WHEN go-kart centre boss Julian Hayward took a van for a spin on his track little did he know he would have a viral video hit on his hands.

Mr Hayward, 54, had driven the van from an event at Abingdon in Oxford to M4 Karting at Hullavington, which he has been running for 12 years.

He said: "The van was just standing there and there wasn't anything much going on so I thought I'd give it a go."

"I suppose I should be more responsible at my age."

Centre manager Dominic Bird filmed his boss driving around the track using his iPhone and uploaded it to the M4 Karting Facebook page headed: "Leave the boss for 5 minutes on his own with the lorry keys and then this happens! It's safe to say the man is crazy!"

Mr Hayward said: "It's had about 106,000 views now which is incredible for a spur of the moment thing."

Further details about M4 Karting at Hanger 88, Hullavington Airfield, at www.m4karting.com