Long Island go-kart megatrack smashes world record to snag title of largest course in the world
They’re taking a victory lap.An indoor go-kart track earned a Guinness record as the largest course of its kind – as its spaghetti-like twists gave one NASCAR star a run for his money on Tuesday.RPM Raceway in Farmingdale officially celebrated its entry into the Guinness Book of World Records with 2023 Daytona 500 winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr.taking a solo lap on the massive 3,515.7 square-foot track.“I won a lot of races, done a lot of things, but this is a first for me,” Stenhouse told The Post.He said he sized up the track split between a labyrinth-like, intertwining upper and lower level on a walkthrough, but quickly realized there were “a lot of corners” to weave in and out of at about 40 miles per hour.“[The toughest part is] trying to figure out which corner you’re in and where you’re at, because when I walked it earlier, I thought I was back at the start — and I was not.”The so-called “megatrack” Stenhouse took on is actually a combination of RPM’s three raceways, which are all individually less than 1,500 feet.
A multimillion-dollar revamp from November to April installed an elevated new level and configured the course to be interchangeable in six ways — including the world record racer’s delight format.That course opened to the public on Mondays for $30.“One of my favorites is the banked corners up top,” Stenhouse said after notching a singular lap time of 1:39.8 — a smidge under his goal of 1:40.
“At a couple of places, you come off the ground, which is really neat, and makes you feel like you’re going pretty fast.So it was a lot of fun.”Guinness official adjudicator Andy Glass said the record is a new category — with the bare minimum to achieve the award set at 900 meters, or 2952.76 feet.“I’ve definitely certified over 100 records, anything from the fastest juggler to the most cookies baked in a marathon, to the tallest piñata,” Glass said.
“This is definitely one of the more thrilling ones, definit...