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.
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.
Crowland’s Jason Parrott was denied the British Kart Championship just a lap and a half from victory when a piston broke up at the Rowrah circuit in Cumbria.
Jason Parrott made a major breakthrough in the last round of the European Kart Championship in Germany, claiming two top ten finishes in the finals despite getting tangled up in incidents both times.
Despite his comeback, Litchfield was overtaken in the standings by his season-long rival Jason Parrott, who was third in final one and fourth in the second final. With only two more races to go, at Rowrah in Cumbria in September, Parrott leads reigning champion Litchfield by only four points.
Over 16,000 views for this video of Jason and brief analysis of his cornering style posted by Karting1.
Jason Parrott narrowly missed out on the British Formula A kart title after mechanical problems with his engine denied him victory at Shenington over the weekend.
British karters starred in the recent Formula A Winter Cup in South Garda, Italy with Ben Hanley taking a key win against some of Europe’s best karting talent and Peterborough based racer Jason Parrott scoring a well-earned 5th place.