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]	1-6
Excelr8 Motorsport	3	Rebecca Jackson ^[2]	1-6
	11	Max Bladon ^[3]	1-6
	18	Mark Wakefield ^[4]	1-6
	21	Mohammed Nalwalla ^[5]	1-4
	30	Luke Caudle	6
	46	Stuart Gibbs	1-6
	51	Freddie Lee	1-3, 5
	51	Jack Wright	6
	77	Andy Knight	1-2
	77	Ray MacDowall	5
	80	Nick Boon	1
	88	Reece Barr ^[6]	1-6
Eurotech Racing	4	Ben Winrow	4
	39	Brett Smith	1-6
	55	Jeff Smith ^[7]	1-3
	74	Neil Newstead	5
	76	Jo Polley ^[8]	1-3, 6
ES Motorsport	7	Steve King	1-4
ES Motorsport	45	Calum King	1-4
MINI UK VIP	15	Charlie Butler-Henderson ^[9]	1-6
	37	Rob Smith ^[10]	1-6
	52	James Taylor	1
		Tim "Shmee150" Burton ^[11]	2
		Vicki Butler-Henderson	3
		JM Littman	4
		Mark Blundell	5
		Ben Barry	6
	61	James Turkington	1-5
	77	George Wright	6
Privateer	17	Brad Hutchison	1-6
Lawrence Davey Racing	19	Lawrence Davey	4-6
	20	Kyle Reid	3
	32	Dean Brace ^[12]	1-6
Team Dynamics	22	Will Neal ^[13]	1-6
Team Dynamics	42	Henry Neal ^[14]	1-6
TDF with Moorgate Motorsport Finance	29	Stuart Gough ^[15]	1-5
OX4 Racing	35	Chris Fryer	1
		Chris Oakman	2-3
		James Loukes	4-5
AReeve Motorsport	69	Jesse Chamberlin	4
	78	Richard O'Dwyer ^[16]	1-6
	87	Paul Bell ^[17]	1-6
	126	Sarah Moore	6
	777	Kenan Dole	5
Privateer	84	Ryan Dignan	1-6
Privateer	90	Scott Jeffs ^[18]	1-6
Staffs Racing	99	Kevin O'Connor	1-6
George Sutton Racing	444	George Sutton ^[19]	1-6
Open Class
Privateer	5	Chloe Hewitt	1-4
AReeve Motorsport	8	Kevin Owen ^[20]	1-4
	33	Stu Lane	2
	33	Tim Bill	3
	44	Aaron Reeve	1-4
	63	Darryl Brown	4
	94	Scot Adam	1
	121	Jono Davis	1
	606	Tim Bill	1-2, 4
Excelr8 Motorsport	24	Rob Austin	1-4
Privateer	26	Andy Montgomery	1-4
College of West Anglia	53	Andrew Tsang	1-2
Sussex Road and Race	77	Ben Dimmack	1-4
Privateer	111	Neil Ginley	1-4
Cooper Pro Class
Privateer	4	Michael Bamber	2
Hybrid Tune Motorsport	6	Sam Weller ^[21]	1-4
Rob Sims Racing	9	Simon Walton	1-4
	47	James Goodall	1-4
	91	Owen Walton	1-4
Team Dynamics	20	Craig Smith	2
Excelr8 Motorsport	31	Jessica Hawkins	1-4
	36	Mark Cornell	1-4
	56	Richard Newman	1-4
	888	Matt Hammond	1-4
Privateer	49	Martin Poole	1-4
Sussex Road and Race	98	Darren Chatt	1-4
AReeve Motorsport	126	Sarah Moore	4
Cooper Am Class
Sussex Road and Race	10	Paul Townsend	1
Hybrid Tune Motorsport	12	Stuart McLaren ^[22]	1-4
Excelr8 Motorsport	21	Nicolas Griebner	1
		Daniel Bishop	2-3
		Chris Day	4
AReeve Motorsport	46	Andy Godfrey	1-4
College of West Anglia	50	Neal Clarke	1-4
College of West Anglia	78	Chris Middleton	1-4
Rob Sims Racing	54	Adrian Norman	1-4
Privateer	217	Dale Jamieson	1-4

