{"id":3238,"date":"2022-04-18T14:12:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T18:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highcaliberkarting.com\/?p=3238"},"modified":"2022-06-02T17:13:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T21:13:04","slug":"high-caliber-karting-entertainment-debut-handicapable-go-karts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highcaliberkarting.com\/high-caliber-karting-entertainment-debut-handicapable-go-karts\/","title":{"rendered":"High Caliber Karting & Entertainment Debut Handicapable Go Karts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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April 19, 2022, East Lansing, MI \u2013\u00a0<\/b>Indoor amusement park,\u00a0High Caliber Karting & Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0is pumped to announce the arrival of \u2018Handicapable,<\/a>\u2019 the venue\u2019s ability to provide accessibility to wheelchair user guests with a kick ass go\u00a0kart race experience.<\/a>\u00a0After a year\u2019s worth of testing and fine tuning the process, locals of the East Lansing area and touring visitors who use a wheelchair can now experience driving again with a unique, hand operated steering wheel system.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The\u00a0Handicapable operating system<\/a>\u00a0removes the need of using regular brakes and gas pedals by placing the operating mechanics directly behind the steering wheel of the go kart. After High Caliber\u2019s guests are seated into the specialized go kart by a lifting sling, legs are strapped in for safety and then they can take off at the high racing speed of 55 mph on either of the two high speed tracks offered at High Caliber Karting & Entertainment.. Providing many people the ability to drive for the first time since being in a wheelchair and have loads of fun with their friends in an activity they can all enjoy.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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High Caliber prides itself on\u00a0fun<\/a>\u00a0AND inclusion, so when the owner and operator, Jordan Munsters, was in a serious car accident he saw a harsh gap for go kart racing inclusion in his own company. After two major back surgeries and facing the possibility of never walking again, Munsters came to race go karts at his own establishment and realized he could no longer participate in an activity he loved with his friends and employees due to the wheelchair restriction. He knew that the go kart community had to have an answer for making go kart races more accessible and found a way to implement the change to High Caliber\u2019s karts.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

\u201cWe\u2019re all about creating great memories and building fun moments for our community and guests at High Caliber Karting. So when I realized we were excluding the handicapable in Michigan, we began a plan to remedy it immediately. And that\u2019s why we\u2019ve implemented the Handicapable system here. We opened up a go kart track to have fun and get people to race! That\u2019s why we built this, so that everybody can have fun and race. ADA Compliance is bullshit, if you really want to include everyone, it takes more than minimum standards.\u201d<\/p>