2022 TDC Club Championship Driver Classifications

Beginners:
Drivers who competed in their first ever autotest after 1st January 2019 and have not previously won the Overall Beginners Championship

Novices:
Graduates from the Beginner class
People with very limited competition experience as decided by the committee
Maximum of 3 years permitted as a Novice (excluding 2020)
Winning the Overall Novice Championship automatically promotes you to the Intermediate Class, the following year

Intermediates:
Graduates from the Novice class
People who have appeared in the Novice class of the TDC Club championship table in 3 or more of the last 5 years
No limit to the length of time you might compete in this class
1st & 2nd finishers in the Overall 2022 Intermediate Championship will be automatically promoted to the Expert Class in 2023

Experts:
Competitors who have appeared in the Semi-expert / Expert class of the TDC Club championship table in previous years
Competitors who are, or have been classed as Experts or Semi-Experts in the Hewison or Northern Ireland Autotest Championships
Previous winners or runners up of the Overall Intermediate Championship

2022 Club Championship qualifying rounds;

23rd January TDC Mondello Multi Venue Autotest
20th March TDC Club Autotest*
10th April TDC Multi Venue Autotest
8th May TDC Production Car Trial
10th June TDC Club Autotest*
20th July TDC Production Car Trial
28th August TDC Multi Venue Autotest
1st October TDC Millard Cup Sporting Trial
9th October TDC Club Autotest*
20th November TDC Howard Wilde Autotest*
27th December TDC Christmas Safari Cup Multi Venue Autotest
Best 8 results to count out of 10 or 11 events held
Best 7 results to count out of 8 or 9 events held
Best 6 results to count out of 7 or less events held
*Autotest Championship

Best 3 results in Autotest Championship to count
It is not permissible to win the Premier Award in the Beginners’ Autotest Championship more than once.

Only Club Members can qualify for Championship Awards
Points for each event will be awarded, for each of the drivers’ categories based on the positions in the overall results, as follows:
20 Points for the Winner, 19 Points for 2nd, 18 Points for 3rd, 17 Points for 4th, etc down to 1 Point for 20th place.

Production Car Trials;
Cars with Limited Slip Diffentials will be penalised by 1.5 marks per section, on top of their actual score, to a maximum of 10 per section. Drivers of these cars can score for the Club Championship in these rounds.

Driver Classification List