Returnees win big at second Caterham Caribbean Cup

All three categories in last weekend’s (December 5/6) Caterham Caribbean Cup (CCC25) were won by drivers paying their second visit to Bushy Park Barbados. James Emson and son Tom won the Caterham Seven 310R title, Nick Highton and Lewis Thompson prevailed in 270R, while Charlie Lower partnered the only newcomer from the six, Kyle Townend, to win the Roadsport class, which was new to the island this year.

  When John Bond beat Townend in Friday’s first qualifying session by just 8/1000ths of a second with Matt Fox another 5/100ths adrift, it was clear that the nip-and-tuck racing for which the British sports car manufacturer’s categories are reknowned had made it safely across the Atlantic, promising a repeat of the inaugural event in 2023.

  More then 420 racing laps in 11 Sprint and Enduro events were contested on the St Philip facility’s 2.01-kilometre International Circuit, ending with a 100-minute floodlit Super-Enduro combining all three categories – even that was won by only 20 seconds. With Joker Laps in every race and pitstops in the Enduros with penalties for short stops, Caterham Motorsport and Bushy Park Motorsports Inc (BPMSI) laid on a challenging two days for nearly 40 competitors.

  Just as they did two years ago in 270R when they won four races with five fastest laps the Emsons were on the case from the start in 310R. Tom topped qualifying in Group A, his father was second in Group B, then each won his Sprint Race. Three out of four Enduro wins and a clean sweep of fastest laps gave them their second Caribbean title.

  Joe Priday and Dan Holland won the Saturday Enduro the Emsons lost to a clutch failure and were consistent in the weekend’s other events to finish second in 310R, with Richard and Will Coope third. As father and son teams, the Emsons and Coopes were joined by the only island participants, Geoff Ullyett and son Daniel, who finished fourth in 310R ahead of Keith Ashworth and Albert Vella.

  In 270R, this year’s largest class, it was even closer: if the two groups had been qualifying together, 15 cars would have been within one second. The 2025 Academy Champion Will Harris was fastest in Group A, sharing with father Stephen, and two-time Caterham Seven UK Champion Thompson fastest in Group B, returning with Highton, whom he had partnered in 420R in CCC23.

  Harris won the first Sprint, Highton the second, but a strong performance in the Enduros carried Highton and Thompson to the title, winning all but the 100-minute Super Enduro, where they finished second to Harrison Cavers, one of 10 participants who drove solo all weekend.

  With podium finishes in the other three Enduros, Cavers finished second in the 270R standings, ahead of 2024 Academy Champion Paul Ogglesby, who clocked up three solo second-place finishes, then shared with Will Harris to finish third in the finale.

  The eight-strong Roadsports entry included Matt Fox, Townend and Richard Davies, who finished second, third and fourth at year-end in the Caterham Academy, with three wins and eight further podium places between them. While Fox was a solo driver, Townend partnered with Lower, who had been the fastest qualifier in 270R two years ago, and Davies with fellow Academy racer Bond.

  Repeating their UK successes, these three teams claimed all but one podium place between them – Eduardo Pontes finished third in the Group B Sprint – with the lion’s share going to Lower and Townend; each won his Sprint, then they shared victory in all but the first Enduro, which was won by Fox, and clocked six fastest laps.

  Speaking for Caterham Motorsport, Simon Lambert said: “It’s been fantastic to be back here on the island for the second Caterham Caribbean Cup. Once again we’ve had exciting racing on a track that almost seems to have been built for Caterhams! We tightened up the Joker Lap this year to make it even more tactical and changed the format a little, culminating in Saturday’s ‘Night 100’, a 100-minute Enduro with 24 cars racing together. It’s been an unbelievable experience for everyone involved and we are hugely grateful to the Bushy Park team for making it possible. We hope to be back!”

Caterham Caribbean Cup 2025

Caterham Seven 310R: 1st James Emson/Tom Emson, 94pts; 2nd Dan Holland/Joe Priday, 82pts; 3rd Richard Coope/Will Coope, 66pts; etc Caterham Seven 270R: 1st Nick Highton/Lewis Thompson, 91pts; 2nd Harrison Cavers, 70pts; 3rd Paul Ogglesby/Will Harris *, 60pts; etc * in the final race only Caterham Seven Roadsport: 1st Charlie Lower/Kyle Townend, 96 points; 2nd Matt Fox, 82pts; 3rd John Bond/Richard Davies, 60pts; etc

