Effective 1st June 2023

189 drivers raced in the second grading period of 2023, which contained 16 meetings.  The average car attendance across those 16 meetings was 30.19 and there were 44 different race winners.

The Best Attended Meetings for the Period were:-
Skegness 6 May – 51 cars,  Northampton 29 Apr – 48 cars,  Mildenhall 20 May – 42 cars,  Skegness 7 May – 42 cars,  Skegness 1 May – 40 cars.

Drivers with the Best Attendance Record for the Period were:-
3 Liam Rennie – 8 app.,  7 Gordon Moodie – 8 app.,  213 Tom Bennett – 7 app.,  968 Micky Brennan – 7 app.

Top Scorers for the Period, by grade, were:-
White: 335 Jake Woodhull – 37 pts;  Yellow: 679 Kieran Howie – 102 pts;  Blue: 674 Steven Burgoyne – 97 pts;  Red: 92 John Hogg – 149 pts;  S/S: 7 Gordon Moodie – 206 pts.

Carry On Regardless - Most No-Score Meetings (Nils):-
925 Jake Wilson – 10 mtgs.,  926 Josh Wilson – 7 mtgs.,  808 Luke Grimer – 6 mtgs.,  435 Adam Paling – 5 mtgs., 588 Mike Kingston Jr. – 5 mtgs.

Never Quite Got Off The Mark - Most No-Score Meetings (Nils) And No Points:-
235 Alfie Brimble – 4 mtgs.,  308 Lee Gilmore – 4 mtgs.,  533 John Whittaker – 4 mtgs.,  708 Carlo Borrescio – 4 mtgs.

2023 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 or have not raced in more than 3 meetings in total in previous seasons and who started this 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:
463 – 101pts, 285 – 98pts, 335 – 38pts, 937 – 8pts, 121 – 5pt, 141 – 5pt, 856 – 4pts, 152 – 3pts, 75 – 2pts, 179 – 2pts, 61 – 1pt, 870 – 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 June 2023.  The next grading period of season 2023 will run from 21 May to 20 June inclusive.
• In order to be eligible for downgrading on 1 July 2023, you must race a minimum of three times between 21 May and 20 June and also have raced at least once between 16 April and 20 May.
• 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)
    R:  210, 667 (susp.), 527, 488, 391;
    B:  73, 78, 787;
    Y:  299, 454, 321, 605, 445, 180, 305, 59, 190, 117, 526, 70, 115, 320, 413, 529, 630, 722, 761;
    In total, 46 drivers retired, were suspended or failed to race in the period.