A THIRD and an eighth in two classes at the Go Kart of Victoria City to Melbourne race has left a Gladstone karter pleased with his performance, especially given the foreign conditions he was forced to combat.

Cian Fothergill endured inclement weather during the three days at the Todd Road circuit.

“It was cold, wet and windy, and I don’t get to race in the wet very often,” Fothergill said.

“When I got off the plane in Rockhampton I just about wanted to kiss the ground.”

With a new kart, courtesy of Remo, Fothergill was keen to test the machine in the week following his Pro Lite national win at the CIK Stars of Karting Series, but was unable to due to wet weather. “If we had have known it was going to rain all weekend, we would have gotten out on the track,” he said.