Category: Kart Racing
The Kart Racing section gathers Rye’s Own reporting, features and recollections on this part of local life. From “Jack Barlow is Flying”, “Jack Barlow on the Podium”, “Aldington Soap Box Derby 2015”, and “Jack Barlow is National Champion”, the archive offers several starting points for exploring the subject. The result is a varied record of the district, told by writers who noticed both the headline events and the revealing details around them.
Aldington Soap Box Derby
Forge Hill – No Venue for Faint Hearts
August Bank Holiday is the Bi-Annual date for the Aldington Soap Box Derby, when people of normally sound minds have a relapse and take on the daunting half mile dash down Forge Hill in what are more or less ‘Devil’s Go-Carts. The start is outside the famous Walnut Tree Inn. Continue reading Aldington Soap Box Derby
Jack Barlow is National Champion
Jack Barlow is British Champion
By Adam Jones
Pictures by Chris Walker
Rye already has one National Champion in the person of Bronwen Ewing, who won the 24 Hour Cycling title in Rye Wheelers colours in June.
Now Jack Barlow, who lives just a stone’s throw away from Bronwen, has won one of the most prestigious championships in British karting, completing a historic treble.
The Pett teenager scooped the Ginetta Super One Junior Rotax crown at the Three Sisters circuit in Ashton-in-Makerfield, near Wigan last Sunday (16 October), to Continue reading Jack Barlow is National Champion
Jack Barlow on the Podium
Jack Barlow on podium at inaugural International Open
Rain in Spain made life far from plain for Jack Barlow last weekend (30/31 October). Despite the challenging conditions at Zuera, near Zaragoza, the 15-year old karting star from Pett delivered one of his strongest performances in the wet to give himself a chance of winning the first ever International Open. Continue reading Jack Barlow on the Podium
Jack Barlow is Flying
Spectacular Accident Fails to Dent Barlow Competitive Spirit
By Adam Jones Pictures by Chris Walker/Kartpix
“Now I know why they call it Crash Masters!”
Just twelve months after winning the prestigious Kart Masters event, held annually at the PFi circuit in Lincolnshire, Rye’s favourite kart racer, Jack Barlow’s fortunes were literally turned on their head. Continue reading Jack Barlow is Flying