Last year we as a company got involved with a mates lad, he was 6 and used our yard to practice on his minimoto. I was impressed by his elbow down figure of eights and how he consistently slid the rear exiting corners. A plan was hatched with his dad and we helped them buy an ohvale 110 for a new to the UK championship run by Peter Hickman and with the Michael Laverty academy involved it had good publicity too. Last year though he had to get special dispensation to enter the last few rounds as he was too young, he did and got some good podium results in the last few rounds setting him up for a proper go this year. The MLA were also looking for several riders but for some reason our rider didn’t figure in their plans despite being the youngest and amongst the fastest, no worry he’ll be fine on his own.
All through the year the bike was consistently the slowest, despite the engines being supplied sealed when placed in the dyno some were 10% more powerful and could draft him with ease.
But lots of practice at the local track here and some outstanding riding saw him take the championship today
He’s still too young to move up so that’ll be another decision to be made, he’s beat all the older kids who’ve been racing longer and all the MLA supported kids.
Him and his family have worked very hard to get this and I’m glad we helped a tiny bit with the bike purchase and a place to practice.
Kid is called Wilson Dilks so listen out for him in years to come
