2023 Driver of the Year (D.O.T.Y.)

See the Previous Driver of the Year Results page for results from previous years.

For results see http://racing.natsoft.com.au/results

Final 2023 Driver of the Year Points

Pos	Driver	Class	I1 Phillip Island March	E2 Anzac April	MCM Sept	E6 SA Hillclimb Championship Oct	E7 The Bend Classic Oct	I4 Sandown Nov	Total
1	M Blyfield	NcC	0	509	180		320		1009
2	A Smith	NcA		424			387	180	991
3	J Axford	NcE	240	504		100	0		844
4	J Elvin*	NbF	240	518					758
5	S Barnes*	NbE	240	422					662
6	R Smith	NcC	240	0			388		628
7	E Gobell	NcC	0	410		100			510
8	J French*	NbF	0	491					491
9	D Costelloe*	NbB	0	491					491
10	G Davis		0	483					483
11	I Pringle*	NbF	192	211					403
12	P Atkins*	NbE	0	317					317
13	N Oatway	NcA	0	196		100			296
14	B Munns	NcC	0	191					191

Eligible Serge De Luca Cup Drivers are highlighted with *. Only Nb cars, Pre ’65 are eligible for this award.

For 2023 full points will be allocated to the following SA Race Meetings. 

• E1 – State Rnd 1 Mallala 12th – 13th March
• E2 – Anzac Historics Mallala 23rd – 24th April
• E3 – State Rnd 2 The Bend 21st – 22nd May
• E4 – State Rnd 3 Mallala 9th & 10th July
• E5 -State Rnd 4 The Bend 17th -18th Sept
• E6 – State Hillclimb Championship Collingrove – 14th 15th Oct
• E7 – The Bend Classic October 29-30th

For 2023 60% of points will be allocated to the following Interstate National Race Meetings. 

• I1 – Phillip Island Historics March
• I2 – Winton Historic May
• I3 – Baskerville Historic – 4th 5th Nov
• I4 – Sandown Historic – 11th 12th Nov
• I5 – Island Magic – 25th 26th Nov 

DOTY POINTS SYSTEM

Driver of the Year (DOTY) points are calculated according to the following criteria:

• Only South Australian cars and financial members will be included when the points for any event are calculated, however only financial members will be awarded points and therefore be eligible for the DOTY award.
• Drivers will be given to the 31st of March in a given year to become financial. Once financial, points earned in the beginning of the year will then be back-dated and included in the DOTY. Points will not be back dated if membership is paid after the 31st of March.
• The DOTY will be calculated using results from all nominated interstate and local events.
• Interstate races will be awarded 60% of local races, that is each race contested will score the competitor 60 points for finishing the race, no matter the position.
• Each Hill-climb event will score the same as a single race, 100 points
• 20% of points are awarded for a DNF.
• Assessment period to be within calendar year, Jan – Dec.
• For events where online results may not be available, an entry list with times/positions shall be submitted.

CLASS POINTS

Points are awarded based on a two stage formula.
Initial points are awarded based on outright position.

Outright Pos.	Points
1st	1000
2nd	999
3rd	998
4th	997
and so on	996

The outright points are then multiplied by a percentage based on the the finishing position within the class.
The event points are divided by 10 and reported in the table above.

No. of starters	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
7	106	104	102	100	98	96	94
6	105	103	101	99	97	95
5	104	102	100	98	96
4	103	101	99	97
3	102	100	98
2	101	99
1	100

The above table if calculated by 101-((‘class position’*2)-‘total cars in class’)

The Serge De Luca Cup

The Serge De Luca Cup will be awarded to the Driver who has scored the greatest number of “Driver of the Year” DOTY points during the calendar year whilst driving an Nb car (pre 1965)