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SuperChamps - Round Six
Daytona Milton Keynes
SODI Lightweights
Charlie Csepreghi opened the day with a strong performance in Heat One, taking the win by just six tenths of a second ahead of Lewis Bowey. Bowey narrowly edged out Jacob Csepreghi for second after a thrilling drag race to the line, with only three thousandths of a second separating them. Freddie Burden had initially crossed the line in second, just three tenths behind Charlie Csepreghi, but a post-race penalty dropped him to fifth.
Frederic Navarro claimed victory in Heat Two with a commanding drive. Thomas Langford, looking to collect vital points in the championship, followed in second, with Max Lindgren just a couple of tenths behind in third.
Navarro dominated the Final, crossing the line with a margin of 5.7 seconds over Jacob Csepreghi, who gained valuable ground on his title rivals. Burden bounced back from his earlier penalty to take third, just a second behind Jacob Csepreghi.
SODI Heavyweights
Barry Morris won the opening heavyweight heat ahead of Charlie Fenton, who secured second, with Freddie Jenkins a further four seconds back in third.
Jenkins stepped it up in Heat Two, taking the class win with a fourth-place overall finish. The podium was made up of the same three drivers as before, albeit in a different order: Fenton once again in second and Morris in third.
Jenkins completed a consistent day with a victory in the Final, following up on his earlier success. Fenton maintained his string of second-place finishes, once again finishing just behind the leader. Morris rounded out the top three, securing yet another podium.
DMAX Lightweights
James King made a commanding start to the day, winning Heat One by 5.1 seconds over Karlis Elmanis, with Dawid Sniezko impressing in his first DMAX Championship appearance by taking third.
King followed up with another win in Heat Two, this time under more pressure, as Charlie Foster crossed the line just 1.8 seconds behind. Elmanis continued his consistent run with another third-place finish.
King completed a clean sweep by taking victory in the Final once again by 1.8 seconds, this time ahead of Harry Asher, who drove brilliantly through the field from seventh to second after a drag race to the line with Elmanis, who had to settle for third.
DMAX Heavyweights
Ashley Mayston-King was the standout performer in the Heavyweight class, winning both heats. He dominated the first by over six seconds from Scott Woosey in second and Joe Rivera in third. In Heat Two, he held off Woosey in a tight battle to win by just seven tenths, with Rivera once again completing the podium.
Mayston-King looked set to convert his dominance into a clean sweep, but disaster struck in the Final. Coming out of the bus stop corner, his kart lost power, forcing him to limp back to the pits and dropping him to the rear of the field. Woosey inherited the win, Rivera moved up to second, and a frustrated Mayston-King salvaged third.
We return to Daytona Milton Keynes on the 15th of June for the Round Seven, the penultimate race of this SuperChamps season. Join us on the Grand Prix format for more edge of the seat racing.
Thursday Night League - Round Ten
Daytona Milton Keynes
SODI Lightweights
In qualifying, Barry Morris secured yet another pole position as he looked to extend his lead at the top of the championship. George Benson started alongside him on the front row, just five hundredths shy of Morris’s benchmark, with Adam Pughe a couple of tenths further back in third.
Morris then delivered a commanding lights-to-flag victory in the Final, also securing the fastest lap in the process. He crossed the line 3.2 seconds clear of Pughe, who managed to pass Benson mid-race. Charlie Csepreghi fought through to claim the final step on the podium, with Benson slipping to fourth in the closing stages.
SODI Heavyweights
David Rollins took pole in the Heavyweights with an impressive margin of five tenths over Ash Chivers. Agastya Lahkar followed in third, a couple more tenths behind.
The Final saw an exceptionally close battle between Rollins and Chivers for the win. Rollins, however, once again came out on top, edging out Chivers by just two tenths at the line and taking the fastest lap. Richard Danby delivered a standout drive, working his way through the pack to snatch third.
DMAX Lightweights
James King claimed yet another pole position by a tenth of a second, with his brother Ashley Mayston-King putting in a sensational lap to line up second overall – and first in the Heavyweights. Championship leader Nathan Boyle started third, with Dawid Sniezko completing the second row.
