2017 Mini Challenge UK

2017 Mini Challenge UK

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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	No.	Driver	Rounds
JCW Class
Unitec Motorsport	1	David Grady [1]	All
Excelr8 Motorsport	3	Rebecca Jackson [2]	All
	9	Ray MacDowall	7-8
	11	Max Bladon [3]	All
	18	Mark Wakefield [4]	All
	21	Mohammed Nalwalla [5]	1-4
	30	Luke Caudle	6
	46	Stuart Gibbs	All
	51	Freddie Lee	1-3, 5
		Jack Wright	6
	77	Andy Knight	1-2, 7
		Ray MacDowall	5
	80	Nick Boon	1
	88	Reece Barr [6]	All
Eurotech Racing	4	Ben Winrow	4
	39	Brett Smith	All
	55	Jeff Smith [7]	1-3
	74	Neil Newstead	5
	76	Jo Polley [8]	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 [9]	All
	16	David Robinson	8
	37	Rob Smith [10]	All
	52	James Taylor	1
		Tim "Shmee150" Burton [11]	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 [12]	1-6, 8
Team Dynamics	22	Will Neal [13]	All
	42	Henry Neal [14]	All
AReeve Motorsport	27	Gary Curtis	8
	69	Jesse Chamberlin	4
	78	Richard O'Dwyer [15]	All
	87	Paul Bell [16]	All
	126	Sarah Moore	6
	777	Kenan Dole	5, 8
TDF with Moorgate Motorsport Finance	29	Stuart Gough [17]	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 [18]	All
Staffs Racing	99	Kevin O'Connor	1-7
George Sutton Racing	444	George Sutton [19]	All
Open Class
Privateer	5	Chloe Hewitt	All
AReeve Motorsport	8	Kevin Owen [20]	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 [21]	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 [22]	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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

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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