Race Reports ⸱ 5th October 2026 4:07 PM

Daytona Championships (3rd-9th) October

InKart – Round Two

Daytona Sandown Park

Round Two of InKart Season Two began in unusual circumstances at Daytona Sandown Park, where thick fog left competitors uncertain whether the meeting could start on schedule. The visibility improved in time for a full Junior and Cadet field to begin Qualifying as planned before progressing through the B-Finals and A-Finals.

The Cadets produced an exceptionally close Group One Qualifying session. Joshua Puttick set the pace with a 52.981, beating Jenson Fuller by only 0.029 seconds. Alexander Nechev completed the leading three. In Group Two Qualifying, Jacob Pratt recorded a 53.126 to secure the quickest time. Jack Monnier qualified second, while Ejay Barrs-James finished third. The Cadet B-Final delivered another close fight as Oliver Thomson and Sebastian Desai contested the remaining A-Final place. Thomson prevailed by just 0.236 seconds to earn promotion, with Antonio Pellicani completing the podium in third. In the A-Final, Lorenzo Zarella produced the decisive performance and secured the Round Two victory by 5.419 seconds. Fuller converted his strong Qualifying pace into second place, while Puttick completed the podium in third. Nechev followed in fourth and Pratt finished fifth, placing all three Qualifying group leaders inside the class top five.

In the Junior class, Jason Bond set the Group One Qualifying benchmark with a 52.536. Genghiz Abdullayu followed 0.198 seconds behind, while Cameron Annis took third. Group Two Qualifying produced the quickest Junior lap of the two sessions. Max Reeves recorded a 52.139, with Samuel Baker 0.282 seconds behind in second and Callum Law completing the leading three. In the Junior B-Final, Kyle Rosario controlled the 19-lap race and defeated Beau Grant by 4.138 seconds. The closer contest developed immediately behind, where Vladimir Patapas finished just 0.420 seconds away from Grant in third. Rosario’s victory earned him promotion, and he went on to finish 14th in the A-Final. The Junior A-Final brought the leading qualifiers together for a closely contested 29-lap race. Baker overturned the Group Two Qualifying order to take the Round Two victory, with Bond crossing the line 1.480 seconds behind. Reeves completed the podium a further 2.593 seconds back, followed by Law and Freddie Lawrence. Close racing continued further through the field. Only 0.180 seconds separated Clement Coiquaud and Abdullayu, while Leo Hyde-vaamonde and Andrei Matteo Militaru were divided by just 0.070 seconds at the chequered flag. Baker also recorded the fastest lap of the A-Final with a 52.383, completing the meeting with both the Junior victory and the fastest-lap honours.

Daytona Milton Keynes

Round Two of InKart at Daytona Milton Keynes featured four closely contested Heats before the B-Finals offered one final route into the main events. With different winners emerging throughout both classes, the A-Finals remained open until the chequered flag.

Zach Service began the Cadet contest with a commanding Heat One victory, finishing 2.5 seconds ahead of Charlie Marden. Gillen Townsend followed in third, a further three seconds behind. Heat Two produced an even larger winning margin as Sean Chan took control and crossed the line eight seconds clear of Noah Martin. Martin was comfortably established in second, finishing seven seconds ahead of third-placed Ethan Mountford. Townsend became the third Cadet winner of the meeting in Heat Three, narrowly defeating Service by 0.6 seconds. Marden claimed another strong result in third, adding to his earlier runner-up finish. The final Heat brought another change at the front as Josh Pink secured his first victory of the meeting. Pink finished one second ahead of Chan, with Martin completing the podium in third. With the leading contenders already qualified for the A-Final, the B-Final offered the remaining drivers one last opportunity to progress. Oakley Foord earned promotion after defeating Alfie Winrow by only 0.3 seconds, while Stanlee Coker completed the podium in third. The A-Final brought the day’s most consistent Cadet performers back to the front. Service recovered from his narrow Heat Three defeat and secured the overall victory, holding off Chan by just 0.3 seconds. Marden completed a strong meeting with third place, adding an A-Final podium to his two leading Heat results.

The Junior competition began with a close contest between Jack Dowding and Teddy Mullan. Dowding prevailed in Heat One by 0.3 seconds, while Amaree Mckenzie finished a further second behind Mullan in third. Hugo Brabin took control of Heat Two and defeated Alvin Tai by one second. Leo Sidthorpe completed the leading three as a second Junior winner emerged. Mullan responded in Heat Three by reversing the opening result. He claimed his first victory of the meeting, finishing three seconds ahead of Dowding, with Ryan Cafferkey taking third. Sidthorpe became the fourth different Junior Heat winner when he took the chequered flag in Heat Four. Max Gardiner followed him home in second, while Tai added another podium finish in third. In the Junior B-Final, Tristan Thomas delivered under pressure to earn the final place in the A-Final. Winslow Potgieter finished second and Taylor Steele completed the podium, but neither could deny Thomas promotion. The A-Final returned Dowding and Mullan to the head of the field for another close contest. Dowding produced the decisive performance and defeated his Heat Three rival by only 0.2 seconds to claim the overall victory. Sidthorpe completed the podium in third, finishing five seconds behind the leading pair after his earlier Heat win.

