Cullingworth’s Jack Hawksworth produced a command performance to lift the prestigious 2010 Kartmasters laurels.

He called the result ‘unbelievable’ given that he had only sat in the kart for the first time a week earlier, and he got the ‘driver of the day’ award for good measure.

Kartmasters is the blue riband event on the national karting calendar, and Hawksworth said: “In the grand final, I got a little push from behind into the first corner but managed to hold onto it – and when the guys behind me all started fighting again, it allowed me to get away.”