Scottish Legends ace Stewart Black is in pole position to top the Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings as the 2024 club racing season draws to a close.
Just two car racing events now remain this year – this weekend’s Race of Remembrance at Anglesey and the Boxing Day Plum Pudding fixture at Mallory Park – and Black currently holds a one-win advantage at the head of Autosport’s winners’ table.
The highest-placed improver over the past couple of weeks is George Line, the Monoposto dominator taking another two victories in the autumn Tiedemen Trophy mini-series that supported the Walter Hayes Trophy at Silverstone last weekend.
The Dallara F318 pilot is now onto 15 wins for the year, just two behind Black, and moves up three places from seventh.
The other change inside the top 10 comes courtesy of Matt Simpson, who is up to seventh from 13th after two Pickups victories at the Brands Hatch season finale last weekend.
Further back, Benn Simms triumphed in a dramatic Carl Hamer Trophy final at the Hayes, which was contested by pre-1982 Formula Fords. Four key contenders were eliminated on the opening lap at Becketts and Simms subsequently fought to the head of the new lead pack to triumph in his Merlyn Mk20.
That has taken his 2024 tally to 11 and enables him to jump six places to 18th.
A driver who was victorious over the last weekend of October was John Cutmore, who topped Class C of the Birkett Relay race at Silverstone as part of a crew driving MK Cup 200 prototype machines. He therefore rises 11 spots to 31st.
One of the stars of this year’s WHT was Andrew Rackstraw as he not only repeatedly challenged Rory Smith for victory in the final, but had also topped both his heat and semi-final.
Starring drives from Andrew Rackstraw at the WHT returns him to the top-50 table in 36th place
Photo by: Steve Jones
The South African has therefore returned to the top-50 table in 36th place and, amusingly, that is just one spot ahead of Smith! The Medina JL18 pilot bagged three wins across an impressive performance over the Silverstone weekend to also reenter the top 50.
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Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings
| Pos | Driver (Car) | Overall wins | Class wins | Total |
| 1 | Stewart Black (Legends Coupe) | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Ben Short (Mazda MX-5 Mk1) | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 3 | Dan Brown (Honda Civic Bali) | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 4 | George Line (Dallara F308) | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Michael Cullen (Raw Stryker/Ford Fiesta ST) | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Piers Grange (Ford Escort Mk2/Ford Mustang) | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 7 | Matt Simpson (SHP Pickup) | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Jason Smyth (Van Diemen RF00/JL12) | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Aidan Hills (Mazda MX-5 Mk3) | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Chris Lulham (Radical SR3) | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | Mckenzie Douglass (Ginetta G56 GTP) | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Deagen Fairclough (Tatuus T-421) | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Jake Hill (BMW 330e M Sport/Nissan Primera/TVR Griffith/HWM) | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Andrew Jordan (Mini Miglia/Mini Se7en/Austin GT40/Ford Mustang/Chevrolet Corvette) | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 15 | Andrew Hibberd (Brabham BT18/Lotus 20) | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 16 | Stuart Bliss (Toyota Aygo) | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 17 | Jack Parker (Legends Ford Coupe) | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 18 | Benn Simms (Jomo JMR 7/Merlyn Mk20) | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 19 | Peter Bennett (Mini Cooper) | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 20 | Samuel Harrison (Reynard SF79/Elden) | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 21 | Steve McDermid (MG ZR 170) | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 22 | Oly Mortimer (Mini Cooper) | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 23 | Ryan Cunningham (Honda Civic EP3) | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 24 | Matty Cobb (Volkswagen Beetle) | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 25 | Jenson O’Neill-Going (Ford Fiesta ST Mk6) | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 26 | Lewis Clark (Ford Focus Zetec S) | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 27 | Andy Hiley (Chronos HR1S/Lotus Elise S2) | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 28 | Richard Neary (Mercedes-AMG GT3) | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 29 | Tony Greenan (Dallara F317) | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 30 | Max Edmundson (Honda Civic EP3/Honda Civic Type R) | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 31 | John Cutmore (Spire RB7/MK Cup 200) | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 32 | Stuart Waite (BMW M3 E36) | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 33 | Douglas Inglis (Mazda MX-5 Mk1) | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 34 | Ben Timmons (Caterham 7 270R) | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 35 | Daniel Clark (Legends Coupe) | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 36 | Andrew Rackstraw (Spectrum 011C/Porsche 911 GT3 Cup/Mygale) | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 37 | Rory Smith (Medina Sport JL18) | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 38 | Michael Blackburn (Ford Fiesta ST150) | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 39 | Andy Southcott (MG Midget Lenham) | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 40 | Gerry Hendry (Ford Fiesta ST) | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 41 | Lewis Thompson (Caterham 7 420R) | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 42 | Craig Ewing (Mazda MX-5 Mk1) | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 43 | Keith Hogg (Sheane FS01) | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 44 | Shaun Traynor (Toyota MR2 Roadster) | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 45 | Stephen Primett (Ford Escort Mk1) | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 46 | Peter O’Connor (Renault Clio 182) | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 47 | Jacob Hodgkiss (Ford Fiesta Zetec S Mk7) | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 48 | Andy Gosling (Van Diemen RF79) | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 49 | David Russell (BMW E36) | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 50 | Joshua Hilton (BMW Compact) | 0 | 9 | 9 |
All car races in UK and Ireland are included except qualification/repechage, consolation and handicap races. No races in other countries.
Class wins are only counted when there are at least six starters in the class, except: when the race is part of a multi-stage event where six or more have taken part in earlier heats that feed into a semi-final or final; when multiple championships are merged in the same race, the ‘overall’ winner from the slower championship can count a class win as long as that championship has at least 10 starters across all classes.
Only classes divided by car characteristics are included, not those divided by driver characteristics such as ability, professional status, age, experience (for example rookie or Pro-Am classes). Each race counts only once, so an overall winner’s class win is not added.
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