Daytona Tamworth

Round Two of InKart at Daytona Tamworth marked the competitive debut of the brand-new Island layout. A sold-out Junior grid and a competitive Cadet field tackled the circuit using the Heats format, with penalties, close finishes and the end of a record-breaking winning streak shaping the meeting.

Greyson Scandrett established himself as the driver to beat in Heat One, crossing the line more than a second clear of the field. A five-second penalty for breaking formation at the start denied him the result, however, promoting Logan Staunton to victory. Scandrett responded immediately in Heat Two. He secured the win and recorded a 49.958, the fastest lap of the meeting at that stage. Staunton slipped down the order, while Fehn Thomas finished second to earn a place on the front row for the Final. The Final completed a strong recovery from Scandrett, who converted his pace into victory by 4.369 seconds and also set the race’s fastest lap. Staunton recovered from his difficult second Heat to finish runner-up, completing the Cadet podium alongside Monty Rumble. Rumble established a comfortable advantage over Thomas, who finished fourth after an otherwise impressive round.

Reigning champion Tyler Shanks began the Junior contest with victory in Heat One, although Alfie Campbell remained within striking distance and crossed the line only 0.418 seconds behind. Heat Two brought the first indication that Shanks’ winning run was under threat. Hugo Macmillan defeated the reigning champion to take victory, with Shanks finishing second. His results across the two Heats were still enough to secure pole position for the Final, setting up another contest between the pair. Macmillan took the lead from Shanks during the early stages of the Final, but neither driver managed to break clear. The pair pushed one another throughout the race before Shanks launched an ambitious attempt to reclaim the position at the new final corner on the last lap. The move resulted in contact and sent both drivers sideways as they crossed the line, but Macmillan retained the lead by 0.592 seconds. Shanks received a ten-second penalty for the incident, although it did not alter his second-place finishing position. Macmillan also set the fastest lap of the entire meeting with a 49.339, underlining the performance required to end the longest winning streak in Daytona Tamworth InKart history. Behind the leading pair, Thomas Rumbles secured the final podium position after an equally close contest. He finished just four tenths of a second ahead of Campbell, who narrowly missed out on adding another podium to his second-place result from Heat One.

Thursday Night League – Round Four

Daytona Sandown PArk

Round Four of Thursday Night League at Daytona Sandown Park saw the SODI and DMAX classes contesting Qualifying and Sprint Race on the GP layout. Several Qualifying frontrunners converted their pace into victory, while recovery drives and changes at the front shaped the remaining classes.

Leo Dudley set the SODI Lightweights Qualifying benchmark with a 52.125, narrowly beating Louie Skilton and Joao Matiello to pole position. Matiello overturned the Qualifying order in the Sprint Race and established a commanding advantage, defeating Dudley by 6.293 seconds. His 51.658 also secured the class fastest lap. Behind them, Olly Ripley climbed from fifth on the grid to complete the podium, crossing the line 1.328 seconds behind Dudley. Skilton followed in fourth, while Toby Robinson produced the class’s biggest recovery by gaining six positions from 11th to fifth. Further down the order, Hector Hyde was disqualified and Jessika Mcintosh failed to finish.

Only 0.018 seconds separated the leading SODI Heavyweights in Qualifying. Lewis Cain claimed pole with a 53.446, narrowly denying James Smaggsagale, while Carl Jackson qualified third. Smaggsagale reversed the front-row order when the race began, converting his closely matched Qualifying pace into a convincing victory. He completed 23 laps and finished 4.737 seconds ahead of Cain. Serhat Tas completed the Heavyweight podium one lap behind the winner, with Jackson dropping from third in Qualifying to fourth at the finish.

Adam Palmer established himself as the early DMAX Lightweight favourite by taking pole position with a 45.930. Jack Candasamy finished only 0.074 seconds behind, while Jack Redfern qualified third a further 0.112 seconds back. The leading trio retained those positions throughout the race. Palmer converted pole into victory by 4.540 seconds and recorded the fastest lap with a 45.525. Candasamy secured second to earn his first podium of Season Two, while Redfern completed the top three. The closest finish came immediately behind the podium. Thomas Williams climbed from seventh to fourth and held off Sam Barnaville by just 0.205 seconds. Keon Smart, who had qualified sixth, failed to finish after completing 22 laps.

