Jackson, of Auckland, was beaming with excitement after his family's ride in the park's Porsche Cayenne ''taxi'' around the 4.5km international-standard circuit, during which driver Grant Aitken reached speeds up to 175kmh.
The experience was Jackson's final stop in an action-packed four-day holiday south, with mother Rosie Sims, sister Talia Howes (15) and uncle Andrew Sims.
The trip was paid for by Mr Sims, also of Auckland. Since being diagnosed with a tumour attached to his optic nerve at age 7, Jackson has had two surgeries and completed chemotherapy.
However, he will never be completely free of the tumour which has left him legally blind in one eye and with limited peripheral vision in the other.
His visit yesterday marked the start of a new partnership between Cure Kids and the motorsport park, initiated by former Cure Kids fundraising and business development director Josie Spillane, who is now the business development officer for Highlands.
Mrs Spillane said the park's owners Tony and Christine Quinn - who already had a long association with Cure Kids - showed ''no hesitation'' in approving her suggestion Highlands provide long-term support to Cure Kids, the children's charity she spent more than a decade championing.
''For me the tie-in is just incredible,'' Mrs Spillane said.
''I thought I had the best job in the world and then when they [the Quinns] said `no problem' to support Cure Kids it became the perfect job.''
The details of the park's Cure Kids sponsorship were still to be finalised, she said.
Mrs Spillane has spent time with Jackson in her former Cure Kids role, and said his well-mannered and grateful demeanour made him a hugely inspiring ambassador.
Jackson will be a well-known face nationally soon, when he appears as the presenter of the Cure Kids story, during the televised Comedy for Cure Kids fundraising special on Red Nose Day, August 23.
He and his family spent most of their holiday in Queenstown, where Mr Sims regularly commutes for work, but also ventured over the Crown Range for a day's skiing at Cardrona Alpine Resort. Luging, jet-boating and kart racing - also at Highlands - were other high points of the family's itinerary, before they returned to Auckland yesterday.
