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In the mid-1950s Emerson Diz Dismore joined in a new American hobby, go karting. A long time drag racer and car fanatic, Diz made karts from scratch and added engines from old lawn equipment. Working full-time at Western Electric and enjoying his new hobby on the side Diz started to become more serious about the emerging sport. Over time he began to devote more and more time to his karts and friends started to ask for his expertise on karting. In 1959 Diz opened up a part-time kart shop in his garage that was a dealer for Comet karts as well as parts and off road vehicles. Even though the original Comet kart company went out of business, Comet Kart Sales owned by Emerson Dismore continued on strong, to the point that Diz quit his job at Western Electric and worked at Comet Kart Sales fulltime with his wife Retha. Dizs young son Mark began to race for his father and became an intergral part of Comet Kart Sales. Winning many prestigious kart races and awards as well as building championship winning kart engines before moving on to cars and eventually running fulltime in the Indy Racing League and Indianapolis 500. The kart shop was so successful that Diz built a new building to house the kart shop. Comet Kart Sales also was a large Honda dealer in the 1970s and 80s before selling out that end of the business in the late 80s. In 1976 this building caught fire and burned to the ground. But Diz and Mark were not going to let Comet end there. They spent a year cleaning parts and going thru the fire and building a new shop.

 

Address: 2650 West Main Street, Greenfield CN 46140
Telephone: 317-462-3413
Fax: 317-462-2740
Website: http://cometkartsales.com/