K1 Speed

Very fun. Friendly staff. Kinda expensive but worth it if your looking for a fun night out. 70 bucks for four races. So figure on spending about that much for a good time with a date.

WOW! This is a perfect place to enjoy time with your family. I came with my son and it was hard s from rat time the staff was patient and friend with him. That’s always a plus in my book. Will defiantly be coming back!

My first time Go Cart Racing, ever. When I first entered the door, I was greeted by two employees with a smile and trying to help direct me where to go and what to do since I was there for my BF’s company Christmas party. The staff was very informative with advice on how to drive safely and without slowing down the rest of the brigade. So, if your girl is fun and likes excitement this is definitely the right change-​up compared to a movie date. I would definitely return!

I brought my 3 kids here ($$$ get ready) to try it out. This place is big with plenty of parking. It’s basically going to cost you $ 20 per person per race. I’m sure you can find a coupon or some deals but that’s what it is if you walk in off the street. The kids loved it, so much so we did it again ($$$). The kids want to do it again, of course they do.

This place is nice and clean, but having a party or just going there is a bit pricey. So I caution you to bring a bag full of money.
I know that this is understandable but some guy vomited on the track and I guess he didn’t tell the workers or the workers did not see it. I was first to go and not expecting the vomit but I ran it over and splattered all over me and my friend behind me. So this probably doesn’t really happen to often but that was gross. And another thing that bothered me was that people were using there phone while racing.

Well the Track is a ton of fun… BUT if you have a group they up the price to more than double. the $ 45 package for 3 races (Which is already pricey is bumped to $ 49 for 2 races) HUGE RIP OFF

The Good:
Well maintained karts and track
Clean
Easy parking
The Bad:
Inconsistent wait times
Inattentive staff

We booked the venue for a couple of hours for our staff of just over 60 people and we had a blast!
We had lunch served which arrived on time and the staff working at the location came by periodically to clean up the table area, discarding any trash or empty containers which was a nice touch.
Everyone we dealt with were freindly and professional and made getting our staff set up very easy which was great considering we were such a large group.
The only downside is that the cars fit «average» size people comfortably for the most part. A few of us are a little «hippy» so to speak (okay, we just like our food a lot!) and another member is rather tall so we had the hardest time fitting the seat with comfort which made the driving a bit more challening, but… something too that would be forgotten about once the race was underway.
Be prepared for a workout as maneuvering those Karts aroudn the track will be harder than it looks-​something else that you’ll probably forget about while racing but will feel later!
Overall, a great experience for everyone and it ends our year of very hard work in a fun and positive way!
Thanks K1 Speed!

Full disclosure: I’m 39 years old. My friends Brian (38) and Woody (49) wanted to celebrate their birthdays in a fun and silly fashion. So they arranged for a group race at K1 Speed in Gardena. We did the three race package for $ 60 each. 3 races is plenty, unless you do this thing all the time, you will find it becomes quite a physical effort.
PROS: We all had so much fun zipping around the track. It’s great fun to go with a group of friends. We were able to be competitive with each other. They give you sheets that show you how you rank in each race, but the final race has all the bragging rights. I placed third and I have the sweet trophy to prove it.
CONS: I am 5’11″ and a few pounds south of 300lbs. I was able to fit in the karts, but I would not recommend anyone larger than myself. Each kart performs differently and some in my group were disappointed by their kart’s performance. The staff consists of teenagers working at a go kart track… so manage your expectations for professionalism.
OVERALL: Everyone walked away smiling. Well worth $ 60 for a great afternoon.

EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED
Don’t bother wasting your money coming here if you are tall or husky in size you won’t fit in their karts you are better off putting extra gas in your car and going for a drive
It is pathetic they have no accommodation for people that are larger in any way

On your marks! Get set! Stall!
If you’re me, that is – you’ll pray not to bump into the (soft) walls and stay alive, at least the first couple of minutes. I’m a very good driver but that somehow did not translate into being a good Go Kart driver. If you have experience — you’ll have fun right away. I had a lot of fun, once I stopped bumping.
They time every Go Kart and you can check out your scores, as well as everyone else’s. My score? Last. Who needs the score? They can also email you the scores. I didn’t opt for «Sophia, you’re a loser» email but you could. The place has no AC, so on a hot day you’ll be really hot there, especially with all the layers of face gear you must put on.
It’s a fun experience and if you’re environmentally concerned — a non-​polluting fun experience.
Good place for a date.

