Local Kempsey junior Joshua Kerin earned great results at the NSW Kart Championship at Wingham, over the weekend.
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Kerin has been racing for over two years and his experience showed in the four races.
The 12-year-old qualified fifth fastest for the three heats and manged to overcome the rainy conditions in the first heat, to finish in second place.
The conditions cleared up for the second and third heat and Kerin held onto his grid starting spot to finish both in fifth.
His results in the heats saw saw Kerin start the final from position 4 on the grid and he drove a superb race.
He was able to drive consistently and managed to jump a place to finish in third.
It was a great achievement for Kerin as he is racing against competitors who are apart of factory teams and have experienced crews supporting them.