🏎🏎🏎🏎NATSKA ROUND 1 2025/2026 season.🏎🏎🏎🏎
 
13th September 2025 And Harry takes the chequered flag in P13 for natskas round 1 of the new season . Great to have him back in the seat after injuring himself in his crash 2 weeks ago at whilton mill. With 2 months out and no practising for pre season i could tell his confidence was a bit off after being flipped 2 weeks ago.
This and with the heavens opening throughout the day we decided to make this a practice day to get the season going. Dont think weve ever been to bayford where it hasnt rained but as we got a P2 here last year it was good to get some practice in.
P13 wasnt what we had hoped for but with if it wasnt for a few incedents going against us we could of had a good top 10 finish.
 
Heat 1 started off well from 15th on the grid making up 8 places only to take a hit to the side giving him a drop down bumper penalty through no fault of his own, He finished the heat in 7th place only to be given a 5 second penalty dropping him back down to 13th place.
 
Heat 2 With the rain stopped midway through the heats we were totally caught out by how fast the track had dried out and therefore were unable to change him back to dry setup in time so he went out on wet tyres on a near dry track which just left him a sitting duck from starting P2 on the grid.With a third of the grid of 28 on wets and the rest on slicks he did manage to do well finishing in P10 with a batterburg flag coming our near the end of the race saving him from losing a few more places.
 
Heat 3 With the heavens open again and the track soaked again it was another caotic heat with harry starting P8 on the grid . Great pace again within a train of 7 made it hard to gain places losing out on the last lap dropping one to finish in P9.
 
Heat 4 Once again the rain stopped and the track dried very quick meaning it was a chance to put the slicks on for the first time, so was his first time on slicks since the nationals. Starting in P20 we already knew the race day results were against us so just went out for some fast lap time. Good pace showing and a few overtakes he finished the heat in 13th place. Only to recieve another 5 second drop down penalty again through no fault of his own from being turned into meant he dropped back down to 18th place.
All in all a very changable weather day with some positives and negatives to take from it. Good to get him back in the seat and track time but some unfortunate negatives dropping him results places.
Onwards and upwards to the double header at clay pigeon in dorset in 3 weeks time and hopefully some more testing in between to fill the void.🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎
 
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🏁🏁🏁🏁 And Harry takes the chequered flag in P3 for Round 2 & P5 for round 3 at Clay pigeon racetrack for the 2025 / 2026 Natska Championship. 🏁🏁🏁🏁 

A great weekend of racing at clay pigeon. The weather was horrendous when we turned up on Friday evening with the wind howling at gale force, the rain going sideways and not being able to see the other side of the track due to fog. Other than that, it was lovely. Unfortunately, a few awnings didn’t make it. Saturday’s race day was much the same without the fog. With interchangeable conditions throughout the day and many tyre changes made it even more challenging. We were very excited to be trying out the Kart republic chassis for the first time under race conditions, and we were not let down by it. Harry said the handling of the chassis was unreal with maximum grip, this was without knowing all the correct set up settings for the conditions.

Saturday 4th Oct Round 2 Finished P3 for the day.

A grid of 32 drivers

Heat 1 – Starting in P3 for heat 1 made him a bit nervous not knowing what to expect with the chassis under race conditions but got off to a flying start missing out on fastest lap by 1 tenth for the heat with 4 karts pulling away from the rest gaining a position to finish in P2 with less than a second separating the top 4 with 12 drivers retiring from the race

Heat 2 – Starting 18th on the grid saw some great overtakes to gain 13 places to finish the heat in P5

Heat 3 – Starting 24th on the grid another great heat gaining another 13 places to finish the heat in 11th place.

Heat 4 – Starting 9th on the grid making up 7 places to finish a comfortable 2nd place.

Sunday 5th Oct Round 3 Finished P5 for the day. A grid of 32 Drivers. Today’s racing stated off the same as yesterday weather wise but without the rain showers threatening.

Heat 1 – Starting 17th on the grid made up 13 places to finish the heat in P4.

Heat 2 – Starting 21st on the grid made up13 places again with some great overtakes to finish the heat in P8.

Heat 3 – Starting 9th made up 3 places to finish the heat in P6.

