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Soaked & Sideways! Cyclekarting at Oulton Park Gold Cup 2026

Around the Track - Cyclekarting with Jay

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Three days of cyclekarting at the Oulton Park Gold Cup 2026—and almost every kind of British weather imaginable.

Cyclekarts GB joined the Gold Cup weekend for a series of demonstration runs, but persistent rain turned the circuit into an extremely slippery challenge.

Saturday was completely soaked. Sunday brought brief sunshine, wet hot laps, close onboard battles, overtakes around both sides of the hairpin—and an exhaust failure that brought the Hudson Eight GP’s weekend to an early end.

Monday began bright and dry before a last-minute storm soaked the track again, just in time for the parade lap. That didn’t stop the remaining drivers from heading out, producing more slides, spins and brilliant wet-weather action.

Featuring:

🏁 Onboard 360° footage
💨 Drifts, spins and close overtakes
🌧️ Constantly changing conditions
🔧 Breakdowns and trackside repairs
🏎️ The number 8A Hudson Eight GP
⚡ A perfectly timed Oulton Park thunderstorm

Next stop: Race the Waves 2026 at Bridlington—once the Hudson has a new exhaust!

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0:00 Event overview and setup
1:20 Saturday's wet conditions
4:28 Dry running on Sunday
8:27 Adapting to mixed weather
12:57 Hot laps and track craft
17:19 Wheel-to-wheel racing
19:04 Marshalling and mechanicals
21:13 Final sessions and wrap-up

20 Comments

@ATTCyclekartingWithJay Creator 3 weeks ago Pinned

New here? Race The Waves on Bridlington beach is coming next, followed by a complete strip-down and an Anatomy of a Cyclekart video. Subscribe—it’s free—if you want to follow the kart and see how these machines actually work. What would you most like explained?

@olsonspeed 2 weeks ago

Very enjoyable video, will filmed and edited . The course look perfect for Cyclekarts, the wet conditionions not so much. Thanks for the fun.

@rjbaima 13 days ago

COOL...THANKS FER' POST'n...😎

@rob-nb7oc 3 weeks ago

So glad I found your channel. Those cars are amazing. I'd love one! Great racing. Thank you.

@phil1933 2 weeks ago

Excellent production

@johnhughes5191 4 weeks ago

Fabulous Vid and commentary again Jay 😊

@keithnorman3519 3 weeks ago

Never seen or heard of this and been to Oulton many times, looks like massive fun😊.

@markonmotoring 3 weeks ago

I've attended Oulton Park for their annual French car event for the past three years and this year was the first time it stayed dry. It looks like everyone had fun going sideways anyway.
I saw the photographs from this event already on the Facebook group but at some point I need to get myself along to an event to see these magnificent machines close up.

@JazzTechie 3 weeks ago

This looks fun!

@philraff7093 3 weeks ago

Thats the drift track very low grip even in the dry. Looked good fun

@1worldgaming18 3 weeks ago

nice looks fun

@cogboy302 3 weeks ago (edited)

The drift/rally circuit has powdered glass mixed into the tarmac, so it's slippy even when dry. They often use a tractor & slurry tanker to water the track too, to stop squealing tyres from upsetting the neighbours.

I drove it in a Mazda MX5 with a welded diff, hydraulic handbrake, and knobbly gravel tyres at the Gold Cup in 2019. A lot of fun. Tricky. Lots of opposite lock.

Before I took the Mazda out, I was helping to do set up for the stage, in a BMW E36 325 tds, towing a single axle trailer loaded with cones. Don't think they were too impressed with me drifting the BMW with the trailer on the back.

@edtheduck99 2 weeks ago

Looks like really good fun shame about the weather but nice you showcased them for a new audience I’ve never seen these before

@deldridg 3 weeks ago

This looks like a ton of fun! Would love to build one of these with my son here in Australia! Thanks for the footage mate - great fun! Cheers - Dave

@thedoingnotthedone 3 weeks ago

Great having the voice over. Was one of the drivers "local menace" ? I want that on my gravestone :). I'm not usually a fan of music but sound levels are good and it works, and then got the contrast when you turn the music off for "serious laps" rather than big drift showboating - both great to see.

@jasone3166 3 weeks ago

Enjoying your video from Canada. I would love to build and drive one of these cars! I'm going to have to look into whether or not we have an organization here. Thanks for sharing.

@ATTCyclekartingWithJay Creator 3 weeks ago

Thanks for watching! I’d love to know what you want to see next on the channel 🏁

1️⃣ More full cyclekart event weekends
2️⃣ Onboard POV racing and overtakes
3️⃣ Workshop videos, repairs and upgrades
4️⃣ The anatomy of a cyclekart/how they’re built
5️⃣ The RCyclekart build and 3D-printed parts
6️⃣ Something else entirely

Reply with a number—or tell me your own idea. I’ll use your answers to help plan the next videos!

@malcolm8938 3 weeks ago

These look like great fun! Are any of the events competitions or are they all just demonstrations?

@TiberiusMaximus 10 days ago

can you use what ever kind of engine you want? Is there a size restriction on the cars themselves?

@chrisevans1731 3 weeks ago

This looks a lot of fun. What sort of speed do you get out of these cars?

Where do I get the info for building one of these. My late father raced an Aston Martin Ulster years ago and I would lkke to build a tribute car....Im retired now so a project of this nature would keep me out of mischief and alleviate some of the boredom retirement brings.
along from time to time.

Thanks for a great vid upload