140+mph Superkart Launched by Jade Karts at Donington Park! 

Not sure that's a problem as such. Also, Anderson is the dominant supplier of chassis as far as I can tell. They do pretty well out of it. Superkarts have bigger issues elsewhere

@@AlanDoveKarting Well, it's a nice problem to have, equipment lasting a long time. Anderson makes a nice product (as do most of them) but the situation ends up creating a type of karting that has been virtually stagnant for the last forty years. The karts are nicer and faster but look very much like they did in the late 80's. And with out something "new" there is little reason for anyone to want to do it. New can mean a lot of different things, engines, bodywork, event format, event locations to name just a few. There just isn't anything to market, nothing for the shops to sell and service. No new people joining in. Having new people start long circuit racing would also bring new solutions to the bigger issues that exist.

@BennHerr that's a general accusation you can apply to all of karting. In that context, SK is the least offending. Compare Rotax in 1998 to now. It's essentially the exact same thing

It does mean talent counts more than money.

​@@BennHerrthere is so much wrong with what you said here, you basically described long track superkart as a very straight forward sport, how in the hell is the fact that the sport is so "straight forward" the problem with people not joining in?! Everywhere I look, all I can hear 99% of people saying constantly is that karting changed for no damn reason and should revert back to its roots in order to engage more people since this would entail lower costs and less complication. You sound heavily like the kind of person that wants to give something a fix when nothing was broken on it at all. Superkart is straight forward? Alright lets make it more complex! That will definitely revive it! Superkart is dead because most people can't go to their local track and race them, they require much more comitted kart racers and organizations. I live in Ontario in Canada, where in the hell am i supposed to go to race these machines?! THAT'S the problem with why superkart is dead, accessibility to the masses. Even if I could walk out of my backyard and engage, I don't have this kind of money. It already costs me about $15k dollars for 1 year of karting where I am, and I run 100cc air cooled club level vintage class