James Jeram led DMAX Heavyweight Qualifying with a 46.503, followed by Warren Gomm and Pawel Kamysz. Gomm moved ahead during the race and overturned Jeram’s Qualifying advantage to claim the Round Four victory. Jeram finished second, while Eyston Vaughan-Huxley gained two positions from fifth on the grid to complete the podium. Kamysz slipped from third to fourth, leaving Gomm and Vaughan-Huxley as the principal beneficiaries of the changes from the Qualifying order.

Daytona Milton Keynes

Round Four of Thursday Night League Season Two at Daytona Milton Keynes produced two commanding SODI victories, a family front-row lockout in DMAX and a decisive recovery from third on the grid.

Scott Clenagham established a clear SODI Lightweight Qualifying advantage with a 1:17.833, securing pole position by more than half a second. Adam Alsamitowski qualified second with a 1:18.358, while Aidan Flynn completed the leading three on a 1:18.470. Clenagham carried that pace into the race and converted pole into a commanding victory. He crossed the line 21 seconds clear of Konstantin Elvanov, underlining his advantage across the full race distance. The closer contest developed over second place. Gabriel Nascimento Fernandes finished only 0.3 seconds behind Elvanov, narrowly missing out on the runner-up position but securing the final place on the podium.

Harry Gurney led the SODI Heavyweight Qualifying session with a 1:18.171. Chris Lane followed with a 1:18.544, while David Rollins qualified third on a 1:19.121. Gurney converted pole into victory and established an eight-second advantage by the chequered flag. Rollins improved from third on the grid to finish second, while Jamie Brown progressed into the podium positions and completed the leading three.

The Csepreghi brothers locked out the front row in DMAX Lightweight Qualifying. Jacob Csepreghi claimed pole position with a 1:24.794, while Charlie Csepreghi secured second on a 1:25.241. Only 0.044 seconds separated Charlie Csepreghi from Mark Wylie-Mackay, who qualified third with a 1:25.285. The leading trio maintained the same order throughout the race. Jacob Csepreghi converted pole into victory, followed by Charlie Csepreghi in second and Wylie-Mackay in third. Although the podium positions remained unchanged, 13 seconds separated the three drivers by the finish.

Lukasz Stankiowiak topped DMAX Heavyweight Qualifying with a 1:28.401. Charlie Newman secured the other front-row position with a 1:28.536, while Mckenzie Senior qualified third on a 1:29.569. Senior overturned the Qualifying order in the race, climbing from third to claim the Heavyweight victory. Andy Stobard progressed into second but finished five seconds behind the winner. Stankiowiak was unable to convert pole into victory and completed the podium in third, while Newman dropped out of the leading three after beginning the race from the front row.

Daytona Tamworth

A light sprinkling of rain affected the circuit ahead of Round Four of Thursday Night League at Daytona Tamworth. With both grids full and conditions continuing to change as the evening progressed, the drivers faced a demanding set of races across N35-ST and DMAX.

Reigning SuperChamps N35-ST Heavyweight champion James Stevenson claimed an impressive Lightweight victory after resisting sustained early pressure from Charlie Walmsley-Ryde. Walmsley-Ryde remained close throughout the opening phase, but Stevenson began to establish an advantage as the race progressed. He eventually crossed the line 2.359 seconds clear and recorded the quickest N35-ST lap of the meeting with a 57.183. The leading pair finished well ahead of the remaining field. Tyler Sharp secured third approximately ten seconds behind them, but faced pressure of his own and held off Joseph Smith by just 0.676 seconds to retain the final podium position.

The Heavyweight race produced an even closer contest as Dylan Morrall and Daniel Santos Piedrabuena exchanged the advantage at the front. Santos Piedrabuena led for much of the race, but Morrall eventually moved ahead and secured victory by 0.999 seconds following a closely fought battle between the pair. Although he narrowly missed out on the win, Santos Piedrabuena recorded the class fastest lap with a 57.956. Brandon Gathercole completed the Heavyweight podium in third.

Changing conditions made the 20-minute DMAX Lightweight race particularly demanding, but reigning champion Lucas Gathercole delivered a commanding victory. Gathercole adapted to the evolving circuit and finished 26.816 seconds ahead of Reuben Potter. Potter recorded the fastest lap, but could not match the champion’s consistency across the full race distance. The pair were the only Lightweight drivers to finish on the lead lap, underlining their advantage over the remainder of the class. William Sidney completed the podium in third.

Brandon Gathercole added a DMAX Heavyweight victory to his earlier N35-ST podium, defeating Euan Ritchie by 6.255 seconds. The battle for the final podium position was considerably closer. Finaly Stewart and Frazer Jamieson were separated by 0.947 seconds, while Jamieson recorded the class fastest lap with a 52.850.