Parents are spending millions on karting for their kids, hoping it will eventually catapult them into F1 racing. It’s a mad, mad world. And we go inside.

Parents are spending millions on karting for their kids, hoping it will eventually catapult them into F1 racing. It’s a mad, mad world. And we go inside.

Townsville racer Brock Nolan, 9, sticks his finger in the air after winning a race during this year’s Australian Kart Championships. His first win was heart-stopping, mother Rebecca said.

Youth go-karting is the purest form of motorsport, where the rubber meets the road. For a young boy from Arvada, the racetrack has become the launching pad to his Formula 1 dreams.

Go-karting has become a magnet for the money and power flowing through motorsports. Baby Race charges its drivers $7,500 for a four-day race event (plus a $600 entrance fee).