Lifestyle Dec 10, 2013 James Gent Grass Kart Racing. Speed on a budget Key lesson in grass kart racing: you’ll go fast, you’ll crash, and people will laugh at you. Gentlemen, start your engines. Sort…
Race Mar 18, 2013 Phill Tromans 12 Hours of flat-out karting. Dubai Kartdrome Endurance Championship We go behind the scenes - and compete - at the first round of the 2013 Dubai Kartdrome Endurance Championship. It's all…
Race Nov 9, 2012 James Gent Red Bull. Mohamed Al Mutawaa. The Rising It had been a hard-fought race in sometimes superb heat, but as one of Red Bull’s finest stepped from his single seater…
Shot of the Day Oct 14, 2012 James Gent Shot of the Day. “zzzzzzzz…I’m awake, I’m awake!” It’s 2am, and the crankandpiston crew is pretty knackered. We’ve been here for just under eleven hours now, and since the Dubai…
Road Aug 23, 2012 James Gent Autobahn. The Way Grip Works Such is the enormity of motorsport that appropriate adjectives seem almost never-ending: wheel-to-wheel; intense; raw; on a knife edge. Graceful. On-track warfare…
Race May 13, 2012 Phill Tromans The most epic karting save ever. Club 100. Beastie Boys As we've recently mentioned, karting is awesome. Particularly when you get in-kart footage of maybe the greatest save in racing history. During…
Race May 10, 2012 Phill Tromans Dubai Kartdrome Endurance Championship 12 Hrs. Motorsport on the cheap Love motorsport? Always wanted to give it a go, but never had the dollar? Then you, my friend, need to look into…
Lifestyle Feb 27, 2012 James Gent Tuned Lawn Mowers. USLMRA. Mowing The Racing Line Crankandpiston has already brought you news and coverage from the WRC, the LMS, the UAE GT and F1. Now we’d like to…
Lifestyle Feb 19, 2012 James Gent Ice Race. Dubai, UAE. The Heat Is Off We made some noise recently about last weekend’s Red Bull Car Park Drift in Abu Dhabi (hope you stayed glued to Red…
Race Jan 18, 2010 Phil McGovern International Super Karts. Dubai 24hrs 2010. Mental! Try and picture the complete crazyness of what I am about to write. Take one Go-Kart, add a 250cc, two cylinder engine…
Race Jun 22, 2009 Phil McGovern Dubai 24Hrs 2009. Kart Race A big thanks to Ali A. for letting us post his great camera work from the last Dubai 24Hrs Kart race held…