Excuse Delano Telford for spinning a few `kart' wheels and donuts ... he has good reason.

Having identified a new spot to call home, the Bermuda Karting Club have -- literally -- a new lease on life and club president Telford's joy regarding the impending move is unbridled.

"I think it's just fantastic,'' said Telford, when asked about Youth and Sport Minister Dennis Lister's recent revelation that they would be afforded use of land at Number One Gate at Kindley Field.

"This is something that we have wanted, and we are grateful that this will take place.'' Welcome news indeed for an organisation that had recently been ordered by Bermuda Land Development Company to vacate premises at Southside Raceway by the middle of this month along with the Bermuda Motorcycle Racing Club.

And while unaware of the exact dimensions of the new venue and what work will have to be done in order to bring it into line with requirements associated with the sport, Telford said that the latest development bodes well for the future.

"I feel that the venue provides the opportunity to have a multi-purpose facility that can encompass a number of groups that will give our youth something to do, as well as just a fun recreational outlet,'' said Telford, whose sport involves individuals as young as nine.

"With nothing to do you will find our youth out there hanging on the walls ... this provides an outlet.

"With a multi-purpose facility you can have the motorcyclists, walkers, joggers, the scooters -- which they can't ride in Hamilton -- they can all go there and have fun.'' The president noted how visitor arrival levels could also be boosted through having a first rate facility.

Tourists, he said, would watch quality racing at a quality venue.

"It's definitely something that can benefit Bermuda in terms of tourism,'' he said.

"I know that there is a question of the noise, but Bermudians have to realise that things are not like they used to be and that Bermuda has and is changing, and we have to change to avail ourselves to various groups of people.

"This is a down period of time where half of the hotel beds are empty, and we could be able to host, down the line, a Grand Prix type event that would bring people in to fill them.

"We're looking to take this sport to the highest level and be a truly international organisation and be able to host these type of events whereby we don't just bring participants here, but also have international adjudicators come to assess our facility for top level events as well.'' Asked if he was concerned about the time-frame as to when the go-karters would be able to physically occupy the site, Telford said: "We're not operating on any specific time-frame or anything like that and we don't want to get into trying to pressure Government.

"We're happy that this has come about and we will work with them with the understanding that procedures have to be followed in terms of the land being handed over and then there is the issue of funding.''