Scarlet Dunn from Newton Aycliffe put on a brave display this weekend at Wombwell, near Barnsley despite engine issues which plagued her in the final on race day.
In Saturday’s very wet free practice she ran most of the time either fastest or 2nd fastest amongst a very strong field of 17 karts. She learned lots about wet weather driving and her smooth style served her well throughout the day.
On Sunday race day, conditions were completely dry and Scarlet made a good start to run 3rd fastest in free practice. She had good heats, running in the top 3 times through the day although with the stiff competition she qualified in 6th place for the final.
Although Scarlet was looking for a top 6 finish, unfortunately engine issues that plagued her at Teesside returned as well as potentially other issues the team later found and she fell to 9th place. She was positive afterwards though and Mam Amanda was very proud of her attitude: “She is soldiering on and knows that once we solve the issues she will be right back up where she wants to be. It was all good experience for her and she took away from the event more overtaking, race craft and practice starts – she drove as good as she could with what she had on the day. Scarlet enjoys everything about the weekend and especially seeing her friends”.
She is next racing in round 5 of the Teesside Sprint Championship in 2 week’s time.
The Wombwell race was the Joe Dale #27 Memorial meeting, in memory of the young kart racer who passed away of a sudden asthma attack 2 years ago at just 16 years of age.