Heat 4 – Starting the heat in p5 this was a good chance to finish the day on the podium again but wasn’t to be. After the grid being warned at the start of the heat about driving standards that had occurred throughout the day it seemed that no notice was took by some. I think this was up there as one of the worst heats I have seen in rotax with the amount of hitting each other and dangerous driving I’m very surprised no one got seriously hurt during it. From the first corner it looked a mess from start to finish with the leader getting hit and taking a spin up to the chicane on turn 2, this caused a few to have to take action with harry going onto the grass to avoid a crash making him drop down to 17th place losing a lot of ground. This made a tall order of getting back into the race. Managing to pull back 8 places he finished the heat in 9th place securing a P5 finish for the day.

All in all a great weekend of racing with so many positives on a different chassis but a lot of crazy driving which should not be happening due to motorsport uk being so hot on driving standards now.

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NATSKA ROUNDS 4 & 5 GYG North Wales 7th & 8th March 2026 Trackside footage

And Harry takes the chequered flag with 2 top 10 finishes. In 5th place for Round 4 and 9th Place for round 5 ROUNDS 4 & 5 GYG Kart track Glan Y Gors in north Wales.

Superb track that we have liked since the first time we went there in Honda. Half the track technical and the other half fast and flowing.

ROUND 4

Saturday 7th March. The day started off at -2 but with the sun did end up shining for most of the day and was bearable just enough to stop you freezing over. All weekend we had a problem with our front bumper that kept coming undone due to some worn blocks not holding it on tight enough which did end up costing us a lot of places over the weekend with drop down bumpers. A lot of dodgy driving standards and brake checking didn’t help peoples causes either.

HEAT 1 – Starting 15th on the grid saw a lot of people try and win the heat on turn 1 hence a lot of bumping and pushing which is where we had our first drop down. Taking a hit from behind pushing us into someone else and causing the drop. Nevertheless, head down and plodded on making it up to 10th place working his way through a long train of karts only to be hit with the +5 second penalty for the drop down taking him back up to finish in 16th losing 1 place.

HEAT 2 – Starting in 5th place on the grid got off to a great start saw the front group battle it out and harry make up 3 place to finish in second place.

HEAT 3 – Starting near the front again in 6th place and another fast start, saw him gain 5 places to finish the heat in first place.

HEAT 4 – Strating 16th on the grid. The same as heat one saw him make up 8 places only to receive another +5 seconds for a drop down which dropped him back down to 17th place, losing 1 place again. This meant we finished the day in 5th place which was a great result considering our front bumper problems which were to continue for all the heats on the Sunday.

ROUND 5

Sunday 8th March. Sunday’s weather was completely different from the Saturday with it starting off very misty but a slight bit warmer. Heat 1 the track managed to stay dry but the other 3 heats saw the heavens open throughout the day causing a lot of tricky conditions.

HEAT 1 – Starting in 21st on the grid this was the most unclean of the heats with a lot of drop downs throughout the grid caused by a lot of brake checking going on. A great start for harry with him manging to move 13 places up the pack and finish in 8th place only to have to go back down to 12th place with his +5 drop down penalty.

HEAT 2 – Starting in18th on the grid and with more contact going on he did mange to get up to 8th place again only to have to drop back down to 12th again with another +5 penalty.

HEAT 3 – Starting in 4th place on the grid saw the wacky racers head off again. This time harry did win the heat but got a drop down bumper after crossing the finish line due to the finish line flag being waved to early and a back marker hitting his brakes causing harry to go into him meaning another +5-penalty dropping him down into second place.

HEAT 4 – Starting in 7th place another great round was spoilt by another brake check and another drop down with harry having rapid pace all day in the wet he managed to get up to 2nd place only to see the result change to 5th place with the +5 penalty. Negatives of the weekend were way too many shall we say incidents and crazy driving. Harry has only had 2 drop down penalties in the last 2 years of racing and just seemed strange to have 6 in just this weekend, we shall see. Positives for the weekend were buckets of pace and a wet set up found at last for the KR. Fastest for the day on Sunday and made it through the weekend with minimal damage which is always a good one. Onwards and upwards to Fulbeck in 2 weeks’ time.

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NATSKA Round 6 Fulbeck kart track 28th March 2026

And Harry takes the chequered flag in P3 for round 6. A great day’s racing at Fulbeck this weekend. We’ve not had much luck at this track over the years, but what may turn out to be the last time we end up racing at this particular track, it was a great last race. With a 4am start to get on the road it looked to be a lovely sunny day but that soon changed by the time we had got to Grantham. Nice and sunny but freezing cold and gale force winds. Also lucky to escape the heavy hail showers going on around us.

