AUSTRALIAN BILLY CART CHAMPIONSHIPS: Plucky Mickey unfazed with crash talk

By Chloe Booker
Updated April 21 2014 - 9:37am, first published 12:00am
Wangaratta’s Luke O’Connell competed in a wheely bin-style cart.
Wangaratta’s Luke O’Connell competed in a wheely bin-style cart.
Wahgunyah's Mickey Knighton and his uncle Dean Rowan prepare to race in their hotted up billy carts.
Wahgunyah's Mickey Knighton and his uncle Dean Rowan prepare to race in their hotted up billy carts.
 Wahgunyah's Mickey Knighton isn't afraid of crashing.
Wahgunyah's Mickey Knighton isn't afraid of crashing.
Todd Hayes, dressed as Ronald McDonald, rides his cart down the hill.
Todd Hayes, dressed as Ronald McDonald, rides his cart down the hill.
Wahgunyah’s Mickey Knighton, 11, racing in the Australian Billy Cart Championships at Corowa. Pictures: Dylan Robinson
Wahgunyah’s Mickey Knighton, 11, racing in the Australian Billy Cart Championships at Corowa. Pictures: Dylan Robinson

AFTER watching his two uncles’ spectacular billy cart crashes, you would forgive Mickey Knighton, 11, for being too scared to get behind the wheel.

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