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I dedicate this book to the memory of my daughter Kelly and to my Mother and Father who loved and supported me through thick and thin. My father was an incredible influence and an absolute inspiration in my life while my mother gave me the belief that nothing was impossible and there is no such word as can’t. I am indeed so proud to have been the son of Mark and Maudie Hines.

This has been a fantastic journey over many decades and many wonderful people have touched my life in so many ways on the track, in the world of business and in life itself.

It would be easy to overlook an individual so in fear of doing this I would like to say a heartfelt global thank you to every single one of you, with special thanks going to my loyal team of staff at Zip Kart, my wife Tina, son Luke and daughter Tuesday, who all have to put up with me every day!

This indeed has been a testing experience for my memory and the stories I have told are exactly as my mind recalls them so any mistakes are down to my overstressed memory.

My thanks go to Richard Coomber, my ghost-writer, who made this story of my life an absolute pleasure to script. I have promised Richard we will not leave it so long before we start on the next book.

Also a big thank you to Rocky and Pam, because without them this book would never have happened.

We must not forget to mention all the photographers that we have used work from, they are all friends and I would not want to leave them out: Fred Scatley, Maureen McGee, Doug Rees, Chris Dixon, Chris Walker, Mark Burgess and Erick Severe. My special thanks to Mark Burgess of Karting Magazine for supplying items from their archives that helped replenish my memory, likewise Eric Severe of Media Superkart.