Young Aussie Rodney Neil Baker, born 20th of April 1990 at Gosford Hospital, lives in the Western Sydney suburb of Merrylands along with his father Micheal, mother Joanne and younger siblings Emma and Mitchell. Rodney's passion of racing comes from his grandfather Neil Stephens who's been in the motorsport industry for decades looking after a range of race cars from Formula 3 to Formula Ford and Historics to name a few. While growing up as a kid, Rodney and his family spent most Sunday's at a track supporting whichever driver Neil would be looking after. After years of being in the stands, Rodney decided he wanted in on the action but the family budget did not cater for this at the time. At the age of 15, Rodney had a bit of pocket money saved up from part time work and decided to start a career in motorsport with the full support of his family. After buying his first kart, a Monaco GP3, from Ken Mitchell's Racing Kart Services and engine, Rodney hit the track learning the ropes and soon after had his racing debut at Eastern Creek at the end of 2005. After finishing unscathed, Rodney had high hopes for the 2006 NSKC club championships and finished 6th in the Junior National Heavy class after his rookie year. His move up to the Senior ranks resulted in Rodney getting a new kart, a Monaco GP5, to contest 2007 with and his results were 9th in the Premier State Cup series final and 3rd in the NSKC club championship. At the 1st round in this years NSKC championship Rodney finished up with a comprehensive win finishing more than half a lap in front as well as another comprehensive win in his first ever round of the SKRC championship. After graduating from Merrylands High School in 2007, Rodney went looking for employment and given his involvement in motorsport and continual use of tools, Rodney thought the logical choice would to become a mechanic to better understand the mechanical side of racing. This all resulted in Rodney becoming an apprentice mechanic for Trivett Classic BMW after going though the selection process, which included an exam and interviews, beating over 250 applicants for the two positions available. 2008 saw the coming to age Rodney, winning two clubs championships and a fast finishing 4th at the State cup to round off the year. In 2009, Rodney steps up to the clubman class as well as juggling to continue racing in the national class. Rodney would like to thank the following:

• His parents for all the money, time and effort they have put in.
• His grandparents, Neil and Eve, for all their help and support.
• Ian Baker and Parramatta Kart Warehouse for providing a roof over our heads at NSKC meetings and supplying us with with karts, parts and knowledge.
• Gulf Western Oil
• Powerlease Race Engines.
• Ken Mitchell from Racing Kart Services for providing his expertise.
• Iain Thornton for all his help and advice.