2010 Mini Challenge UK

2010 Mini Challenge UK

The 2010 Mini Challenge season was the ninth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 10 April at Rockingham Motor Speedway and ended on 29 August at Thruxton Circuit. The season featured seven rounds across the UK.

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Classes	Races
1	Rockingham Motor Speedway	10–11 April	All	3
2	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	8–9 May	All	3
3	Oulton Park	29–30 May	All	3
4	Pembrey	26–27 June	All	3
5	Castle Combe	17–18 July	All	3
6	Brands Hatch	14–15 August	All	3
7	Thruxton Circuit	28–29 August	All	3

Entry list

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
JCW Class
Excelr8 Motorsport	1	Luke Caudle	All
Mini Matt	5	Andrew Bailey	7
	21	Matthew Pike	3-4, 6
Coastal Racing	10	Chris Smith	All
	25	Jason Mills	1-2
		Carl Bradley	3
		Tiffany Chittenden	6
	69	Chris Panayiotou	1
Mini Spares UK	24	Chris Knox	All
Mark Fish Motorsport	50	Jason Richardson	All
	69	Ben Anderson	3
		Stuart Clarke	4
		Roger Grimshaw	5
Team Oxford	51	Chris Oakman	1-2, 5
		Gavin Bristow	3-4, 6-7
Cooper S Class
Team Powerstart	2	Dean Raymond	1-3, 6-7
Truck Align	7	Craig Freeman	All
	26	Lee Allen	All
Privateer	28	Ian Milton	1
Team AKB	36	Chris Vinall	1-2
Electro Services	40	Chris James	2-7
Privateer	66	Steve Liquorish	1, 4-5
Sullivan Racing	68	Lee Sullivan	All
Cooper Class
Mini Motorsport	3	Roger Bates	2, 4, 6
Excelr8 Motorsport	5	Alan Wichenden	4, 6
	11	Jason Foster	7
	15	Justina Williams	All
	16	James Whelan	1
	16	James Fletcher	5
	17	Tom Wood	5
	19	Sarah Parsons	2-6
	31	Keith Issatt	6
Truck Align	9	Kevin O'Connor	All
Privateer	13	Gary Kounnis	6-7
Team O Racing	18	Sam Osborne	All
Mark Fish Motorsport	45	David Ogden	All

Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the first 15 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
Points	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championship

JCW Class

Pos	Driver	ROC			SNE			OUL			PEM			CAS			BHI			THR			Pts
1	Luke Caudle	1	1	3	2	2	1	2	3	2	1	1	2	1	1	4	2	1	1	1	3	1	393
2	Chris Knox	3	2	4	1	1	2	3	1	3	Ret	2	1	4	4	1	1	7	3	3	2	3	328
3	Chris Smith	6	5	Ret	4	4	3	6	5	7	6	5	5	5	3	3	5	3	6	2	1	2	258
4	Jason Richardson	4	4	5	3	3	Ret	8	Ret	4	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	2	Ret	Ret	6	6	222
5	Gavin Bristow							5	4	5	4	Ret	4				3	4	2	4	4	4	145
6	Chris Oakman	5	3	2	Ret	DNS	DNS							2	2	2							96
7	Matthew Pike							7	Ret	6	2	4	6				6	5	5				92
8	Stuart Clarke							1	2	1													60
9	Chris Panayiotou	2	6	1																			49
10	Andrew Bailey																			5	5	5	33
11	Tiffany Chittenden																7	6	4				32
12	Ben Anderson										5	6	Ret										21
13	Carl Bradley							4	Ret	Ret													13
14	Jason Mills	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS																0
15	Roger Grimshaw													Ret	DNS	DNS							0

Cooper S Class

Pos	Driver	ROC			SNE			OUL			PEM			CAS			BHI			THR			Pts
1	Lee Allen	1	1	1	1	Ret	1	Ret	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	394
2	Lee Sullivan	2	3	2	3	1	2	3	3	Ret	Ret	2	3	2	2	Ret	2	1	1	Ret	2	4	284
3	Craig Freeman	6	4	7	5	2	4	Ret	4	2	4	Ret	Ret	4	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	5	233
4	Chris James				6	4	5	2	1	Ret	3	Ret	DNS	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	Ret	3	207
5	Dean Raymond	4	5	4	4	3	3	1	Ret	DNS							4	Ret	Ret	2	3	2	162
6	Steve Liquorish	3	2	3							2	3	2	Ret	DNS	DNS							96
7	Chris Vinall	7	7	5	2	Ret	DNS																47
8	Ian Milton	5	6	6																			31

Cooper Class

Pos	Driver	ROC			SNE			OUL			PEM			CAS			BHI			THR			Pts
1	David Ogden	2	2	5	1	1	2	1	4	5	1	1	1	2	1	5	1	1	Ret	5	5	4	348
2	Kevin O'Connor	1	1	4	3	2	1	4	5	1	2	4	7	1	5	1	3	2	5	4	1	Ret	318
3	Justina Williams	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	7	5	1	1	2	2	317
4	Sam Osborne	5	5	1	2	5	4	5	1	4	5	7	4	4	3	Ret	2	3	2	2	4	3	283
5	Sarah Parsons				Ret	3	3	2	3	2	4	2	2	5	4	4	5	6	3				202
6	Gary Kounnis																Ret	4	4	3	3	1	77
7	Roger Bates				DNS	6	6				7	6	6				Ret	9	Ret				56
8	Alan Wichenden										6	5	5				6	8	DNS				50
9	James Whelan	3	3	2																			47
10	Tom Wood													6	6	3							35
11	Keith Issatt																4	7	6				32
12	James Ketchell													7	7	6							28
13	Jason Foster																			Ret	6	5	21