It’s child’s play for karter Amaya
AMAYA THOMSON, the eight-year-old go-karter from Prestonpans, won the Scottish S Plate title at Crail, the biggest go-karting meeting of the year. This is the ultimate title in
Scotland in the Bambino category.
It all started as a “bit of fun” for her dad, Roy, who used to race motorbikes.
He began taking Amaya karting when she was just four-years-old and karting ticked the boxes as something he could do with his young daughter.
Amaya, a member at Larkhall Circuit and Grampian Kart Club in Banff, almost gave up hope when earlier in the year, she continually came in last in every race. She even wrote her father a letter telling him she wanted to give up the sport.
But her persistence and practice have paid off, and as Roy said, everything just clicked at the championships.
The capacity at the track was limited by Covid restrictions to only 500 people. This included all competitors, support crew and operational crew such as marshalls and officials.
The Scottish S Plate is the top title in Scotland, but Amaya will now go forward to compete for the British title - but it all depends on sponsorship, as karting is an expensive sport to take part in.
If there are any possible sponsors for this future Lewis Hamilton out there then father
Roy would love to hear from them.
Venom Racing Engines help Amaya to be fastest round the track.