Grading List Facts and Figures

235 drivers raced in the seventh and last grading period of 2024, which contained 24 meetings.  The average car attendance across the 23 U.K. meetings was 31.70 and there were 54 different race winners.  In total, 354 different drivers have raced in the 2024 season.

The Best Attended Meetings for the Period were:-
Taunton 28 Sep – 89 cars,  King’s Lynn 19 Oct – 80 cars,  Taunton 27 Sep – 73 cars,  Taunton 29 Sep – 54 cars,  Northampton 20 Oct – 46 cars,  Hednesford 17 Nov – 35.

Drivers with the Best Attendance Record for the Period were:-
213 Tom Bennett – 14 app.,  7 Gordon Moodie – 13 app.,  880 Jack Witts – 13 app.,  8 Jimi Marshall – 10 app.,  12 Craig Driscoll – 10 app.,  355 Aidan Grindey – 10 app.,  560/1 Luke Wrench – 10 app.

Top Scorers for the Period, by grade, were:-
White: 8 Jimi Marshall – 120 pts;  Yellow: 736 Josh Weare – 114 pts;  Blue: 161 Ben Bate – 145 pts;  Red: 355 Aidan Grindey – 212 pts;  S/S: 7 Gordon Moodie – 374 pts.

Carry On Regardless - Most No-Score Meetings (Nils):-
259 Daz Purdy – 22 mtgs.,  533 John Whittaker – 20 mtgs.,  925 Jake Wilson – 17 mtgs.,  222 Adrian Watts – 15 mtgs.,  588 Mike Kingston Jr. – 15 mtgs.,  926 Josh Wilson – 15 mtgs.

Never Quite Got Off The Mark - Most No-Score Meetings (Nils) And No Points:-
222 Adrian Watts – 15 mtgs.,  231 Bradley Clayton – 8 mtgs.,  708 Carlo Borrescio – 6 mtgs.,  981 Matt Clayton – 6 mtgs.

2024 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 who 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.
2024 top three:
1st:  286 Kasey Jones – 486pts,
2nd: 727 Luke Syrett-Barsby – 300pts,
3rd: 151 Joelan Maynard – 155pts.
Remaining scorers:  8 – 153pts, 77 – 118pts, 675 – 106pts, 405 – 81pts, 215 – 64pts, 128 – 47pts, 207 – 43pts, 109 – 28pts, 157 – 16pts, 237 – 12pts, 74 – 7pts, 760 – 6pts, 80 – 5pts, 145 – 2pts, 296 – 2pts, 26 – 1pt, 111 – 1pt, 165 – 1pt, 274 – 1pt, 541 – 1pt, 913 – 1pt.
The winner will be presented with the Novice of the Year trophy.  The runner-up and the third place finisher will also receive trophies at that time.

David’s Observations
These grades will come into force on 1 January 2025.  The first grading period of season 2025 will run from 1 March to 15 April inclusive.
In order to be eligible for downgrading on 1 May 2025, you must race a minimum of three times between 1 March and 15 April.
As this is the final grading list of season 2024, all of the 354 drivers that have raced during the season are included.  However, those drivers who are currently inactive owing to retirement or suspension are shown in red in italic script.
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:  127 (susp.), 100, 285, 83
    B:  512
    Y:  662, 611, 722, 202, 109, 749, 76, 637, 441
    In total, 19 drivers retired, were suspended or failed to race in the period.