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Thursday Night League - Season Two, Round Four
Daytona Sandown Park
Thursday Night League returned to Daytona Sandown Park for Round Four, with the drivers back out on our Grand Prix layout for the second time this season. Drama has filled the opening three rounds with all the more expected in Round Four, our drivers stepped onto the track with plenty of anticipation.
SODI
In the SODI class Peter Tilev took pole position with a 51.886 ahead of Diogo Leal in second. Owen Prince lined up third ahead of DMAX regular Luca Nik, who rounded out the second row.
Tilev got away the best at the start, managing to hold on to his lead early on. Leal hanging on in second on the opening laps, maintaining the gaps between fellow drivers at around a second, until Tilev broke away on lap seven. Leal then found himself in no man's land, with the gaps growing either side of him. Nik and Steve Hannon would fight it out for third, the two locked in battle for ten whole laps. The gap growing no bigger than four-tenths the entire time. But after 22 laps completed, Peter Tilev crossed the line to take the win. Steve Hannon taking P2 with Luka Nik completing the podium. Carlos Roberts took the win in the Heavyweight class. With James Krestovnikof and Monty Richards rounding out the podium.
DMAX
The battle for pole position in the DMAX class went the way of Oscar Wilson with a 46.333. Carson Fernandes lined up alongside him in second. Row two was made up of Freddie Burden and Dominic Szczepanski, the pair separated by only 0.036.
In the final race, Wilson got away well at the front - avoiding the opening lap drama behind to pull a gap. Fernandes, from the front row, was spun round and dropped all the way back to 15th, the offending driver picking up a penalty for the contact. Despite the drama, Burden got through to claim second. He was followed closely by Max Miller, with Burden not able to break away until lap 15. Fernandes climbed his way back up the order, gaining 11 positions to finish in 4th. Oscar Wilson would take the win by 12 seconds, with Freddie Burden having to settle for 2nd. Max Miller took the flag in 3rd just half a second ahead of Carson Fernandes. However, Wilson failed to make the minimum weight promoting Burden to the win. Miller and Fernandes also found themselves promoted to 2nd and 3rd. In the Heavyweights, Warren Gomm took a commanding ahead of Mike Bennett in 2nd and Zack Llewellyn-Morris in 3rd.
Round Four brought the drama and epic racing of Thursday Night League here at Sandown Park. Drivers in both the SODI and DMAX divisions put on a show a in their respective classes. The season continues on our Alternate layout here at Daytona Sandown Park in Round Five on the 2nd of October.
Daytona Milton Keynes
Drivers poured into Milton Keynes to take on a cold track for Round Four of Thursday Night League. The season is ramping up, with contenders for championship positions beginning to emerge and those in their wake starting to feel the pressure.
SODI
The SODI class got off to a good start- qualifying was led by Mark Smith, Adam Pughe, and returning SuperChamps driver Matthew Crowther. The Heavyweight drivers were led by David Rollins managing to outpace a considerable about of Lightweight drivers, he was follows up by Richard Danby and Ben Swabey.
The race started off with an exciting first lap consisting mainly of Charlie Csepreghi flying forwards from 12th on the grid overtaking almost half the field before the lap ended. Chris Mackay also showed incredible lap skills climbing just as fast as Csepreghi.
Towards the end of the race the battle was on between Barry Morris and Mackay to get onto the podium, with Pughe well and truly settled in first in the Light category. Rollins saw no competition in the Heavy race flying past three Light drivers, Danby also followed suit overtaking two Light drivers.
The final podium saw Pughe on the top step, Csepreghi in second and Morris in third for the Lights. The Heavies were demolished by Rollins and Danby, with Swabey holding his third spot against the field.
DMAX
The DMAX’s took to the track ready for their qualifying, with the Lightweight class being fronted by Daytona Milton Keynes regular Adam Hawtin. Dawid Sniezko, Julia Stankowiak and James King pushing towards pole just behind. Heavyweight driver extraordinaire, Ashley Mayston-King took the fastest Heavy lap with Robert Bannister second on the grid and James Peace third up.
The race erupted with fierce battles, especially in the Heavyweight class as Peace fought to push past Mayston-King - managing to overtake him and a couple of Light drivers in the mid stages. The Light field was topped by seasoned Milton Keynes professionals creating an amazing spectacle of racing to watch between Hawtin, Sniezko, Stankowiak and King.
In the end Hawtin held his own against King who took the second place trophy and Sniezko just managed to take Stankowiak to bring home third. Peace held off Mayston-King in the final laps of the race taking the win. Mayston-King held his own against the field secured second, with Bannister following closely in the third spot.
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InKart - Season Two, Round One
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