King dominated the race from the front, pulling out a ten-second gap and clocking the fastest lap to make it five perfect rounds from five. However, with ten rounds completed and only four drop scores to play with, it might still not be enough to deny Boyle the title. Boyle initially crossed the line in second but was handed a penalty for a start infringement, demoting him to fifth. That promoted Lee Schnitzler to second, while Adam Hawtin pulled off a last lap move on Sniezko to grab the final podium spot.
DMAX Heavyweights
Mayston-King also ran away with the Heavyweights category, finishing an exceptional third overall. Behind him, Paul Studd narrowly edged out Charlie Newman for the final step on the class podium, with just five tenths between them at the flag.
Next Round
It was another thrilling day of racing, with standout performances across all classes and the championship battles continuing to heat up. With only two rounds remaining, every position and point matters more than ever. The next round promises even more drama as drivers look to make their mark in the run-up to the season finale. Round 11 will take place on the 5th of June in the Cliff Drop and Bus Stop Layout.
Daytona Sandown Park
SODI Lightweights
Thursday Night League returned to Sandown Park for Round Ten, with both the SODI and DMAX grids taking on the Grand Prix layout and looking to secure vital championship points.
In the SODIs, Ayan Roy narrowly secured pole position, edging out Zack Gut by just 0.019 seconds and Vivek Bhalla by 0.024, who lined up second and third respectively. Roy got a strong start and pulled a comfortable gap early on. Gut had a poor getaway, briefly dropping to fourth, but recovered well to reclaim P2 by the end of lap one.
Gut and Bhalla were locked in a fierce battle for several laps, with Gut eventually managing to edge clear and open up a small but crucial gap. Roy crossed the line first with Gut in second. However, both drivers were disqualified post-race for failing the weight requirement.
That promoted Vivek Bhalla to the win, having crossed the line in third. Harry Pickles was elevated to second, and Alfie Penengell completed the podium in third. Bhalla also claimed the fastest lap of the race.
DMAX Lightweights
In DMAX qualifying, Charlie Foster topped the timesheets, narrowly beating Ellis McKenzie by just 0.032 seconds. Thomas Williams and Jack Redfern made up the second row, with the pair only 0.051 and 0.096 off pole respectively.
Foster didn’t get the cleanest start, getting swamped into turn one but managed to retain the lead despite pressure. Adam Palmer and Oscar Homerstone were caught out in the opening corner chaos, both ending up facing the wrong way.
McKenzie, Callum Bendelow and Alfie Shrubb battled hard for second place until the recovering Thomas Williams, who had dropped back early on, carved his way through the pack to join the fight.
Foster crossed the line to take a dominant win, finishing six seconds ahead of the field and securing a new lap record in the process. Williams stole second place in the closing stages, narrowly beating McKenzie to third by just four tenths. Bendelow edged Redfern for fourth, with just two tenths separating them at the flag.
DMAX Heavyweights
In the Heavyweights, Warren Gomm delivered a commanding performance to take the class win by ten seconds, rounding off an almost perfect round. He was joined on the podium by Eyston Vaughan-Huxley and Kyle Jackson. Fastest laps went to Jack Redfern in the Lightweights and Warren Gomm in the Heavyweights.
Next Round
Round Ten delivered drama, close racing, and championship twists across the board. Thursday Night League returns to Sandown Park in three weeks’ time for Round Eleven on the Alternate layout, taking place on 5th June.
Jamie Chadwick Series - Round Four
Daytona Sandown Park
The ever exciting Jamie Chadwick Series returned to Daytona Sandown Park for Round Four. With drivers across all the classes eager for points, we changed over to our Alternate Layout in anticipation for a great day of racing.
Juniors
Sarah Telford set the pace in qualifying with a stunning final-lap effort to secure pole position by half a second. Tara Herm narrowly pipped Cora Moore to second place, with just 0.033 seconds between them.
Telford and Matilda Fitzgerald pulled away early in the race, turning it into a two-way fight for the win. The drama began when the pair encountered Cadet traffic only a few laps in. Laila Fitzgerald was caught out navigating through a group of Cadets and received a post-race penalty for contact. The battle for third was just as intense, with Milena Clark, Herm and Moore locked in a race-long scrap. All three crossed the line covered by only seven tenths of a second.
