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Autosport National Driver Rankings: King surges into top eight

While the top seven of Autosport's National Driver Rankings have remained the same after last weekend's racing, there have been plenty of changes among the next seven places

Harry King has been the standout driver in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB this year and he bounced back from losing two near-certain wins at Thruxton, due to punctures, with a double victory at Silverstone last weekend.

Those two wins have taken the reigning Ginetta GT4 Supercup champion's tally to eight this year and means he moves up to eighth place in Autosport's National Driver Rankings (up from 13th) - but without those punctures in Hampshire, he would've been up to fourth.

Ahead of King on the leaderboard, the top seven drivers all kept their places from last week meaning Castle Combe ace Gary Prebble, double Historic Formula Ford 1600 champion Cam Jackson and Junior Saloons dominator Lewis Saunders remain the top three.

King was not the only driver from the British Touring Car Championship's support categories to rise up the rankings, however.

Two wins for Bailey Voisin in Ginetta Junior - the first of which after recovering from 13th place on the opening lap - has taken him from joint 26th place to 11th, while a brace for new Ginetta GT5 Challenge points leader Josh Malin has also boosted his position by 16 places up to 12th.

Away from the TOCA package, two more class victories for Dave Griffin in his BMW E36 M3 at Donington Park - in the Classic Sports Car Club's Open Series - have catapulted him into the top 10 from 17th place.

Andy Southcott was another CSCC victor to surge up the leaderboard. Two Special Saloons and Modsports triumphs in his spaceframe MG Midget have propelled him from outside the top 50 to 15th place.

Northern Irish Fiesta Zetec ace Mark Stewart also jumped from outside last week's best 50 up to 22nd with a hard-fought double win at Kirkistown.

Autosport's most successful national racers so far in 2020

Pos Driver (Car) Overall wins Class wins Total
1 Gary Prebble (Honda Civic/SEAT Leon Cupra 20v T) 11 0 11
2 Cam Jackson (Brabham BT2/Van Diemen RF80/March 709) 10 0 10
3 Lewis Saunders (Citroen Saxo VTR) 10 0 10
4 Tom Golding (Ginetta G40 Cup) 9 0 9
5 Lucky Khera (Ferrari 488 Challenge/BMW M3 E46) 8 1 9
6 Harry Senior (Caterham Sigmax) 8 0 8
7 Marcus Clutton (Radical SR3 RSX/Lamborghini Huracan GT3) 8 0 8
8 Harry King (Porsche 911 GT3 Cup) 8 0 8
9 Dave Griffin (BMW E36 M3) 3 5 8
10 John Byrne (Caterham 420R) 7 0 7
11 Bailey Voisin (Ginetta G40 Junior) 7 0 7
12 Josh Malin (Ginetta G40 GT5) 7 0 7
13 Paul Brydon (Solution F BMW M3) 7 0 7
14 Stephen Docker (Ginetta G40 GRDC) 0 7 7
15 Andy Southcott (MG Midget Spaceframe) 6 0 6
16 James Harridge (Maverick Vee) 6 0 6
17 Michael Pensavalle (BMW M3 E46) 6 0 6
18 Luke Cooper (Swift SC18) 6 0 6
19= Tim Mogridge (Ferrari F355 Challenge) 6 0 6
19= Richard Wildman (MG Midget) 6 0 6
21 Ben Short (Mazda MX-5 Mk1) 5 1 6
22 Mark Stewart (Ford Fiesta Zetec) 0 6 6
23 Phil Jenkins (Caterham 420R) 5 0 5
24 Andy Hiley (Chronos HR1S) 5 0 5
25 Luke Herbert (Mazda MX-5 Mk3) 5 0 5
26 Fergus Campbell (MG ZR 170) 5 0 5
27= Michael Igoe (Lamborghini Huracan GT3) 5 0 5
27= Michael Gibbins (MCR S2000) 5 0 5
27= Jonathan Browne (Ray GR18) 5 0 5
30 Pierre Livingston (Merlyn Mk20A) 5 0 5
31 Luke Browning (Mygale M14-F4) 5 0 5
32 Zak O'Sullivan (Mygale M14-F4) 5 0 5
33 Gerard O'Connell (SHP Escort) 5 0 5
34 Oliver Bull (Vauxhall Tigra Silhouette) 5 0 5
35 Geoff Richardson (Legend) 5 0 5
36 James Card (BMW E46 M3) 4 1 5
37 Benn Tilley (March 743) 4 1 5
38 Shane Murphy (SEAT Leon) 4 1 5
39 Jeff Smith (Mini Se7en/Austin Mini Cooper S) 3 2 5
40 Joe Ferguson (Austin Mini Cooper S) 3 2 5
41 Shaun Traynor (Toyota MR2 Roadster) 2 3 5
42 William Heslop (Ford Fiesta ST/Honda Civic) 2 3 5
43 Nick Gwinnett (Renault Clio) 2 3 5
44 Andrew Bourke (Alfa Romeo 156) 0 5 5
45 Tony Paxman (Ford Escort Mk1) 0 5 5
46 Shaun Goverd (Peugeot 106 GTi) 0 5 5
47 Aaron Smith (Mini Miglia) 4 0 4
48 Joe Wiggin (Mazda MX-5 Mk1) 4 0 4
49 Nigel Innes (BMW M3) 4 0 4
50 Ray Harris (Ginetta G40) 4 0 4

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.

Only classes divided by car characteristics are included. Classes divided by driver characteristics such as ability, professional status, age, experience (for example rookie or pro-am classes) are not included.

Where there is a tie, overall wins take precedence. Where there is still a tie, average grid size for a driver's wins determines the order.

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