"She really enjoyed going fast again" said Mam Amanda who also made her debut at the Teesside venue 30 years ago "It was lovely to see a smile back on her face again".
Scalet next races around Teesside this weekend. She is currently lying a close 2nd in the Bambino Comer championship.
The race day will be streamed live on YouTube with commentary.
Scarlet Dunn from Newton Aycliffe put on a brave display this weekend at Wombwell, near Barnsley despite engine issues which plagued her in the final on race day.
In Saturday’s very wet free practice she ran most of the time either fastest or 2nd fastest amongst a very strong field of 17 karts. She learned lots about wet weather driving and her smooth style served her well throughout the day.
On Sunday race day, conditions were completely dry and Scarlet made a good start to run 3rd fastest in free practice. She had good heats, running in the top 3 times through the day although with the stiff competition she qualified in 6th place for the final.
Although Scarlet was looking for a top 6 finish, unfortunately engine issues that plagued her at Teesside returned as well as potentially other issues the team later found and she fell to 9th place. She was positive afterwards though and Mam Amanda was very proud of her attitude: “She is soldiering on and knows that once we solve the issues she will be right back up where she wants to be. It was all good experience for her and she took away from the event more overtaking, race craft and practice starts - she drove as good as she could with what she had on the day. Scarlet enjoys everything about the weekend and especially seeing her friends".
She is next racing in round 5 of the Teesside Sprint Championship in 2 week's time.
The Wombwell race was the Joe Dale #27 Memorial meeting, in memory of the young kart racer who passed away of a sudden asthma attack 2 years ago at just 16 years of age.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmfjjcp9YQc
Scarlet and Bambino's are feature at:
Heat 1 - 15:00
Heat 2 - 1:17:25
Heat 3 - 3:26:00
Final - 4:29:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikch3HSv_Fc
Also live timing screens here:
https://live.alphatiming.co.uk/teesside
NRG did a great job of looking after Scarlet and making sure she fitted well. Thanks to Simon, Andy and team for the fantastic service!
NRG supply Road, Mountain, BMX, Urban, Hybrid, & Electric Bikes for adults & children. They have branches at Thornaby & Great Ayton.
They talked about Scarlet's karting, dancing, drumming and all Amanda's racing career. They also discussed what it's like to be a girl racing against the boys.
The show will shortly be available as a pod cast on www.AycliffeRadio.co.uk and will also be aired again on Sunday 19th May at 12pm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97ZS_LaG5uw
Update:
Scarlet is featured in the following times:
8:15 - Program start
15:40 - 29:00 - Heat 1
1:33:15 - 1:46:45 - Heat 2
2:47:15 - 2:49:47 - Interview with Scarlet
3:43:40 - 3:56:40 - Heat 3
4:44:33 - 4:58:00 - Final