At the beginning of this year Podium Speedway opened. Now you probably ask what Podium Speedway is and I would say it is indoor electric Go-Kart racing area. The place is actually pretty sweet. My friends and I went there for a friends birthday....well it so happened to be on her birthday weekend. The real reason we went was because a two particular wanted to really try it out. It was pretty fun, I do have to admit that. They could use some streamlining and optimization to make the experience better. First off, their check-in process is absolutely horrible. Standing in line for an hour just to initially register and pay, that is pretty ridiculous.  I expect it at like Disneyland and other places where there are hundreds of people moving through the place every day, but really, for about 30 ft max in a line to take an hour, that is just insane. Then again, it is Hawaii and everything here is done slowly and for the most part inefficient. 

The race itself can have up to 10 people at a time I believe. It is better if there is less in my opinion because the race track is a bit on the small side. Podium has structured the races in a way that you aren't actually racing against each other in a traditional manner, but more in a timed manner. Each car is individually timed. I think this is easily possible because there is a RF chip, or some other way of following the car. The safety officers on the course also have great control of the cars, since at a touch of a button, they can limit the karts top speed. In a way, it's a good feature over gas engine karts. The real question is to see how long the batteries in the Karts are going to last since they are charged after every ~5 min race. That can't be too good for the batteries in the long run. The fastest I saw someone finish a lap was just over 20 seconds. The slowest is about 40 sec. Unfortunately, one of those drivers was in our group and slowed us all down.