Rafe Tayler in Grade 12 at Camps Bay High School piloted his CRG DD2 kart to an impressive top-ten finish in last Saturday’s round of the Karting Nationals held at Killarney Race Track. A packed schedule squeezed in morning practice, qualifying, and three races into a single day. Following a controversial weight penalty, Rafe started Race 1 at the back of the grid but quickly overcame a series of back markers to move up to the midfield. With a total of 21 DD2 karts, racing was highly competitive: at the end of Race 2, fifth, sixth and seventh positions were separated by just three one-hundredths of a second!  At the end of the day when the points were tallied up, Rafe came 7th overall – a highly creditable performance in only his second ever appearance at the Nationals.