2018
I started racing in September 2018 at Shenington with a team called Protrain. I started in Honda cadets with a Project one Chassis and Engine from RPM
It was not easy at first, my mum and dad did all the mechanic work, and they lacked a lot of knowledge on set up and spares.
I also raced at Whilton Mill, making my debut in a very wet event.
Looking back I wish we had started earlier in the year, as I had a lot of catching up to do.
2019
My first full year racing, again we were still racing in Honda cadets, which was one of the most competitive classes at the time.
I continued to focus on Shenington and Whilton Mill Kart tracks, although I did also race at Rissington.
I was no longer on Novice plates, which meant I no longer had to start at the back.
My results started to improve and mid-way through the year I left Protrain and with Mum and Dad we became a privateer team.
I finished that Season as Vice Champion in the Shenington Sprint Championship, 19th out of 61 in the Whilton Mill Championship and 9th Overall in the Shenington Kart Club championship.
2020
After two years on my original 2017 Chassis, we had purchased used, I got a new chassis for 2020, which made a big difference. It just felt a lot better, and I had more pace.
Mum and Dad also purchased a new engine, as at a test, we ran a difference engine, and I went a second a lap quicker!
I started to fight at the front and was feeling really positive. Then sadly the Pandemic struck and the racing as interrupted.
I finished a stop start year.
8th Overall at Shenington out of 50 and 7th at Whilton Mill out of 53 entrants.
In the summer of this year, I tested a full-size chassis and we decided to move up to Minimax the First feeder series for Rotax two stroke Karts.
2021
This year saw me back in a team, I had Joined Airkart, a local British team, who made their own chassis.
We also expanded our tracks, racing at Kimbolton and PFI.
This was a good year, we had some challenges with power at times, but I found some good pace and had a lot of great races, fight right at the front.
We also entered two rounds of the Super One Championship, to see what it was Like. I had podium finishes in both rounds which was great.
I also raced at Kartmasters for the first time, which was a great experience.
I won my first Club championship, winning outright the Hunts Kart Club Minimax championship.
I also had a very good year at Whilton Mill, finishing 5th Overall out of 47 and enjoying some great battles all year long.
I finished the year making my debut in the faster Junior Max class at Whilton Mill, having decided to move up a class for 2022.
2022
I stayed with Airkart for this year, although we ran as a privateer team in the Super One Championship
Racing at more new tracks such as GYG and Rowrah was great, and I learned a lot from the full year racing in Super One. We never quite had the luck to podium, but we achieved a seeded top 10 championship finish, which was our goal.
Club racing at PFI, Whilton and Kimbolton was good but tough. We had a damaged frame for a part of the year and that held me back at times.
I finished a disappointed 22nd at Whilton Mill out of 92 racers and 11th out of 46 at Hunts Kart Club
I was delighted to be awarded the Most Improved Junior Driver by Hunts Kart Club. Despite the results not being great, I was making a lot of progress with my driving.
2023
I wanted a change from the Airkart Chassis, so we tested a MS kart with Jack Dex Racing, and I really enjoyed it. I also wanted to try the TKM class, this is an air-cooled class where the focus is much more on the driver than the equipment and the chassis changes are limited.
It was all Change, in Junior Rotax, Mum and Dad would run me in our family team, Total Trouble Racing. We would race in the Shenington Club races and super One.
We decided to Join a new team to race TKM, we joined Klaassen Motorsport and raced on the ARC chassis. We decided to race not only at Kimbolton, but also in the British Championship.
The Rotax campaign was not as successful as we hoped. Super One saw a number of mechanical issues, on track incidents and bad luck, meaning we never really got the result our pace deserved.
I also had a growth spurt and became too heavy for the class. So, we stopped the Juniormax campaign at Shenington and switched to TKM.
I did also run as a one off with JDR as a Senior Max at Whilton mill at the end of the year, which was great fun, and I enjoyed the pace and power.
With Klaassen I had a mixed year, I started off competitive in the Junior TKM class, but by the summer my size and weight meant I was uncompetitive. I had some very challenging rounds in the British championship, knowing that in the dry I just could not compete, but I stuck at it.
I finished 11th in the British Championship, and 4th overall in the hunt kart club Junior TKM championship.
By October I could move up to the senior TKM class and finally compete at the front again.
I had 5 races at the end of the year in the senior Class, winning two of them, back-to-back wins at Shenington and was on the pace at Kimbolton, just unlucky with a few incidents and mechanical issues.
I also was nominated by Shenington Kart club for Most improved TKM Racer of the year.