Daytona Milton Keynes hosted its International 24 Hour race over the weekend of 6th/7th October and the track saw the closest finishes ever in both DMAX and SODI classes after 24 Hours of racing!
Following a wet start to the race on Saturday, the teams saw the track drying slowly overnight but temperatures as low as 3 degrees celsius at dawn!
Versive Racing were victorious in the DMAX Class and overall race honours – but they won by just 13.381 seconds from Six Helmets Racing with both teams completing 1063 laps of the 1200 metre International Circuit! March Racing finishes third overall with 1045 laps completed.
The Sodi class saw an equally close finish with Rugby Kart Club beating Network Motorsport by just 20 seconds at the chequered flag on 1039 laps. This place in class went to Team PFK who completed 1034 laps.
All 35 teams completed the full distance, with 188 laps the spread across both fields – meaning at all 80 teams who have raced in our two 24 Hour Races this year completed the full race duration! To register your interest in racing in 24 Hour races with us in 2019, please email mark.wimblett@daytona.co.uk or call us on 033 033 27870
The overall result are detailed below – and you can watch highlights from the final hour of the race and the podium celebrations:
| The Daytona International 24 Hours 2018 Daytona MK International | ||||||
| Pos | Name | Class | Laps | Diff | Gap | Best Tm |
| 1 | VERSIVE Racing | D24 DMAX | 1063 | 01:06.0 | ||
| 2 | Six Helmets Racing | D24 DMAX | 1063 | 13.381s | 13.381 | 01:06.1 |
| 3 | March Racing | D24 DMAX | 1045 | 18 Laps | 18 Laps | 01:06.4 |
| 4 | BMW Vines Banter GP | D24 DMAX | 1039 | 24 Laps | 6 Laps | 01:07.5 |
| 5 | Rugby Kart Club | D24 SODI | 1039 | 24 Laps | 14.794 | 01:09.5 |
| 6 | Network Motorsport | D24 SODI | 1038 | 25 Laps | 1 Lap | 01:09.9 |
| 7 | Team PFK | D24 SODI | 1034 | 29 Laps | 4 Laps | 01:09.8 |
| 8 | Midnight Surprise | D24 SODI | 1031 | 32 Laps | 3 Laps | 01:09.6 |
| 9 | Outlaws | D24 SODI | 1021 | 42 Laps | 10 Laps | 01:10.0 |
| 10 | CQR Racehub | D24 SODI | 1021 | 42 Laps | 7.981 | 01:09.8 |
| 11 | SMY Racing | D24 SODI | 1020 | 43 Laps | 1 Lap | 01:09.8 |
| 12 | Team Forza | D24 DMAX | 1020 | 43 Laps | 10.343 | 01:07.8 |
| 13 | SKA Racing | D24 SODI | 1018 | 45 Laps | 2 Laps | 01:09.7 |
| 14 | Team Camo Girls | D24 SODI | 1013 | 50 Laps | 5 Laps | 01:09.8 |
| 15 | Team Camo Boys | D24 SODI | 1008 | 55 Laps | 5 Laps | 01:09.4 |
| 16 | Team KartForce | D24 SODI | 1002 | 61 Laps | 6 Laps | 01:10.9 |
| 17 | Grindr Motorsport | D24 SODI | 999 | 64 Laps | 3 Laps | 01:10.3 |
| 18 | AZ Technology | D24 DMAX | 992 | 71 Laps | 7 Laps | 01:07.9 |
| 19 | Black n Rounds | D24 SODI | 992 | 71 Laps | 8.373 | 01:10.7 |
| 20 | A La Kart | D24 SODI | 991 | 72 Laps | 1 Lap | 01:10.3 |
| 21 | Guys Guys Guy GP | D24 SODI | 991 | 72 Laps | 5.599 | 01:11.4 |
| 22 | Chilli Con Carnage | D24 SODI | 988 | 75 Laps | 3 Laps | 01:10.3 |
| 23 | Too Much Torque | D24 SODI | 982 | 81 Laps | 6 Laps | 01:10.7 |
| 24 | MasterCart sLola | D24 DMAX | 976 | 87 Laps | 6 Laps | 01:08.6 |
| 25 | All Torque | D24 SODI | 973 | 90 Laps | 3 Laps | 01:10.8 |
| 26 | CQR Club | D24 SODI | 968 | 95 Laps | 5 Laps | 01:11.1 |
| 27 | ILR Karting Team | D24 SODI | 951 | 112 Laps | 17 Laps | 01:09.9 |
| 28 | 2SLOW | D24 DMAX | 941 | 122 Laps | 10 Laps | 01:08.9 |
| 29 | Dr Love & The Medics | D24 DMAX | 939 | 124 Laps | 2 Laps | 01:08.7 |
| 30 | Mithril Racing | D24 SODI | 936 | 127 Laps | 3 Laps | 01:12.7 |
| 31 | Maple Motorsport | D24 SODI | 932 | 131 Laps | 4 Laps | 01:10.6 |
| 32 | Baby Driver | D24 SODI | 923 | 140 Laps | 9 Laps | 01:11.1 |
| 33 | The Generals | D24 SODI | 915 | 148 Laps | 8 Laps | 01:11.2 |
| 34 | Comms365 Limited | D24 SODI | 893 | 170 Laps | 22 Laps | 01:11.6 |
| 35 | Silverfind | D24 DMAX | 875 | 188 Laps | 18 Laps | 01:10.1 |