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FAT Karting Regional Cadet Vice Champion '25
BIKC Cadet National Finalist '25
F1 & speed fan, keen to move up the motorsport ladder
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06/09/2026
BIKC Update – have I qualified for the Local Finals…?!
With a holiday in the last two weeks of August taking us beyond the end date for British Indoor Karting Championship 2026 (BIKC) qualifying period, we had a nervous wait to see if Tom had done enough to make it through with the competition putting in fantastic times in the last few weeks before we went away…
The good news is not only had he done enough, he qualified in 2nd place! A great start but now the fun really begins! Congrats to those who also qualified, including Toms Teamsport Reading friends Jack G (who is also participating in the .kartingleague Junior Light Regional Championship with Tom), Daniel C, and too many others to list here!
With the Local Final round for Reading on Weds 16 September, stay tuned to find out if he makes it through to Regionals…
23/08/2026
Race Academy – Trying to bring Toms average time for qualification down further...
With the required 3 times now in the bag but pace picking up among competitors, Monday 17 August was Toms next chance to try and bring his average time down for BIKC qualification. Currently in 7th due to his outlying early time prior to his wrist injury, there haven’t been many sessions we could attend for him to try and get in a better time. With Race Academy League fully booked, Tom was going to have to use Race Academy Advanced (with cadets mixed in) to his best advantage!
An unofficial race format was in play, so qualifying saw the times begin to heat up – with Tom taking 2nd overall for the session behind track regular Zach, however with the track still relatively cold, overall times were well down on previous sessions.
The second session race began with a rolling start – and Tom right on Zachs tail, putting in faster lap times than the leader. After around 9 laps Tom saw his chance and made his move, taking 1st, however a few laps later catching a cadet back marker on the hairpin, Tom had the inside line and the backmarker was on his outside. While there was a karts width gap between them just, there was no way they’d all make it round but sadly Zach decided to go for it anyway, turning into Tom putting him into the wall in the process to make it round, dropping Tom to third.
Tom quickly regained 2nd but this had given Zach the chance to pull away. Frustrated at the un-sportsmanlike manoeuvre, but remembering this wasn’t a real race and that tonight was all about lap times, Tom channelled his feelings into bettering his laptimes, focussing on putting in a fab series of highly competitive laps in the 30.7’s instead rapidly catching back up to Zach.
Overall a fab addition to his BIKC qualification average and another great result nonetheless. Also, great to be to see up to 3rd after a battle of his own.
18/08/2026
Race Academy League – Another time-setting session for BIKC 2026 Qualification!
Monday 10 August saw Tom back post-injury at Race Academy League at following the fantastic news his wrist has fully recovered from its fracture!
Taking the format of a qualifying session followed by a race, the field was very competitive, with most there to try and get their times up the leader board for BIKC qualification, including Tom.
With two times set prior to his wrist injury and having missed the majority of the really hot temperature sessions (where times typically are at their peak) the pressure was on! Despite that he hit the ground running, settling into the session and starting to light up the timing board. Eventually he popped in a fantastic 30.659, his personal best, ultimately taking pole for the race to follow.
The race began with a rolling start, and the drop in pace from Tom was clear from the off in comparison to the previous session. Sadly it was a slower kart so a defensive drive was in order. Tom clung on as long as he could (visually ducking to try and glean any extra time possible) but with his times well off his overall pace, Daniel got past to take the lead leaving Tom to defend 2nd place to the chequered flag.
While things didn’t pan out as he’d have liked, another trophy for the collection was a plus, and a great time to help bring down his average and make his qualification for BIKC valid (you need 3 times to confirm your entry)!
With only a few weeks to the end of qualification (and Tom unable to make sessions in the final week) we’re just relieved he could finally put in a third time, hopefully bumping him up the rankings despite a slow first time out early in the qualifying period when the weather was cold!
With two more sessions booked, it’ll be interesting to see where he ends up on the final table with over 52 junior competitors signed up so far! Congrats to Daniel on his 1st and Zach on his 3rd place in this race.
F.A.T. Karting Round 5 - Dunkeswell
Back in the driving seat…
After missing round 4 with a wrist fracture, we were thrilled to get the all clear to race. We headed to Devon not sure what to expect as his arm was unused for a month and karting demands strength!
Saturday morning was testing thanks to our sponsors , Prime Cover Ltd & Niche Cover. Following work to fix kart issues (thanks .unitedkingdom crew!), Tom began getting to grips with the technical Dunkeswell track. Standards were high & competition fierce, so he was happy to be working his way up the timings.
