2017 Mini Challenge UK

The 2017 Mini Challenge season was the sixteenth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 15 April at Oulton Park and ended on 15 October at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit. The season featured thirteen rounds across the UK.

Calendar

Round Circuit Date Classes Races 1 Oulton Park International 15, 17 April JCW 2 2 Rockingham ISSC 29–30 April JCW 2 3 Snetterton 200 13–14 May Open, Cooper Pro, Cooper Am 3 4 Snetterton 300 27–28 May JCW 3 5 Silverstone National 3–4 June Open, Cooper Pro, Cooper Am 3 6 Silverstone GP 10–11 June JCW 2 7 Rockingham ISSC 24 June Open, Cooper Pro, Cooper Am 2 8 Brands Hatch Indy 8–9 July All 3 9 Brands Hatch GP 5–6 August JCW 2 10 Oulton Park Fosters 19 August All 2 11 Donington Park 16–17 September Open, Cooper Pro, Cooper Am 2 12 Donington Park 23–24 September JCW 2 13 Snetterton 300 14–15 October Open, Cooper Pro, Cooper Am 3

Entry list

Team Driver Rounds JCW Class Unitec Motorsport 1 David Grady All Excelr8 Motorsport 3 Rebecca Jackson All 9 Ray MacDowall 7-8 11 Max Bladon All 18 Mark Wakefield All 21 Mohammed Nalwalla 1-4 30 Luke Caudle 6 46 Stuart Gibbs All51 Freddie Lee 1-3, 5 Jack Wright 6 77 Andy Knight 1-2, 7 Ray MacDowall 5 80 Nick Boon 1 88 Reece Barr All Eurotech Racing 4 Ben Winrow 4 39 Brett Smith All 55 Jeff Smith 1-3 74 Neil Newstead 5 76 Jo Polley 1-3, 6-7 ES Motorsport 7 Steve King 1-4, 7-8 45 Calum King 1-4, 7-8 MINI UK VIP 15 Charlie Butler-Henderson All 16 David Robinson 8 37 Rob Smith All 52 James Taylor 1 Tim "Shmee150" Burton 2 Vicki Butler-Henderson 3 JM Littman 4 Mark Blundell 5 Ben Barry 6 Mia Flewitt 8 61 James Turkington 1-5 77 George Wright 6 Privateer 17 Brad Hutchison All Lawrence Davey Racing 19 Lawrence Davey 4-6 20 Kyle Reid 3 29 Stuart Gough 8 32 Dean Brace 1-6, 8 Team Dynamics 22 Will Neal All 42 Henry Neal All AReeve Motorsport 27 Gary Curtis 8 69 Jesse Chamberlin 4 78 Richard O'Dwyer All 87 Paul Bell All 126 Sarah Moore 6 777 Kenan Dole 5, 8 TDF with Moorgate Motorsport Finance 29 Stuart Gough 1-5 OX4 Racing 35 Chris Fryer 1, 7 Chris Oakman 2-3 James Loukes 4-5 Privateer 84 Ryan Dignan All 90 Scott Jeffs All Staffs Racing 99 Kevin O'Connor 1-7 George Sutton Racing 444 George Sutton All Open Class Privateer 5 Chloe Hewitt All AReeve Motorsport 8 Kevin Owen 1-4, 6-7 33 Stu Lane 2 Tim Bill 3 44 Aaron Reeve All 63 Darryl Brown 4 94 Scot Adam 1 121 Jono Davis 1, 7 606 Tim Bill 1-2, 4-7 Excelr8 Motorsport 24 Rob Austin All Privateer 26 Andy Montgomery All College of West Anglia 53 Andrew Tsang 1-2 Neal Clarke 7 Sussex Road and Race 77 Ben Dimmack All Privateer 111 Neil Ginley All Cooper Pro Class Privateer 4 Michael Bamber 2, 5 Hybrid Tune Motorsport 6 Sam Weller All Rob Sims Racing 9 Simon Walton 1-4, 6-7 47 James Goodall All 91 Owen Walton All 99 Fulvio Mussi 5 Team Dynamics 20 Craig Smith 2 Excelr8 Motorsport 23 Ethan Pitt 6-7 31 Jessica Hawkins All 36 Mark Cornell All 56 Richard Newman All 126 Bryony King 5-7 888 Matt Hammond All Privateer 49 Martin Poole 1-5, 7 AReeve Motorsport 74 Rob Butler 7 126 Sarah Moore 4 Sussex Road and Race 98 Darren Chatt All Cooper Am Class Sussex Road and Race 10 Paul Townsend 1 Hybrid Tune Motorsport 12 Stuart McLaren All Excelr8 Motorsport 21 Nicolas Griebner 1 Daniel Bishop 2-3 Chris Day 4 AReeve Motorsport 46 Andy Godfrey All 63 Darryl Brown 5-7 College of West Anglia 50 Neal Clarke 1-4 Gary Papworth 5-7 78 Chris Middleton All Rob Sims Racing 54 Adrian Norman All Privateer 217 Dale Jamieson All

