Bemahague School student Jayjay Plowman has enjoyed a second successful season of kart racing in the UK.
Having turned 12 in August, he finished a fine fifth overall in his class of the Super One National Kart Championship, securing two podium finishes and clocking up several heat wins.
Supported by his father Jeff, Jayjay sacrificed racing on the home front in the Isle of Man this year to concentrate on Super One.
The series started in 1983 and is regarded as the premier karting championship in the UK. Among the top names it has produced are Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, David Coulthard and Jason Plato.
He’s been driving the RC Mann.com Proscreed-sponsored 950 kart in the Rotax Inter 2023 Minimax class this year to open up opportunities to race at a higher level in the future.
The JPR team raced all across the country from Cumbria to Dorset, ultimately securing the number five plate for the 2024 championship. They were the only privateers to finish inside the top 10 this season against all the supported teams.
Last weekend he and his father braved the conditions to travel to Rowrah, not far from Whitehaven, for Cumbria Kart Club’s prestigious annual ‘O plate’ meeting.
Mastering icy conditions on parts of the course, Jayjay drove well to finish runner-up in a strong grid of young drivers.
Their season is not quite over yet as they will be travelling to the north-east between Christmas and New Year to take part in the Teesside Kart Club’s O plate meeting near Redcar.
Having started karting on his eighth birthday in 2019, he initially completed three years in the Honda Cadet class.
He’ll continue to race every month throughout the winter, competing against drivers who are racing every weekend and have access to tracks every day of the week.
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