Winner Whilton Mill Kart Club Round 2
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Most weekends, Jack (9B) can be found at the race track competing against 50 other drivers. Recently, he took the top spot with his first win at Whilton Mill where he won the final by around 2 seconds. Race weekends consist of practice, qualifying, heats and then the race that matters, the final. There is always lots of action out on track which tends to ramp up for the final. This leads to quite a few crashes which sometimes cannot be avoided. Off the track, work has to be done as well such as analysing data, fixing the kart if it has been in a crash and having to work with the mechanic to get the kart setup correctly. To this end, karting is also very much a team sport. Jack is part of a team called Evolution Racing which is run by Tonbridge local James Laker. The team provides him with lots of support and advice and each race success Jack has is a victory for the team as well.
This year he is focusing on 3 main Club championships:
- Whilton Mill Kart Club (held at Whilton Mill, Daventry) where he has so far had a 1st & a 3rd
- Trent Valley Kart Club (held at Paul Fletcher International, Grantham) where he recently had his first podium, taking 3rd against tough competition
- Medway Valley Kart Club (held at Buckmore Park, Chatham) where he have won all 3 championship races so far and currently holds the lap record for Junior Max
All 3 championships still have several races ahead so he hopes to continue with the good results and to get more championship points on the board. Hopefully he should be able to win a couple of them. Also, Jack have competed in some of the British Karting Championship events that are closer to home and will be competing in the annual Motorsport UK Kartmasters British Kart Grand Prix later in the year.