Heat 1 – Starting 10th on the grid pace was good on the cold track but caught up in traffic throughout the heat could only make up 2 places to finish the heat in 8th place.

Heat 2 – Starting in 20th place on the grid got a great start to make it up to 11th place in the first 2 laps only for a crash to bring out the red flags, meaning when it restarted the pack was re grided taking him back up to 20th place on the grid again due to not enough of the race had been run so a bit of bad luck there. On the restart had another great start and by the end of the race had managed to work his way through making up 14 places to finish in 6th place.

Heat 3 – Starting in 12th place this heat had some great battles throughout to clinch 5th place finishing in the end ahead of archie by 0.007 seconds showing some great clean overtakes.

Heat 4 – Starting on our first ever pole in Rotax with NATSKA tore off the start line to pull a 2 second lap on the 1st lap only for a crash(all drivers ok) to bring out the battenburg flags half way through the race, and harry as race leader had to slow down and back the pack up ready for the green flag restart which made for a tense final 4 minutes. On the restart he lost the lead up to the first chicane but kept his cool to stay close so the pair of them could pull away from the rest of the pack. On the second from last lap coming up a to turn 1 harry made his move cutting in on the inside to take and reclaim the lead which he held to the finish line winning the heat on maybe our last visit to the track. Great pace and control throughout the day claiming fastest lap time for the whole day and a P3 finish to take him back up to 3rd in the championship table.

Onwards and upwards to the double header weekend of Rounds 7 & 8 in 3 weeks’ time at ROWRAH in Cumbria. 

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NATSKA ROUNDS 7 & 8 ROWRAH KART TRACK CUMBRIA 18th& 19th April 2026
 
And Harry takes the chequered flag in 13th Place for Round 7 & 3rd place for Round 8.
This was to be our last race meeting at rowrah with NATSKA, a place where we have done well in the past 6 years and hopefully will return in seniors some day soon. In what championship we do not know yet.
Two different race days showing the highs and lows of the weekends racing. Saturday starred off ok with a damp drying track but with a sudden change of Rowrah weather and some heavy rain then made it a full wet track, so set up change was made only for it to stop nearer heat time so not time to change back to drying track which in the end meant wrong sprocket, but that turned out to be the least of our worry’s for the day.
Saturday Round 7
 
HEAT 1 – Starting in P8 All seemed fine until he reached turn 1 and we could see straight away we had the wrong sprocket on with not enough power off the corners so it was a bit of damage limitation but a spin up at the far hair pin from mud on track meant he lost a lot of places and with time running out and another spin only managed to finish in 13th place dropping 5.
 
HEAT 2 – Starting in P3 with set up sorted he got off to a great start only to be hit in the side on lap 2 putting him onto the mud and losing another heap of places, also tangling his nose cone with the other drivers rear wheel causing him a drop down bumper to be added on at the race end. He did make up a lot of places only to lose them again at the end of the race with his 5 second penalty meaning he dropped 9 places to finish in 12th place.
 
HEAT 3 – Starting in12th place and a drying out track managed some great overtakes to make up 7 places and finish in 5th place with 1.36 seconds separating the top 5, but his engine was showing more signs that something was wrong. Time to go through the process of elimination and find out what was the problem. So, after some head scratching, plug jets, filter, battery changed we would see how it went on the next heat.
 
HEAT 4 – Starting in 18th place, with inconsistent speed throughout the day his engine decided it did not want to play anymore and was struggling for power on the throttle so harry decided to retire from the race a few laps in meaning a DNF.
This meant we finished the day in a poor P13 missing out on some valuable points for the day with engine problems. Time for the carb rebuild etc etc etc etc and roll on to practice on the Sunday to test it out again.
 
Sunday Round 8
 
After a lot of cleaning and changing various bits and bobs all that was left to change was the wiring loom electrics and fuel pump which I thought would not need changing as it was only 1 race day old. (or would it) which we would do if needed after practice in the morning. Harry went out for practice and still problems spluttering around track off the corners, so in he came in. Back to the drawing board to check all the electrics which were fine and so decided to swap the new fuel pump over for my rebuilt fuel pump and start her up. Fired up perfect and sounded great. Amazing how 3 thin pieces of paper-thin gasket can ruin a day’s racing with the cost of everything else on the engine.
 
HEAT 1 – Starting near the back of the grid in P19 it was time to test the engine. Great start to the race he managed to make up 10 places to finish the heat in 9th place with fastest lap so turned out the engine was back to normal.
 
