Streamer Screamer: Young speed demons dream of motorsport glory

Before he stood on the top step at Monaco and Monza, Formula 1 ace Daniel Ricciardo was the brightest star of Perth’s humble go kart circuit.

At tracks across the State, boys and girls as young as seven get behind the wheel and zip around the track, with their foot to the floor and their helmet full of dreams of becoming the next Ricciardo.

Entries are now open and close at 8pm AWST on Tuesday September 27, register to Streamer at streamer.com.au and upload your clip to win.

It makes for some epic moments and young Hurricane Go Kart Club drivers Anika Heard, Joshua Panizza, Jay Kostecki and Riley Currey know all to well the thrill of high-octane racing.

“I like it because it’s fun and Dad did go karts, so I wanted to try it and when I tried it I loved it,” Riley said.

“I did a few things at the track and then once I was seven I started racing.”

Hurricane is the State’s oldest kart club and the second largest in the State, despite being based just outside the small township of Wundowie. In August they became the first club to showcase their go kart meet on Streamer, with their King of the Hill races broadcast online.

The four young rev-heads all agreed on one thing — their favourite racing highlight was a big double overtake. Just like Ricciardo.

For Anika, an overtake is extra special, because as the only girl in her racing class, she says she gets a kick out of leaving the boys in her dust.

“It’s a girls sport, it’s not just for boys. I like it when I overtake them,” she said.

Could a big pass late in a race be this year’s Streamer Screamer? Send in your favourite highlight from on the track, on the court, or on the field or enter a URL from Instagram, YouTube, Vimeo or TikTok and you can win up to $3000.

The competition is a chance to showcase the best of the best from all sorts of community sport across WA.

Then every Wednesday night, West Coast champion Josh Kennedy will share his top three Streamer Screamers of the week on 7NEWS, before the final winners are picked out by our experts.

Highlights can come from any sport and can even be of someone else — as long as you’ve got their permission to share it.

Entries are now open and close at 8pm AWST on Tuesday September 27, register to Streamer at streamer.com.au and upload your clip to win.