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[edit]

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[edit]

Team No. Driver Rounds
JCW Class
Unitec Motorsport 1 United Kingdom David Grady [1] All
Excelr8 Motorsport 3 United Kingdom Rebecca Jackson [2] All
9 United Kingdom Ray MacDowall 7-8
11 United Kingdom Max Bladon [3] All
18 United Kingdom Mark Wakefield [4] All
21 India Mohammed Nalwalla [5] 1-4
30 United Kingdom Luke Caudle 6
46 United Kingdom Stuart Gibbs All
51 United Kingdom Freddie Lee 1-3, 5
United Kingdom Jack Wright 6
77 United Kingdom Andy Knight 1-2, 7
United Kingdom Ray MacDowall 5
80 United Kingdom Nick Boon 1
88 United Kingdom Reece Barr [6] All
Eurotech Racing 4 United Kingdom Ben Winrow 4
39 United Kingdom Brett Smith All
55 United Kingdom Jeff Smith[7] 1-3
74 United Kingdom Neil Newstead 5
76 United Kingdom Jo Polley [8] 1-3, 6-7
ES Motorsport 7 United Kingdom Steve King 1-4, 7-8
45 United Kingdom Calum King 1-4, 7-8
MINI UK VIP 15 United Kingdom Charlie Butler-Henderson[9] All
16 United Kingdom David Robinson 8
37 United Kingdom Rob Smith[10] All
52 United Kingdom James Taylor 1
United Kingdom Tim "Shmee150" Burton[11] 2
United Kingdom Vicki Butler-Henderson 3
United Kingdom JM Littman 4
United Kingdom Mark Blundell 5
United Kingdom Ben Barry 6
United Kingdom Mia Flewitt 8
61 United Kingdom James Turkington 1-5
77 United Kingdom George Wright 6
Privateer 17 United Kingdom Brad Hutchison All
Lawrence Davey Racing 19 United Kingdom Lawrence Davey 4-6
20 United Kingdom Kyle Reid 3
29 United Kingdom Stuart Gough 8
32 United Kingdom Dean Brace [12] 1-6, 8
Team Dynamics 22 United Kingdom Will Neal [13] All
42 United Kingdom Henry Neal [14] All
AReeve Motorsport 27 United Kingdom Gary Curtis 8
69 United Kingdom Jesse Chamberlin 4
78 United Kingdom Richard O'Dwyer [15] All
87 United Kingdom Paul Bell [16] All
126 United Kingdom Sarah Moore 6
777 United Kingdom Kenan Dole 5, 8
TDF with Moorgate Motorsport Finance 29 United Kingdom Stuart Gough [17] 1-5
OX4 Racing 35 United Kingdom Chris Fryer 1, 7
United Kingdom Chris Oakman 2-3
United Kingdom James Loukes 4-5
Privateer 84 United Kingdom Ryan Dignan All
90 United Kingdom Scott Jeffs [18] All
Staffs Racing 99 United Kingdom Kevin O'Connor 1-7
George Sutton Racing 444 United Kingdom George Sutton [19] All
Open Class
Privateer 5 United Kingdom Chloe Hewitt All
AReeve Motorsport 8 United Kingdom Kevin Owen [20] 1-4, 6-7
33 United Kingdom Stu Lane 2
United Kingdom Tim Bill 3
44 United Kingdom Aaron Reeve All
63 United Kingdom Darryl Brown 4
94 United Kingdom Scot Adam 1
121 United Kingdom Jono Davis 1, 7
606 United Kingdom Tim Bill 1-2, 4-7
Excelr8 Motorsport 24 United Kingdom Rob Austin All
Privateer 26 United Kingdom Andy Montgomery All
College of West Anglia 53 United Kingdom Andrew Tsang 1-2
United Kingdom Neal Clarke 7
Sussex Road and Race 77 United Kingdom Ben Dimmack All
Privateer 111 United Kingdom Neil Ginley All
Cooper Pro Class
Privateer 4 United Kingdom Michael Bamber 2, 5
Hybrid Tune Motorsport 6 United Kingdom Sam Weller [21] All
Rob Sims Racing 9 United Kingdom Simon Walton 1-4, 6-7
47 United Kingdom James Goodall All
91 United Kingdom Owen Walton All
99 United Kingdom Fulvio Mussi 5
Team Dynamics 20 United Kingdom Craig Smith 2
Excelr8 Motorsport 23 United Kingdom Ethan Pitt 6-7
31 United Kingdom Jessica Hawkins All
36 United Kingdom Mark Cornell All
56 United Kingdom Richard Newman All
126 United Kingdom Bryony King 5-7
888 United Kingdom Matt Hammond All
Privateer 49 United Kingdom Martin Poole 1-5, 7
AReeve Motorsport 74 United Kingdom Rob Butler 7
126 United Kingdom Sarah Moore 4
Sussex Road and Race 98 United Kingdom Darren Chatt All
Cooper Am Class
Sussex Road and Race 10 United Kingdom Paul Townsend 1
Hybrid Tune Motorsport 12 United Kingdom Stuart McLaren [22] All
Excelr8 Motorsport 21 United Kingdom Nicolas Griebner 1
United Kingdom Daniel Bishop 2-3
United Kingdom Chris Day 4
AReeve Motorsport 46 United Kingdom Andy Godfrey All
63 United Kingdom Darryl Brown 5-7
College of West Anglia 50 United Kingdom Neal Clarke 1-4
United Kingdom Gary Papworth 5-7
78 United Kingdom Chris Middleton All
Rob Sims Racing 54 United Kingdom Adrian Norman All
Privateer 217 United Kingdom Dale Jamieson All

Results[edit]

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

Championship standings[edit]

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[edit]

JCW Class[edit]

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

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

Cooper Pro Class[edit]

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

Cooper Am Class[edit]

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

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