The Latest Breaking News from Michael Cullen

Adam Shepherd marked himself out as a title favourite in the eighth season of TCR UK touring cars with two wins and another podium over the opening weekend at Donington Park.

Just two wins now separate the first five drivers in the Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings after Dan Brown returned to the top three following success last weekend.

You could hardly get two more different drivers as the most recent conquerors of the Autosport National Driver Rankings. Back in 2022, it was teenaged historic single-seater sensation Samuel Harrison who led the way, while last season it was veteran Irish racer Michael Cullen who topped the charts having triumphed…

Cullen took over at the head of the table in late October after a class victory in his Lotus Cortina in a Historic Racing Drivers Club race at Silverstone and was not to be denied first place thereafter with no one inside the top 50 improving following the season-ending Plum…

Clarke was the driver to beat for much of the Clubmans Sports Prototype campaign but a tricky final round at Brands Hatch in September hampered his bid to head Autosport's winners' table.

The Formula Ford 1600 frontrunner's season had threatened to unravel after he was given a 30-day ban for an off-track incident at Silverstone at the end of September, but he returned to winning ways in the United FF1600 category at Brands Hatch, topping both races.

Cullen drew level with table-topper Ryan McLeish on 16 wins for the year following Irish Stryker success the previous week, but a lower average number of starters for those victories left him third.

That pair of victories not only netted him the title again but also sent him to 16 wins for the year, level with our table-topper Ryan McLeish. However, a smaller average number of starters for Cullen's victories means he only climbs from fifth to third.

Ginetta Junior dominator Freddie Slater had led the way since early June but he has finally been demoted to second after calling time on his Ginetta campaign to instead enable him to race in Formula 4 machinery.