HOOK Norton’s Calum George ended a year of mixed karting results with an encouraging display in the final race at Little Rissington.

George (pictured) was forced to start from No 26 on the back row of the grid for the final after a series of shunts and poor finishes in the heats.

But he powered his way through the field in his Gillard kart to take 14th place.

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