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Stephen Lickorish

Cockell muscles his way into fifth in Autosport National Driver Rankings

The Escort Cosworth driver won both of the races as the one-make series made a guest appearance on the British GT support bill.

His latest successes have taken his 2022 tally so far to six and allowed him to move 17 places up the leaderboard.

He is the highest-ranked driver to have improved, with the top four remaining unchanged - and table-topper Lucky Khera missed out on the chance to extend his lead after being defeated in both of the Ferrari Challenge UK contests at Snetterton over the weekend.

One place behind Cockell is BMW M3 pilot Dave Griffin, who has also moved onto six wins for the year with another Pre-'93 Touring Car victory at Oulton Park.

But he was denied the chance to gain more than the six places he improved by as the second Cheshire race was cancelled following delays to the timetable.

Another driver to move into the top 10 of the winners' table is SEAT driver Peter Baxter. He was one of a number of double winners at Kirkistown, his success coming in the Saloon/GT category, to gain 31 spots and move into seventh.

A host of drivers in action at the Thruxton British Touring Car fixture also boosted their position on the leaderboard, including double BTCC winner Josh Cook - who has moved into 25th place.

Another Pre-'93 Touring Car victory at Oulton Park put Griffin onto six for the year (Photo by: Mick Walker)

The highest-ranked of these drivers is Nelson King who, despite his Mini Challenge Trophy unbeaten run coming to an end, still bagged two further victories to jump from outside the top 50 into 10th.

Also on the rise was British Formula 4 dominator Alex Dunne - the Irishman picking up two more wins in Hampshire to move into 16th spot.

Away from Thruxton, another driver to have enjoyed an impressive start to the season has been Ginetta GT Academy racer Marc Warren.

He continued his unbeaten streak at Donington and therefore leapt into 11th in the rankings, having not featured in last week's winners' table.

Autosport's most successful national racers so far in 2022

Pos Driver (Car) Overall wins Class wins Total
1 Lucky Khera (Ferrari 488 Challenge/Lamborghini Huracan GT3/McLaren 720S GT3) 4 6 10
2 Michelle Hayward (Mallock U2 Mk23) 0 7 7
3 Jasver Sapra (BMW E46 M3) 6 0 6
4 Harry Hickton (Citroen Saxo VTR) 6 0 6
5 Dave Cockell (Ford Escort Cosworth) 6 0 6
6 Dave Griffin (BMW E36 M3) 5 1 6
7 Peter Baxter (SEAT Leon) 4 2 6
8 Michael Winkworth (Mini Se7en S) 0 6 6
9 Fraser Fenwick (Mazda MX-5 Mk1) 5 0 5
10 Nelson King (Mini Cooper) 5 0 5
11 Marc Warren (Ginetta G56 GTA) 5 0 5
12 Will Gibson (34 Ford Coupe) 5 0 5
13 Benn Simms (Reynard SF77) 5 0 5
14 Mikey Doble (BMW E36 Compact 318Ti) 5 0 5
15 George Turiccki (SHP Pickup) 5 0 5
16 Alex Dunne (Tatuus T-421) 5 0 5
17 Jon Woolfitt (Spire GTR) 5 0 5
18 Peter Barrable (Legends Ford Coupe) 5 0 5
19 David McCullough (Van Diemen RF00) 5 0 5
20 Cody Tree (Phantom P94) 4 1 5
21 Derek Graham (Ford Fiesta Zetec) 3 2 5
22 Craig Land (Locost 7) 2 3 5
23 Mike Seabourne (Jaguar XJS) 0 5 5
24 Harry Senior (Caterham 7 Sigma 150) 4 0 4
25 Josh Cook (Honda Civic Type R) 4 0 4
26 John Mickel (34 Ford Coupe) 4 0 4
27 Miles Rudman (34 Ford Coupe) 4 0 4
28 Steve McDermid (MG ZR 170) 4 0 4
29= Jordan Dempsey (Spectrum 011) 4 0 4
29= Joshua Law (MCR S2) 4 0 4
31 Jamie Winrow (Caterham 7 Sigma 135) 4 0 4
32 Colin Queen (Ray GR18) 4 0 4
33= Kevin Kivlochan (AC Cobra/Morgan +8) 4 0 4
33= Richard Webb (Spire RGBR) 4 0 4
35 Michael Cullen (Lotus Cortina/Stryker) 4 0 4
36 James Wheeler (MGB GTV8) 4 0 4
37 Steven Larkham (Radical PR6) 4 0 4
38 Liam McGill (Ford Focus 2.0 TDCI Zetec S) 4 0 4
39 Aaron Head (Caterham 420R) 4 0 4
40= Steven Gray (Ford Fiesta ST) 4 0 4
40= Scott Austin (Alfa Romeo 156) 4 0 4
42 Nikolas Taylor (Tatuus F4-TO14) 4 0 4
43 Richard Kearney (Formula Sheane) 4 0 4
44 Shaun Traynor (Toyota MR2 Roadster) 3 1 4
45 Morgan Tillbrook (McLaren 720S GT3) 3 1 4
46 Julian Thomas (Shelby Daytona Cobra/Chevron B8/BMW M240i) 3 1 4
47 Scott Parkin (Ford Focus 2.0 TDCI Zetec S/Ford Ka/Volkswagen Golf TDI) 3 1 4
48 Ric Wood (Holden Commodore/Nissan Skyline GT-R) 3 1 4
49 Stephen Primett (Ford Escort Mk1) 2 2 4
50 Clive Wood (Mallock U2 Mk23/Mallock U2 Mk20B) 2 2 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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