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My parts counterman shared with me that kids at age 4 can start driving in the 4-8 age group in the  mini sprint cars. Anyone have some pictures of those cars and is that age group  national age? 

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You might want to ask your parts man what "he" means by "mini" sprint. I'm here in the east coast, and there is a plethora of names for many kinds of what we call "small car" types of race cars. Many of the different ones are regional to different parts of the country. While I have seen kids as young as 12 or 14 yrs. in full size race cars, I am of the opinion that 4 yrs is to young for what I call a mini sprint. We have what is called "kid karts" for racers in the 4-8 yr age before they move up to regular go karts. He may be talking about 1/4 midgets, sort of a go kart with a roll cage, and unlike a go kart with no suspension, they have a suspension. And I believe they start as young as 4 or 5 yrs, and are on a national level. They kind of look like a sprint car.

Be forewarned, racing is demanding and addictive. Oh, and get your wallet out. But it is a lot of fun if you can stick with it.

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I did use the tern "sprint " very loosely. The young age was what caught my attention, the types of "racer" cars are foreign to me. TKS for the clarifications. May need to go watch a couple of races. 

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