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Daytona Championships (20th-26th) December

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SuperChamps, Round Six

Daytona Sandown Park

In the closing days of 2025, our SuperChamps Drivers returned to Daytona Sandown Park for Round Six of one of our most hotly contended championships this season. Running in the Heats format on the Alternate layout this battle began with fireworks as the SODI Lights took to the field, Ledger Dimitriou claiming an early victory in Qualifying to cement his lead atop the season’s standings. Unfortunately, a disastrous first Heat failed to replicate his earlier results and left him trailing behind the leading drivers. Caesar Chen, Dimitriou’s longstanding sparring partner in the series, capitalised on this, bringing in strong results. While Abhay Parmar threw his hat in the ring too, taking an early P3 to follow his P2 in Qualifying. Parmar heightened his form to take a resounding victory in the final race of the day, totting up an impressive array of points across the round to take the days lead. Peter Tilev, a strong competitor throughout the season, took P2 with Dimitriou crossing the line in P3. Unable to hold the day’s top spot yet doing more than enough to hold onto the seasons top position. The Heavies saw yet another battle in the chronicle of Reece Harris’ series. This chapter’s challenger was Malachy Prakash, who just fell short of the Sandown Park veteran’s time. However, his consistent performance throughout the season has drawn him to P2 in the league tables, sitting just behind Harris.

Our fastest, and arguably most competitive class, the DMAX Lights took to the field next. With the championship table in disarray with victories plastered across the board from multiple drivers, it was anybody’s game. But when lights turned green and engines began to roar, one man’s victory seemed assured. That was Archie Bullard. Dipping his toes in and out of the series, Bullard is yet to compete without earning a podium in SuperChamps Season Two. He continued this form in resounding manner in Round Six, with an almost perfect round, hampered only by teammate, Adam Palmer who took P1 in the first Heat of the day. His following races just fell shy of the top spot and he settled for P2 safe in the knowledge that these well-earned points maintained his position atop the season’s standings. Daytona Tamworth’s very own Jospeh Simcock crossed the line in P3, his first outing in this series this season, marking himself as a very strong opponent. The question is, will this disruptor return? Over in the Heavies, Alfie Shrubb seems to be entering his prime. With a golden fence separating his results from the rest of the pack in the seasons standings, illustrating his array of P1’s, he continued a form which is almost expected at this point. Taking a near perfect round of victories, save a P3 in Qualifying as he got up to pace. Mikhail Sitnikov, a relative newcomer to Daytona Sandown Park took P2, continuing his great form after entering the series in Round Four. This left veteran Warren Gomm in P3 after fighting off Sam Roy in the battle for the final podium spot.

Daytona Tamworth

A foggy Sunday morning played host to the Sixth Round of SuperChamps at Daytona Tamworth and being the last one before Christmas, our drivers were hoping to take home an early Christmas present.

Alfie Kells was class of the N35-ST Lightweight field over the course of the two Heats, managing to win one of them and therefore get himself onto pole position going into the Final. Other drivers were particularly quick in the Heats races, namely Brandon Barker and Reuben Potter who went into the Final race start in second and third. All said drivers placed in the top three in at least one of their Heats and were therefore immediately catapulted into to the pointy end of the field. As for the Heavyweights, James Holliday showed relative domination, starting on pole alongside James Stevenson on the front row of the Heavyweight grid. All eyes turned to the last race of the day for the N35-ST class and Brandon Barker was not having an easy go of it. He took the lead in the early stages but struggled to build much of a gap ahead of a charging Joseph Smith, who was generally a little bit faster than Barker throughout the race. It did not matter much to him, however, as he still managed to build a four-second lead by the end which saw him take victory. Smith was second, with Harry Fitch recovering to third after a very difficult series of Heats, to salvage a very respectable result from an otherwise forgettable round. There was no surprise to see familiar face James Holliday winning the Heavyweights, striking another blow to rival James Stevenson’s championship hopes. It was not Stevenson who finished second, however, as Harrison Fisher split the two.

In the DMAX class, Nihal Joye and Jude Lillyman were separated only by their respective fastest laps in the opening Heats races, sharing the front row of the grid ahead of the DMAX final. They were joined in the top four by a very competitive second row of Leo Jackson and Tobias Lee, setting the stage for a very interesting fifteen minutes in the Lightweight division. By contrast, McKenzie Senior rested easy on pole position in the Heavyweights, completely dominant over Sonny Zacharias and James Estrop, in second and third. Our final was incredibly close, as Jude Lillyman and Nihal Joye continued to be virtually inseparable. Their margin at the line crossing the final chequered flag of the day was just five tenths of a second, with the lead of the race changing hands multiple times in the final couple of laps in testing conditions. Will Kenny was the fastest man on the circuit in the race and finished a healthy third just one second back from the leading duo. We saw a remarkable recovery drive from James Estrop in the Heavyweights, winning the race by twenty seconds ahead of Sonny Zacharias, who barely held onto second by a second ahead of pole sitter Mckenzie Senior.

InKart, Round Six

Daytona Milton Keynes

Heat One kicked off the day with the first half of the field taking to the circuit. In the Cadet class, Gillen Townshend produced a stunning drive, charging through from fifth on the grid to take a commanding victory. Townshend crossed the line 7.2 seconds clear of Ryan Cafferkey in second, with Teddy Mullan a further 15 seconds back in third. In the Junior category, we saw yet another impressive climb through the field as Arel Kesimgil took the win from fifth on the grid. Jacob Noble delivered one of the drives of the day, finishing second after starting from the back of the grid, while Jacob Kent completed the podium in third. Heat Two gave the second half of the field their first opportunity to score valuable points. Senna Khosrowpanah emerged victorious in the Cadet class, with Nathan Gretch close behind in second and Desmond Bryan securing a well-earned third place. In Juniors, Rayaan Malik fought his way through the pack from sixth on the grid to take the chequered flag. Oliver Catchpole followed him home in second, with Nathaniel Garai rounding out the podium. Heat Three marked the final chance for the first half of the field to improve their points tally and secure strong grid positions for the Finals. In Cadets, Jed Khoza, Leo Sibthorpe and Ryan Cafferkey lined up at the front, while Jacob Noble, Arya Nali and Harry Fenton led the Junior grid. By the end of the 10-minute race, Noble claimed victory in the Junior class, followed by Jacob Kent in second and Arel Kesimgil in third. In Cadets, Townshend continued his strong form with another Heat win, ahead of Leo Sibthorpe and George Marriott. The second Heat for the remaining drivers saw Jude Grange, Sean Chan and Zane Williams starting at the front of the Cadet field, while Shuban Sellaturay, Daniel Harman and Finley Hettle led the Juniors. When the chequered flag fell, it was Joshua Pink who took the Cadet victory, with Jed Khoza in second and Grayson Reeves in third. In Juniors, Reuben Crudgington took a confident win, Jonothan Mierzwa finished second, and James West secured the final podium position.

The B-Final provided the last opportunity to qualify for the A-Final, with the two winning drivers earning promotion. In Cadets, Joshua Pink claimed victory and the final A-Final spot, edging out Jed Khoza by just three seconds, while Grayson Reeves finished third. In the Junior category, Reuben Crudgington continued his strong pace, winning the race and promotion. Jonothan Mierzwa followed in second, with James West in third. The day concluded with the A-Final, the final showdown of Round Six. Gillen Townshend dominated the Cadet race from pole position, taking a commanding win with a 15.5-second gap to Senna Khosrowpanah in second. Jack Dowding completed the podium in third. In the Junior A-Final, Arel Kesimgil took victory, while a thrilling battle for second and third developed between Jacob Noble, Jacob Kent and Rayaan Malik. Running nose to tail in the closing laps, it was Noble who eventually secured second place, with Malik just edging out Kent to take third.