Outdoor
★★★★☆
Full Throttle Adrenaline Park - Sterling Heights is an outdoor karting track in Sterling Heights, Michigan. Karts put you inches off the pavement: low-cost, high-intensity racing that's the proving ground for almost every motorsport career. With around 32 tracks inside a 75-mile radius, Sterling Heights sits in a genuine pocket of racing — easy to build a road trip around. Race days and gate times change with the season; the venue answers at (586) 997-8800, and the map on this page gets you to the gate. New to karting? Our guides walk through your first session, what to wear, and how race days are run.
Know Before You Go
- Open-track days
- Outdoor karting venues run open practice and arrive-and-drive sessions weekly. Pricing varies from $25 per session at rental tracks to $200+ per day for own-kart.
- Weather impact
- Outdoor karting closes for rain at most rental facilities. Sprint racing continues on wet tires for race weekends. Check forecast — sessions get bumped or refunded.
- Kart classes
- Look for rental karts (low-power 4-stroke), shifter karts (6-speed 125cc), TaG (touch-and-go ignition 100-125cc), and kid karts (50-60cc). Each class has its own day.
- Race series
- Most outdoor tracks host a club championship plus a regional or national series. Entry-level club racing is the cheap way to start — usually $50-150 per race day.