This season of the Jamie Chadwick Series has been monumental, with incredible stories of battles, rivalries and comebacks across the board from Cadets to Seniors. Our drivers have travelled across the UK, the championship battlefield moving from track to track each round in this year-long campaign for the coveted JCS title. Entering the final round, the classes have opened out to reveal their own unique stories of the season.
Lily Catignon leads the Cadets field. Holding nothing less than a P3 all season, she has been a force to be reckoned with on track. Sat atop the standings with five P1s out of eight races, and with three perfect rounds of 61 points, she is set to take the tile. However, this is not to downplay the efforts or the chances of her competitors. Names such as Jess Kirby and Alicia Waterhouse are still firmly in the podium fight. Their seasons have been slightly more varied, although to many this only adds to the excitement of the season’s narrative. Equally, Amelia-Alice Barreau, Savannah Shevlin and Phoebe Shelton should not be forgotten, clocking some seriously impressive lap times and all claiming podium positions across the course of the season. Their chances at the title have only been hampered by bad luck and missed rounds. We cannot leave the Cadet class without highlighting Freya Lally, another name familiar to the scorecards, with a host of podiums including two perfect 61-point rounds across the season. After missing three rounds at the midpoint of the season, her championship position began to drop; however, her racing has remained at the highest level, returning to claim yet more podiums and put on some racing masterclasses. Her battles at the front of the pack with the likes of Catignon and Kirby have been a pleasure to watch, as have the efforts of all the drivers on the grid. The Cadet class has gone from strength to strength this season, with drivers like Harbie Evatt, Felicity Roberts, Alice Richardson and Evangeline Folson returning round after round and showing marked improvement, getting into great battles and challenging the front of the grid. We eagerly anticipate the next steps in these talented young drivers’ racing journeys and look forward to following their progression into the Junior class and beyond. The sky is the limit!
The Junior class mirrored the Cadets in its fireworks but not in its story. Milena Clark possesses the lead, with a 21-point gap between herself and Daisy Bradstock. However, when drop rounds come into the equation, Sarah Telford rises through the ranks. Her perfect 61-point rounds and podiums in almost every race she has driven position her tentatively at the top, a mere six points ahead of Clark. Equally, we have seen Tilly Watson and Tara Herm grow from round to round, cutting it up with the front of the grid time and time again. They now sit in P3 and P4 respectively, their race for the podium going right to the wire. Megan Gascoyne is another great example, clocking several P1s across the season, with only a few missed rounds preventing her challenge to the top spots of the class. The same can be said for Phoebe Hardy, Laila Fitzgerald and Amalie Johnstone. We'd also like to commend Cora Moore, who has been a workhorse this series, racking up consistent points and sitting just out of touching distance of the top spots at this stage. We eagerly anticipate her return as she continues to grow into a greatly skilled racer.
The next step in many of our young drivers’ journeys takes them into the four-strokes, and this series has seen packed grids of incredibly talented up-and-coming motorsport stars battling it out over the course of the year. In the Lights, however, more often than not, one name sat atop the standings. Zoe Cattet has raced in seven of the eight rounds going into the final. Of these, she has won all but one, where Julia Stankowiak, moonlighting in the class, knocked her off her rein of domination. We have seen Cattet's racing skyrocket over the past few seasons. Aside from the JCS, she has made appearances in endurance races alongside DNH teams. Over the course of this season, she has moved into DMAX racing and even trialled car racing. We're sure this is the start of big things to come. This is not to downplay the skills of her class competitors, but rather to highlight the high standard at which they are all racing. Drivers such as Katherine Hardwick, Daisy Bradstock, Holly Garratt and Chloe Smith (just to name a few) have been incredibly competitive this season, all pushing for the lead in every race and growing in both skill and confidence each round. Every driver in this class, and in fact this entire series, deserves a mention.
The 4-Stroke Inters have seen another story led by a primary character. Heading into the final round, Chloe McNally leads the standings, with a three-round winning streak giving her title fight an optimal start. She has gone on to claim gold or silver in every round she has competed in, aside from the last, which saw incredible drives from Rayhaneh Addolrazagh, Beate Grinspone and Clara Norris, ending her podium streak. Such names, as well as the likes of Lena Reading, Emily Shelley and, most notably, Amelia Charlesworth, have all been familiar faces on the podium. Charlesworth has been particularly strong over the season and is the closest competitor to McNally in the standings going into the final round. However, the gap between the two is a bridge too far, meaning the fight is on for P2. With Charlesworth and Grinspone separated by 32 points heading into the final round, the gap is not insurmountable, but Beate has an Olympic feat ahead of her in Milton Keynes if she is to tackle the second-place position.
Hope Wood has stunned the series in the DMAX Lights class. A podium in every round, five total wins, with three perfect rounds taking P1 in every race. Keen-eyed statisticians will be able to work out that she is guaranteed a championship title, thanks to the hard-earned 75-point gap in front of her closest competitor. With successful car tests under her belt this year, Wood is yet another success story from the series, proof that hard work, discipline and respect can take you far. Again, the standard of driving in this class has been impeccable, and its story does not exclusively belong to Wood. As always with such championships, there is more to the story than the standings alone. With drop rounds in mind, Wood's victory is all but assured, but, we are eager to see Emma Rabbage, Lucie Shuckford, Sophie Carter and Julia Stankowiak duking it out in the final to determine the podium sitters. Rabbage, Shuckford and Carter’s seasons have been underlined by consistency, picking up fewer podiums than the likes of Stankowiak, yet retaining an impeccable standard of driving over the course of the season. This is not to say that Stankowiak’s driving has been anything short of sublime, earning podiums in each round she's driven to take her to P2 heading into the finale. Chloe McNally should also be noted, showing great endurance among this arguably more physically challenging class while dominating in the 4-Strokes. Likewise, Grace Lee-Davis, Iris Creese and a quick cameo from Zoe Cattet have seen drivers emerge from the shadows to take the limelight at specific rounds.
With a 394-point lead, Frankie Yates has secured her championship title in the DMAX Inters. Often mixing it up with the Lights on track and laying down some strong lap times, it's been great to see her consistent improvement. As the series moves forward and continues to grow, we are sure we will be seeing a lot more of her. Eliza York has also made a great impression on the series, taking two round wins and only falling short of a title challenge due to missed rounds. The same can be said for Skye Lees and Kristine Kolodziejski, who put on an incredible performance, battling Yates to take P1 in the season’s opener. Sarah Gualtieri is also worth mentioning, taking on Yates in two separate rounds and just falling short of that coveted top spot.
As we head into the final round of the 2025 Jamie Chadwick Series, one thing is absolutely clear: this championship has never been stronger. Across every class, from Cadets to Seniors, our drivers have delivered a season defined by growth, grit and extraordinary talent. Titles may be on the line, but the true story of the JCS lies in the battles fought, the friendships forged and the remarkable progression shown by every racer who took to the track.
With future champions emerging in every category and a grid stacked with drivers ready to take their next steps in motorsport, the JCS continues to be a proving ground for the stars of tomorrow. Whatever unfolds in the finale, this season will be remembered as the most competitive, inspiring and hard-fought series in our championship history and we can’t wait to see where these drivers go next.
