Mini Moto sensation Matt Guse.
CALLIOPE Mini moto racer Matthew Guse has picked up this week’s Yaralla Sports Star of the Week.
Despite only a short period of involvement in the sport, 19-year-old Guse is one of the top senior riders in the country.
Mini moto racing was developed in the late 1970s and involves racing on adapted 50cc motorbikes on go-kart tracks.
Guse won his second Queensland title in as many years at the state championships in Archerfield at Easter, and is also competing in the national series.
Last weekend he took part in the second round of the Australian championships in Wollongong.
After picking up a few first place finishes, he unfortunately had a minor crash, causing some mechanical difficulties and leaving him unable to continue.
Despite this, Guse sits in equal second place leading into the final round in Brisbane in September.
The 19-year-old said he was hoping to “get a few firsts and take the round out”.
The Calliope teenager has been involved in the sport for three years, being involved with friends a few years ago.
A member of the CQ Mini Moto club, Guse practises on the Gladstone and Rockhampton kart tracks.
The thing he enjoys most about the sport is the feeling while racing.
“It gets the adrenaline going with people around you overtaking.”
His goal for the season was to “see how I can go, take it out and carry on next year”.
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