Sunday started with reduced engine speeds following incidents on Saturday, so morning practice allowed time to adapt lines & driving styles.
Then it was time. Race afternoon began & somehow Tom found extra form taking P2 in practice.
Confidence growing but with others improving too (especially Rohan who was consistently fast), Tom dug deep & popped in a flying lap in the dying seconds for pole! But the challenge wouldn’t end there.
Clearly slightly faster, in the pre-final opening stages Rohan overtook, with Tom in close chase. An epic battle ensued, but sadly Rohan’s kart cut out. Fortunately for Tom he held on to P1 & pole for the Final.
At lights out Andre began putting pressure on, leading to Tom clipping the kerb launching into the air. He didn’t lose position but to avoid a penalty for cutting the corner Tom gave up the lead. With 3 laps to go, his work was cut out to get back past but a manoeuvrer on the hairpin got him through for the the win!
A great end to his comeback weekend - congrats & on 2nd & 3rd (& for your first points) however without the kart issue we all thought the win would’ve been Rohans! To those unfortunately caught in incidents hope you recover quickly & see you at round 6.
Results:
Sat practice: P1 – 7th, P2 – 6th, P3 – 5th, P4 – 5th
Sun practice: P1 – 3rd🥉, P2 – 2nd🥈, P3 – 1st🥇, P4 – 4th
Sunday Race: Practice – P2🥈, Qualifying – P1🥇, Pre-Final – P1🥇, Final – P1🏆
27/07/2026
Thanks so much Jackson Wolny | Motorsports Xcel Motorsport - FAT Karting League UK even more excited about what I’m aiming for now!
F.A.T. Karting Round 4 – Fulbeck
A mechanical flag, but not for the Kart…
Sunday 12 July saw round 4 of the Junior light championship taking place at Fulbeck – a race Tom had been highly anticipating going into the weekend leading the Championship. What would the weekend bring?
What no one anticipated was that a few days before, a minor tumble would lead to an A&E trip and Toms wrist being X-rayed. Initially the prognosis was good – and he was discharged wearing a beautiful hand and wrist splint as a precaution until the fracture clinic could double check the many X-rays and confirm he was good to go. Unfortunately that wasn’t to be!
A call late Friday from the clinic revealed they were concerned they could see a fracture after all – but more X-Rays would be required and another review before they could be 100% sure. In the meantime that left Tom unable to race this weekend, and us keeping our fingers crossed that the next set of X-rays turn out to be fine.
Not wanting to completely miss out, Tom decided the best course of action was to go along and support his friends – and help out the FAT Karting team where he could! So instead of racing Tom helped with the flag display and wishing the other drivers luck before they left the pits.
Hopefully he’ll be back on track both literally and physically soon – but we’ll be back with an update as soon as we know more. In the meantime congrats to Luca for a well deserved win, and to Jake and Mia for 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Many thanks as always to our sponsors Niche Cover, , Prime Cover Ltd, and Big Picture Creative we really appreciate your support and your patience while Tom heals!
Watch this space for an update once we know more….
Results: None due to injury 😢
kartingleague
06/07/2026
Monday 29th June saw Tom at Race Academy League at for another attempt at setting a (British Indoor Karting Championship 2026) Junior qualifying time.
Still slightly rusty on the two floor layout following months of 3 floor Grid Series action (this was his second time on that layout since January), he was delighted to find the two 15 minute sessions would be run as a qualifying session followed by a race – his favourite!
Qualifying began and competition was fierce with all the juniors were flying. Times improved rapidly - even a new lap record for the year so far was set by one of his fellow drivers (also the current lap record holder so far this year), dropping Tom into 2nd for the starting line-up.
Feeling confident and enjoying the competition, Tom headed into the race for the grid start and soon made his move on the second lap after a really good exit enabled him to launch up the inside to take the lead. Pulling away from the pack he was gaining pace pretty much lap on lap, and over the course of the race started popping in times only a few hundredths away from the lap record.
With about 4 minutes to go and Tom still in the lead, a new 2026 lap record was looking more and more likely – and he got it with a fantastic 30.740! A great end to the night with the top step on the podium, a new style ‘1st place’ trophy on the night they launched them at Reading, and the lap record for 2026 to that point to boot.
Even better, he was able to share it with his cadet buddy Charlie, who had also achieved P1 in the cadet race so they could celebrate together!
