Karting Titles:
Fulbeck Junior TKM Champion 2002
Festival Winner Junior TKM 2003
Super 1 Winner Junior TKM 2003
Winner Junior Rotax 2004
National Schools Champion 2004
National Schools Champion 2005
2006 TKM Festival Winner
2006 TKM O Plate Winner
2006 TKM National Super 1 Champion |
Michael Comber was
born in Rugby in 1990.
He started karting in 2001,
when he visited a local track in Leicester called
Stretton 2000.com. There he was fortunate enough
to be introduced to
Darren Stacey and Kevin Warring, two England
Pro-kart drivers.
They encouraged him to get within a second of
the lap record after just an hour in the kart.
They told his father that he should buy him a
second-hand kart. The following day they returned
to the circuit and in Kevin's kart he broke the
lap record.
Kevin told Michael's father that Michael deserved
a new kart, and that they should talk
to the
England manager and karting reporter Martin Capenhurst.
Martin let Michael drive in his TKM 4 stroke
at Whilton Mill the next Wednesday, when he got
within 10% of the lap record. The following Wednesday
Michael took his ARKs test with Protrain, and
that Saturday competed at Whilton Mill and won
the Novice trophy.
Since then Michael has picked up a number of
titles and is taking part in championships in
both karting and SAXMAX through 2006. At the
end of 2006, Mike tested in a G20 Ginetta, and
their MD Richard Dean offered him assistance for
2007. Mike was also offered works support from
Maranello to race in Formula 'A'. Unfortunately
Mikes dad became ill, so Mike reverted to the safety
of TKM Seniors in an attempt to win a second championship.In
2007 for David KLAASSEN Motorsport. Mike ended
up at a top seeded driver and came runner up in
the televised Motors TV Championship.
It would have been beneficial to his career if
he was backed up by different sponsorships from
companies like norwich
union; but in 2008, with
very little financial backing, Mike decided to
become a driving coach and race engineer and was
employed by Ultimate Racing, to assist them in
sourcing good drivers for their F3 program. Mike
also gained his PRODRIVE licence, so worked for
a number of track companies instructing at weekends
in a variety of Supercars. In order to gain his
ARDS Instructors qualification he had to compete
in six car races. Hiring an old Peugeot 106 from
the General Manager of Everyman racing, Mike gained
some good results at Mallory Park, Silverstone
and Oulton Park in order to lose his novice plates
while competing in the 750MC Stock Hatch Championship..
Over the winter Mike built his own SAXO, with
helps from local Peugeot specialists SPOOX, and
also gained support once more from Andrew Granger
Chartered Surveyors, plus a number of local parts
suppliers. The aim is to learn the circuits in
2009 and subject to funding to aim for a championship
win in 2010. Mike currently supports and coaches
a top Rotax 177 driver in Super 1.
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