of kart electronics was high. So I started repairing transponders and designed sensors to work with MyChron & Alfano lap timers – Kart Crazy was born.

Since then we have expanded our range to include 3D printed kart products & use the printer to make lap sensor cases.

We try to be as “green” as possible. Our office/workshop is solar powered and we use PLA, which is a biodegradable plastic made from renewable natural resources.