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Recent Results

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British Championships RD2

PFI 29-31 May 2026

A difficult weekend at our favorite track.  Put in place some changes, and hopefully make us stronger for the remainder of the year.

Quali - P3

Heat 1 - P4, Heat 2- P3

Super Heat - P4

Final - P5

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Champions of the future RD2

PFI 15-17th May 2026

Pole positions, heat wins, penalties, rain, questionable decisions in the office.  A typical weekend.

Quali - P1

Heat 1 - P2 OTR (P10 after pen)

Heat 2 - P1

Final - P2

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British Kart Championship RD1

Warden Law 9-11 April 2026

Great weekend showing our pace in a big UK race.  More to come from this 10-year old racing the elders!

Quali - p2

Heat 1 - p3

Heat 2 - p1

SuperHeat - p2

Final - p3

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Champions of the future RD1

Silverstone 27-29 March 2026

A fantastic weekend showing how we can adapt and be right at the front.  Various wins and pole position across the weekend.  Ultimately we were "removed" from both finals, but they had to if they wanted to beat us!

Here for rd2 where we hope to consolidate

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The Kart Championship RD1

Warden law. 20-22 March 2022

Fantastic testing ahead of the British kart championship.  Great recovery from a tech DNF in heat 2

Qualy - p3

Heat 1 - DNF

Heat 2 - p1

Super Heat - P3

Final - P3

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European Championship RD1

​Cremona.  A win on track, taken away from us in the stewards room.  Gutting after an amazing podium, but makes us want another win even more now!

Quali - p2

Heat 1 - p3

Heat 2 - p4

Heat 3 - p1

Pre final -p8

Final - p1 (on track) :-( 

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Rotax Italian Championship RD1

Cremona 6-8th March 2026

P2, and met a hero.  Well, raced his son fiercely for the win on Sunday!  A day of learning the setup on the kart with a much smaller fixed gearing.  Got it nearly perfect in the final, racing hard with Robin Raikkonen for the 10 laps.

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Texas Winter Trophy

20th Jan - 1st Feb 2026

CHAMPION, P1!

 

A huge week, winning a Rotax Grand Finals ticket to Portugal!

Some huge wins in the wet (25 second lead), and a clean sweep of 3 pole position & final wins during the event.

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Kimbolton Rd1 January 2026

New team!  First race of the year.  Exciting to show potential.  A wet & dry weekend.  Did ourselves proud

​Heat 1 - P7 >P3

Heat 2 - P14>P1 (by 7 seconds)

Final - 1st (by 6 seconds)

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TVKC December 2025

A wet weekend.  Great performances and recovery after head 2 issues.

 

Quali - P2

​Heat 1 - P1

Heat 2 - P14

Final - 2nd

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The Kart Championship Autum Cup December 2025

 

Mixed weather throughout the weekend saw us a little out of position in quali, but some fast drives to recover

Quali - P5

Heat 1 - 2nd  

Heat 2 - 1st - by 17 seconds

Final - 1st - by 6 seconds

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TVKC November 2025

 

James secured the Championship of TVKC on total points by 33 points before bonus points were allocated to drivers who didnt miss a club round due to a clash with the British champs 

Quali - P2

Heat 1 - 2nd.  Heat 2 - 3rd

Final - 2nd

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WMKC October 2025

 

Some issues finally identified & resolved.  Pace very strong all weekend, but with a bad quali due to a competitor breaking down on track, this hindered James a little in the heats.​

Quali - P6

Heat 1 - 3rd.  Heat 2 - 4th

Final - 1st

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Italian Championship - Jeselo

19th October 2025

 

​Back in Italy with Drake Motorsport.  A fantastic weekend, having never driven the track.  James narrowly missed Pole, and secured P3 in the final, beating the Italian Champion. 

Quali - P2

Heat 1 - 2nd, Heat 2 - 2nd

Final - 3rd

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British Kart Championships

28-30th August

A tough weekend chasing an issue.  Ultimately smashed into in the final, resulting in a DNF.  A weekend to remember and forget for all the valid learning reasons

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GP Kart Masters - 1-3rd August

Final - P29 > P6!!

 

The second GP which got away.  A weekend of issues meant James started P29 for the final.  Showed his pace with a recovery drive of the weekend, making 23 places and only 2 seconds off the eventual winner

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Shenington "E" Plate 18-20th June

 

Double duty in Iame & Rotax.  ​A great weekend being top of the table all weekend until the finals. Wet & Dry all weekend

 

Won a ticket to the "IWF" world finals!

