Thursday Night League 2024 Winners Crowned
Daytona Tamworth's Thursday Night League has been running for 12 rounds throughout 2023 and Thursday 7th December saw the final round. With 27 drivers in total on the day, all of the championship contenders were in attendance.
N-35 ST
The N35-ST championship could literally not be tighter, in the lightweights at least, heading into the final round of the Thursday Night League season. It was Jude Beaven vs Charlie Walmsley-Ryde for the championship trophy, both tied on points into the final race of the season.
In qualifying, Jacob Connellan took pole position in both the overall and heavyweight classification. He was about a second and a half faster than his second placed counterpart, Luke Inglis, who was fourth overall. Third placed in the heavyweights was Stephen Allsopp, who knew that he did not need to do much in order to wrap up his championship in the final round of the season. In terms of the lightweights, Jude Beaven crucially qualified ahead of Charlie Walmsley-Ryde, taking the lightweight pole position by four tenths of a second to his championship rival. Josh Gora was third, sitting in fifth overall.
The race was as dramatic as expected, though not for Jacob Conellan who fought of Jude Beaven in the early stages to take the overall victory. He was therefore also top of the heavyweights. Luke Inglis finished in second position, battling with the lightweights throughout the race in which he finished fifth overall. This was also enough for second place in the championship. Archie Adkins was in third, with Stephen Allsopp taking the championship victory in seventh overall.
In the lightweights, Jude Beaven took a dramatic victory to secure the championship title, finishing around twelve seconds ahead of Charlie Walmsley-Ryde. Charlie put up a good fight, but was frustrated with being behind Luke Inglis for much of the race, giving him too much to do in the closing stages. Finishing exactly in the order of the championship podium as well, Josh Gora completed the top three, finishing a little way off Charlie.
The final results of the championship were: