# Art Ingels

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American racing driver (1918–1981)

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**John Arthur Ingels** (May 14, 1918 – December 16, 1981) was an American [racing driver](/source/Racing_driver). He is known as "the father of [karting](/source/Kart_racing)" for his invention of the [go-kart](/source/Go-kart).[1]

In 1956, while he was a race car builder at [Kurtis Kraft](/source/Kurtis_Kraft), a famous builder of [Indy](/source/Indianapolis_500) [race cars](/source/Race_car) during the 1950s, Ingels assembled the first go-kart in history out of scrap metal and a surplus [West Bend Company](/source/West_Bend_Company) [two-stroke](/source/Two-stroke) [engine](/source/Engine).[2] It was built in his two-car garage in [Echo Park, California](/source/Echo_Park%2C_California), (now FIX Coffee Co), and was tested in the [Rose Bowl](/source/Rose_Bowl_(stadium)) parking lot, where it gained hundreds of enthusiasts.[3]

## See also

- [List of people known as "father" or "mother" of something](/source/People_known_as_the_father_or_mother_of_something#I)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Art Ingels Cool Photo"](http://www.vintagekarts.com/ingels.htm). Vintage Karts. Retrieved 24 January 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["The very first Kart"](http://www.cikfia.com/inside-cikfia/wall-of-fame/view/article/the-very-first-kart.html). *Commission Internationale de Karting*. Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 24 January 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Rose Bowl Karters"](http://www.vintagekarts.com/rosebowl.htm). Vintage Karts. Retrieved 24 January 2016.

## External links

- [The first kart at Vintage Karts](http://www.vintagekarts.com/kart1.htm)

- [Commentary on Art Ingels Kart at Rear Engine Karts Website](https://web.archive.org/web/20060810190350/http://rearenginekarts.com/the%20first%20kart.htm)

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