WHO’S HARRY – FORD RISING STARS BEATEN BY ROOKIE
Release Date: 21/07/2007

When the cream of Australian V8 Supercar youngsters get upstaged by a rookie in an karting challenge in the lead up to the Queensland round of the Fujitsu Championships, the question is, “Who is Harry”.

Ford Rising Stars Racing Team visited what is regarded as Australia’s number one hire kart track, “The Big Kart Track” north of Brisbane in the lead up to the Queensland round of the V8 Supercars. This track is an exact replica of the Jesselo track in Italy regarded by drivers as one of the world’s best.

FRSR drivers Michael Caruso and Daniel Elliott have had karting victories in the North American Karting Championships and a host of Australian Championships so you would expect the action to be hot.

“The boys thought that this would be an ideal way to get their reflexes tuned prior to the event”, FRSR Commercial Manager, Kim White said today. “With some prestige on the line most of the team thought that the battle would be between Daniel and Michael with the rest struggling to keep up with two of our best credentialed karters”, he said.

However honours on the day did not go with the driver currently running second in the hot Fujitsu V8 Supercar Championship, Michael Caruso or the former Australian Formula Ford Champion, but to Harry Totman!

Harry Who???

Harry is the team’s thirteen year old goafer with no glorious karting background and one thing for sure is that the team drivers will not be allowed to forget who was fastest on the day.

Perhaps the next generation of drivers is already in the Ford Rising Stars Racing Team.