Hometown:   Shingle Springs, CA Years Racing:   2 Other Interests:   Video games, paint balling, wake-boarding, snow boarding Kart:   Birel Engine:   Comer 80cc Blueprinted Engine Builder:   Bordogna Kart Racing Engines

Austin Elliott

Austin Elliott, with a second year underway in kart racing, has the determined goal of obtaining many 1st place wins. He plans to race at Prairie City Kart Club in Rancho Cordova, Ca, and expand his experience with more racing at the Blue Max Kart Club in Davis CA., the Kinsman Kart Club in Dixon CA., and the Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA. for the year 2007. His long range goals include not only kart racing, but racing in the Mazda Series, Champ Car Series, F1, and ultimately NASCAR. He comes from a racing family as his great grandfather, grandfather, and great uncle raced dragsters for many years. His mother is crew chief, with the family onboard to help sponsor the activities of kart racing.

Austin is a cancer survivor, with the contraction of acute lymphoblastic leukemia at the age of 5. He survived a 3 year ordeal of chemotherapy and many other grueling treatments.

Afterwards, while attending a 4th of July party at his great uncle’s house in 2005, he got the opportunity to drive a fun kart on an oval dirt track, behind his great uncle’s house. The karting bug bit him instantly. His parents got him his first kart, and with a lot of problems with the kart for the year 2006, he still managed to pull off a 4th place overall win, and a plaque for the most improved driver. This year, 2007, with a new kart in tow, he is determined to make it a great year of many wins.

Austin is in training with Lisa Caceres of Race Karts, Inc.