We love our statistics here at CFM HQ, and with just one week remaining until the 10th edition of the Deputy.com Wakefield 300, we decided to take a look at some of the key numbers from the last nine years.
Stats Summary
Most wins: Jake Shelley (3)
Most poles: Adam Burgess and Ric Shaw (3)
Most fastest laps: Ric Shaw (4)
Most starts: Daniel Flanagan, Parry Anastakis, Nathan Jess (9)
Most finishes: Parry Anastakis (8)
Most laps led: Ric Shaw (337)
Most division wins: Andrew Macpherson, Jake Shelley, Peter Lacey, Robin Lacey (3)
Average Safety Cars: 3.4 (11.8 laps)
Most Safety Cars: 9 in 2012
Lowest grid position of winners: 10th (Andrew Macpherson/Brad Shiels, 2014)
Race record: 2:45:11.2339 (Steve Shelley/Jake Shelley, 2015)
Smallest winning margin: 8.3069 seconds (Andrew Macpherson/Brad Shiels to John Prefontaine/Robert Hackwood in 2014)
Largest winning margin: 2 laps 15.3858 seconds (Jake Shelley/Michael Shaw to Andrew Macpherson/Ben Porter in 2013)
Most cars on lead lap at finish: 4 (2012)
Most lead changes: 9 (2015 and 2016)
Most different leaders: 5 (2014, ’15 and ’16)
Overall finishing rate: 241 finishers from 355 starters (67.9%)
Race by Race Stats
2008
Pole position: Ric Shaw, Mazda RX7
Pole time: 1:04.4477
Fastest lap: Ric Shaw, Mazda RX7 – 1:04.3218
Number of Safety Cars: 3 (6 laps)
Leaders/laps: Lap 1-54 Steve Anslow/Ric Shaw, Lap 55-81 Brian Hall/Jeff Davy, Lap 82-137 Rod Barnes/Jade Barnes.
Number of laps led: Barnes/Barnes 56 laps, Anslow/Shaw 54 laps, Hall/Davy 27 laps
Number of lead changes: 3
Race winners: Nathan Jess/Chris Clearihan, Future Racer
Race time: 2:53:08.6957
Winning margin: 2 laps
Cars on lead lap at finish: 1
Grid position of winner: 6th
Race result for polesitter: 4th
Division winners: Divisions not listed
Finishers/starters: 13/21 (61.9%)
2009
Pole position: Jade Barnes, Future Racer
Pole time: 1:08.6100
Fastest lap: Ric Shaw, Mazda RX7 – 1:06.7557
Number of Safety Cars: 2 (6 laps)
Leaders/laps: Lap 1-81 Andrew Bollom/Ric Shaw, Lap 82-87 Nathan Jess/Jeff Davy, Lap 88-97 Rod Barnes/Jade Barnes, Lap 98-122 Andrew Bollom/Ric Shaw, Lap 123-137 Nathan Jess/Jeff Davy. Number of laps led: Bollom/Shaw 106, Jess/Davy 21, Barnes/Barnes 10.
Number of lead changes: 4
Race winners: Nathan Jess/Jeff Davy, Future Racer
Race time: 2:48:51.8904
Winning margin: 1 lap, 26 seconds
Cars on lead lap at finish: 1
Grid position of winner: 8th
Race result for polesitter: 7th
Division winners:
Division 2 – Nathan Jess/Jeff Davy
Division 3 – David Raddatz/Shane Otten
Division 4 – David Filipetto/Nathan Gotch
Division 5 – James Flanagan/Daniel Flanagan
Finishers/starters: 11/20 (55%)
2010
Pole position: Ric Shaw, Mazda RX7
Pole time: 1:03.1054
Fastest lap: Ric Shaw, Mazda RX7 – 1:11.3509
Number of Safety Cars: 2 (10 laps)
Leaders/laps: Lap 1-72 David Raddatz/Shane Otten, Lap 73-77 Ross Wood/Hayden Pullen, Lap 78-94 Rob Hay/David Raddatz, Lap 95-113 David Raddatz/Shane Otten, Lap 114-115 Rob Hay/David Raddatz, Lap 116-122 David Raddatz/Shane Otten.
Number of laps led: Raddatz/Otten 98, Hay/ Raddatz 19, Wood/Pullen 5.
