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Richard Crozier first sampled karting at on a cold day at Knockhill in October 1999, and immediately the famous karting bug well and truly bit.
After many more days spent pounding round the track at Kartstart in Dyce, regularly upsetting older drivers' pride with his superior speed, he began to look onwards and upwards.
Having passed his ARKS test at Raceland, Mid-Lothian, he began racing karts at MSA level at Boyndie in late 2000.
The early part of 2001 proved to be a learning period, but patience prevailed, and by the end of the season Richard was regularly right up at the front of the field.
An excellent performance at the final round of the Grampian Championship at Boyndie saw a titanic season-long scrap with fellow rookie Craig Philip of Portlethen finally resolved in Richard’s favour, taking 3rd in both the race on the very last lap and 3rd in the championship by a single point.
After the promise of late 2001, 2002 was to be a frustrating season, struggling against the new all-conquering JKH’s with the ageing Suzuka.
However, of all the races that season, it was the one-weekend Scottish Championship at Crail that was the real head-turner.
With TRAK team-mate Craig Philip out of the event on Friday with a broken leg from a paddock incident, Richard was left to carry the team’s Junior TKM hopes.
He promptly rose to the occasion, right up on the pace throughout the rest of the weekend, finishing 6th in the Final after being involved in a very close multi-kart battle for 2nd place throughout the 20 lap race.
If 2002 was a disappointment, 2003 was anything but.
The season started with an encouraging start to the season with a 2nd at Crail, before a switch to a newer Wright Braga saw immediate results.
In the kart’s second race it took fastest lap at Boyndie, and in the third, and Richard’s first foray south of the border, at Three Sisters he finally took his maiden win by a convincing 5 seconds.
Another win at the picturesque Glan-y-Gors circuit in Wales ahead of Craig Philip secured 2nd in the Northern Karting Federation championship behind Craig and just half a point ahead of Peter Crease (Preston).
With the National Kart Racing Association Scottish and Grand Final titles also in the bag, the Super 1 National Championship lay ahead for next season.
However, the season was tainted by the tragic loss of Craig’s father Mike at the Scottish Championship at Boyndie.
After a knock at the previous year’s NKRA Grand Final, the chassis just wasn’t the same for the early part of 2004, making Richard’s debut season at national level even tougher.
After much hard work to try and reclaim the glory days, finally the unequal struggle was given up, and Richard joined the majority of drivers on the JKH chassis.
Back on the pace once again, Richard put in some lightning drives from the back of the grid on several occasions, notably at the Boyndie Scottish Super Series round and West of Scotland Festival, and at long last a win on Scottish soil came at Crail in October.
The season ended with an encouraging performance at Three Sisters in Richard’s first Senior race, starting from 6th/29 and battling for 3rd for much of the race.