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TVKC 29th May-1st June

 

​A great weekend of strong pace, finding the setup for the pre-final.  Rain hit the track before we went out, but dried.  Led all of the final apart from last sector, but learned some lessons which will help us improve

Quali - P5

Heat 1 - 5th, Heat 2 - 2nd

Final - 2nd

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Larkhall Kart Club

16-18th May 2025

Quali 5th

Heat 1 - 3rd

Heat 2 - 6th

Final - 3rd

A great first go at Larkhall in mini.  Some tweaks on setup brought the kart back to us for the final

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British Kart Championship, RD2

Dunkeswell.  9-11th May 2025

A fantastic weekend.  Qualified P3 means we were on the outside for each race.  Smashed off at the start in most heats, having to recover.

Quali - P3

Heat 1 - P8

Heat 2 - P2

Superheat - P14

Final - P6

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TVKC 3rd & 4th May

A fun but a little difficult weekend.  

Quali - P3

Heat 1 - 7th

Heat 2 - 5th

Final - 4th

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Dunkeswell Kart Club

25-27th April

First look at Dunkeswell.  P2.

Wet and dry weekend.  We learned a lot about the kart setup in all weathers.  Great prep for the British championship round.

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British Kart Championship, RD1

Warden Law 11-13 April 2025

A frustrating weekend, with an unfair in-race penalty, a driver ripping our nassau panel off resulting in a DNF.

Recovery drive in the final, p13, making up 13 places.

 

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TVKC 5-6th April 2025

A emotional weekend with a big crash from our new team mate in the final.  Working well together as P1&2, pulling away from P3.  Great speed and an enjoyable weekend.

Quali - P2

Heat 1 - P2

Heat 3 - P4

Final - P1

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The Kart Championship, RD1

Warden Law 21-23 March 2025

P3 from p12 on the grid.  Fastest lap.  

First time in minimax at the track.  A mixed weather weekend where we we fastest Friday testing in the grip, but come the mixed weather Saturday we had some good learning.  Great recovery drive Sunday to P3

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O-Plate British Championship

PFI 14-16 March 2025

P10.  Great improvement over the weekend

A mixed bag of luck and weather.  Great speed during the weekend and come a wet final on slicks, a big recovery drive up to p5, only to get hit off into a 360 spin into turn 1.  Recovered to p10.

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Orlando RMC Trophy - 31st - 2nd Feb

 

Winner!

Second week at the fantastic Orlando circuit.  Winning the main final of the event.  Went into the final day leading the championship, but fell short being involved in other peoples accidents.  Some days the luck is not on your side.

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Orlando RMC Trophy - 24-26 Jan

 

Arriving to a new track as a guest in a new team.  We had a fantastic time and hit the ground running with a double pole.

The racing went well, leading the race, but ended up 3rd.  A disappointing finish but showed fantastic speed.

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PFI Festive Cup - 30th Nov - 1st Dec

 

1st! 

Wet meeting.  Year on year cadet win at PFI Festive Cup.  Ending the year on a high.

Thanks to Aurum engines for this meeting in swapping our engines from Micro to Mini all year.

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Roy Mortara Challenge - 23rd Nov

 

1st!  Having won this in comer, we really wanted to try and win in cadet/micro.  A bad quali and heat 1, had to recover in heat 2 and the final to get the win. A fantastic trophy, one we are proud to support and compete for annually.

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British Iame 3-Sisters - 27/28/29 Sept

 

DRIVER OF THE WEEKEND

Big thanks to all who voted for us after the MSUK nominated us for our performance 

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British Iame 3-Sisters - 27/28/29 Sept

 

2nd.  A great close weekend.  With being underweight in round 1 of the British championships, it was always a recovery championship.  P1 in the heats, P2 in the final race, pulling away by 8 seconds to 3rd place, James tried for 2 laps to pull a clean move for the win, but a strong / clean defence by his competitor to keep the win

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WSK  Super Cup Franciacorta - 4/5/6/7/8 Sept 2024

 

First time racing in the GR3 OK feeder series.  Pace was amazing during the weekend, but we had a few issues over the weekend, and having a collision in the final meant we were lucky to finish.  Some great racing with new Kidix team mates, Green & Newsted

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European Championship Lenato - 28/29/30/31 August

 

Back in Inter category for the European Championship.  P4 in quali, with some good results saw James finish P11 in the European Championship!  Very proud considering his age and experience in the class ( a big step up from the restricted versions raced in the UK)

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Man KC - 3-Sisters - 16/17/18 Aug

Quali - P1

Heat 1 - P1

Heat 2 - P2

Pre Final - P2

Final - P1

Lovely weather and competitive grid to learn the track in prep for the British Championships.

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PFI Kart Masters - 1/2/3/4 Aug 2024

 

The one that got away. 

Recovery of the year! 

