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Abstract

An apparatus and methods for a racetrack for operating go-karts and similar motorized amusement vehicles thereon. The racetrack includes a wooden racetrack portion supported on a frame having a plurality of vertical support posts connected to a plurality of support members positioned underlying a wooden racetrack surface, thereby providing elevation above ground and structural support. The wooden racetrack surface includes a first and second outer periphery, and extends along a plurality of tiers elevated above ground level, forming a multi-level racetrack surface. In addition, the wooden racetrack surface includes a plurality of banked curves built from wooden slats positioned vertically on edge, each wooden slat abuttingly adjoining at least one other wooden slat of the plurality, bent into shape and positioned at a predetermined angle of inclination from an inside curve periphery to an outside curve periphery, thereby forming an especially smooth banked curve. The plurality of banked curves may be joined with straightaway sections of racetrack to create turns, ovals, figure eights, multi-level spirals, or any other desired shape. An associated method of producing revenue from land having a stormwater retention basin thereon includes operating a go-kart amusement ride erected above a stormwater retention at a sufficient elevation such that the stormwater retention basin operates substantially within design characteristics.

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