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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

PosDriverClassI1 Phillip Island MarchE2 Anzac AprilMCM SeptE6 SA Hillclimb Championship OctE7 The Bend Classic OctI4 Sandown NovTotal
1M BlyfieldNcC05091803201009
2A SmithNcA424387180991
3J AxfordNcE2405041000844
4J Elvin*NbF240518758
5S Barnes*NbE240422662
6R SmithNcC2400388628
7E GobellNcC0410100510
8J French*NbF0491491
9D Costelloe*NbB0491491
10G Davis0483483
11I Pringle*NbF192211403
12P Atkins*NbE0317317
13N OatwayNcA0196100296
14B MunnsNcC0191191

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
1st1000
2nd999
3rd998
4th997
and so on996

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 starters1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th
7106104102100989694
6105103101999795
51041021009896
41031019997
310210098
210199
1100

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)