![]() He'll substitute for Cup regular Dave Blaney in Tommy Baldwin Racing's No. The track is primarily owned and operated by Justin Marks, 32, who will make his NASCAR Sprint Cup debut this weekend at Sonoma Raceway, the 12-turn, 1.99-mile road course in California. "I try to explain it to my friends, and I tell them it's like a small (Formula One) track. "It's the best karting track I've been to, and I've raced karts in Europe, Asia and all over the U.S.," American Le Mans Series driver Colin Braun said. These are high-performance vehicles that attract top drivers, which means you might see NASCAR drivers such as Denny Hamlin, Kasey Kahne and Scott Speed racing on a given night. ![]() But these aren't the kind of karts your frat buddy would race after playing mini golf or hitting the batting cages. GoPro Motorplex, a 0.7-mile go-kart track that opened in October, has become a sort of racer's Disneyland. So it makes sense, then, that a new karting facility 30 miles north of Charlotte is drawing drivers who want nothing more than to race for fun during their time off from racing. NASCAR drivers often say racing is more than a job for them - it's life. ![]()
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