Harvey Dent is putting his studies first despite a trophy-winning first full season in car racing. The 17-year-old Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School pupil finished third in the 2022 National Junior Saloon Car Championship - picking up his trophy at a recent award ceremony.
But Dent, from Margate, is putting racing aspirations aside as he focuses on getting A-level grades which will enable him to study motorsport engineering at university.
It’s been a rapid transition for the teenager - who turns 18 next month. He’s gone from karting for pleasure at Bayford Meadows in Sittingbourne to tearing around some of the most prestigious tracks in the country.
Dent impressed quickly in the karts, starting out as a 12-year-old, but his size - he’s already 6ft 4in - meant he was disadvantaged and that helped make the decision to move into cars an easier one.