Today we are back at Brentwood for Round 10 of the Super League. Although this is round 10, it’s only my 6th race due to owner driver commitments that mean I miss two races a month. The day didn’t start the way I wanted but I kept at it and ended up with a good result. Click here to read full article
Team Test Day down at Lydd Circuit
We have done a lot of laps already this week but today we headed down to Lydd for a team test day. I can’t go into what we were testing but we had a successful test day, made some good progress, learn’t a lot and are happy with the progress of our kart. Click here to read full article
PFI Circuit Rotax Testing Day
It’s now the summer holidays so we have some extra time to be able to do some extra karting. We headed up to PFI today for an owner kart testing day. This circuit is known in the karting world as one of the best and I am really pleased to report that it didn’t disappoint. Click here to read full article
2nd place podium in our new race colours
This weekend was the forth round of the IKR Rotax Junior Championship at Lydd Kart Circuit and this is our first race being part of the Lydd Kart Shop Race Team. The weather is hot and the circuit is looking good. Click here to read full article
Kent Cup Round 2 at Bayford Meadows
It’s back to back race weekends for us following on from a successful championship race at Lydd last weekend. This time we were at Bayford Meadows for Round 4 of the BMKR championship and Round 2 of the Kent Cup Championship. We didn’t have outright pace but we kept at it and the results helped us up to 6th position out of 27 drivers in the KC championship. Looking forward to returning next month when we hope we can get back up the grid like we did last month. Click here to read full article
Jacob to race for Team Lydd from round 4
A new day and still the good news is coming in. We received a phone-call today to discuss and arrange Jacob joining Lydd’s race team and we are delighted to announce that he will be from round 4 of the IKR Summer Championship. This weekends race at Bayford will be our last one running our distinctive black and green livery because the kart will be going through a make-over and a few other little upgrades in preparation for joining our new team. Click here to read full article
Lydd International Lap Record Holder
Following on from our successful race meeting at Round 3 of the IKR Rotax Championship, on Monday evening we received confirmation that Jacob beat and now holds the lap record for a Junior Rotax on Maxxis Sport tyres. The lap record can only be set at an official scrutineered race event. This is a great addition to the list of fantastic achievements throughout the weekend and Jacob now holds the lap record at two karting circuits in the southeast. Click here to read full article
Front row start and 2nd place on the podium
This weekend was the third round of the IKR Rotax Junior Championship at Lydd Kart Circuit. The weather was perfect all weekend and as always the Lydd Track looked stunning and I couldn’t wait to get out there and put some laps in. Saturdays sessions didn’t fully go to plan with the kart not behaving itself. I qualified on the front row for heat 1 in second which was my best grid start. The race start went well and once I managed to warm up my tyres I was hunting down the leader. Click here to read full article
robot-txt sponsor JHR for the 2022-23 season
Jacob Hobbs Racing is proud to announce a brand new sponsor partnership with ROBOT-TXT starting with immediate affect and running into the 2023 season. Their logo will appear on all our online platforms and will also be visible on both side-pods and the front nose of our race kart. ROBOT-TXT are a search marketing consultancy with over 20 years’ experience working with clients across the globe. We look forward to making them proud of our small but fast growing kart team. Click here to read full article
Pole position, race win and fastest lap
Today Jacob raced for only the 2nd time as a senior driver at Brentwood Karting in preparation for this weekends All Star Cup. He qualified on pole, won the race and got fastest lap… so not a bad start. This also marks the start of a brand new journey as Jacob has been entered into Brentwood Karting’s new Super League as a seeded driver. This is a championship that consists of the best 22 senior drivers at Brentwood out of 77 entries. Click here to read full article