Going blind is a terrible thing for anyone, but especially people who enjoy driving. Former New York governor David Paterson is legally blind, but managed to finagle his way into a 14-lap run at a go kart track in Syracuse, N.Y. last week.

We like the Fiat 500 Abarth. We like it more when it takes advantage of its short track and hits a go-kart track. We like it best when it runs a go-kart track for charity.

At the Detroit Auto Show and other shows like it, automakers tend to invite journalists to over-the-top dinners and events so they can schmooze and build relationships. Sometimes there are bands, other times celebrities, and there is always excellent food. Automakers have pampered us for so long that it is now expected …

Here we see a guy taking his go-kart on a busy street in Sydney. What's more ridiculous, that he's sharing the road with full-size cars, or that he's wanted by the police?

We've all seen Lego Mindstorms kits, right? Those advanced Lego kits with little motors and linkages and a little computer brain box? Sure, you know them. Usually, they're used to make little robots or table-top Rubik's cube solving machines or possibly advanced, immobile, closet-occupying robots. Normally they're…

Las Vegas is the city of sin and of some wicked cars. We hit The Strip, enjoyed the sights and ended up doing battle at a local go-kart track.

Apparently "Diesel" shoes kick butt. They kick so much butt, a super-sized motorized shoe and super-sized motorized butt were built for and crashed together in this commercial. Someone at the ad agency ate the brown acid.

Last year, we drove the Ariel Atom at Lime Rock Park. It’s time for another rendezvous on an abandoned Soviet airfield where we've found the Atom is still the sharpest and simplest driver’s car ever made.

Say Hai, a 19-year-old Minnesota man, led St. Paul police on a winding chase through downtown on this go-kart before being stopped after three Taser blasts. Yes, those are mismatched wheels up front.

62-year-old Dennis LeRoy Anderson had it made; his lawnmower-powered La-Z-Boy came equipped with both boombox and cupholders. The ladies loved him. But problems started when he blew a 0.29 after crashing it into a parked car. (H/T to Peugeot) [KARE11]