Peterborough kart racer Jason Parrott lived up to all predictions at Sunday?s opening rounds of the European Kart Championship with finishes of eighth and seventh in the points-scoring races, leaving him in fifth in the championship standings. The event, at Ugento in the heel of Italy, gave Jason the opportunity to show the top team bosses what he could do on limited financial resources and will help make his case for promotion to the ranks of professional kart racers.

Racing as a member of the privateer MGM Racing team on a Birel kart, Jason achieved his top ten finishes despite competing in only one other event since the World Championships in France last October and despite being the only English-speaking team-member.

Jason lived up to all predictions at Sunday’s opening rounds of the European Kart Championship with finishes of eighth and seventh in the points-scoring races, leaving him in fifth in the championship standings. The event, at Ugento in the heel of Italy, gave Jason the opportunity to show the top team bosses what he could do on limited financial resources and will help make his case for promotion to the ranks of professional kart racers. He also had the honour of finishing as the top British driver in the second race of the double-header.

Kart star Jason Parrott returned to the track in fine style as he successfully came through his dress rehearsal for the European Championships. The big event will be staged at the Ugento circuit in southern Italy in early June and Parrott knows what to expect after lining up at the same venue over the weekend in a one-off appearance in the Italian Open Masters.

The European Kart Championship kicks off this weekend at Ugento, in the heel of Italy, and Jason has posted two 7th fastest times against 50 other competitors, many of whom are well-funded or professional drivers. After the first days free practice Jason is making his mark on the new KF1 class on only the second time he has raced with the radically revised engine formula.