This place is a joke!!!
don’t go here if you are an adult and serious about driving. I recommend Adams Motorsports Park in Riverside, Jim Hall go-​karting in Ventura and even go kart world 5 minutes away before I would ever step foot in this place again.

The wait on a Saturday was way too long! My friends and I were told that for all 11 of us to race together it would be a 4 hour wait. That’s ridiculous! Because we were there celebrating birthdays, we decided to put our names down anyway. We did multiple races so we were told the first 6 racers can race in 2.5 hours, 30 min later another 5 racers can go and one hour after that we can all go together. We ended up leaving K1 to go kill time elsewhere since there’s really nothing else to do there. There’s a very small arcade with one pool table, an air hockey table that was out of order, and a few other games. Perhaps there were cancellations because we got back earlier and was able to start earlier. The 11-​person race actually started about 2.5 hours or so after we put our names down. Much better than a 4 hour wait!
The venue was nice and clean. I was told they can slow down drivers and they should really slow down the drivers not paying attention to their damn signals! One of the drivers (whom we don’t know) in our race kept bumping and was flagged «no bumping» multiple times… slow his ass down! What an ass. Another driver kept trying to cut people out of the turns. He was slow and really needed to move out of the way. I wish the employees would better monitor the drivers that are just getting in the way and slow them down so they can stop cutting the faster drivers out at the turns. Speed them back up later.
I really did enjoy racing and was going to give 4 stars, but as I wrote my review I recalled the long wait and the lack of monitoring of the inconsiderate drivers. This brought my star rating down. I would go again and maybe then my rating will go up.

Good place, fun karts
Seem pretty balanced for the most part
Friendly staff which is a big plus, seem to actually care about the safety of the drivers
Always left with a smile on my face

This place is awesome! Their cars accelerate way better than any other go-​cart places I’ve tried. As far as I can tell all the cars are consistent wrt their speed, acceleration, etc which makes for a good group race with nobody complaining that their car was under-​performing! :D
It’s well organized and fairly clean too.

A very fun experience.
My coworker treated our office to an outing here recently, and I was pleasantly surprised. If you don’t know, I’m not the daredevil type, so I was a bit apprehensive about racing, but it turned out to be a lot of fun.
Price: Since our coworker treated us, I’m not sure, but we did get to race two rounds within ourselves. It was 14 laps each time, so I felt like it was enough amount of time.
Race: They have certain rules on how to race, but once you start racing, it’s hard to pay attention to anything else other than what is going on right in front of you. There is an accelerator pedal and a break pedal. That’s all you really need to know.
Gear: They provide helmets and little facewear (face sock?) to wear before you put on the helmet so it’s not gross when you put on a used helmet. They will help you with chin strap, etc.
Speed: It feels really fast, but not sure how fast you actually go. I ended up coming in the middle of the pack, and I was pretty happy with my speed. The hard part is passing someone because you don’t want to crash. I would keep missing the chance to pass someone because I wasn’t too aggressive, otherwise, I would’ve been a lot faster (really!).
Food: You can order pizza ahead of time, which is what my coworker did for us. They also sell drinks and snacks, but no alcohol, for obvious reasons.
Staff: Everyone was pretty nice and helpful.
I would recommend this place for a group of friends that want to try something different. Not sure how crowded it gets on weekends, since we were there on a weekday late afternoon (not crowded at all then), but overall cool experience.
tip: You will sweat a bit and your hair will get messed up, so keep that in mind, ladies.
tip: Wear jeans (no skirts) and some tennis shoes.
tip: If you want to organize a bday party or outing for kids, they have separate cars for juniors. From what I understand, kids will race amongst themselves, and not with adults. Might be a fun bday party idea.
They have a little ceremony for people that come in 1^st through 3^rd. It was cute! Much thanks to my awesome coworker for organizing this!

Came as a parent for the first time over the weekend. Staff was OK. Equipment and facility are good. However, at $ 20 per 12 lap race, prices are steep and they could manage the races better. We got there when they opened and my kids had to wait in the cars for 10 minutes while one Dad went 14 laps by himself (while his own kid watched and waited) followed by another 14 lap adult race with only two cars. Hello? Why not have the first guy wait, oh, one minute, to allow the next two to get ready and COMBINE the two adult micro groups for a better experience with three cars on track and less waiting for the young kids? Amazing… duh!