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Caterham Caribbean Cup 2025

Bushy Park Barbados, December 5-6

Results

Caterham Seven Roadsport

Group A Qualifying: Pole – John Bond, 1m 10.913s; 2nd Kyle Townend, + 0.008s; 3rd Matthew Fox, + 0.049s; 4th Eduardo Pontes, + 0.875s; 5th Ivan Searle, + 1.064s; 6th Richard Haigh, + 1.166s; 7th Jason Spencer, + 1.182s. DNQ: Charles Chapman Friday Night Sprint (20mins): 1st Townend, 20m 55.019s; 2nd Fox, + 1.785s; 3rd Pontes, + 4.877s; 4th Haigh, + 15.682s; 5th Bond, + 27.144s; 6th Spencer, + 30.778s; 7th Chapman, + 37.730s; 8th Searle, + 1 lap. Fastest lap: Townend, 1m 10.472s, 107.277kmh/66.66mph Group B Qualifying: Pole – Charlie Lower, 1m 10.376s; 2nd Richard Davies, + 0.543s; 3rd Fox, + 0.671s; 4th Pontes, + 0.735s; 5th Searle, + 1.152s; 6th Haigh, + 1.325s; 7th Richard Mitchell, + 1.167s. DNQ: Chapman Saturday Sprint (20mins): 1st Lower, 19m 59.520s; 2nd Davies, + 7.624s; 3rd Fox, + 19.173s; 4th Pontes, + 26.671s; 5th Searle, + 35.997s; 6th Chapman, + 40.738s; 7th Haigh, + 41.761s; 8th Mitchell, + 47.531s. Fastest lap: Lower, 1m 09.885s, 108.178kmh/67.22mph Combined Friday Enduro (60mins): 1st Fox, 60m 33.005s; 2nd Lower/Townend, + 2 laps; 3rd Bond/Davies, + 3 laps; 4th Searle, + 3 laps; 5th Pontes, + 3 laps; 6th Haigh, + 3 laps; 7th Mitchell/Spencer, + 4 laps DNS: Chapman. Fastest lap: Lower/Townend, 1m 10.036s, 107.944kmh/67.07mph Combined Friday Night Enduro (60mins): 1st Lower/Townend, 60m 35.497s; 2nd Fox, + 7.451s; 3rd Bond/Davies, + 8.696s; 4th Pontes, + 42.179s; 5th Haigh, + 60.229s; 6th Searle, + 61.059s; 7th Chapman, + 67.228s; 8th Mitchell/Spencer, + 1 lap. Fastest lap: Lower/Townend, 1m 10.074s, 107.886kmh/67.04mph Combined Saturday Enduro (60mins): 1st Lower/Townend, 60m 20.269s; 2nd Fox, + 35.708s; 3rd Bond/Davies, + 36.253s; 4th Searle, + 53.334s; 5th Pontes, + 56.623s; 6th Haigh, + 1 lap; 7th Chapman, + 1 lap; 8th Mitchell/Spencer, + 1 lap. Fastest lap: Lower/Townend, 1m 10.257s, 107.605kmh/66.86mph Combined Saturday Super Enduro (100mins): 1st Lower/Townend, 1h 40m 42.957s; 2nd Fox, + 7.181s; 3rd Bond/Davies, + 46.228s; 4th Mitchell/Spencer, + 1 lap; 5th Haigh, + 1 lap; 6th Chapman, + 1 lap. DNF: Searle. DNS: Pontes. Fastest lap: Lower/Townend, 1m 09.696s, 108.471kmh/67.49mph (establishes lap record)

