It was a record-breaking year as you, the Caged! Nation votes in your masses for a total of 2876 votes. Here is how you voted.
Driver of the Year
The driver of the year category highlights those that have had their fair share of success on track, with consistency showing key.
1st – 760 Joey Reynolds – 20.9%
Joey has balanced his National Saloon Stock Car with outings in Bangers once again this year, with it swinging more in the favour of banger fans seeing Joey and his racing ability more frequently. It was a superb 2025 for the 3 Litre man – he took the 2L British at Northampton and followed that up with a dominant victory in his BMW in the English Championship at Skegness in August, a track where he had many victories en route to winning their points title. The BMWs have given Joey heaps of success, and he certainly knows how to win in stylish fashion with some superb sideways displays. Joey capped off the year taking all 3 wins at Barford Raceway in December for the Unlimited Christmas Blitz, and has continued those winning ways into 2026 with victories at the Heavy Metal Classic. There doesn’t look to be any stopping his winning ways!
2nd – 459 Blake Platts – 12.7%
2025 was a triumphant year for the Silver Boys, particularly on the Spedeworth scene. 455 Ricki Finney raced to the Spedeworth Points Championship with Blake only 8 points behind in a tightly contested season, taking third place overall. World Final came around with several tipping Blake for a good showing in the main race, and he didn’t succumb to any pressure, lapping up the occasion to make a calculated well-timed move on 887 Rob Browning to race to his biggest win to date, and has since displayed the gold with pride.
3rd – 262 Rob ‘Roona’ Bugler – 12.2%
After years of hard work, it was finally Roona’s time to wear gold. The BRCM took two major titles in 2025, but it was probably taking the PRI World Championship victory in front of a home crowd at Mendips which meant the most to him. That came in mid-September having already secured the win in the Unlimited World of Shale at Kings Lynn, where the BRCM outfit really showcased how well they work as a unit.
4th – 77 Patxi Beasley – 12.0%
5th – 7 Aaron Charles – 8.0%
6th – 455 Ricki Finney – 6.4%
7th – 570 Jordan Cumming – 5.7%
8th – 186 Lewis Fasey – 5.0%
9th – 754 Klaas-Jan Poolman – 4.6%
10th – 32 Callum Reed – 4.3%
11th – 247 Lee Clarke – 4.1%
12th – 662 Jared Roe – 4.0%
Entertainer of the Year
The Entertainer of the Year category underlines those that go the extra lengths to put on a show for us. Crashing, material or great pit work; but most commonly, all three, are attributes that equate to a great entertainer.
1st – 360 Jack ‘Jackstar’ Reynolds – 13.98%
Jackstar makes it two years on the bounce as your Entertainer of the Year. Whilst brother Joey was busy winning races, Jackstar has once again had a year of highlight reels with some big hits and impressive machinery. It’s become a rolling theme that Jack ends with some impressive airtime, and that came at Arlington’s BWS round when he delivered a stellar shot to 321 ‘Chattyman’ Kieron Fry.
2nd – 623 ‘Tricky’ Ricky Hutton – 9.91%
Tricky’s never say die attitude has gained him a lot more fans over the past couple of years. Quite often have we seen him push a Jaguar XJ40 to its limits, and it’s rare that he is bothered by who’s on the receiving end of his attacks. Yarmouth and Mendips BWS rounds stand out as impressive showings, but he delivered one of the top hits of the Ipswich round too with a solid head on to 175 Hayden Ballard. Killing cars off nearly every meeting with the schedule that he has had is an impressive feat to boot.
3rd – 625 Joshua ‘Gucci’ Gooch – 7.61%
TWT spent the early part of the season warring with Aftermath, which saw Gucci among the forefront of the battle delivering several solid shots to his counterparts. Many associate Ford Scorpios with racing, yet Josh has put them to good use on a crashing front and will get the maximum out of them, continuing to crash even when wheels are off the wagon! Aldershot’s BWS round saw Josh start off the year with a bang, including a solid jacking on 455 Ricki Finney.
4th – 521 Ashley Riley – 7.30%
5th – 7 Aaron Charles – 6.64%
6th – 24 Patric Hughes – 5.88%
7th – 707 Alfie Nottingham – 5.56%
8th – 389 Deano McGrath – 4.72%
9th – 838 Jamie Peters – 4.45%
10th – 51 James Licquorice – 4.17%
11th – 111 Jens Peetermans – 3.27%
12th – 173 Steven Reynolds – 3.16%
13th – 648 Jamie Smith – 3.13%
14th – 876 Coen Segers – 2.95%
15th – 644 Alfie Sime – 2.85%
16th – 1 Maarten Steenbekkers – 2.57%
17th – 266 Scott Gillbard – 2.47%
18th – 166 Luke Gillbard – 2.33%
19th – 223 Brett Harrison – 1.95%
20th – 784 Tommy Killick – 1.88%
21st – 750 Rhys Parrin – 1.81%
22nd – 630 Marcel de Vries – 1.49%
