The day of my birthday I went to F1 Boston to race. It was FREE because it was my birthday. I went with my boyfriend and it was a ton of fun even though he lapped me 4 times! I'm a fast driver in a car but when it came to these fast go-carts I just couldn't handle the corners. It was fun trying though. We felt like real racers putting on our racing helmets and gear. I can't wait to go back again to try to be better!
I purchased a Groupon for F1 Boston as a birthday gift for my husband. The only negative is that my 17 year old couldn't join him, as you have to be 18 to drive. He had a blast...and we will be back when my daughter turns 18.
Went on a group (business) outing and had a blast! "B" as he said to be called gave us a great training of the flags, warnings and suiting up. The cars go up to about 35 mph and the track we were on had some hills and tight turns - was alot of fun! At the end, B gave us our race results and the winner did a victory lap. They have dining and a bar area for hanging out afterword. Highly recommend for a group outing -
I have been racing at F1's junior league for 7 years now and every year i see the staff get worse and worse. When I first started racing there it was fun and the staff were extremely nice, now most of the staff have a cocky a-hole attitude and do NOT care about who races there they only care about getting money.
My 10 year old daughter attended a race camp for kids. I cannot say enough about Matt, Mike and the rest of the staff. They were great with the kids and very informative. The kids got their fill of racing and found it to be a lot of fun.
F1 is a very interesting place. It's primarily a "Formula One" go cart track. There was a lot more going on there, though. I went to F1 for the first time for a bachelorette party. 16 of us went through training and suited up in race car driver suits, balaclavas, neck collars and helmets. I never realized that race car drivers and astronauts have a lot in common. We divided into two groups, raced two heats and then had a final race for the championship. Although they said drivers would be penalized for bumping other cars, I quickly realized they weren't enforcing that rule. I got bumped a lot! It was great fun. About F1 - there were other things going on, including a medium who drew a huge crowd. There were limo's and busses in the brimming parking lot when we left. Interesting place!
Decided to try to avoid the crowds so we went to the indoor venue on the early evening of Mother's Day. The operation is very well organized and focused on safety. Being our first visit we viewed the mandatory video and received a little more instruction while suiting up in our protective gear. If you're even slightly claustrophobic you may have difficulty with wearing the tight fitting balaclava and helmet, but it's there for your safety. Everything went smoothly and we were seated in our karts in no time. There was just the two of us in our heat which was a perfect way to be introduced. It was definitely a great time, a true adrenaline rush, but I left with an overall impression that the organization may not be spending enough time maintaining the equipment. As soon as I pulled out of the pit I could feel my kart pulling extremely hard to the left. Once you're on the track there's basically no way to stop. I thought of pulling over and signalling for help, but I figured I would just be penalized on my time or on my number of laps. I had to wrestle with my kart the entire ride to keep it from pulling me hard left into the barriers. Made the best of a bad situation, but it was definitely not as enjoyable as it could have been. Asked the tech if the karts were supposed to do that and all he would say is it's just from them always turning left all the time. That doesn't really seem like the right answer to me.
I had the pleasure of organizing my cousins bachelor party for this past weekend. Everyone wanted to do the usual paintball, drinking, etc. We wanted something different. We had a blast at F1. It was awesome doing to beat time laps. Made it fun in between each race. We grabbed some appetizers and beers at Ascari while comparing everyones results. We didn'tstop talking about the racing the rest of the night. I hihighly recommend.
Recently has 2 friends turn 30 with a week of each other so a group of us went to F1 Boston as a way to get together for the occasion. It was my first time going there and it was an absolute blast. We got to try both indoor courses and they both offered a unique challenge, Everyone in the group had a great time. Everyone who worked there were great, and at the end of the race they give each racer a personal print out of all there stats from the track (Average Speed, Lap Times, etc) which was a lot of fun to compare with everyone afterwards. Only advice would be to do more then one race if you go, especially if it is your first time. We originally planned to do only one but when we were done it went by quicker then we thought so we signed up to do another one.
We walked to F1 to eat and the food was good, but average. I had the French dip with truffle French fries. Both were good and plenty of food, but nothing special. The service was good. No one was on the race track the night we were there.