ABOUT THE AUTHOR/PUBLISHER

Jean Genibrel, the most read karting book author in the world, has been involved in karting for nearly four decades and has sold nearly 70,000 books. He has written eight books and a multitude of magazine articles on a variety of subjects like karting, stock car racing, road racing, and open-wheel dirt cars. Jean was involved in all categories of auto racing and karting as a driver, engine and chassis builder, and tuner; four-stroke, two-stroke, Shifter, dirt oval, and Sprint as well as in Stock Car, road racing, and open-wheel.  Jean was the editor for "Kart Racer Magazine", "Rod Action" and "Street Machines" and contributed to several other publications like "Circle Track", Sports Car, "Bracket Racing", "National Kart News", "Open Wheel" and others. With the books, all his efforts were directed at educating and assisting karters to get into karting easily and to move up the ranks effectively. Jean has helped thousands of karters become acquainted with and improve in the sport of karting. As a race professional the author has gained firsthand experience with the mistakes and errors many have made in karting and other forms of racing. The knowledge was tabulated in "Sprint Karting", "The Yamaha KT100" and "Karting, a Complete Introduction". The author publishes APPLIEDSPEED.COM a technical auto racing blog and e-commerce website where his books are available to purchase.

The book approaches questions like:

• How do I get into karting?"
• How do I become a race car driver?
• How do I improve in karting?

RACE DRIVING: Controlling the "Self", emotions, positive thinking, focusing, concentration, visual fields, lines, apexes, braking points, the six sections, passing and much more.

RACE DAY: Setup, carb settings, gearing, tuning, the start, practice, qualifying, the race and much more.

MAINTENANCE BETWEEN RACES: Visual inspection, axles, and bearings, brakes, charging the battery, reed valves, record-keeping and much more.

AND A SPECIAL CHAPTER STRICTLY ON "SHIFTERS": Engines, fuel system, carburetors,  the needle, float and jets; tuning, starting, spark plugs, radiator care, brakes and bleeding, the balance bar; reading the plug, setting the air/fuel mixture, air correction graphs, altitude correction graphs and much more.