Rissington 3rd/4th September

This weekend we travelled to Rissington for the Midland Championship weekend.  Ethan's laptimes were better from the start of the weekend and he got to grips with the track fairly quickly. 

The heats were difficult, Ethan had a bad start in one and spun trying to overtake in another.

In the final he started 27th on a full grid and gained three places to finish 24th.  There was a definate improvement in his driving however at the end of the final Ethan felt he had let himself down and not tried hard enough. 

We stayed for the trophy presentations with a very upset Ethan who has always wanted a trophy so badly.

To Ethans absolute surprise he won a novice trophy,  I dont think we will ever forget his face as he collected it.  He came back to stand by us absolutely thrilled and was so focused on the trophy he didnt even hear when the last award of the day was being presented for best presented kart. 

All his cadet friends were stood around while a picture was held up and number 69 was announced as the winner.  Everyone looked at Ethan but he still didnt click that it was him until his name was announced.  An emotional Ethan was awarded a large trophy and presentation picture by Tom Harvey.

So we came home with two trophies and a very happy nine year old.  Ethan cannot wait to get back in the kart in two weeks at Llandow and this time he will no longer be a novice driver.