I am actually pretty pissed off. The wait is way worst than waiting for space mountain at Disneyland seriously. We came here at 8pm and didn’t get to race until 11pm. I heard the rule is new comers don’t get priority to race and is put to the later race. Heard that people who holds the annual license already gets priority over those who are new so they let all the new comers race last. How the heck is that even fair? Waiting more than 3 hours and it was almost closing time. I’ve been here before but I took my nephews for the first time so we are considered newcomers. The fact that the guy in the front desk said the wait is about give or take 2 hours was already not appealing but we decided to do it anyways since I love K1. I saw a group of people who arrived at K1 after us getting to race before us and raced more than just 1 race. I’m was getting agitated.
Though I didn’t like the wait, I still love the place. It kicks up your adrenaline. Still will come back.

The staff were nice, but they need to watch the track a little better.
I was there on Valentine’s Day as part of a competition for Southern California Mini Maniacs. They have races all year long and the racers get their points added up for each race.
Thankfully only three club members showed up to race because there was another big event in Northern California that a lot of the members went to.
I ended up getting some points and I think I do alright for a female. I do think I need to take a class because the older member who raced with us beat us. My husband was shocked too because he’s pretty fast and he owns his own gas powered kart.
In my third race a guy about twenty years old rear ended me pretty hard because he wasn’t paying attention. That really pissed me off so I tried to flag down the track staff member who was in la la land. After the race I gave the kid a piece of my mind and I also had a chat with the staff member. I felt like I had whiplash the next day, but thankfully my neck is feeling better now.
Would I drive all the way down to K1 Speed on my own? Probably not because there are other tracks closer to home like Racers Edge in Burbank or MB2 in Sylmar.

Don’t go looking for this place thinking you’ll see a track from the outside, the whole experience is INDOORS. As a matter of fact, it’s hidden in the back corner of the lot.
A few of my girlfriends and I came here on a Friday afternoon for some birthday fun. We were celebrating my 21^st birthday for the nth time, and I wanted to do an activity that made me feel like a kid again. It wasn’t busy, only two other drivers besides us girls, and we even got to race the track with just the three of us! Our own private race!
You start by signing up on a computer screen which takes a few minutes to complete. They use this information to put your name on the scoreboard when you race.
I must have had a brain of a kid that day, as I wore a dress with some knee high boots. Which hello, you aren’t supposed to do because you are low to the ground and you hit speeds that will make your dress fly up! So ladies, leave the skirts and dresses at home, but take the boots with you. They weren’t harmed at all! People must have thought I was doing some questionable activity as I was trying to sit on the front of my dress to tuck it in and prevent it from flying, so yes, I looked like I was grabbing my crotch the whole time.
Girls, also be warned about the SLEEVES. You put this yellow thing over your face as to make wearing the helmet more sanitary. After seeing how many people wear those helmets, you’ll appreciate them. There is only a hole for your eyes to peek through. These things are not made for MAKEUP or LIP GLOSS. If you sweat and wear the sleeve, your face makeup will be ruined so bring something to touch it up. Your hair also can get a little messy in this thing too so bring something to fix it. If you wear lipstick, bring something to rub it off or it’ll look like you made out with yourself! Or simply lower the sleeve beneath your chin. Your chin doesn’t touch the helmet anyways.
The track is indoors, so you will not be exposed to the elements. It could be pouring rain outside or blazing hot, but you wouldn’t know the difference. The only downside to this is that the track is pretty small and the other locations have more tracks to race.
Pay attention when they tell you what the flags mean, as I didn’t know what most of the flags meant. One is for passing, and my friends expressed their frustration with me not following the flag! Haha! I went around a turn so sharply, I actually rearranged the track by running into the wall. I can see how people can get seriously injured if they don’t observe the no bumping rules. Those little carts go pretty fast especially since it’s a small track.
It’s a little pricy but way better than the track you get at a mini golf course. Plus, you can race your friends and they even give you a print out of your times. Note that you do not race each other on position, if you go ahead of me that doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll beat me. It is based on time and how long it took you to complete the laps. My girlfriends and I both agreed that this would be the most fun with large groups especially if you knew most of the people on the track. We are planning to do it again with a large group of friends.