K1 Speed

We had an absolute blast celebrating at K1 speed. we will definitely be back! great environment and tons of fun!

This place is of course the BOMB all say suggested package 2 race for 35. Most of the time it’s just the type of group you get hopefully they are fast and stay away from you but there’s those times you can’t avoid Drama Drivers!
#KONERACING #GET MY MAD RACE BOOGIE ON!

Super fun course and the karts are faster than I expected. Staff was very helpful, and I am for sure coming back soon!

Awesome place! Clean, well maintained, friendly and helpful staff who really care about helping guests enjoy the racing experience. I’ve brought a 10 year old boy I’ve been watching here several times and he’s hooked! Thank you for helping to make his visit to San Diego beyond amazing! I’ll be bringing my grandchildren this summer.

Track is decent size, kind of hard to pass someone up with the room available. Prices are also decent.

Went there today with 6 boys and even though I didn’t book a party, everything ran smoothly. Awesome place and the service was excellent!!! They were very helpful even though Sathe busiest day of the week! Kudos for making us have a great experience!!! Ask for Santiago! He’s the guy!

Cost and wait times are what they are, no complaints there as no different than any other karting venue. Biggest issue is the staff controlling the power output of the karts. Went with a group of friends that race cars outside of karting, had a blast, fun to drive and karts were quick. Went with another group that mostly hadn’t been karting before, and they turned all the karts down for power over two sessions. It’s not as if these things are that fast in the first place or that any adult can’t handle them. Asked the staff to allow the karts to run, but they didn’t. A fun experience for the camaraderie, but a complete waste of money to drive. When clear course lap times drop by 20%, it’s mind numbingly boring and you may as well be driving the karts at Boomers, which K1 is not supposed to be.

Brought my niece for her bday and my brothers to ride. Not only did they forget to put out names on the list, but we wait over 2hrs as they let everyone who came after us ride. No apologies or compensation. Rude staff. Because of this we missed our dinner reservations and ruined our night. Won’t return. First time and last.

Great shot of adrenaline! Manager is super chill, awesome, & highly knowledgeable about the track and the cars. I definitely recommend this location above all.
Additionally, if you show your times to the K1 speed staff, they’ll provide solid recommendations as to how to improve your lap time.

So bought a Groupon this morning. After getting here and registering at 2 PM the cashier told us it would be an hour and a half wait. So we asked if it would be cool if we left to get lunch and come back. He said sure, your have more than enough time. Went down the street to grab a Cubano and came back within an hour, then waited for 45 minutes. When I went to ask the cashier what happened he just said «oh we probably called your name while you were gone so we just bumped you to a later race». WTF, I don’t have all day to hang out here and the only reason we left was because he said we had more than enough time. Efff this place… oh and I just got ran over…

the starter race license package is a pretty good deal for $ 49 you get a tshirt. 2 races and the license that is mandatory. i believe 2 races came out to $ 35, the license itself was $ 7 so youre basically paying $ 8 for shirt? not bad! I had tons of fun here. first race i was a big rusty so my best lap was 25 seconds. but the 2^nd time around with 2 less people 23 seconds! omg i can’t wait till i race alone: P

Pretty cool place a be pricey but nice people and different price options. The vibes are chill and the staff looks young. The family and a date night is a good outing for k1 go to ! Race cars go up to 45mph for adults it’s cool!

Not sure how I feel. I bought a Groupon but I moved and started a new job and had a small baby, so I by the time I found a babysitter it expired. Anyway, they let me use the amount I paid but could not use the promo value — which I understand. But a 5 star place would’ve recognized the value. I paid $ 48 for 2 licenses and 4 races. The carts are electric and are controlled by K1 at the beginning and end of the race. The ride was very bumpy and slightly scary at times. I mean — I ended up doing 11 laps, but dudes kept passing me up on both sides zooming. I ended up paying about $ 6 in addition to $ 48 for 2 licenses and 2 races. Service was slow. We waited 15 – 20 minutes bc the manager who had gone a-​wall had to approve the use of our groupon paid value. There was no line; the place was empty! All in all I’d say pricy for what it is. Deduct one star for service, minus another for price. From a 4 star average equals a 2. (You got to be exemplary to be a 5.). Probably will not do this again for more reasons than one.

