Daytona Championships

SuperChamps

SODI

Heat 1:

The Sodis headed out onto the Cliff drop and Bus-stop layout of the Daytona Milton Keynes circuit for the heats format. The first heat was exciting from the start. With the SODIs now having standing starts instead of rolling starts, would there be any jump starts from drivers unfamiliar? The answer was no, however Dmitry who started on pole had a very poor getaway and by the time he was even looking to turn into the second corner, was already swamped and down to 8th position, with the field behind all bunched up fighting with many championship contenders starting towards the back, including Charlie Fenton who started in last, already up 5 positions. At the front Nathaniel Stebbings led with mostly younger drivers having moved up from JSL also close behind. As Charlie Fenton looked to make more places he was pushed wide at the hairpin of 10, with the position being given back to him, and another sneaky driver who found a way through as well into the last corner. By the end of lap 3 Dmitry had fallen down to the back of the pack but wouldn’t finish there as Jadon would soon make a mistake and find himself stuck in the barrier. At the front Max Lindgren would lead by 4s over Nathaniel, who also had a fast-closing Jacob 4s back. As the race quietened out Nathan King would try to find a way past Tom Illingworth and Jacob would look to take 2nd place with Charlie Fenton also closing in after a spectacular first 7 minutes. As the chequered flag flew it was Max Lindgren who won the first heat, with Jacob Csepreghi finding a way past and up into 2nd. Nathaniel Stebbings would finish in 3rd with Charlie Fenton leading the heavies in 4th overall, 5 places in front of Kristine Kolodziejski who had a good race to finish in second in the heavies on her debut.

Heat 2:

Heat 2 was a much quieter race with the field lining up very similar to the championship standings. Charlie Fenton would begin on pole and try to dart away. Further back Radu Melian would become victim number 2 to spinning at turn 10 and falling to last. Many of the newer light drivers would fail to make up many places in this heat and remain at the back of the pack. Charlie Fenton would fall back to 2nd as Liam Weatherall made a great move to take the lead. Nathan Clark watched on as he tried to replicate the move with Aiden Jones and Max Lindgren following behind. As the flag fell it was Liam who won, Charlie Fenton went defensive on the inside at the last corner to fend off Nathan Clark by just 9 thousandths of a second for P2 overall. Further back Kristine would have another strong race and Adam Green would pull away from the back half to catch up to the leading pack to finish in 7th overall and 2nd in the heavies.

Final:

With drivers starting in positions replicating their performance over the day so far, the first few laps would have the same general feel, with a couple of packs battling away, however not too many positions being made. Out at the front Jacob would return to the top step of the podium and win the race. Charlie Fenton who fell back at the start fought back up to P2 overall, however an advantage by contact on Liam Weatherall finishing in P3 overall, would land Charlie a 1 place penalty, promoting Scott Woosey, finishing in 7th overall the heavy win. Max Lindgren beat Aiden Jones to the last step on the light podium and Tom Illingworth joined the heavy podium. Kristine finished in 5th in the heavies behind Adam Green to have a great performance overall.

 

DMAX

Heat 1:

With DMAX having split rolling starts, it was surprising when both the Lights and Heavies all picked up the pace a little bit before the green light started their race, but not too quickly to receive any penalties. Kristine Kolodziejski in P3 would get caught out after the standing start earlier on, and would drop down the order, with the heavy field spreading out very quickly. Ahead in the lights James King and Ethan Pritchard would replicate earlier rounds and pull away from the 6 drivers behind while battling for the lead. Benjamin Tomkinson-Grey would settle in P3 and slowly pull away in the lights while in the heavies Josh Davies held a 3s lead over Ashley Mayston King, who also held 3s over Lee Witney, who were all pulling over the rest of the field behind. As the race drew to a close Ethan Pritchard took the win just 7 tenths over James King, and 7 seconds ahead of Benjamin. In the heavies Josh Davies pulled a 6 second lead to win over Ashley and Lee Witney.

Heat 2:

Heat 2 saw an almost identical race as James King and Ethan Pritchard battled to the front, and then lead to the chequered flag over Benjamin behind. The heavies would be a lot more fun to watch as Barry Morris made a few moves forward and a strong defence to hold his position from those behind. A dive by Josh Davies down at turn 8 would see him not quite clear Ashley Mayston-King and end up just pushing him wide with the rear of his kart. Ashley would end up dropping another position as well by not backing out of the battle earlier and end up trying to regain the position from Scott Woosey to the end of the race, although not be able to win it back. Barry Morris saw the chequered flag first in the heavies for his first race win in a while over Lee Witney, who pulled a few seconds over Josh Davies and the battle behind.

Final:

The DMAX  Final would end up being another repeat of both H2 and the SODI final. The lights would make another fast start with Ethan and James pulling away. In the heavies Josh Davies would pull another lead over Lee Witney and the pack behind. The Lights would spread out to the chequered flag with Ethan taking a dominant win over James King by 8s. It was a further 4 seconds back to Benjamin who pulled away from Daniel Varlan and Harry Asher both finishing off the podium. In the heavies Ashley wouldn’t be able to catch Josh or Lee in front but would defend from Barry Morris to keep p3 and a place on the final podium of the day.