Results

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 1 Oulton Park International Max Bladon Brett Smith Mark Wakefield Excelr8 Motorsport 2 Rob Smith Charlie Butler-Henderson MINI UK VIP 2 3 Rockingham ISSC Max Bladon James Turkington Max Bladon Excelr8 Motorsport 4 Reece Barr Reece Barr Excelr8 Motorsport 3 5 Snetterton 300 Rob Smith Brett Smith Jeff Smith Eurotech Racing 6 Brett Smith Brett Smith Eurotech Racing 7 David Grady Brett Smith Eurotech Racing 4 8 Silverstone GP Brett Smith Rob Smith Brett Smith Eurotech Racing 9 Rob Smith Max Bladon Excelr8 Motorsport 5 10 Brands Hatch Indy Rob Smith Charlie Butler-Henderson Rob Smith MINI UK VIP 11 Brett Smith Charlie Butler-Henderson MINI UK VIP 12 Brett Smith David Grady Unitec Motorsport 6 13 Brands Hatch GP Rob Smith Mark Wakefield Rob Smith MINI UK VIP 14 Lawrence Davey Brett Smith Eurotech Racing 7 15 Oulton Park Fosters Max Bladon Brett Smith Henry Neal Team Dynamics 16 Charlie Butler-Henderson George Sutton George Sutton Racing 8 17 Donington Park GP Brett Smith Brett Smith Brett Smith Eurotech Racing 18 Brett Smith Brett Smith Eurotech Racing

Championship standings Scoring system Championship points were awarded for the first 32 positions in each Championship Race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. There were bonus points awarded for Pole Position and Fastest Lap.

Championship Race points Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   21st   22nd   23rd   24th   25th   26th   27th   28th   29th   30th   31st   32nd  Points 50 44 40 37 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' Championship

JCW Class

Pos Driver OUL ROC SNE SIL BHI BHGP OUL DON Pts 1 Brett Smith 2 4 7 4 3 1 1 1 4 2 2 2 3 1 2 4 1 1 838 2 Reece Barr 6 6 3 1 2 Ret 12 7 6 8 4 3 8 5 3 2 4 4 580 3 David Grady 10 8 4 2 6 3 5 14 12 7 3 1 7 Ret 5 11 3 3 571 4 Charlie Butler-Henderson 3 1 5 3 10 10 Ret 25 13 3 1 4 5 3 Ret 9 7 5 543 5 Max Bladon 4 2 1 11 4 5 11 5 1 12 Ret 11 Ret 21 9 3 6 8 528 6 Rob Smith 7 3 11 12 Ret 9 3 2 2 1 Ret 9 1 Ret Ret DNS 2 2 517 7 George Sutton 15 9 DNS 16 23 8 8 8 7 14 5 6 13 9 4 1 5 5 469 8 Mark Wakefield 1 5 2 28 7 4 2 3 3 5 Ret 7 6 Ret Ret DNS 17 11 464 9 Henry Neal 11 11 DNS 9 13 11 15 6 11 4 Ret 15 11 7 1 Ret 12 Ret 362 10 Brad Hutchison 9 22 6 6 11 Ret 13 11 8 Ret 13 18 15 13 13 8 14 10 357 11 Stuart Gough 12 13 9 5 22 12 6 9 14 10 7 5 8 7 354 12 Scott Jeffs 26 18 8 7 Ret 19 25 15 16 16 8 12 21 12 8 6 16 14 332 13 Dean Brace 13 17 18 Ret Ret 14 7 12 9 13 10 17 10 8 13 15 297 14 Paul Bell 18 14 13 15 Ret 18 19 17 18 21 16 22 17 15 6 10 Ret 18 277 15 Will Neal 23 25 DNS 20 19 DNS DNS 21 17 15 11 13 14 14 7 5 10 16 276 16 Ryan Dignan 16 10 21 14 16 15 18 16 Ret 19 20 20 16 21 Ret 12 15 17 273 17 James Turkington 5 Ret 10 8 5 7 4 4 5 DNS DNS DNS 264 18 Lawrence Davey 10 15 6 15 8 2 2 214 19 Rebecca Jackson 28 23 20 24 20 20 23 Ret 21 23 18 23 Ret 18 12 14 18 21 202 20 Jeff Smith 8 7 14 Ret 1 2 10 195 21 Calum King 14 Ret DNS 18 12 17 14 Ret DNS 15 7 11 12 181 22 Stuart Gibbs 30 28 22 25 24 22 24 23 22 24 19 24 Ret 20 17 17 19 20 181 23 Kevin O'Connor 22 24 19 17 Ret 23 21 19 24 22 14 19 19 16 DNS DNS 170 24 Mohammed Nalwalla 27 19 12 10 14 13 9 Ret 19 144 25 Freddie Lee DNS DNS 17 13 8 6 Ret 17 Ret 10 136 26 Richard O'Dwyer 25 20 23 21 Ret Ret Ret 18 23 20 17 21 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret DNS 133 27 Jo Polley 20 21 Ret 23 18 Ret 22 DNS 19 11 13 117 28 Steve King 24 27 15 26 21 DNS DNS 24 DNS 14 15 Ret 19 112 29 James Loukes 13 10 11 DNS 16 83 30 Andy Knight 29 26 16 22 16 16 73 31 Chris Oakman Ret 19 15 16 17 65 32 Chris Fryer 19 15 Ret DNS 32 33 Nick Boon 21 16 31 34 Jesse Chamberlin 20 20 26 35 Ben Winrow 22 DNS 11 drivers ineligible for points – Luke Caudle 9 4 0 – Sarah Moore 4 6 0 – Neil Newstead 9 6 Ret 0 – Kyle Reid 9 24 16 0 – Kenan Dole 18 9 14 9 13 0 – David Robinson Ret 9 0 – Jack Wright 12 10 0 – James Taylor 17 12 0 – Mark Blundell Ret 12 Ret 0 – Vicki Butler-Henderson 17 21 20 0 – Ben Barry 20 17 0 – George Wright 18 Ret 0 – Mia Flewitt 20 22 0 – Gary Curtis 21 23 0 – Tim Burton 24 27 0 – JM Littman Ret Ret 0 – Ray MacDowall Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS 0

