FINLAY Lines claimed his first podium of the season with a second place finish at Shenington Kart Club.
The Lichfield youngster got off to a flying start in the first round of the Winter Kickstarter series, going second fastest in practice.
With the grids for the two heat races being drawn randomly, the Synergy Factory driver began from the fourth row of the grid for the first heat of the day, eventually finishing sixth.
The second heat saw him drop back from the start before climbing up to claim fifth and secure a sixth placed grid spot for the final.
Contact on the opening lap saw Lines’ early progress thwarted, but the city racer fought back to take third by lap eight – and he then picked up another spot to secure second place and his first podium of 2025.
The karting star will be back in action this weekend when he returns to the Whilton Mill Karting Club in Northamptonshire.