Ararat’s Ayden Linsley has won the adults’ summer season go-karting championships at Braybrook’s Karting Madness indoor track.

The 16-year-old achieved a personal-best lap time of 34.708 seconds during the 40-lap race, making him the fourth-fastest on this year’s timings out of every adult who has driven at the track.

“The only way I could’ve lost it was by coming seventh or not finishing at all. I was determined to win the last race,” Ayden said.

“I knew I had the championship in the bag.”

Ayden started go-karting recreationally as a child when his family lived in Melbourne, but since their move to Ararat, has had to travel for his sport. 

Ayden’s mother, Kaylene Linsley, said she had been driving Ayden to Ballarat each week to compete in the league there.

“But then we thought, ‘what’s another hour?’ and I started taking him to Braybrook,” Ms Linsley said of the 400-kilometre round trip.

Ayden, a year-11 student, has competed at Braybrook in the adult section for two seasons and aspires to continue racing, while also aiming for a career in mechanical engineering.

“He’s looking forward to next season to see if he can back it up,” Ms Linsley said.

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