We arrived at the circuit on Friday afternoon and were assigned a couple of pitbays large enough to park a truck and set up a awning big enough to run 10 karts out of, and it had electricity and wi-fi! Things were definitely going to be different. We signed on that day and picked up our wet and dry tyres for the weekend and the control fuel. Saturday morning dawned wet and blowing a gale, horrible conditions to work on a kart in as the awning is constantly flapping and things

A good day Saturday practicing, we missed two sessions due to the weather but found our pace was pretty good. We did have concerns about the clutch which was starting to smell like it was overheating but didn't want to revert to the spare engine unless we had to. The aim by the end of the weekend was to have two engines in the best of health ready for the start of National Championships in a fortnight's time. Now in British summertime we're back to having three heats and a fi

At the end of April I take part in the first round of the National Championships at PFI in Lincolnshire. My only experience of driving there is in the corporate hire karts so we entered a round of their winter series for a bit of experience in a proper 2 stroke race kart. Saturday practice was spent learning the way round and shaking down the new chassis, only one bolt went missing on track so not too bad (it was the same one we lost on the original chassis when we shook that