Ferraro shows winning form

A Waroona kart racer has gone back-to-back at the State Championships in Geraldton after a miracle last lap saw him nab the lead. Nash Ferraro last month added the 2020 title to his list of podium finishes. The 12-year-old battled it out in a close contest with Nicolas Stati, beating him by just milliseconds. Nash had two strong heats and was leading the pack up until a dilemma in the third heat. The young gun was leading the race until one of the rear karts spun and put a halt to the competition. The driver of the kart was unable to be removed from the track and sent the race into a course yellow and racers were then made to do a single file restart. The restart erased his lead with four laps to go and he was passed by several trailing karts. Nash tried to overtake, however a front tyre clipped his back tyre, causing his chain to snap. He recorded a DNF (did not finish) with just two laps to go. However, the Waroona star mustered up enough courage to claw back his lead in the final. Footage of the race shows Nash mastering a miracle manoeuvre to hit the lead in the final lap and take the title. “I knew what line he would take so I had to work with that. “He washed off a bit of speed on the corner before thinking that I would try and take the inside line, he wasn’t expecting me to pass where I did.” He did not know he had won until he crossed the chequered flags because he was unsure of how close his opponent was. Nash recorded his quickest lap (38.8 seconds) on lap 27. He plans to finish off the Cadet 12s season with the City of Perth Titles at Cockburn, Goldstar at Bunbury and Carnival of Karts at Wanneroo later in the year.