2007 Mini Challenge UK

The 2007 Mini Challenge season was the sixth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 28 April at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit and ended on 7 October at Brands Hatch. The season featured seven rounds across the UK and one in Belgium.

Calendar edit

Round Circuit Date Classes Races
1 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 28-29 April All 3
2 Oulton Park 26, 28 May All 2
3 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 16-17 June All 2
4 Thruxton Circuit 21-22 July All 2
5 Donington Park 4-5 August All 2
6 Croft Circuit 25-26 August All 2
7 Pembrey Circuit 22-23 September All 3
8 Brands Hatch 6-7 August All 2

Entry list edit

Team No. Driver Rounds
Cooper S Class
Forster Motorsport 2 Peter Budd 1-4
Arthur Forster 8
7 3-5
16 Nathan Coulter 1-3, 6-8
30 Martin Depper 1, 3-8
Maximum Motorsport 4 Stewart Lines All
Coastal Racing 6 Jake Packun All
11 Lee Pattison All
15 Carl Bradley 4
Steve Wood 7
95 8
17 Alex Ferguson 1-3
Stephen Tyldsley 4-8
Mini Motorsport 8 Pedro Del Campo All
14 Shaun King 1, 3-5, 8
Privateer 9 Michael Jones 1-5, 7-8
Stanford Racing 12 Jack Stanford All
Malvern Motorsport 19 Andy Beever All
Advent Motorsport 24 James Blyth All
44 Allen Jackson 1-5, 8
Privateer 40 Matt Campbell 2-5
Darelle Wilson 7-8
OX4 Racing 51 Gavin Bristow All
Privateer 66 Steve Liquorish 6
Tynecastle Racing 69 Garry Meikle All
70 Oly Mortimer All
Redline Racing 77 Jason Greatrex All
Cooper Class
Nixon Motorsport 1 Gareth Nixon 1, 5
3 Stephen Mitchell 6
10 Michelle Nixon All
74 Gary Kounnis All
Mark Fish Motorsport 13 Nik Rochez 1-5, 7-8
21 Jenny Ryan 1-7
22 8
29 Andrew Cox 1, 3-6, 8
Simon Fish 7
31 Keith Issatt 2-7
99 Ian Mills 1
Advent Motorsport 18 Sarah Parsons All
20 Graham Parsons All
22 Katie Percy 1, 5
23 Amanda Johnson 1-3
Alex MacDowall 4
27 Nick Jones All
42 Dawn Boyd All
Waddington Motorsport 25 Laura Waddington All
35 Josh Waddington All
Privateer 33 John Bates All
Coastal Racing 95 Andrew Langdell 1-6

Championship standings edit

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 edit

Cooper S Class edit

Pos Driver SNE OUL SPA THR DON CRO PEM BHI Pts
1 Oly Mortimer 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 7 11 2 3 2 1 11 8 6 6 7 268
2 Jason Greatrex 11 12 Ret 2 5 Ret 8 2 2 7 5 3 6 1 1 3 3 10 201
3 Martin Depper 14 15 Ret 2 Ret 8 1 12 8 1 3 2 3 7 2 1 175
4 Gavin Bristow 9 7 Ret 14 9 3 Ret 1 13 1 1 16 5 3 2 13 10 4 171
5 Andy Beever 10 9 7 7 Ret 4 Ret 11 7 4 6 4 8 6 4 2 8 9 157
6 Nathan Coulter 7 4 4 6 11 Ret DNS 5 2 5 7 1 1 3 155
7 Lee Pattison 2 3 2 4 7 Ret 2 5 Ret 6 Ret 11 Ret 9 11 11 5 5 155
8 James Blyth 5 5 3 10 4 7 1 3 10 DSQ 11 10 Ret 13 12 9 9 8 149
9 Jack Stanford 4 13 10 9 Ret 6 5 9 5 Ret 4 7 4 4 9 5 Ret 16 135
10 Garry Meikle 3 2 Ret 5 2 Ret 9 Ret 6 5 9 8 10 14 14 8 Ret DNS 120
11 Stewart Lines 12 18 Ret 16 8 8 6 17 4 13 10 6 7 8 Ret 4 7 6 110
12 Jake Packun 8 14 6 13 6 12 13 15 Ret 3 2 12 13 12 Ret Ret Ret 13 88
13 Allen Jackson 13 8 5 DNS DNS 5 3 18 9 10 14 12 12 71
14 Shaun King 6 6 9 9 11 10 3 Ret Ret 11 11 70
15 Peter Budd Ret 16 Ret 3 3 10 7 13 8 9 Ret 63
16 Stephen Tyldsley 14 14 8 7 13 9 10 5 10 13 Ret 57
17 Darelle Wilson 8 6 14 4 2 51
18 Pedro Del Campo 15 10 8 11 12 14 15 16 Ret 11 12 14 11 15 13 15 Ret 14 51
19 Alex Ferguson Ret 11 Ret 8 10 11 10 30
20 Matt Campbell 12 13 13 12 12 Ret 12 13 24
21 Michael Jones 16 17 11 15 Ret 15 14 19 12 15 15 17 15 16 14 15 19
22 Arthur Forster 6 DSQ Ret DNS 9 Ret Ret DNS 17
23 Carl Bradley 4 DSQ 13
24 Steve Wood 16 10 12 Ret Ret 10
25 Steve Liquorish 15 12 5

Cooper Class edit

Pos Driver SNE OUL SPA THR DON CRO PEM BHI Pts
1 Jenny Ryan 3 3 4 1 2 9 Ret 3 5 4 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 3 273
2 Gary Kounnis 2 4 3 2 1 3 3 6 2 1 3 3 12 5 1 Ret 2 2 260
3 Nick Jones 1 1 2 4 6 2 Ret 5 13 5 7 10 5 1 2 1 1 1 251
4 Graham Parsons 4 2 1 13 Ret 5 1 2 4 2 4 Ret 2 4 4 Ret 4 Ret 204
5 Keith Issatt Ret 3 1 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 3 6 3 184
6 Michelle Nixon 5 5 DNS 10 11 6 5 9 9 7 4 5 6 8 10 5 9 9 150
7 Nik Rochez 7 9 7 3 7 4 4 14 6 10 6 10 11 DNS 12 6 128
8 John Bates 6 12 6 6 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 Ret 10 7 Ret 8 8 Ret 127
9 Dawn Boyd 10 11 10 5 8 11 8 12 10 12 10 8 Ret 9 9 7 6 4 123
10 Sarah Parsons 13 13 9 7 10 12 10 8 Ret 13 12 9 8 11 12 9 7 7 102
11 Andrew Langdell 9 8 5 11 4 8 6 11 Ret 6 9 7 9 100
12 Josh Waddington 15 15 13 9 12 13 11 13 11 11 13 6 Ret 13 7 6 10 8 86
13 Andrew Cox 12 6 Ret 10 7 9 11 11 7 5 5 77
14 Laura Waddington 16 16 14 12 13 14 12 15 12 14 14 12 11 12 8 10 11 10 62
15 Amanda Johnson 8 7 8 8 9 10 9 53
16 Alex MacDowall 1 1 41
17 Stephen Mitchell 4 3 28
18 Simon Fish 6 5 DNS 21
19 Ian Mills 11 10 12 15
20 Katie Percy 14 14 11 15 DNS 10
21 Gareth Nixon Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS 1