Arriving at the antiquated site of Shenington Kart Racing Club in rural Oxfordshire, conditions are decidedly sketchy. Early February, gloomy overheads, and a full unleashing of downpours. But four teenagers, plucked from 7,000, are unperturbed.
“What do you make of the UK?” I ask Jackson Wolny, a 16-year-old floppy-haired karter from Glen Ellyn, a village on the suburbs of Chicago. “Wet,” he laughs. “Very wet.” Yet it’s in this toughest of climates where Wolny and three others – two from the UK, one more from the US – start their six-day boot-camp to decide who will be FAT Racing’s first recipient of a British Formula 4 seat in 2026.