My youngest son really LIKE this place for 2 main reasons!
1) no more inhaling of gasoline!
2) the younger drivers with the slower race car do not share the track together.
It’s very busy on the weekend and the wait time is too long for me to give them a 5 star! Go early when they open at 10am. At times, there still a wait on Sundays!

My granddaughter drives often, so we go to Miramar race track, this one is closer so we tried it. This place is amazing beautiful clean and fresh with good lighting and great equipment. Two stars for service! The girls at the desk are to be desired, don’t expect good customer service. Real rude and not friendly or helpful at all. I rather drive somewhere else than go to this snack bar not because of food but because of service. Next time I’ll just drive to Miramar speedway, at least you feel welcomed.

Awesome place to come with friends … it’s also pretty clean and they make you wear like some netting before you where helmet. Also the highest speed limit is 45. the girls at the food area were rude and kinda snobby but overall it was good.

WOW! What can I say about this place. Atmosphere is really fun and facility is very clean. I have been here a couple of times and the staff here is really great. I believe the manager Santiago is his name was very great! He helped me by giving me tips on how to make my track time faster and is always available for any questions or concern I may have. I have had an issue before where my go kart slowed down in my second lap (come to find out my go kart died) He was very helpful and was willing to resolve the issue right on the spot. Love the fact that he was so prompt on responding and willingness to help.
Overall K1 Speed in Downtown San Diego is run by the best team. I’ve been to other K1’s where the lack safety and customer satisfactory. But downtown San Diego has the best customer service and customers safety. Any accident that may occur you can always relay on them to have a fast response and the manager is always there to check on everyone involved.
Highly recommend this place! Also if you plan on going on the weekend with a large group, heads up and call the front desk prior to get an average waiting time because its so much fun it gets pretty busy on the weekends.

We had a really good time, the karts and the race track was really fun and a good distance to get your heart rate up and your adrenaline pumping. I’m not giving them 5 stars because I think the prices were a little high. I think the time you get to race is somewhat short for the price, and the wait time to get on the track was 1 hour and a half! It’s not really a place you would go on a regular basis, not sure if I’ll be back.

Me and my family went on a Sunday evening and we had a great time first the place was very well lit and he didn’t get to second it was very clean and the customer service representatives were fantastic.
I got an extra discount because they were six of us and I paid on one bill so they discounted price even further. SCORE!
Overall this was a great family experience very competitive environment which brings out the best of everyone and best of all the winner gets to have bragging rights.
They have a good-​looking snack bar some extra games and a fun place to take some photos when you win.
The only con is that if you are added to a group of other drivers and they are slow you have to deal with that.

When you enter — sign in /​sign up at the computers, and that makes the process a bit quicker.
The staff are friendly and really good at what they do, they informed us quickly of the rules, flags, their meanings and gave us a run down on the head socks, and helmets and we were ready for our first race. Theirs going to be slow drivers around, and the staff does a good job of getting their attention and having them keep right. .
Races are super fun and I recommend doing more than one race, and enjoying yourself. I don’t recommend a prime night, as it sounds like theirs a 1 – 2 hour wait time. (Uh, no)! Their are some arcade-​like games to keep the younger kiddos amused for a few mins and a small area where they sell nachos, cookies and soda. It’s not real food.. It’s location is easy to find and they have their own lot, so it’s not the typical hunt for parking down town. Spacious venue and lots of places for mom and family to take pics of the mini’s racing. *(they even have smaller go carts for those under 4ft tall kiddos, too. They have separate races!
Enjoy!