Caterham Seven 270R

Group A Qualifying: Pole – Will Harris, 1m 09.117s; 2nd Charlie Harris, + 0.075s; 3rd Craig Evans, + 0.323s; 4th Paul Ogglesby, + 0.325s; 5th Harrison Cavers, + 0.562s; 6th Seb Tholet, + 0.607s; 7th Henry Speeks, + 0.665s; 8th Nick Highton, + 0.742s; 9th Scott Helme, + 0.907s; 10th Ryan Tholet, + 1.367s; 11th Chris Hix, + 2.283s Friday Night Sprint (20mins): 1st W Harris, 20m 44.041s; 2nd C Harris, + 0.865s; 3rd Ogglesby, + 3.340s; 4th Highton, + 11.245s; 5th Cavers, + 11.631s; 6th Speeks, + 14.908s; 7th Evans, + 24.523s; 8th Helme, + 24.692s, 9th S Tholet, + 25.295s; 10th R Tholet, + 1 lap; 11th Hix, + 1 lap. Fastest lap: C Harris, 1m 08.806s, 109.6174mh/68.15mph Group B Qualifying: Pole – Lewis Thompson, 1m 09.171s; 2nd Ogglesby, + 0.390s; 3rd Evans, + 0.511s; 4th Cavers, + 0.564s; 5th Speeks, + 0.575s; 6th S Tholet, + 0.705s; 7th Chris Buck, + 0.875s; 8th Helme, + 1.035s; 9th R Tholet, + 1.444s; 10th Hix, + 2.075s; 11th Stephen Harris, + 2.450s Saturday Sprint (20mins): 1st Thompson, 20m 08.442s; 2nd Ogglesby, + 0.553s; 3rd Cavers, + 3.820s; 4th Speeks, + 11.603s; 5th Evans, + 17.245s; 6th Helme, + 17.407s; 7th Buck, + 17.781s; 8th S Tholet, + 28.178s; 9th Hix, + 32.969s; 10th S Harris, + 1 lap. DNS: R Tholet. Fastest lap: Ogglesby, 1m 08.922s, 109.689kmh/68.16mph Combined Friday Enduro (60mins): 1st Highton/Thompson, 61m 27.079s; 2nd Ogglesby, + 26.150s; 3rd Cavers, + 1 lap; 4th C Harris/Buck, + 1 lap; 5th Harris/Harris, + 1 lap; 6th Speeks, + 1 lap; 7th S Tholet, + 1 lap; 8th Helme, + 1 lap; 9th Hix, + 1 lap; 10th Evans, + 1 lap. DNF: R Tholet. Fastest lap: Harris/Harris, 1m 08.677s, 110.081kmh/68.40mph Combined Friday Night Enduro (60mins): 1st Highton/Thompson, 61m 07.996s; 2nd Ogglesby, + 2.449s; 3rd Cavers, + 18.037s; 4th C Harris/Buck, + 41.178s; 5th Evans, + 1 lap; 6th Helme, + 1 lap; 7th Speeks, + 1 lap; 8th S Tholet, + 1 lap; 9th R Tholet, + 2 laps. DNF: Hix. DNS: Harris/Harris. Fastest lap: Highton/Thompson, 1m 08.981s, 109.595kmh/68.10mph Combined Saturday Enduro (50mins): 1st Highton/Thompson, 52m 07.400s; 2nd Cavers, + 2.006s; 3rd Evans, + 1 lap; 4th Helme, + 2 laps; 5th C Harris/Buck, + 2 laps; 6th Harris/Harris, + 2 laps; 7th Hix, + 3 laps. DNF: Speeks, R Tholet, Ogglesby. DNS: S Tholet. Fastest lap: Highton/Thompson, 1m 08.955s, 109.637kmh/68.13mph Combined Saturday Super Enduro (100mins): 1st Cavers, 1h 40m 39.019s; 2nd Highton/Thompson, + 7.993s; 3rd Ogglesby, + 14.415s; 4th Evans, + 29.991s; 5th Speeks, + 32.0050s; 6th Hix, + 2 laps; 7th Harris/Harris, + 3 laps; 8th Georgina Tuffin/R Tholet/S Tholet, + 4 laps. DNS: C Harris/Buck, Helme. Fastest lap: Ogglesby, 1m 08.873s, 109.767kmh/68.21mph

Caterham Seven 310R

Group A Qualifying: Pole – Tom Emson, 1m 07.560s; 2nd Dan Holland, + 1.603s 3rd Will Coope, + 2.566s; 4th Daniel Ullyett, + 2.674s; 5th Keith Ashworth, + 2.933s Friday Night Sprint (20mins): 1st T Emson, 20m 12.123s; 2nd Holland, + 29.602s; 3rd Coope, + 1m 01.278s; 4th Ullyett, + 1m 06.212s; 5th Ashworth, + 1m 10.577s. Fastest lap: T Emson, 1m 07.034s, 112.779kmh/70.08mph Group B Qualifying: Pole – Richard Coope, 1m 08.947s; 2nd James Emson, + 0.320s; 3rd Joe Priday, + 1.018s; 4th Geoffrey Ullyett, + 1.120s; 5th Albert Vella, + 1.375s Saturday Sprint (20mins): 1st J Emson, 20m 04.020s; 2nd R Coope, + 4.270s; 3rd Priday, + 5.317s; 4th Vella, + 29.953s; 5th G Ullyett, + 31.106s. Fastest lap: J Emson, 1m 08.566s, 110.259kmh/68.51mph Combined Friday Enduro (60mins): 1st Emson/Emson, 60m 38.259s; 2nd Holland/Priday, + 50.634s; 3rd Coope/Coope, + 69.904s; 4th Ullyett/Ullyett, + 1 lap; 5th Ashworth/Vella, + 3 laps. Fastest lap: Emson/Emson, 1m 07.278s, 112.370kmh/69.82mph Combined Friday Night Enduro (60mins): 1st Emson/Emson, 60m 31.265s; 2nd Holland/Priday, + 54.479s; 3rd Coope/Coope, + 68.911s; 4th Ullyett/Ullyett, + 1 lap; 5th Ashworth/Vella, + 1 lap. Fastest lap: Emson/Emson, 1m 07.772s, 111.550kmh/69.31mph Combined Saturday Enduro (50mins): 1st Holland/Priday, 50m 20.336s; 2nd Coope/Coope, + 54.479s; 3rd Ashworth/Vella, + 2 laps; 4th Ullyett/Ullyett, + 3 laps. DNF: Emson/Emson. Fastest lap: Emson/Emson, 1m 08.374s, 110.568kmh/68.70mph Combined Saturday Super Enduro (100mins): 1st Emson/Emson, 1h 40m 18.038s; 2nd Holland/Priday, + 1 lap; 3rd Coope/Coope, + 1 lap; 4th Ullyett/Ullyett, + 1 lap; 5th Ashworth/Vella, + 1 lap. Fastest lap: Emson/Emson, 1m 07.905s, 111.332kmh/69.18mph

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