Toowoomba's Junior Development Day

AKA press release

A dozen young Queensland kart racers were provided a boost when they attended a Junior Development Camp at Toowoomba’s Greer Park Raceway recently.

The drivers, aged between seven and 12 years old, spent time with former Australian Champion Matt Greenbury, experienced karting officials Ralph Van Doorn and John Lane along with a representative from the AKA’s Communication Managers BAM Media.

Above: Former Australian Champion Matt Greenbury with Melissa Wilcox

One of the stars of the day was eight-year-old Melissa Wilcox. Attending with her brother Ben and their parents Melissa, who has been racing for just over six months, benefited immensely from the day to improve her lap times by almost six seconds.

While pleased to see the improvement by Melissa throughout the day, event organiser John Lane indicated that the program was as much about the off track experience as the on track racing.

“It was great to see the improvement by the kids throughout the day but the most important thing was that they took away a heap of experience of all things karting, not just the racing side of it,” said event co-ordinator John Lane.

“Throughout the day we discussed such things as technical aspects and feedback on set-up changes, presentation speeches, communication with people in the sport – we certainly covered a variety of areas.”

Above: The group of junior Queensland karters at the Greer Park Raceway in Toowoomba

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