Considering we only started racing our own kart in January 2022, we have achieved an awful lot. Out recognisable Black and Green livery has been changed to Black and Orange. We have also launched our new JHR Kart Team logo and brand. Click here to read full article

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

Jacob Hobbs Racing is proud to announce a new sponsor for our 2022 season…. Demon Tweeks. We are so excited to be racing with their support, which will be shown on our kart, social media and drivers helmet. 2022 looks to be an exciting season of racing, competing in the IKR Championship, BMKR Championship, The Kent Cup and Brentwood race league.

It’s half-term this week and we have been working hard testing and improving the kart. In 4 days we have tested at 3 different circuits: Lydd, Buckmore Park & Bayford Meadows. We’ve completed 370 laps, which was 276 miles. Clocking up all that track time was really useful, we learnt a lot, had a lot of fun, worked hard and have implemented a few additional changes to the kart ready for the next race in a few weeks.

Today was an Owner Driver test day down at Lydd, so we headed down to get some practice in before the next round of the IKR championship next weekend.
The conditions are perfect for testing as I got to drive on wets and slicks. We also tried a few different set-ups to see what works best. It was a great day and was nice to see the Lydd team. As alway they are so welcoming and helpful.

Today we completed a 300 mile round trip up to Fulbeck Karting Circuit. The day was an Owner Driver testing day and I combined it with my ARKS test. The kart was fast, it felt good and everything clicked today. We’ve worked hard over the past two months and it’s paying off. It’s been a fantastic day.

Last night we headed up to Lincolnshire to stay only a few miles from Fulbeck Karting Circuit because we had to be there for 8am. Today was the day I did my ARKS test. My driving part of the test couldn’t have gone any better and the written side of the test I passed with 100%. So now I can enter official race meetings as a fully qualified Karter 🙂

Today we headed out on a 200 mile round trip up to Whilton Mill for an owner driver test day. I completed six sessions throughout the day and after learning the circuit my lap times were getting quicker and quicker. I’m really pleased with the progress I’ve made. I can’t believe I only drove my kart for the first time in December, so much has happened so quickly.

The kart has had some new bits and pieces added to it recently so today we headed down to Lydd circuit to test them out on an owner driver day. The track was damp all day so it was wet tyre running all day. I achieved my best test times and beat another Junior Rotax kart which I used as a benchmark all day.

Today was another private owner driver test day. The circuit was very wet so had no dry running today. The day went well and I completed over 150 laps. I had a few new parts fitted to the kart to enable it to meet race regulations as we work hard to get everything ready for our first competition race.