Open Class

Pos Driver SNE SIL ROC BHI OUL DON SNE Pts 1 Ben Dimamck 3 2 3 Ret 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 Ret 2 1 3 2 2 778 2 Rob Austin 4 4 8 2 1 4 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 3 2 4 4 DNS 709 3 Aaron Reeve Ret Ret 5 Ret 5 3 3 3 3 2 3 6 Ret 1 Ret 2 1 1 568 4 Andy Montgomery 5 6 7 3 6 Ret 5 5 6 7 6 3 2 Ret 4 8 7 6 541 5 Chloe Hewitt 7 7 9 5 9 6 8 8 7 6 5 4 3 5 3 6 6 4 530 6 Neil Ginley 9 10 11 4 8 7 6 7 8 Ret DNS 5 5 7 6 7 9 7 473 7 Kevin Owen 8 9 10 6 7 Ret 7 6 5 5 4 4 5 DNS 10 6 430 8 Tim Bill 6 8 6 Ret DNS DNS 4 4 4 4 7 Ret 4 6 Ret 9 8 5 427 9 Jono Davis 2 3 1 1 3 Ret 236 10 Andrew Tsang Ret 5 4 DSQ 4 2 158 11 Scot Adam 1 1 2 156 12 Stu Lane 1 2 5 134 13 Neal Clarke 5 5 3 114 14 Darryl Brown 9 8 8 84

Cooper Pro Class

Pos Driver SNE SIL ROC BHI OUL DON SNE Pts 1 Matt Hammond Ret 5 1 2 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 4 Ret 1 1 4 4 3 761 2 Jessica Hawkins 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 4 2 3 4 727 3 Sam Weller 3 4 10 6 3 1 3 4 2 2 4 11 3 4 2 1 1 1 702 4 Owen Walton 5 2 6 7 4 8 2 2 3 6 5 7 4 6 8 Ret 9 9 575 5 Martin Poole 4 Ret 5 3 5 4 6 3 9 3 2 9 Ret 3 2 2 538 6 Richard Newman 2 3 4 5 Ret 5 5 6 5 9 9 2 Ret 3 3 5 Ret 8 523 7 James Goodall 6 8 8 8 7 6 9 8 7 Ret 8 6 Ret 5 5 7 7 7 488 8 Simon Walton 7 6 2 4 8 Ret 7 7 5 5 7 8 Ret 6 6 6 459 9 Mark Cornell 9 7 9 12 10 10 10 10 11 10 11 10 7 9 6 9 8 11 459 10 Darren Chatt 8 9 7 9 9 9 8 9 8 8 10 5 8 10 Ret 10 Ret Ret 411 11 Bryony King 8 6 7 7 11 10 10 124 12 Ethan Pitt 11 9 8 5 5 144 13 Michael Bamber 11 6 7 Ret 5 121 14 Sarah Moore 6 7 6 94 15 Craig Smith 10 11 Ret 46 16 Rob Butler Ret Ret 12 21 drivers ineligible for points – Fulvio Mussi 1 1 0

Cooper Am Class

Pos Driver SNE SIL ROC BHI OUL DON SNE Pts 1 Stuart McLaren 1 1 1 7 3 1 3 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 886 2 Chris Middleton 3 4 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 1 4 4 2 Ret 2 2 2 2 739 3 Andy Godfrey 7 5 5 3 4 5 6 4 4 4 1 2 4 2 1 6 3 4 704 4 Adrian Norman 4 2 3 4 6 6 4 Ret 7 6 5 3 3 5 3 5 6 6 609 5 Dale Jamieson Ret DNS DNS 5 5 4 7 5 6 Ret 7 6 6 3 4 4 5 5 477 6 Neal Clarke 5 3 4 6 7 7 5 Ret 5 3 6 343 7 Daniel Bishop 1 1 2 1 1 280 8 Gray Papworth 5 5 4 Ret 3 4 3 222 9 Darryl Brown 7 7 6 5 7 7 DNS 186 10 Chris Day 2 5 3 128 11 Paul Townsend 6 6 6 96 12 Nicolas Griebner 2 DNS DNS 44

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