Pudsey teenager Kalvin Kelly will be chasing more wins this weekend as the Tracker Kawasaki British Superteen Championship returns to action at Oulton Park.
The 16-year-old ROKiT Rookies rider heads the points as the series resumes, following a seven-week summer break – and is keen to extend his lead at his most local track.
Kelly currently sits 13 points clear of his closest rival in the inaugural motorcycle racing series, which was launched this year for young riders aged 15-20 years.
Running as part of the Bennetts British Superbike support series, the new one-make championship pits young riders against each other on identical Kawasaki Ninja ZX-4RR machinery.
The championship kicked-off at Cheshire’s Oulton Park in early May and will conclude at Donington Park in just over a fortnight, meaning this weekend’s two races will be vital in helping decide the champion on September 29.
Kelly, who is the youngest rider in the ROKiT Rookies squad, took the championship lead at Brands Hatch in August after a strong podium run which began with his first series win at Knockhill in June.
Since then, he has banked a string of strong finishes to now lead the championship by 13 points with two race weekends to go.
“Coming into this weekend, I am the man who everyone will want to beat,” he said. “But nevertheless I’m heading to Oulton Park feeling confident.
“It’s been a long summer, several weeks since our last race so I’m raring to go and I can’t wait to have some fun out on the track.”
Kelly is one of seven talented young riders who make up the ROKiT Rookie squad, owned and run by 2018 British Superbike champion Leon Haslam and his father Ron, himself an icon in British motorcycle racing.
With two rounds to go, three ROKiT Rookies currently occupy three places in the top five and with four races still to go, any one of them could emerge victorious at the end of the season.
Australia’s Brodie Gawith is third, 22-points adrift of Kelly with fellow ROKiT Rookie Chloe Jones fifth, some 11-points further back.
Each round has two races, leaving just four more opportunities for the UK’s most talented young riders to pick up points as they battle to be crowned the inaugural Tracker Kawasaki British Superbike Champion on Sunday, September 29.
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