Tate Mantripp Racing Team

* R O U N D * 5 *
02/05/2026
Red Lodge Karting Ltd

Round 5 of the Honda Cadet 200 at Red Lodge delivered plenty of action, learning and serious determination from Tate!

With mixed grids across three heats before the finals, Tate had to fight hard every time he hit the track — and he did exactly that 💪

Heat 1: Started P9 ➡️ Finished P7 — a solid, confident opener.

Heat 2: A big challenge starting P17 at the back of the grid, but Tate drove brilliantly through heavy traffic to finish P9. Clean, controlled, and composed 👏

Heat 3: Started P3, but an early spin on lap 2 dropped him to the back. What followed was pure grit — climbing back through the field and pulling off an incredible last-lap move, 2 corners before the finish line to gain four places, finishing P8 🔥

Final: Started P9 ➡️ Finished P9 — wheel-to-wheel racing from lights to flag. Elbows out and showing real growth in confidence throughout 🏎️🏁

A weekend full of resilience, racecraft, and valuable experience gained. Every lap counts, and it’s all building. Whilst some knocks have cost places, Tate has taken it on the chin and has come off the track each time with a smile on his face.

Once after a huge thanks to Clint Bridge for guiding and helping Tate improve his race craft.

Now sitting an impressive 8th in the championship out of 30 drivers — and pushing forward 🚀

On to the next one 💥

Wow what can I say….Tate surpasses my expectations time after time and I couldn’t prouder!

Going from a 200 Honda cadet straight into a junior rotax is one hell of a step up….4x the power, and a top speed around 70mph (depending on the track), I half expected Tate to struggle a little.

Well struggle he didn’t. Taking it easy on the first few laps to buildup his knowledge of the karts power, then boom, it clicked. A top speed to 64.9mph and a lap time of 42.60s is some impressive stuff….

Massive thanks to Clint Bridge for taking timeout this morning to provide Tate with some encouraging words and give the kart a once over and to Jarrod and Jayden at Ellough Park Raceway Beccles for opening up early so than Tate could get to play in his new toy!

Red Lodge next weekend for Round 5 of the Honda Cadet 200 championship and we are looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Tate vs Dad