One by air, one by sea, one by land photo gallery continued from previous page

Click on each thumbnail for a print quality image. Photos by Tom Campbell.

Peter Hirst cleans the tires and adjusts the pressure before a practice run earlier this spring at the New Castle, Ind., Raceway.		Peter Hirst cleans the tires and adjusts the pressure before a practice run earlier this spring at the New Castle, Ind., Raceway.
The equipment trailer for Team KART doubles as a dressing room, where Hirst laces up his leather racing shoes.		The plastic cowl of Hirst’s kart is aerodynamic, but it also keeps other karts from becoming entangled with his on the racetrack.
Drivers for KART (Kiwi-American Racing Team) work on their karts in pit row at the New Castle Raceway.		Elevated dollies make it easy for Hirst and teammate Dave Reason to work on their karts and to wheel them to the racetrack.
Drivers Paul Baldwin (left) Hirst and Dave Reason (right) go through final preparations during a practice session.		With no pit crew other than themselves, the drivers take turns starting the karts of the other drivers. Here, Hirst starts Dave Reason’s kart.
Aside from the initial outlay of cash to buy a go-kart, Hirst has found karting to be relatively inexpensive. The brand new New Castle Raceway charges $20 for a practice session.		Running by himself on the New Castle track allows Hirst to concentrate on getting to know the best way to maneuver around the course.
All of the information displayed on Hirst’s onboard computer can be downloaded onto a laptop computer for lap-by-lap analysis.		Hirst, left, and teammate Dave Reason get into a little friendly racing during a recent practice session.