Scott strikes gold

Scott Mitchell, aged 15, from Halewood, and a pupil from St Margaret’s Academy, Liverpool, is the 2013 Manchester and Buxton Kart Club (MBKC) Junior Rotax Champion.

The championship was run over 10 rounds from February to November; Scott achieved this in eight rounds at the Three Sisters circuit in Wigan.

The team, TMR Development, has won the championship three times in the past two years in the senior class last year and Minimax and Junior max class this year all on the PCR frame. Chris Norris runs the team and Scott has driven for TMR since he started his career.

Scott started his karting career at eight-years-old moving from cadets to minimax where he won the Dragon Master trophy in 2011, competed in the national championships in 2012, the MBKC championship is the climax of his karting career.

In 2014 Scott will be competing in the Junior Saloon Car Championship (JSCC), racing a Citroen Saxo for his new team Orex Competition. The season runs from April to September at seven tracks including Oulton Park and Brands Hatch.