171 drivers raced in the sixth grading period of 2024, which contained 11 meetings.  The average car attendance was 33.45 and there were 33 different race winners.  In total, 321 different drivers have raced in the season to date.

The Best Attended Meetings for the Period were:-
Aldershot 8 Sep – 64 cars,  Skegness 15 Sep – 56 cars,  Skegness 13 Sep – 51 cars,  Taunton 26 Aug – 42 cars,  Northampton 7 Sep – 39 cars.

Drivers with the Best Attendance Record for the Period were:-
213 Tom Bennett – 8 app.,  7 Gordon Moodie – 6 app.,  975 Graeme Leckie – 6 app.,  259 Daz Purdie – 5 app.,  286 Kasey Jones – 5 app.,  315 Charlie Fisher – 5 app.,  547 Lewis Burgoyne – 5 app.,  560 Luke Wrench – 5 app.,  979 Paul Moss – 5 app.

Top Scorers for the Period, by grade, were:-
White: 675 Charlie Faichney – 36 pts;  Yellow: 151 Joelan Maynard – 85 pts;  Blue: 238 Lewis Smith – 79 pts;  Red: 674 Steven Burgoyne – 83 pts;  S/S: 7 Gordon Moodie – 160 pts.

Carry On Regardless - Most No-Score Meetings (Nils):-
259 Daz Purdy – 20 mtgs.,  533 John Whittaker – 17 mtgs.,  925 Jake Wilson – 17 mtgs.,  588 Mike Kingston Jr. – 15 mtgs.,  926 Josh Wilson – 13 mtgs.,  975 Graeme Leckie – 13 mtgs.

Never Quite Got Off The Mark - Most No-Score Meetings (Nils) And No Points:-
222 Adrian Watts – 11 mtgs., 870 Bruno Farrell – 7 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 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:
286 – 420pts, 727 – 201pts, 151 – 147pts, 77 – 81pts, 405 – 81pts, 675 – 75pts, 207 – 43pts, 215 – 43pts, 128 – 41pts, 8 – 33pts, 109 – 28pts, 157 – 16pt, 237 – 11pts, 74 – 7pts, 760 – 6pts, 80 – 5pts, 296 – 2pts, 145 – 1pt, 165 – 1pt, 274 – 1pt, 541 – 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.

David’s Observations
• These grades will come into force on 1 October 2024.  The next grading period of season 2024 will run from 21 September to 17 November inclusive.
• In order to be eligible for downgrading for the start of the 2025 season, you must race a minimum of three times between 21 September and 10 November and also have raced at least once between 21 August and 20 September.
• Note that the drivers in the National Series will race from the superstar grade at all of the National Series rounds but will revert to their substantive grades for all other meetings in this grading period.
• Similarly, any driver who is graded as a superstar on this grading list but who is not one of the drivers in the National Series, will race from star grade at all of the National Series rounds but will revert to superstar for all other meetings in this grading period.
• 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 in the Period (in points scoring order within grades)
    R:  324, 488, 783
    B:  418, 995, 343, 475, 187
    Y:  44, 299, 588, 142, 198, 70, 572, 86, 366, 320, 939
    In total, 37 drivers retired or failed to race in the period.