206 drivers raced in the sixth grading period of 2023, which contained 12 meetings.  The average car attendance across those 12 meetings was 33.83 and there were 37 different race winners.  In total, 309 drivers have raced during the 2023 season to date.

The Best Attended Meetings for the Period were:-
Nutts Corner 2 Sep – 70 cars,  Nutts Corner 3 Sep – 64 cars,  Northampton 10 Sep – 46 cars,  Northampton 28 Aug – 45 cars.

Drivers with the Best Attendance Record for the Period were:-
588 Mike Kingston Jr. – 6 app.,  618 Ben Lockwood – 6 app.,  979 Paul Moss – 6 app.,  226 Billy Webster – 5 app.,  560 Luke Wrench – 5 app.,  880 Jack Witts – 5 app.,  968 Micky Brennan – 5 app.,  975 Graeme Leckie – 5 app.,  992 Harley Burns – 5 app.

Top Scorers for the Period, by grade, were:-
White: 34 Ben Woodhull – 18 pts;  Yellow: 390 Jessica Smith – 71 pts;  Blue: 464 Matt Linfield – 69 pts;  Red: 560 Luke Wrench – 131 pts;  S/S: 7 Gordon Moodie – 160 pts.

Carry On Regardless - Most No-Score Meetings (Nils):-
925 Jake Wilson – 23 mtgs.,  588 Mike Kingston Jr. – 22 mtgs.,  926 Josh Wilson – 17 mtgs.,  22 Dave Gallagher – 15 mtgs.,  870 Bruno Farrell – 13 mtgs.

Never Quite Got Off The Mark - Most No-Score Meetings (Nils) And No Points:-
308 Lee Gilmore – 8 mtgs.,  962 Graham East – 8 mtgs.,  290 Kieran Cocks – 7 mtgs.,  336 Ben Cole – 6 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:
285 – 330pts, 547 – 193pts, 463 – 166pts, 355 – 156pts, 335 – 100pts, 514 – 95pts, 121 – 79pts, 856 – 74pts, 937 – 31pts, 141 – 24pt, 790 – 17pts, 235 – 14pts, 223 – 12pts, 179 – 9pts, 870 – 9pts, 401 – 7pts, 914 – 4pts, 152 – 3pts, 205 – 3pts, 75 – 2pts, 61 – 1pt, 283 – 1pt, 504 – 1pt, 548 – 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
• Note that, because the first of the month falls during a weekend, these grades will come into force on Saturday 30 September 2023.  The next grading period is the last one of season 2023 and will run from 21 September to 11 November inclusive.
• In order to be eligible for downgrading for the start of the 2024 season, you must race a minimum of three times between 21 September and 11 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:  302, 606, 621, 488, 467, 391;
    B:  564;
    Y:  611, 935, 540, 382, 232, 533, 751, 572, 509;
    In total, 32 drivers retired or failed to race in the period.