Qualifying – P2 🥈
Race – P1 🥇
AND a new 2026 LAP RECORD to that point! 🏎🥇
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Grid series round 6 and season review - a two trophy season finale but which ones?!
22nd June saw the culmination of 6 months of races at with Alex slightly ahead in the overall standings going into the evening. Tom was determined to reclaim the lead, with his only chance being to finish 1st on this final round & for Alex to finish 4th or below.
Having taken round 1 by storm, some knocks in Round 2 from an overzealous competitor (who earned himself penalties) meant Tom finished 6th. Round 3, half way, was better with 2nd place, staying top of the table with it all to play for in the last 3 events.
A small mistake in round 4 allowed Alex through in the dying moments for the win, making the championship super close. Round 5 saw Tom wrong place, wrong time losing 3 spots in a heat, fortunately still 2nd on grid for the final, which without the momentum to pass Alex he kept to the final.
So Round 6. Practice - Tom was flying, P1 well ahead of the field. Heat 1, from 5th he took the win, Heat 2, a challenging start point of 13th + kart issues led to 6th. Heat 3 and a new kart saw Tom start 8th and make it to 2nd at the flag. With the heat points tallied, Tom was 2nd on grid for the Final with Alex on pole. With it all to play for Tom made his move swiftly, passed Alex & with some excellent defensive work held it for the win!
Tom was delighted to take both 1st & fastest lap in the final round against challenging opponents. Plus to take 2nd overall (missing 1st by one point!) in his first ever junior championship feels a massive achievement being so close to taking the overall trophy. Congrats to on the win, for 3rd and all of course all the other competitors.
Thanks to Niche Cover, , Prime Cover Ltd , Big Picture Creative, & to Test Pro Consulting () for their donation towards the grid series 2026 races.
Now to Junior BIKC qualifying!
Practice - P1 🥇
Heat 1 - P5 > P1 🥇
Heat 2 - P13 > P6
Heat 3 - P8 > P2🥈
Final - P2 > P1
& fastest lap 🏎🏁
1ST JUNIOR SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP RESULT - P2 (1pt from P1) in Grid Series 2026!
A winning weekend at Rissington!
After a tough start to the season things finally took a turn on Sunday at round 3 of the FAT Karting League Regional Championship at Rissington, a track Tom really enjoys due to the fast, challenging corners.
The standard was high across the board all day - taking 3rd in quali felt like a great achievement being only 0.120 seconds off of 1st, only to feel even better on finding out his clean driving style paid off when penalties above propelled him up to pole for the pre final! In fact the field was so tight that only 1.1 seconds covered the first 24 karts on the grid.
The pre final started well with Tom pulling a huge lead after battles erupts behind; only for that to disappear with a full course yellow for an incident further back, but Tom held his nerve and the lead crossing the line to take the win and pole for the final.
The final was a battle from the off, with Ruben hot on his heels at the start and Leo pushing later in the race, Tom fought fair but hard - retaking the lead twice and holding steady for the win at the chequered flag and his first trip to the podium of the championship. Finding out he’d taken his first win as a FAT Karting Junior light on the same day as all British podium in the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix was the icing on the cake!
Great driving and catching up with karting buddies old and new! Congrats to Rueben and Leo who joined Tom on the podium, thanks to the FAT team as always and our sponsors Brackenwood Windows, Prime Cover, Big Picture Creative and Niche Cover for helping support Tom with extra practice, equipment and more!
Can’t wait for round 4 - Fulbeck here we come (in a few weeks 🤣).
Morning practice:
Session 1 - P7 (kart issue)
Session 2 - P3 🥉(kart fixed - thanks FAT team!)
Session 3 - P2 🥈
Session 3 - P4
Afternoon:
Practice - P7
Quali - P3 🥉penalties for those ahead then meant this got promoted to Pole/P1 🥇
Pre final - P1 🥇
Final - P1 🏆
Current standing in championship - P1 🏆(although it's all to play for at this point!)
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07/06/2026
A Prime way to end the week!
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With a keen interest in motorsport themselves,they have been following Toms progress in the background and are keen to support him to see what he can do with a bit of extra practice or hopefully testing out some additional race opportunities to help Tom further his skillset and momentum within the sport. Oh, and they've got the perfect name for someone who likes to be in prime position on track!
Watch this space to find out more about how they're helping Tom, and don't forget to visit them at primecover.co.uk (or on Facebook at Cover Ltd) , and of course a huge thanks to all our sponsors for helping keep Tom on track!
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