Number of lead changes: 5
Race winners: David Raddatz/Shane Otten, Mazda MX5
Race time: 2:52:56.3913 (race declared after 122 laps)
Winning margin: 34.898 seconds
Cars on lead lap at finish: 3
Grid position of winner: 3rd
Race result for polesitter: 3rd
Division winners:
Division 1 – Stephen Anslow/Ric Shaw
Division 2 – David Raddatz/Shane Otten
Division 3 – Geoff Kite/Steve Briffa
Division 4 – Barry Black/Leon Black
Division 5 – Paul Nelson/Craig Bradshaw
Finishers/starters: 27/36 (75%)
2011
Pole position: Adam Burgess, Nissan Skyline GTR
Pole time: 1:07.0950
Fastest lap: Ric Shaw, Mazda RX7 – 1:03.0603
Number of Safety Cars: 4 (12 laps)
Leaders/laps: Lap 1 Craig Burgess/Adam Burgess, Lap 2-137 Stephen Anslow/Ric Shaw.
Number of laps led: Anslow/Shaw 136, Burgess/Burgess 1.
Number of lead changes: 1
Race winners: Stephen Anslow/Ric Shaw, Mazda RX7
Race time: 2:50:17.2037
Winning margin: 1 lap
Cars on lead lap at finish: 1
Grid position of winner: 9th
Race result for polesitter: DNF
Division winners:
Division 1 – Andrew Macpherson/Matt Bolton
Division 2 – Stephen Anslow/Ric Shaw
Division 3 – Alan Moses/Richard Fricker
Division 4 – Clark Stott/John Willmington/Anthony Soole
Division 5 – Richard Renato/Glen Baker
Division 6 – Parry Anastakis/Ashley Tollitt
Finishers/starters: 15/23 (65.2%)
2012
Pole position: Dylan Thomas, Mitsubishi Evo IX
Pole time: 1:14.9654
Fastest lap: Shane Otten, Mazda RX7 – 1:16.3180
Number of Safety Cars: 9 (35 laps)
Leaders/laps: Lap 1-4 Stephen Anslow/Shane Otten, Lap 5-21 Craig Burgess/Adam Burgess, Lap 22-86 Stephen Anslow/Shane Otten, Lap 87-111 Jake Shelley/Michael Shaw, Lap 112-127 David Raddatz/Nick Cancian.
Number of laps led: Anslow/Otten 69, Shelley/Shaw 25, Burgess/Burgess 17, Raddatz/Cancian 16.
Number of lead changes: 4
Race winners: Jake Shelley/Michael Shaw, Mitsubishi Evo VIII
Race time: 3:28:05.5428 (race declared after 127 laps)
Winning margin: 9.0023 seconds
Cars on lead lap at finish: 4
Grid position of winner: 4th
Race result for polesitter: 2nd
Division winners:
Division 2 – Jake Shelley/Michael Shaw
Division 3 – Henry Draper/Linda Devlin
Division 4 – Michael Hall/Chris Gough
Division 5 – Phil Kirkham/Declan Kirkham
Division 6 – Mark Morsillo/Elliot Wright
Finishers/starters: 29/37 (78.4%)
2013
Pole position: Adam Burgess, Nissan Skyline GTR
Pole time: 1:04.8846
Fastest lap: Ben Porter, Lotus Exige – 1:03.1483
Number of Safety Cars: 2 (9 laps)
Leaders/laps: Lap 1-2 Craig Burgess/Adam Burgess, Lap 3-49 Andrew Macpherson/Ben Porter, Lap 50-72 Jake Shelley/Michael Shaw, Lap 73-87 Steve Anslow/Lindsay Stone, Lap 88-94 Andrew MacPherson/Ben Porter, Lap 95-137 Jake Shelley/Michael Shaw
Number of laps led: Shelley/Shaw 66, Macpherson/Porter 54, Anslow/Stone 15, Burgess/Burgess 2
Number of lead changes: 5
Race winners: Jake Shelley/Michael Shaw, Mitsubishi Evo IX
Race time: 2:50:02.2135
Winning margin: 2 laps 15.3858 seconds
Cars on lead lap at finish: 1
Grid position of winner: 5th
Race result for polesitter: DNF
Division winners:
Division 1 – Andrew Macpherson/Ben Porter
Division 2 – Jake Shelley/Michael Shaw
Division 3 – Neil Halls/Daniel Byron
Division 4 – Greg Tasker/Sam Silvestro
Division 5 – Ross Wilson/Ethan Wilson
Division 6 – Shane Baker/Glen Baker
Finishers/starters: 34/47 (72.3%)
2014
Pole position: Ric Shaw, Mazda RX7
Pole time: 1:13.7424
Fastest lap: Justin Ruggier, Skelta G-Force – 1:02.4926
Number of Safety Cars: 4 (12 laps)
Leaders/laps: Lap 1-41 Anslow/Shaw, Lap 42-49 John Prefontaine/Robert Hackwood, Lap 50 Andrew Macpherson/Brad Shiels, Lap 51 John Prefontaine/Robert Hackwood, Lap 52-97 Steve Shelley/Jake Shelley, Lap 98-101 Brian Anderson/Gerry Murphy, Lap 102-108 John Prefontaine/Robert Hackwood, Lap 109-137 Andrew Macpherson/Brad Shiels.
