1972 : No Race took place - Winner was voted for by Club Members
1973 - 1980 : Races for Novices Only - Organised by the Longdendale Stock Car Supporters Club
1981 - 1989 : Races for Novices Only - Organised by BSCDA - NB. 1981 race took place in early 1982
1990 - 1996 : Whites or Whites & Yellows Race with first Novice home awarded the title
1997 : Race for Novices Only
1998 - 2000 : Whites or Whites & Yellows Race with first Novice home awarded the title
2001 : Top Scoring Novice of a meeting
2002 : Top Scoring Novice in the second half of the National Series Rounds
2003 - 2008 : Top scoring Novice in all the National Series Rounds
2009 - 2010 : Top scoring Novice in the Shoot-Out Rounds
2011 - 2018 : Top scoring Novice over the whole season
2019 - The Novice Of The Year scores normal grading points but with a multiplier.
The further up the grades a novice climbs the more points they will score towards the Novice Of The Year.
The multipliers are Whites x1, Yellows x2, Blues x3 and Reds and Superstars x4.

	1972 John Park (157)		1973Sat, 6th October White City, Manchester Hoss Fernihough (208)Danny Clarke (203)George Rudd (241)David Hudson (197)Chris Rogers (210)Derek Green (242)		1974Sat, 5th October White City, Manchester John Thorpe (367)Pete Brown (21)Clive Moran (213)George Silverwood (48)Ken Clarke (169)Pete Fowkes (399)		1975 Chris Pickles (284)Dick Harvey (445)Howard Clayton (226)Robbie Craig (62)Pete Whitehead (31)James Ashworth (88)Nev Woodhull (43)Steve Baxter (457)Jim Sanders (268)John Rawlins (127)		1976Sun, 31st October Rochdale Andy Stott (160)John Lund (53)Brian Whorton (408)Steve Wade (352)Roger Hinchcliffe (369)Stuart Baxendale (85)Steven Bayley (132)NOF
	1977Sat, 1st October White City, Manchester Bernard Poyser (435)Pete Hodgson (131)Colin Townson (58)Martin Farrar (147)Robert Kaye (433)Alan Wright (426)Dennis Cowap (137)Dave Seed (450)		1978Fri, 15th September Bradford John Lund (95)Pete Denning (189)Colin Gautry (488)George Braithwaite (92)Allen Higgins (122)Peter Lee (237)John Drake (334)		1979Sat, 3rd November White City, Manchester Richie Ahern (18)Alex McDade (29)Neil Brigg (87)Bob Forrest (464)Bryan Butterfield (210)Nigel Land (469)Roger Needham (93)Phil Hemmingway (474)		1980Sat, 30th August Belle Vue (Hyde Road) Kevin Bentham (480)Arthur Gibson (357)Bob Forrest (464)Ken Hopes (64)Graham France (216)Derek Tupholme (484)Terry Jackson (485)Chris Green (494)Colin Baldry (102)Phil Wright (463)		1981 Pete Morton (132)Ian Smith (367)Stephen Froggatt (240)Shaun Leigh (75)John Holden (510)Fred Millar (118)John Carr (378)Simon Mellors (140)Dick Smith (507)Pete Billows (402)
	1982Sun, 31st October Rochdale Keith Riley (328)Pete Billows (402)Iain Stirk (464)Mark Hillas (382)John Wright (128)NOF		1983Sun, 6th November Brafield / Northampton Peter Falding (33)Russell Humphrey (113)Geoff Stagg (266)Richard Mason (202)David Martin (158)Les Spencer (98)Wally Pittam (434)Paul Bainbridge (131)Nicholas Lee (415)Paul Kaye (173)		1984Mon, 15th October Sheffield Les Mitchell (499)Vic Milner (41)Steve Sharp (223)Bob Baker (536)Gary Heap (188)Kevin Lowe (161)		1985 Dave Johnson (383)		1986Sun, 2nd November Brafield / Northampton Alan Jackson (42)Geoff Coales (115)Mark Webster (226)Ray John (227)Martin Cave (435)Paul Rowley (344)Gary Meffen (150)Paul Johnson (406)Keith Neville (9)Wilf Prettyjohn (320)
