Karting, ib tug transliteration ntawm cov lus Askiv lo lus "karting," hais txog me me kev ua si tsheb. Karting pib nyob rau sab hnub tuaj teb chaws Europe nyob rau hauv 1940, tab sis tsuas yog tau dav thiab loj hlob sai nyob rau hauv cov teb chaws Europe thiab America los ntawm lig 1950s. Nws cov qauv yog yooj yim heev: ib tug ncej, ib tug ob -stroke engine, thiab plaub lub log ywj siab yog tag nrho ntawm ib tug kart.
Vim nws txoj kev yooj yim ntawm kev tsav tsheb, kev nyab xeeb, thiab kev zoo siab, nws tau txais kev nyiam thoob ntiaj teb sai. Hauv xyoo 1962, FIA Karting Committee tau tsim los ntawm kev pib ntawm FIA Thawj Tswj Hwm Barnes, tom qab ntawd hloov lub npe World Karting Federation.
