Indoor Go-Kart Racing Buffalo Grove

K1 Speed Buffalo Grove sets the standard for premier entertainment in the Chicago North Shore suburbs. Our facility in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, is a self-contained world of excitement, offering a complete, all-inclusive experience for families, thrill-seekers, and corporate groups in Cook County. The main event is the raw, unfiltered thrill of head-to-head racing. You’ll pilot a sophisticated, all-electric kart that responds to your every command with silent, instant power, challenging your skills on our professionally designed indoor circuit. It’s a pure motorsport experience, accessible to everyone.

But the race is just one part of the adventure. Our entire Buffalo Grove venue is a versatile platform for creating memories, making us a top destination for birthday parties, bachelor(ette) parties, and impactful corporate events. We’ve curated an atmosphere rich with authentic racing memorabilia, turning the facility into the ultimate racing photo destination. After the checkered flag, the podium isn’t just for winners—it’s for everyone to take a picture and capture a moment of victory.

The five meeting rooms inside our Buffalo Grove location can accommodate groups from 12 to 150 in a world-class setting, with some rooms offering picturesque views of the nearby lake. If you’re in the Greater Chicago Area, a stop at K1 Speed Buffalo Grove is a must for your next birthday celebration, corporate event, team building event, or casual outing. Looking for things to do in Buffalo Grove? Choose K1 Speed today!

The digital heartbeat of K1 Speed Buffalo Grove is our cutting-edge arcade. This is the arena where you can continue the competition, moving from the track to a vibrant world of pixels and high scores. We’ve assembled a dynamic collection of games that are a key component of our all-in-one entertainment promise.

This isn’t just an add-on; it’s an integrated part of the experience. A simple, reloadable game card unlocks every challenge, making it easy to jump from one game to the next. This popular Buffalo Grove arcade provides another full-throttle layer of fun, ensuring the energy never fades during your visit.

Have you been go-kart racing before? Were you unimpressed? Most kart tracks fail to impress us too, which is why we set out to create the best karting experience in America, using only the best kart tracks and best go-karts. We can assure you that karting at K1 Speed will change your opinion on go-kart racing, and will give you a whole new outlook on the sport. At K1 Speed, every single one of our tracks is professionally designed and built, and every location is indoors so that people can race regardless of the weather. Though this may not make much of a difference at our Southern California locations, as you know, weather in Chicago can have a mind of its own!

What further separates K1 Speed apart from the competition is our high-performance, all-electric go-karts. When put side-by-side with the anemic, heavy, lawn mower-powered karts of your youth, there is simply no comparison. Our karts are designed in Europe, the heartland of modern kart design, and are powered by environmentally friendly, zero-emission electric motors. With maximum torque available from 0 rpm and the equivalent of 20hp, our karts can achieve a top speed approaching 45mph in mere seconds. The performance is enough to push you back in your seat under acceleration, and extracting maximum performance from these machines takes real talent. However, with power that’s adjustable based on the needs of the driver, our karts are accessible to individuals of all skill sets and experience, from novices to veteran racers.