25/01/2026
Round 1 Combined Districts Kart Club Lithgow.
What a weekend it was!
Saturday practice was pretty awful, could not get any speed out of the kart. The kart had some pretty big changes made (lightweight seat and floor pan due to being 3.5kgs over weight already) 😩 plus some set up changes.
Oliver was way off the pace no matter what he did or how much he tried. Running 4th, 3rd and second last each practice.
Last practice kart got new boots to scrub for today’s race. He did 3 laps and not only went the fastest but beat his PB. 🙌🏼🙌🏼 Finaly a result!!!!
Today race day- (It was HOT 🥵)
Qualifying 5th kart felt great. Only a couple of 10ths between the top 10. Beat his PB again 👏🏻👏🏻
Heat 1 started 5th finished 4th (I made a bet with him at the begiining of the weekend if he got a 38.1 I would give him $100) He got a 38.0 😱😱 He was more excited about getting $100 than getting 4th, fair call 😆 He was 3rd fastest by .005!!!!
Heat 2 Started 5th finished 4th
Heat 3 Started 3rd finished 2nd! 3rd fastest again
Final (He was very nervous) Started 2nd finished 7th 😔 It was such a shame. Start was great, stayed out of the first corner trouble but made some mistakes 2nd last and last lap with overtaking and got overtaken himself. But he went for the gaps but unfortunately didn’t pay off.
Being the youngest out there by quite a bit that is going to happen, he will get there. But a really great day today compared what we were going through yesterday.
Big thank you to Paul from Elite. Such a great support and extremely knowledgeable guy. Thank you to our sponsors as well amazing support Field Furnace Refractories Kim’s Groom Room ASAP Containers
Onto Orange in 2 weeks. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