year, thousands of kids sign up to go indoor karting and start out on a pathway which, for many, will continue on-and-off throughout their entire life.

The journey rarely follows a straight line, with peaks when time and budgets allow for more personal hobbies, and troughs where the financial pressures of work or family tighten the purse strings. Whatever stage of life you are in, however, there is a motorsport licence for you that will keep the motorsport buzz going. Some ends of the spectrum are expensive; others can give you a fun weekend for the cost of an evening out; but the one constant, as the following two families journeys show, is that simply holding a licence can open opportunities you might never expect.

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Former karter Will Hillyard returned to racing through an unexpected opportunity at work