Fitzgerald also picked up a second penalty for earlier contact with Telford. Despite crossing the line first, the penalties dropped her down the order. Telford, just eight tenths behind at the flag, was promoted to the win. Clark, who won the fight for third on the road, moved up to second, with Fitzgerald classified in third.
Cadets
Jessica Kirby claimed pole position in the Cadet class, with Lily Catignon joining her on the front row. Alicia Waterhouse narrowly edged out Savannah Shevlin for third by two tenths.
Kirby made a clean getaway and initially opened a gap over Catignon. However, the advantage began to shrink as the laps ticked by. The pair entered a fierce battle for the win, with Kirby aiming for her first Jamie Chadwick Series victory. A traffic buildup allowed Catignon to slip through and take the lead. From there, Catignon pulled away to secure the win. Kirby crossed the line fourteen seconds behind, though that margin didn't reflect the intensity of the race. Shevlin came home in third to complete the podium.
SODI
Nicole Robinson snatched pole position for Race One by just 0.023 seconds from Milena Clark. Julia Stankowiak and championship leader Zoe Cattet filled out the second row, only a tenth off pole.
Robinson made the perfect start to lead Lap One, but Stankowiak passed her on Lap Two. Cattet then surged from fourth to first within the first three laps. The battle raged on, but Stankowiak broke clear to win Race One by 2.8 seconds. Cattet secured second with Cora Moore completing the podium. In the Inters category, Lena Reading took the win, joined on the podium by Amelia Charlesworth and Victoria-Cleopatra Lazarev. Fastest laps went to Clark in the Lightweights and Lazarev in the Inters.
In Race Two, Stankowiak got away well but couldn’t shake the pressure from Cattet, who forced her to defend from the outset. It was a much closer contest, with the top eight separated by just three seconds at the flag. Traffic played a role again, as the leaders worked their way past the rear of the field. Cattet reversed the outcome from Race One, pushing across the line half a second ahead of Stankowiak. Clark was just under a second further back to secure third. Robinson won a thrilling drag race to the line to take fourth from Moore and Bradstock.
Reading made it two Inters wins from two races, followed by Chloe McNally and Beate Grinspone. Fastest laps in Race Two went to Reading and Stankowiak in their respective classes.
DMAX
Pole position in the hotly anticipated DMAX class went to Julia Stankowiak, with title rival Hope Wood joining her on the front row just two tenths behind. Lucie Shuckford edged out Emma Rabbage by only 0.026 seconds to take third on the grid.
Stankowiak got away well at the start, but Wood stayed glued to her bumper in what became a race-long battle for the win. Behind them, Rabbage, Shuckford and Chloe McNally were engaged in a fierce contest for third throughout. With just two laps remaining, Wood made her move with a clean pass down the inside of Turn Six to take the lead. She held off the pressure to take victory in Race One, with Stankowiak finishing second. Rabbage secured third by just a tenth over Shuckford. Elizah York took the Inters class win. The fastest lap went to Wood with a 46.035.
Race Two followed a similar script, as Wood and Stankowiak picked up right where they left off, pulling a fourteen-second gap on the rest of the field. The battle for third resumed too, with Rabbage, McNally and Shuckford once again scrapping over the final podium spot.
Stankowiak managed to pass Wood early on, and the pair settled into a rhythm. Wood appeared to save her move for the end once again, but this time the battle turned more aggressive. Contact and tension escalated as both drivers pushed to win. Stankowiak crossed the line first, but a post-race penalty for contact saw her demoted to second. McNally came out on top in the fight for third, with Rabbage edging out Shuckford by just two tenths for fourth. Stankowiak took the fastest lap in Race Two.
Round Four of the Jamie Chadwick Series delivered another fantastic morning of racing at Daytona Sandown Park, with Lily Catignon and Sarah Telford widening their leads at the top of the Cadet and Junior standings respectively. Zoe Cattet remains comfortably in control of the SODI lights, widening her points lead to an astonishing 57 points - the largest gap in any class. Chloe McNally, who has been flawless so far, is still in the lead, but she'll be keeping one eye on Lena Reading's progress after a perfect score from the driver currently in fourth place. Hope Wood and Julia Stankowiak's tit-for-tat battle in the DMAX Lights has been nothing short of epic this season - with Wood winning three rounds to Stankowiak's one.
Next Round: Tamworth – 8th June – GP Layout
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