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		Pts
1	Brett Smith	2	4	7	4	3	1	1	1	4	399
2	Max Bladon	4	2	1	11	4	5	11	5	1	341
3	Mark Wakefield	1	5	2	28	7	4	2	3	3	324
4	Reece Barr	6	6	3	1	2	Ret	12	7	6	293
5	Rob Smith	7	3	11	12	Ret	9	3	2	2	291
6	David Grady	10	8	4	2	6	3	5	14	12	285
7	James Turkington	5	Ret	10	8	5	7	4	4	5	264
8	Charlie Butler-Henderson	3	1	5	3	10	10	Ret	25	13	240
9	Stuart Gough	12	13	9	5	22	12	6	9	14	208
10	Jeff Smith	8	7	14	Ret	1	2	10			195
11	Brad Hutchison	9	22	6	6	11	Ret	13	11	8	193
12	George Sutton	15	9	DNS	16	23	8	8	8	7	185
13	Henry Neal	11	11	DNS	9	13	11	15	6	11	184
14	Dean Brace	13	17	18	Ret	Ret	14	7	12	9	147
15	Mohammed Nalwalla	27	19	12	10	14	13	9	Ret	19	144
16	Ryan Dignan	16	10	21	14	16	15	18	16	Ret	139
17	Scott Jeffs	26	18	8	7	Ret	19	25	15	16	137
18	Paul Bell	18	14	13	15	Ret	18	19	17	18	132
19	Freddie Lee	DNS	DNS	17	13	8	6	Ret			96
20	Kevin O'Connor	22	24	19	17	Ret	23	21	19	24	95
21	Calum King	14	Ret	DNS	18	12	17	14	Ret	DNS	90
22	Rebecca Jackson	28	23	20	24	20	20	23	Ret	21	85
23	Stuart Gibbs	30	28	22	25	24	22	24	23	22	77
24	Will Neal	23	25	DNS	20	19	DNS	DNS	21	17	73
25	Richard O'Dwyer	25	20	23	21	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	23	68
26	Chris Oakman			Ret	19	15	16	17			65
27	Steve King	24	27	15	26	21	DNS	DNS	24	DNS	61
28	Jo Polley	20	21	Ret	23	18	Ret	22			61
29	James Loukes								13	10	44
30	Lawrence Davey								10	15	42
31	Andy Knight	29	26	16	22						39
32	Chris Fryer	19	15								32
33	Nick Boon	21	16								31
34	Jesse Chamberlin								20	20	26
35	Ben Winrow								22	DNS	11
drivers ineligible for points
–	Kyle Reid					9	24	16			0
–	James Taylor	17	12								0
–	Vicki Butler-Henderson					17	21	20			0
–	Tim Burton			24	27						0
–	JM Littman								Ret	Ret	0

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Open Class

Pos	Driver	SNE			SIL			ROC		Pts
1	Rob Austin	4	4	8	2	1	4	2	1	339
2	Ben Dimamck	3	2	3	Ret	3	1	1	2	332
3	Andy Montgomery	5	6	7	3	6	Ret	5	5	236
4	Chloe Hewitt	7	7	9	5	9	6	8	8	234
5	Neil Ginley	9	10	11	4	8	7	6	7	229
6	Kevin Owen	8	9	10	6	7	Ret	7	6	202
7	Aaron Reeve	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	5	3	3	3	188
8	Tim Bill	6	8	6	Ret	DNS	DNS	4	4	166
9	Andrew Tsang	Ret	5	4	DSQ	4	2			158
10	Scot Adam	1	1	2						156
11	Jono Davis	2	3	1						140
12	Stu Lane				1	2	5			134

Cooper Pro Class

Pos	Driver	SNE			SIL			ROC		Pts
1	Jessica Hawkins	1	1	3	1	1	3	1	5	382
2	Matt Hammond	Ret	5	1	2	2	2	4	1	321
3	Sam Weller	3	4	10	6	3	1	3	4	306
4	Owen Walton	5	2	6	7	4	8	2	2	305
5	Martin Poole	4	Ret	5	3	5	4	6	3	260
6	Richard Newman	2	3	4	5	Ret	5	5	6	255
7	Simon Walton	7	6	2	4	8	Ret	7	7	237
8	James Goodall	6	8	8	8	7	6	9	8	232
9	Darren Chatt	8	9	7	9	9	9	8	9	216
10	Mark Cornell	9	7	9	12	10	10	10	10	199
11	Michael Bamber				11	6	7			84
12	Craig Smith				10	11	Ret			46

Cooper Am Class

Pos	Driver	SNE			SIL			ROC		Pts
1	Stuart McLaren	1	1	1	7	3	1	3	3	368
2	Chris Middleton	3	4	2	2	2	3	2	2	349
3	Daniel Bishop				1	1	2	1	1	280
4	Andy Godfrey	7	5	5	3	4	5	6	4	278
5	Adrian Norman	4	2	3	4	6	6	4	Ret	259
6	Neal Clarke	5	3	4	6	7	7	5	Ret	237
7	Dale Jamieson	Ret	DNS	DNS	5	5	4	7	5	169
8	Paul Townsend	6	6	6						96
9	Nicolas Griebner	2	DNS	DNS						44

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