 

In the tires turn 1 because of others unfortunately having a come together in front.  James went 8 seconds down, to recover back to p2, 0.02 from the win!  Setting 6 fastest laps during the race.  

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European Championship Franciacorta - 3/4/5/6/7 July 2024

 

First time racing in Intermax, at a new track, with new competitors, with a new team, in europe.  LOVED IT.  James was fast from session one.  P4, P5 in the heats, with a p12 in the final as the rain came down.  First time on mojo wet in the final was a big learning session!

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British Rotax Warden - 28/29/30 June 2024 

 

Quali - 2nd

Heat 1 - 8th (Penalty)

Heat 2 - 3rd

Pre-Final - 6th

Final - 2nd (dsq)

 

Great speed, silly unfair penalties, and unlucky in the final for a technicality

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British Iame PFI - 10/11/12 May 2024 

 

Highlights:

 

P1 in heat 2, P2 in the main final before being underweight due to sweating way too much! Lots of fastest laps.  Right up the front, not bad for one of the youngest on the grid.  We will never give up!

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PFI - 4/5 May 2024

Quali - 2nd

Heat 1 - 3rd

Heat 2 - 1st

Final - 1st

First weekend back in Iame for a long time.  First time racing on the birel and with Jade racing engines.

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British Rotax PFI - 19/20/21 April 2024

Quali - 8th

Heat 1 - 9th

Heat 2 - 10th

Pre-Final - 20th

Final - 9th

Fast, but was not to be.  We got knocked off twice, once form the lead and once in the final after a good recovery into the top 5.  We move on

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Rotax O-Plate - 29/30/31 March 2024

Quali - 13th

Heat 1 - 11th

Heat 2 - 9th

Super Final - 2nd

Final - 4th

First race in Rotax.  We even got into the lead in the super final!  A great result and intro into Rotax

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PFI - 3/4 Feb 2024

Quali - 3rd

Heat 1 - 1st 

Heat 2 - 1st

Final - 1st

Wet and then dry.  Fun weekend. 6 second win in heat 1 on wets and then much closer on slicks made it a tense final

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Whilton Mill - 27/28 Jan 2024

Quali - Pole

Heat 1 - 3rd 

Heat 2 - 1st

Final - 1st

A consistent test day set us up well.  Wet track Sun morning dried much faster than we thought.  Enjoyable win by 6 seconds in the final

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Shenington - 20/21 Jan 2024

Heat 1 - 3rd (dsq 500g underweight)

Heat 2 - 3rd

Final - 3rd

Great fun in mixed grid heats.  Came from the back for the final, got into the lead, but could not hold it. It was great fun, if not the best of results.

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PFI - 6/7 Jan 2024

Heat 1 - 2nd

Heat 2 - 1st

Final - 5th

Back on number "11"!  Great to be back racing.  Big issues in the final, lucky to keep it running.  Will learn and hope it never repeats itself!

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PFI - 2/3 Dec 2023

Heat 1 - 1st

Final - 1st

Snow & Ice caused havoc.  Amazing work from the TVKC team to get this going.  Our broom is worn out!  Amazing speed in the wet!

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Shenington - 18/19 Nov 2023

Heat 1 - 1st

Heat 2 - 2nd

Final - 1st

First hat-trick of final wins in Cadet!  Wet, Cold, & Dry conditions making it a tough day to get the kart right

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PFI - 4/5 Nov 2023

Quali - 3rd

Heat 1 - 2nd

Heat 2 - 4th

Final - 2nd

Nightmare!!!!  It rained just as we went out!  Kart was setup for a more grippy track, but we got the right tires on the kart!

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Whilton Mill - 21/22 Oct 2023

Quali - 3rd

Heat 1 - 1st

Heat 2 - 5th 

Final - 1st

First win in competitive field.  Wet & dry weekend, showing pace in both conditions.  Kart was perfect - thanks all involved!

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Buckmore Park - 7/8 Oct 2023

Heat 1 - 1st

Heat 2 - 1st

Heat 3 - 1st

Final - 1st

First win in new class Iame Waterswift Cadet at the historic Buckmore Park.  

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BKC - Whilton Mill - 7/8 Sept 2023

Quali - 4th

Heat 1 - 1st

Heat 2 - 4th

Heat 3 - 2nd

Final - 2nd

Trying to finish off the BKC Championship with the title.  Was not to be, 3 points shy of taking the title

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LLandow - 13/14 May 2023

Quali - 3rd

Heat 1 - 8th

Heat 2 - 5th

Heat 3 - 3rd

Final - 1st

With speed all weekend, penalties for overtaking backmarkers nearly cost us.  A fun recovery drive

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