HEAT 2 – Starting in 13th place had another great race only to be held up in a train of seven so finished In P10.
 
HEAT 3 – Starting in P2. This was by far his best race of the weekend. A great start off the line saw him take the lead up to the first chicane with Kart 92 also get a great start making up 3 places up to hairpin 1, from then on it was harry and kart 92 who battled it out for the next 8 minutes managing to work together and pull a 12 second gap to the rest of the pack swapping a few times mid race till the last lap and second from last bend which saw 92 try and dive into the corner only to overshoot into the side of harry taking them both off track and 92 tapping the barriers. It was Harry who got back onto the track first so had the momentum to gain speed into the last bend taking the inside line and crossing the line in first place and giving my heart rate a much-needed rest.
 
HEAT 4 – Starting in P8. This was another great heat to watch with harry making up 4 places after the 3rd lap and managing to catch the front 3 this ended up another close fought heat with the top 4 going at it till the end pulling a 10 second gap to the rest of the pack. Harry finished the heat in 4th place as a few mistakes on the hairpins lost him a second meaning it was too much to ask in the last few laps to catch up again.
A great second day’s racing showing the highs and lows of race days finishing day 2 in P3.
No race next month as Harry’s school exam time then off to whilton mill Daventry for Round 11 in the run up to his final junior rotax finals.
LET’S DO THIS🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎
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NATSKA ROUND 11 WHILTON MILL 13th June 2026
 
And Harry takes the chequered flag finishing with another top 10 finish in P9.
All in all, this was a good result considering our grid position for the heats and problems getting the set up right, trying to stop the tyres from constantly overheating. A huge grid of 30 drivers made for a great day’s racing with some lovely sunny weather.
 
Heat 1 Starting near the back in 21st place did manage to gain some places but due to the long train of karts making it difficult to find a way through ended up finishing the heat in 16th place.
 
Heat 2 Starting the heat in 26th it ended up being much the same as heat 1 with the traffic throughout the heat saw him bring it home in 14th place gaining 12 places.
 
Heat 3 Starting the heat in 12th place this ended up being the most frustrating heat not being able to do much as there were 2 Battenburg flags throughout the heat which wasted a lot of actual race time, finishing the heat in 9th place and effectively ending any change of a higher finish for the day.
 
Heat 4 Starting the heat in 6th position. A great heat for racing manging to get up to third place halfway through the heat only to be side nudged wide on one of the bends allowing 5 drivers through the gap made. Manging to pull some places back could only manage to finish where he had started, in 6th place.
 
A great day’s racing with some set up issues which quite a few of the other drivers were also struggling with. Onwards and upwards to the final round before the national finals in Wales next month. The Final round before the nationals will be at Rye house, ironically this is where Harry started his karting journey in 2017 so it will be fitting to finish his junior rotax Karting journey with NATSKA at the track before he takes leaps into Senior category in the near future.
Lets do this
NATSKA ROUND 12  RYE HOUSE  27th JUNE 2026
 
And Harry takes the chequered flag in P1 for the day with fastest lap alongside.
An absolute stonking days racing which made up for the problems we had at whilton mill a few weeks ago. A total contrast to the kart handling with conditions at rye sometimes unbearable with the heat in the 30s.
This was the last round in the 2025 /2026 championship before the national finals in mid-July. Also quite unreal seeing as he started his karting journey here in 2017 in corporate karting championships, so it made a nice finishing touch to his junior rotax journey.
With the practice days always helpful we managed to get the race day set up spot on in all regards with the days race grid of 22 drivers.
 
Heat 1 – Starting in 18th was the first of four great heats. This one was only spoilt with the Battenburg flags because of an incident meaning harry made up 10 places to finish in P8
 
Heat 2 – Starting in 8th place with great pace made up 4 places to finish the heat in P3
 
Heat 3 – Starting in 4th place. A great start off the line and managing to take the lead out of turn 1 saw to another close fought heat with kart 61 saw take the chequered flag in P1
 
Heat 4 – Starting in 15th place saw harry have his best round making up 13 places and taking fastest lap for the day finishing the heat in P2. Breaking his personal best 3 times in the days racing.
This was such a good penultimate round to the 6 years of NATSKA championship racing. Onwards to the national finals now at Llandow racetrack in wales with harry sitting in 5th place in the championship and 12 points separating 2nd to 5th place.
All to race for trying to secure a podium championship finish with 1st place a bit to out of our reach with the leader 24 points ahead …………..Lets do this