Go-karts as we know them were born in 1956 in California as a small machine powered by a West Bend 2-cycle 750 engine taken from a lawn mower.

During the day, Jason works for Cliff Loss, owner of JC Specialties, a business that specializes in karts and kart parts. Loss' son, Cliff Jr., is Jason's brother-in-law.

Computers then merge the kart's real-world position on the laser-scanned track with the virtual course. Before you run out hoping to ride at the closest go-kart track, there are a few catches.

Go-kart racing is closest most of us could get to real open wheel racing, and for 50-year-old Glen Luening, speeding through the curves of Midwest tracks, low and fast, been a hobby and a passion ...

The kit comes with everything you'd need to build it in the comfort of your home garage and no welding is required. There's a frame, wheels, brakes, a seat, and the aforementioned 98cc engine.