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Another season would be just about in the rear-view mirror if karts had those. Nonetheless, here we are at Race 8, the NHKA Championship Finale, Saturday, October 18, at Canaan Motor Club. If you haven’t registered, get yourself over to www.bikereg.com/nhka before 6pm October 14. Go on, we’ll wait for you.
 This last event of 2025 promises the suspense and excitement of intense competition with it-all-comes-down-to-this consequences. Season championships and top-three point finishes will be in play until the checkered flag flies. Mechanics will be double and triple checking their work. Drivers will be making split-second decisions about when to go hard and when to be patient. Hopefully, everyone will remember that THIS is what we live for and how ridiculously fortunate we are to be doing it! So, with a tip of the hat to our grand master of points, Jim Slade, we’ll factor in provisional drop races to take a look at the races to watch.
Briggs 206 Cadet
We don’t know what Jack Ensell and his team discovered after Race 1, but whatever it was, they should package it and sell it to the rest of us at every race. After starting his season with a 10th-place finish, he went on to win all but one of the remaining races, where he finished 2nd. This dominant performance essentially makes Race 8 a victory lap for Jack. However, Ryan Rollins and Enzo Cantone, who are only separated by 7.5 points, still need to sort out who is going to stand on which of the remaining steps of the championship podium.
Briggs 206 Junior
What’s it like to win every race and the championship in your rookie year? You’ll have to ask Briggs 206 Junior champ Damen Hernandez, who will be setting his sights on being the only driver in the entire series to achieve a perfect season in 2025. Congrats also to Jackson Blanchard who overcame a bumpy start to the season to settle into the consistency he needed to earn five podiums and 2nd-place championship honors. Further congrats to Thomas MacKintosh, whose solid season has him cruising into the finale with a firm grip on 3rd place.
Briggs 206 Senior Light
True to form, Ryan Archembault is the runaway 206 Senior Light champion by virtue of winning every race but one. Young veteran racer Caleb Jarvis-Comi’s five podiums puts him in position to take 2nd place in the championship, a step up from last season. However, he’ll want to keep William Tyler in sight, who is only 18 points back and will be gunning to break a late-season podium drought.
Briggs 206 Senior Medium
Uncharacteristically, Ryan Archembault only managed five wins in 206 Senior Medium this season (LOL!) However, it’s enough to give him a virtual lock on being the NHKA’s only double champ in 2025. Greg DeCampos’ four podiums give him a 17.5-point edge over Christian Flagg going into the last race. These two have been battling all season long, so it’ll be interesting to see how they balance going hard with patience and the outcome.
Briggs 206 Masters
By Tom Rosenfeld’s standards, four wins is an off year. That said, he only finished off the podium once, and unless an asteroid destroys the planet, he will win his third 206 Masters championship in a row. Doug Hutchison definitely made Tom work for it with a win and two podiums. As always, Marcelo DeCampos made his presence known with two wins and two podiums.
 TaG Senior
Alex Gomes appears to be trying a new approach this season: stealth mode. He didn’t win until the sixth race, wasn’t at the first race and thus is only third on the latest points update. Don’t be fooled by his trickery. When you factor in drop races, he leads TaG Senior as usual, but not by much. Just 18 points back lurks Hugh North, who knows the championship is within reach. If that’s not enough drama for you, Alex Braga and Alessandro Boas are in a dead heat for the third step of the championship podium. This is definitely a race to watch!
 TaG Masters
If there was ever a recipe for a race to watch, this is it: Take three of the most experienced and hardest-working drivers in the NHKA, guys who have raced against each other hundreds if not thousands of laps, who’ve each won races and racked up podiums throughout the season, then put them on track for the last race of the season separated by on 35 points. You better believe Marciano DosSantos, Alan Pope, and Robert Bain are gonna have a race to watch!
World Formula Light
With five wins and a 95-point lead, William Dzuba will most deservedly win his second World Formula Light championship in a row. The race to watch is for 2nd-place. Ronan Rice has only finished off the podium twice in 2025, so comes into the last race with a scant 12.5 point lead over Nicolas Georgantis, who has the momentum of two 2nd-place finishes in two of the last three races.
 World Formula Heavy
If you know Fast Freddie Fawcett at all, you know the man lives and breathes racing. Few drivers bring radiating joy to the top step of the podium like him, which he did four times in 2025. So you can imagine the celebration if he holds on to win his 2nd championship in a row. He has a solid 30-point lead, but racing is racing and math is math, so nothing is a sure thing. Nobody knows this more than Jim Slade, who despite two wins and two 2nd-places, sits third in the championship 12.5 points behind rock-steady William Gunn, who only finished off the podium once this season. Wow! Once again, the World Formula Heavy hooligans will be having a last race you absolutely want to watch!
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