	1987Fri, 25th September Bradford Mark Armitage (123)Alan Bateman (361)Richard Dobson (10)Tim Hodgson (14)Neil Brigg (87)Ian Wyllie (205)Chris Wilkinson (121)John Padgett (449)Gary Walker (181)David Wilson (298)		1988Sun, 20th November Hednesford Mark Wareham (401)Andy Maynard (152)Scott McKenzie (47)Rob Freeman (63)David Smith (423)Gary Coyle (345)Colin Nairn (280)Stuart Bate (198)Geoff Coleman (439)NOF		1989Sat, 18th November Scunthorpe Richard Thornton (516)John Gibson (227)Andrew Cave (438)Ralph Walsh (299)Stuart Wood (500)		1990 Warren Hunter (20)		1991 Craig Smith (407)
	1992 Daniel Harter (4)		1993Sat, 23rd October Stoke (Chesterton) Richard Johnson (78)Richard Brighton (329)Michael Ives (236)Mike Heywood (424)Rob Bradsell (265)Robert Butterfield (456)Steve Smith (40)Garry Tressler (154)Stuart Neale (298)Jim Conlon (400)		1994 Andy Robinson (140)		1995 Tristan May (27)		1996Sun, 27th October Skegness Richard Simmons (123)Andrew Kelcher (222)Phil Bicknell (7)Doug Bracher (473)Michael Storry (377)Tony Smith (291)Paul Hanley (182)NOF
	1997Sat, 8th November Long Eaton Lee Mellor (181)James (Charlie) Yarrow (72)		1998Sat, 3rd October Coventry Mike Dugdale (28)Paul Lowe (410)Dave Gaunt (274)Ian Tingle (423)Gary Richardson (252)Derek Wass (283)Russell Cooper (415)Kevin Toon (131)Stuart Jones (205)Nigel Wallace (47)		1999Sat, 2nd October Coventry Allen Bedford (289)Neil Shenton (35)Adam Ford (206)Mark Clayton (225)Neil Scriven (11)Ruth Gaunt (273)Steve Harrison (118)Mark Tittcomb (398)Derek Wass (283)Jamie Gibson (285)		2000 Matthew Hodgson (103)		2001 Harry Fowkes (206)
	2002 Matt Newson (16)		2003 Mark Keeling (271)		2004 Michael Randell (172)		2005 Tom Harris (84)		2006 Daniel Johnson (4)
	2007 Ryan Harrison (197)		2008 Danny Wainman (212)		2009 Luke Dennis (192)		2010 Mike Kingston Jnr (488)		2011 Paul Carter (300)Nigel Harrhy (45)Rob Tunnah (505)Derek Brown (229)Chad Evans (392)Lee Warner (290)Ben Hurdman (207)Daniel Howell (317)Michael Ward (360)
	2012 Martyn Walton (243)Sam Redman (248)John Hughes (255)Peter Allin (331)Aaron Cozens (475)Simon Black (59)Paddy Hughes (399)Carl Swift (245)		2013 Jamie Jackson (377)Carl Swift (245)Alex Wass (283)Steve Whittle (183)Phil Cooper (154)		2014 William Hunter (220)Karl Roberts (313)Paul-Jay Lemons (444)		2015 Henry Hunter (202)Ben Riley (422)Jordan Falding (36)Bradley Harrison (25)Jack France (216)Frankie Wainman Jnr Jnr (555)		2016 Matthew Rogers (213)Aaron Leach (70)Samuel Wass (284)Anthony Lee (339)Richard Dickerson (443)
	2017 Harry Steward (126)Anthony Whorton-Eales (408)Robert Plant (364)Kelvin Hassell (13)Joe Gladden (145)		2018 Kyle Gray (124)Finley (Finn) Sargent (526)Charlie Sworder (5)		2019 Liam Gilbank (20)Charlie Sworder (5)Courtney Witts (180)Callum Oakes-Kitson (533)Eddie Collins (147)		2021 Lewis Evans (392)Tyrone Evans (381)Jack Damon Ryan (595)Louis Goodwin (295)Jay Goodwin (54)Dan Hughes (327)Carl Winkworth (72)James Peter Hall-Morton (132)Harley Halton (414)Ian Johnson (347)		2022 Callum Thornton (368)Joshua Spiers (452)Lewis Galer (78)Mark Balmer (163)Daniel Brooke (548)Nathan Harrison (299)Darren Lindsay (226)Trevor Queenan (336)Billy Queenan (360)James Smith (100)
	2023 Thomas Rogers (269)Oliver Wadsworth (31)Jansen Wilkinson (287)Henry Robson (67)Darren Sheen (530)Jonathan Davison (469)Nathan Harrison (299)Sam Whiteley (271)Ashley Patch (388)Roland Lamb (505)