Number of laps led: Shelley/Shelley 46, Anslow/Shaw 41, Macpherson/Shiels 30, Prefontaine/Hackwood 16, Anderson/Murphy 4.
Number of lead changes: 7
Race winners: Andrew Macpherson/Brad Shiels, Lotus Exige
Race time: 2:50:09.1081
Winning margin: 8.3069 seconds
Cars on lead lap at finish: 3
Grid position of winner: 10th
Race result for polesitter: DNF
Division winners:
Division 1 – Mark Mackay/Ray Vandersee/Justin Ruggier
Division 2 – Andrew Macpherson/Brad Shiels
Division 3 – Daniel Reynolds/Morgan Freemantle
Division 4 – Adam Dodd/Terry Nightingale
Division 5 – Peter Lacey/Robin Lacey
Division 6 – Mark Coxall/Kyle Austin
Division 7 – Michael Hiscoe/Ross Street
Finishers/starters: 42/69 (60.9%)
2015
Pole position: Nick Cancian, Mazda MX5
Pole time: 1:03.0198
Fastest lap: Robert Hackwood, Lotus Exige – 1:03.6734
Number of Safety Cars: 3 (9 laps)
Leaders/laps: Lap 1-28 Nick Cancian/Malcolm Cancian, Lap 29-34 Anthony Soole/Glenn Townsend, Lap 35-36 Steve Shelley/Jake Shelley, Lap 37-43 Anthony Soole/Glenn Townsend, Lap 44-66 Steve Shelley/Jake Shelley, Lap 67-68 Anthony Soole/Glenn Townsend, Lap 69-75 Steve Shelley/Jake Shelley, Lap 76-88 Nathan Jess/Matthew Thomson, Lap 89-100 Grant Sherrin/Iain Sherrin, Lap 101-137 Steve Shelley/Jake Shelley.
Number of laps led: Shelley/Shelley 69, Cancian/Cancian 28, Soole/Townsend 15, Jess/Thomson 13, Sherrin/Sherrin 12
Number of lead changes: 9
Race winners: Steve Shelley/Jake Shelley, Lotus Elise HPE
Race time: 2:45:11.2339
Winning margin: 28.563 seconds
Cars on lead lap at finish: 3
Grid position of winner: 8th
Race result for polesitter: DNF
Division winners:
Division 1 – Grant Sherrin/Iain Sherrin
Division 2 – Steve Shelley/Jake Shelley
Division 3 – Henry Draper/Linda Devlin
Division 4 – Tony Ross/Paul Chapman
Division 5 – Peter Lacey/Robin Lacey
Division 6 – David Bailey/Matt Shylan
Division 7 – Adam Dodd/Tony Bonnano
Finishers/starters: 41/61 (67.2%)
2016
Pole position: Adam Burgess, Ginetta G50
Pole time: 1:03.5289
Fastest lap: Steve Shelley, Lotus Elise HPE – 1:03.4468
Number of Safety Cars: 2 (7 laps)
Leaders/laps: Lap 1-6 Craig Burgess/Adam Burgess, Lap 7 Steve Shelley/Jake Shelley, Lap 8-28 Craig Burgess/Adam Burgess, Lap 29-37 Todd Herring/Richard Herring, Lap 38-52 Daniel Flanagan/Damian Lomax, Lap 53-54 Grant Sherrin/Iain Sherrin, Lap 55 Daniel Flanagan/Damian Lomax, Lap 56-69 Grant Sherrin/Iain Sherrin, Lap 70-85 Steve Shelley/Jake Shelley, Lap 86-137 Craig Burgess/Adam Burgess.
Number of laps led: Burgess/Burgess 79, Shelley/Shelley 17, Sherrin/Sherrin 16, Flanagan/Lomax 16, Herring/Herring 9.
Number of lead changes: 9
Race winners: Craig Burgess/Adam Burgess, Ginetta G50
Race time: 2:46:13.2844
Winning margin: 48.9668 seconds
Cars on lead lap at finish: 2
Grid position of winner: 1st
Race result for polesitter: 1st
Division winners:
Division 1 – Adam Burgess/Craig Burgess
Division 2 – Grant Sherrin/Iain Sherrin
Division 3 – Daniel Reynolds/Matt Stubbs
Division 4 – Peter Lacey/Robin Lacey
Division 5 – David Bailey/Adam Hughes
Division 6 – No entries
Division 7 – Dave Williams/Scott Williams
Finishers/starters: 29/41 (70.7%)
