![]() Of course, maybe your go cart has enhanced safety features like a roll cage – just be realistic about the safety of what you’re doing before you go anywhere near the open road.Īfter all, you’re 100% guaranteed to be the one losing the fight in a crash. A total lack of safety equipment means you need to gear up by wearing a helmet and whatever other protective gear you can find to make the act of riding a street legal go kart as safe as it can possibly be. In short, go karts are decidedly not cars. Less suspension than a covered wagon, and I’m gonna sound like your mom for just a second but bear with me. Maybe your friends all want you to take them places, but hey! Your cart only has one seat! Guess they’ll have to find another way to Chipotle.īut it’s not all rainbows and unicorns. Imagine you’re off to class or work, so you hop on your trusty go kart and zip across town. Plus, they’re easy to store and loads of fun to drive. They get incredible gas mileage, and you can build one in your garage. Now thanks to the guidance of caring professors and great real-world work experiences, Cook will be able to live her dream both on and off the track.Because it would be awesome to have a street legal go kart, that’s why. But the fact that I was able to keep the lead for the majority of the race has to be one of the most memorable moments of my career.” “At the last second, I was passed by the favorite to win. “I was leading most of a heat race,” she recalled of one her most memorable racing moments. She plans to specialize in branding, logos and car vinyls - always with an emphasis on her passion for racing.įor Cook, the joy of both racing and graphic design is in the journey as much as the win. Now with two years at Stumpy’s and finishing her last year of college, Cook has ambitions to start her own business, TurnOne. “It’s really all about seeing the outcome of all the work I’ve done.” Cook shared. Stumpy’s creates vinyl wraps for race cars, letting Cook combine her two passions, racing and art.Ĭook truly loves to see “her” cars take their turns at each race. “Alan really supported me coming back into the program and helped me get into the rhythm of graphic design again.”Įarlier that school year, Stumpy’s Custom Creations invited Cook to be a graphic designer on their team. She also had encouragement from Alan Orrison, the director of Union’s Art and Design Program. “She really took the time to listen and helped me realize what I really wanted to do.”Īfter talking to Smith, Cook switched back to her first love. “Amy Smith was one of the teachers who really pushed and helped me,” said the Union senior. It was one of the top options that I was looking at.”ĭuring her two years studying social work and an internship, she continued to take elective art classes - some from Amy Smith, who teaches pottery and drawing. I guess I just like helping people and wanted to go into something like art therapy. “These two majors are just complete polar opposites. She had already immersed herself by creating and designing vinyl car wraps and delighted in the creativity.īut as she neared the end of her first semester in college, she couldn’t see the potential of a career in graphic design and decided to use her talents in a very different field. Her love of racing had pointed her in that direction. Then I moved up to dirt sport mods when I was 18.”Īs highschool was wrapping up, Cook decided to study graphic design. “I’ve been racing go-karts since I was 15. ![]() In fact, the Lincoln local grew up on the dirt track, racing with both of her parents and her younger sister. “Your mind kind of turns off when you start the car and pull it onto the track.” Cook has followed in her parents’ tire tracks - they both attended Union College and started racing at approximately her age. ![]() “Yeah, it’s almost like an adrenaline rush … you just get sucked into it.” Cook said. This is exactly what Amber Cook loves about race day as she straps herself into her 350 horsepower car. The deafening engines drown out the crowd’s low roar as anticipation and excitement builds. Dust and exhaust rise from the ground as thousands of horsepower rumble to life.
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