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In addition to soccer, vacation time, and cigarette consumption, it turns out that Europeans are also better than us at go-karts. Today’s Groupon will let you enjoy being second-best with one kart race at Tampa Bay Grand Prix for $10 (an up to $21 value). Your Groupon covers the race (worth up to $16) and the $5 licensing fee.

Tampa Bay Grand Prix puts you behind the wheel of a true European-style electric OTL Pro-Kart. These easy-to-handle, durable, and reliable karts were designed specifically for rental and can reach speeds of up to 45 miles per hour—packing enough excitement to make the family sedan feel like a golf cart tethered to a mountain by a chain made out of iron recovered from a shipwreck. The OTL Pro-Kart's unique steel-tube frame provides security from red koopa shells and banana peels, while the track's state-of-the-art TECPRO barrier ensures extra safety.

Tampa Bay's quarter-mile racetrack provides the ideal venue for either challenging your driving skills on a solo run or settling some old family disputes the way nature intended—head-to-head racing at top speed while reciting full paragraphs from Alan Alda's Never Have Your Dog Stuffed. The track’s friendly computerized timer, an OSKAR system, counts each lap during your 14-lap race and calculates the best average lap time, providing printed proof of your by-a-nose victory and times per lap. Karting also makes for a fun, adrenaline-pumping date. And since you can buy up to three Groupons per person, and any number as gifts, you'll be ready when your vanquished future husband shouts, "Best of three!"

Reviews

Tampa Bay Grand Prix gets five stars on Citysearch from two reviewers:

• Great day out…They got the best quality games…We enjoed [sic] our selfs on the track…Had a great time ant [sic] wait to go back! – Krystlee, Citysearch.