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SuperChamps S3 2024: Glory for the King Brothers, Jacob Csepreghi & Barry Morris

After the excitement of the Jamie Chadwick Series finale the day before, the team at Daytona Milton Keynes braced themselves for another day of finals on Sunday 15^th December – in the morning there was the finals of Junior InKart and in the afternoon, the titles for Season 3 of SuperChamps were to be awarded.

Going into the round, the talented Csepreghi twins, Jacob and Charlie, were neck-and-neck with Freddie Jenkins for the title win in the SODI Lightweights. Jenkins was victorious in the first two rounds, Jacob won rounds four and five, and Charlie won round four. The trio have shared the podium with one another throughout the season, and when drop round were taken into account, there’s only three points separating them before the round commenced.

Below them in the standings, fourth position was Lewis Bowey’s to lose – although mathematically Owen Turpin, Tudor Geanta, Max Lindgren could still finish there.

In the SODI Heavyweights, Daytona Milton Keynes big name Barry Morris has been characteristically dominant throughout the series, wrapping up the championship early on after winning four of the seven rounds. Richard Danby was comfortable in second going into the round, having beaten third placed Dom Zaremba in six out of the seven rounds so far. Inconsistency from Charlie Fenton, Daytona’s 2024 SODI Champion of Champions, meant he would miss out on a step on the final podium, despite winning two rounds with maximum points scored.

After finishing runner-up in the previous two SuperChamps seasons, James King had one hand on the DMAX Lightweight trophy going into the final round. With drop rounds taken into account, he found himself eight points clear of his nearest challenger, previous title-holder Ethan Pritchard before the racing had begun. Edgar Azevedo has been consistent all season long and was odds-on favourite for the final podium step, unless fourth-placed Harry Asher delivered a maximum-point masterclass.

Below them in the points table, Samuel Spencer was almost certain to finish in fifth place, and the battle between Lewis Barton & Daniel Varlan was for sixth place would be decided in the final round.

In the DMAX Heavyweights, Ashley Mayston-King has been in a league of his own all season long, winning five of the seven rounds so far, picking up maximum points four times. Myles Bate was set to be absent for the final round, handing Scott Woosey the second position before the race had begun – there had been a neck-and-neck battle between those two all season long. Tayler Campbell would finish in fourth position, no matter the result of the final race.

As it happened…

The round was contested in Heats format, with 33 SODIs taking to the grid, making for a very busy track for the competitors to navigate. It seemed many of the participants were using the round for practice for the looming Race of Champions early next month, with several regulars from Daytona Sandown Park & Tamworth joining the grid.

The first SODI heat was won by Liam Weatherall, with Heavyweight driver Barry Morris finishing in second place. SODI lap record holder Murphy Thompson finished in third, Max Lindgren in fourth, and Daytona Tamworth’s Cordell Hayes in fifth.  Championship leader Jacob Csepreghi found himself all the way down in eleventh, two places behind his brother Charlie. Freddie Jenkins finished down in 18^th position. No driver was able to secure a meaningful championship advantage in this heat.

James King won the first DMAX heat, and Harry Asher finished 4 seconds ahead of Edgar Azevedo to make up the top three. Charlie Foster finished in fourth place, and championship hopeful Ethan Pritchard would have to settle for fifth. Ashley Mayston-King won in the Heavyweights.

In the second SODI heat, Charlie Csepreghi beat Jos Bardell and Owen Turpin, with the three drivers separated by less than a second. Jacob Csepreghi once again got the better of championship rival Freddie Jenkins, finishing in eighth versus Jenkins’ 18^th place finish. Fourth-place hopeful Owen Turpin finished third in the heat, with rival Lewis Bowey just behind him, who set the fastest lap of the race.

Charlie Fenton was the fastest-placed Heavyweight, with championship newcomer Sean Pope in second and Daytona Sandown Parks’ Olly Cooper-Welton in third. Kristine Kolodziejski, fresh from the Jamie Chadwick Series finale the night before, finished the heat in fourth.

The second DMAX Heat was won by Ethan Pritchard, but only just, with Samuel Spencer finishing 0.1 seconds behind him. Edgar Azevedo finished in third, and James King in fourth. Julia Stankowiak, another driver who competed in the Jamie Chadwick Series the day before, had an epic battle with Charlie Foster, just losing out to him by 0.2 of a second.

Ashley-Mayston King won his second heat of the day, one second ahead of title rival Scott Woosey. There were multiple penalties applied in this round, shaking up the standings after the race somewhat.

Now for the SODI final, where the Lightweight title was set to be decided – and it didn’t disappoint. Jacob & Charlie Csepreghi were glued together for the entirety of the 15-minute race. Just to complicate the title race, somewhat, Murphy Thomspon was in and amongst them for most of the race, and Jos Bardell just behind them. In the end, it came down to the final lap, and a brave overtake from Jacob won him the title by 2 points – his second SuperChamps title on the trot, after winning Junior InKart the season before. We have another star in the making at Daytona Milton Keynes. Charlie’s valiant effort in the final also meant he leapfrogged Freddie Jenkins to finish the championship in second, in what was a disappointing round for Jenkins, who finished the final in eighth position.

Newcomer Sean Pope won in the Heavyweights, Kolodziejski finished in second place, and Charlie Fenton finished in third. Champion Barry Morris had an uncharacteristically bad round by his standards, finishing the final in fourth in what was his worst scoring round of the season. He would quickly forget all about it though, as he went on to be crowned champion a few moments later, finishing ahead of the absent Richard Danby in second place, and Dom Zaremba in third.

Ethan Pritchard shone in the final race, finishing two seconds ahead of James King. The two drivers have pushed each other to the limit time after time again this season, with King victorious over the eight rounds, winning his first SuperChamps title by three points ahead of Pritchard.

Harry Asher was a man on a mission after a poor race result in the heat prior, finishing in third place in the final and setting the fastest lap in the process, finishing comfortably ahead of Edgar Azevedo. Azevedo claimed the third step on the final podium, however, after great consistency all season.

Scott Woosey ended the Heavyweight season on a high, 14 seconds ahead of his nearest challenger in Kristine Kolodziejski, who was embroiled in a battle with third-placed Alex Hague.

The final championship result in the Heavyweights was the same as it was when the day started – another championship win for Mayston-King, Woosey in second, and the absent Myles Bate in third.

As always, the top three drivers in each category have been invited back for the ultimate showdown on 4^th January, at Daytona’s Race of Champions.

SuperChamps returns to Daytona Milton Keynes on Sunday 19^th January after the winter break. It will be contested in two seasons next year, as opposed to the three we hosted this year.