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Good fortune for Khera as he takes early Autosport National Driver Rankings lead

He has taken nine victories already this year, including two at Oulton Park last weekend in the opening Ferrari Challenge UK event, to move comfortably clear of the chasing pack.

Khera's other overall 2022 triumph so far came in his Lamborghini Huracan in the British Endurance Championship opener at Silverstone in March, while he has taken six class wins, which have handed him top spot.

The winners' table is simply a leaderboard of the drivers who have taken the most victories in races held in the UK. All wins are treated equally, so success in a Citroen C1 race has equal weighting to winning in the British Touring Car Championship.

As demonstrated by Khera, class wins also count, but only when the divisions are based on car characteristics rather than driver ability.

Then, when drivers have achieved the same number of wins, their position is determined by which had the highest average number of starters in their races.

Heading the charge behind Khera is Will Gibson, the Legends racer having picked up a further win at Pembrey last weekend to add to the quartet he had previously achieved at Brands Hatch.

Gibson is one of four Legends racers in the top 10, Irish Legends competitor Peter Barrable next up in third.

He has also taken five wins in 2022 and, like Gibson, has achieved four over a single event - his coming as car racing returned to Bishopscourt for the first time in three years last weekend.

Legends racer Will Gibson picked up another win at Pembrey last weekend to move into second in the rankings (Photo by: Steve Jones)

Further down the top 10 are John Mickel (eighth) and Miles Rudman (ninth), who each took a brace of wins at Pembrey.

Other drivers to initially figure at the head of the rankings are BMW M3 pilot Dave Griffin - a regular near the sharp end of our leaderboards in recent seasons - along with Mazda MX-5 ace Fraser Fenwick, Caterham star Harry Senior (19th in last year's final order) and early Junior Saloons pacesetter Harry Hickton.

The top 50 table will now be updated each week on Autosport.com, so keep checking back to see how the leaderboard changes over the course of the year.

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) 3 6 9
2 Will Gibson (34 Ford Coupe) 5 0 5
3 Peter Barrable (Legends Ford Coupe) 5 0 5
4 Dave Griffin (BMW E36 M3) 4 1 5
5 Fraser Fenwick (Mazda MX-5 Mk1) 4 0 4
6 Harry Senior (Caterham 7 Sigma 150) 4 0 4
7 Harry Hickton (Citroen Saxo VTR) 4 0 4
8 John Mickel (34 Ford Coupe) 4 0 4
9 Miles Rudman (34 Ford Coupe) 4 0 4
10 Benn Simms (Reynard SF77) 4 0 4
11 Steve McDermid (MG ZR 170) 4 0 4
12 Jamie Winrow (Caterham 7 Sigma 135) 4 0 4
13 Dave Cockell (Ford Escort Cosworth) 4 0 4
14 Kevin Kivlochan (AC Cobra/Morgan +8) 4 0 4
15 James Wheeler (MGB GTV8) 4 0 4
16 Steven Gray (Ford Fiesta ST) 4 0 4
17 Scott Parkin (Ford Focus 2.0 TDCI Zetec S/Ford Ka/Volkswagen Golf TDI) 3 1 4
18 Clive Wood (Mallock U2 Mk23/Mallock U2 Mk20B) 2 2 4
19 Max Haynes (Caterham 7 Sigmax) 2 2 4
20 Peter Baxter (SEAT Leon) 2 2 4
21 Michael Winkworth (Mini Se7en S) 0 4 4
22 Michael Weddell (Mini Cooper) 0 4 4
23 Michelle Hayward (Mallock U2 Mk23) 0 4 4
24 Zac Blackwell (Mini Cooper S R56) 0 4 4
25 Paul Jarvis (Citroen Saxo VTS) 0 4 4
26 Phil Jenkins (Caterham 420R) 3 0 3
27 Aidan Hills (Mazda MX-5 Mk3) 3 0 3
28 Mike Jordan (Mini Se7en) 3 0 3
29 Malcolm Harding (Ford Escort Mk2) 3 0 3
30 Nelson King (Mini Cooper) 3 0 3
31 David Shead (BMW Compact) 3 0 3
32 Ben Short (Mazda MX-5 Mk1) 3 0 3
33= Gary Smith (Caterham 1600) 3 0 3
33= Craig Tomkinson (Vauxhall Nova) 3 0 3
35 Will Jenkins (Ginetta G40 GT5) 3 0 3
36 Colin Queen (Ray GR18) 3 0 3
37= Joshua Law (MCR S2) 3 0 3
37= Josh Fisher (Van Diemen JL14) 3 0 3
39 Wayne Marrs (Ferrari F355 Challenge/Mercedes-AMG GT3) 3 0 3
40 Jordan Kelly (Sheane FV97) 3 0 3
41 Mark Betts (Jedi Mk6) 3 0 3
42 John Kinmond (Rover 3500) 3 0 3
43 Geoff Richardson (Legends Ford Sedan) 3 0 3
44 Niall Murray (Legends Coupe) 3 0 3
45 Nikolas Taylor (Tatuus F4-TO14) 3 0 3
46 Alex Walker (Tatuus F4-TO14) 3 0 3
47 Jim Larkham (Radical PR6) 3 0 3
48 David McCullough (Van Diemen RF00) 3 0 3
49 Stephen Primett (Ford Escort Mk1) 2 1 3
50 Morgan Tillbrook (McLaren 720S GT3) 2 1 3
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