In addition to soccer, midday napping, and cigarette consumption, European nations rank ahead of the United States in go-kart technologies. Today’s Groupon will let you enjoy being second-best with these two options:

• For $19, you get two adult races around the track, plus license fees and tax (up to a $40 value)
• For $15, you get two junior races, plus license fee and tax (a $31 value)

Tampa Bay Grand Prix puts you behind the wheel of a true European-style electric OTL Pro-Kart. These easy-to-handle, durable, and reliable karts were designed specifically for rental and can reach speeds of up to 45 miles per hour—packing enough excitement to make the family sedan feel like a golf cart tethered to a mountain by a chain made out of iron recovered from a shipwreck. The OTL Pro-Kart's unique steel-tube frame provides security from red koopa shells and banana peels, while the track's state-of-the-art barrier ensures extra safety.

Tampa Bay's quarter-mile racetrack provides a compact, high-octane venue for either challenging your driving skills on a solo run or settling some old family disputes the way nature intended—head-to-head racing at top speed while making shocked exclamations in poorly dubbed English. The track’s friendly computerized timer, a Club Speed system, counts each lap during your 14-lap race and calculates the best average lap time, providing printed proof of your by-a-nose victory and times per lap.

Adult karts minimum 56" and junior carts 48" minimum. Waiver required to participate.

Reviews

Tampa Bay Grand Prix gets an average of 4.5 stars from Google Mappers:

• Fantastic track, excellent service, staff is cool. Good for the whole family as they have a few smaller go-carts for kids. I love the rules, they are F1 style (no bumping, you have to let the faster competitors to pass you). Great fun!‎ – Regi
• Cool electric go kart place. track is great, decent speed. – Japoy