Grading List

Effective 2nd August 2010
Compiled by Official Grader - David Hamar

264 drivers raced in the fourth grading period of 2010, which contained 18 meetings.  The average car attendance was 45.78 and there were 48 different race winners.  In total, 401 different drivers have raced this season.

The Best Attended Meetings for the Period were:-
Northampton 17 Jul - 93 cars;  Skegness 10 Jul - 89 cars;  Northampton 18 Jul - 87 cars; Skegness 11 Jul - 87 cars;  Birmingham 26 Jun - 69 cars.

Drivers with the Best Attendance Record for the Period were:-
38 Dave Polley - 10 app.;
Eight drivers each made 9 appearances; they were - 7 Gordon Moodie, 24 Jon Palmer, 255 Will Cobley, 276 Murray Jones, 702 Allen Cooper, 871 Mark Simpson, 886 Chris Bradbury & 968 Micky Brennan.

Drivers with the Highest Meeting Score for the Period were:-
38 Dave Polley - 45 pts, Northampton 18 Jul;  445 Nigel Green - 44 pts, Northampton 18 Jul; 38 Dave Polley - 43 pts, Barford 4 Jul;  7 Gordon Moodie - 38 pts, Skegness 24 Jun; 905 Rob Mitchell - 38 pts, Belle Vue 27 Jun;  7 Gordon Moodie - 38 pts, Taunton 5 Jul; 7 Gordon Moodie - 38 pts, Skegness 8 Jul.

Top Scorers for the Period, by grade, were:-
White: 902 Mark Teale - 40 pts;  Yellow: 254 Richard Beere - 84 pts;  Blue: 286 Todd Jones - 105 pts; Red: 445 Nigel Green - 189 pts;  S/S: 38 Dave Polley - 303 pts.

Carry On Regardless - Most No-Score Meetings (Nils):-
624 Raymond Dick - 22 mtgs;  423 Neil Darby - 19 mtgs;  630 Justin Parker - 17 mtgs; 255 Will Cobley - 16 mtgs;  269 Nigel Davies - 16 mtgs 

Never Quite Got Off The Mark - Most No-Score Meetings (Nils) And No Points (season to date):-
423 Neil Darby - 19 mtgs;  595 Jamie Young - 9 mtgs;  319 Gordon Ferguson - 8 mtgs.

Piper Cams Novice Of The Year
The Novice of the Year is open to 'genuine' novices, i.e. those who are in their first BriSCA F2 season and started the season with a white roof.  The novice who has scored the most national points at the end of the season will be the winner of the Novice of the Year title.

Current standings:
1.  427 Barry Neil - 58 pts,
2.  797 Daniel Moss - 57 pts,
3.  810 Ian Forster - 55 pts,
Other scorers: 835 - 45pts, 184 - 42pts, 449 - 27pts, 208 - 17pts, 608 - 15pts, 358 - 14pts, 432 - 13pts, 624 - 13pts, 161 - 12pts, 302 - 10pts, 852 - 8 pts, 266 - 5 pts, 524 - 5pts, 555 - 4pts, 251 - 2pts, 209 - 1 pt, 240 - 1pt, 335 - 1pt.
The winner will be presented with the Novice of the Year trophy, and the Norman Butcher Trophy, at the NEC in January 2011.  The runner-up and the third place finisher will also receive trophies at that time.

David's Observations

• Note that, as the first day of August falls in the middle of a racing weekend, the effective date for the coming into force of these grades will be Monday 2 August 2010.  The next grading period of season 2010 will run from 21 July to 20 August inclusive.

• In order to be eligible for downgrading on 1 September 2010, you must race a minimum of four times between 21 July and 20 August and also have raced at least once between 21 June and 20 July.

• International drivers are shown on the grading list solely for information purposes.  Their positions have no effect on grades.  Points, appearances etc., are from meetings attended, that are on the National Fixture List.

Graded Drivers Retired/Suspended in the Period (in points scoring order within grades)
S/S:  24 (susp.)
R:  637 (susp.), 559, 642, 907.
B:  19, 391, 259, 908, 145, 469, 505, 392, 13, 894, 353, 219, 235, 802, 523, 28, 198, 343, 62, 292.
Y:  379, 495, 291, 810, 433, 925, 30, 589, 694, 645, 37, 496, 515, 484, 406, 682, 366, 345, 332, 440, 244, 568, 376, 129, 696.
In total 77 drivers retired, were suspended or failed to race in the period.