Grading List

Effective 1st January 2012
Compiled by Official Grader - David Hamar
Published by Chris Frankum

Facts And Figures

338 drivers raced in the seventh and final grading period of 2011, which contained 34 meetings. The average car attendance was 33.65 and there were 66 different race winners. In total, 504 different drivers have raced this season.

The Best Attended Meetings for the Period were:-

Coventry 24 Sep – 56 cars; Mildenhall 1 Oct – 55 cars; Coventry 22 Oct – 54 cars; Birmingham 29 Oct – 53 cars; Birmingham 12 Nov – 52 cars; Belle Vue 13 Nov – 51 cars.

Drivers with the Best Attendance Record for the Period were:-

886 Chris Bradbury – 15 app.; 7 Gordon Moodie – 13 app.; 866 Bobby Griffin – 12 app.; 64 Marc Fortune – 11 app.; 606 Andrew Palmer – 11 app; 921 Jack Aldridge – 11 app.

Top Scorers for the Period, by grade, were:-

White: 596 Ritchie Mead – 53 pts; Yellow: 225 Tony Blackburn – 114 pts; Blue: 700 Adam Rubery – 129 pts; Red: 606 Andrew Palmer – 208 pts; S/S: 886 Chris Bradbury – 383 pts.

Carry On Regardless - Most No-Score Meetings (Nils):-

423 Neil Darby – 23 mtgs; 817 Tim Bailey – 23 mtgs; 934 David Parker – 21 mtgs; 288 Stuart Whetstone – 20 mtgs; 994 Paul Hopkins – 20 mtgs.

Never Quite Got Off The Mark - Most No-Score Meetings (Nils) And No Points for the season:-

994 Paul Hopkins – 20 mtgs; 111 Thomas Malings – 11 mtgs; 919 Ian Olorenshaw – 11 mtgs; 397 James Clow – 10 mtgs; 399 Andrew Clark – 10 mtgs; 619 Andrew Clark – 10 mtgs.

U.K. Instant Shelters 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.

2011 top three:

1. 921 Jack Aldridge – 1300 pts.

2. 64 Marc Fortune – 631 pts.

3. 866 Bobby Griffin – 461 pts.

Remaining points scorers: 124 –418pts, 169 – 294pts, 92 – 265 pts, 72 – 186pts, 652 – 122pts,

184 – 112pts, 596 – 78pts, 955 – 62pts, 801 – 53pts, 617 – 48pts, 817 – 41pts, 233 – 39pts, 618 – 39pts,

659 – 33pts, 212 – 21pts, 602 – 19pts, 461 – 17pts, 772 – 14 pts, 245 – 12pts, 224 – 10pts, 308 – 9pts,

230 – 6pts, 459 – 6 pts, 942 – 4pts, 950 – 4pts, 471 – 2pts, 584 – 2pts, 181 – 1pt, 307 – 1pt, 325 – 1pt,

417 – 1pt, 766 – 1pt, 920 – 1pt.

The winner will be presented with the Novice of the Year trophy, and the Norman Butcher Trophy, at the NEC in January 2012. The runner-up and the third place finisher will also receive trophies at that time. In total, 64 novice drivers have raced during the season.

David's Observations

These grades will come into force on 1 January 2012. The first grading period of season 2012 will run from 1 March to 15 April inclusive. 

Note that the BriSCA Shoot-Out meeting, held at Birmingham on 19 November, does not count for grading points. 

Again, for season 2012, drivers need only race three times in a grading period in order to be eligible for downgrading. 

To be considered for downgrading on 1 May 2012, you must therefore race a minimum of three times between 1 March and 15 April 2012. 

As this is the final grading list of season 2011, all of the 504 drivers that have raced during the season are included. However, those drivers who are currently inactive owing to retirement or suspension are shown in italic script. 

International drivers, and those drivers who are retired or suspended are shown on the grading list solely for information purposes. Their positions have no effect on the grades of active drivers. 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)

R: 154, 324, 218, 779, 907.

B: 409, 270, 343.

Y: 116, 305, 427, 162, 904, 125, 516, 568.

In total 25 drivers retired or failed to race in the period.