2008 Mini Challenge UK

The 2008 Mini Challenge season was the seventh season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 27 April at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit and ended on 32 September at Rockingham Motor Speedway. The season featured seven rounds across the UK.

Calendar

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Round Circuit Date Classes Races
1 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 26–27 April All 3
2 Pembrey Circuit 10–11 May All 4
3 Croft Circuit 14–15 June All 2
4 Castle Combe 19–20 July All 3
5 Donington Park 2–3 August All 3
6 Brands Hatch 24–25 August All 2
7 Rockingham Motor Speedway 27–28 September All 3

Entry list

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Team No. Driver Rounds
Cooper S Class
Maximum Motorsport 2 Gary Kounnis All
3 Steve Woods 1
5 Stewart Lines 1, 3-5
Coastal Racing 6 Jake Packun 1-6
9 James Williams 1-6
Carl Bradley 7
23 Chris Panayiotou 3-7
69 Ant Scragg All
Forster Motorsport 7 Arthur Forster 1-6
Steve Meli 7
8 Joachim Ritter 2
Andrew Bailey 4-7
12 Jack Stanford All
30 Martin Depper All
66 Steve Liquorish All
Mini Motorsport 14 Shaun King 4-5
Advent Motorsport 16 Mark Drury 5
OX4 Racing 51 Richard Miller 5-6
Redline Racing 77 Jason Greatrex 1
Malvern Motorsport 99 Andy Beever 1-6
Cooper Class
Advent Motorsport 4 Antony Williams All
15 Chris Mohan 1
Kristian White 3
17 Joel Wroe-Johnson 1-2
93 3-7
19 Sarah Parsons All
20 Graham Parsons All
42 Dawn Boyd All
76 Peter Slevin 1, 7
Arthur Williams 2
Tim Crighton 3-4
Privateer 10 Michelle Nixon 1-6
Privateer 18 Nina-Jo Atkinson All
Privateer 22 Rebecca Nuttall 1-2
Robershaw Racing 31 Keith Issatt All
Privateer 33 Craig Dawson 4-7
Waddington Motorsport 35 Josh Waddington All
79 Aston Blake All
Mark Fish Motorsport 65 Jason Richardson 5-7

Championship standings

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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

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Cooper S Class

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Pos Driver SNE PEM CRO CAS DON BHI ROC Pts
1 Martin Depper 2 2 1 1 2 4 2 3 2 3 1 1 2 3 5 1 Ret 2 2 2 331
2 Jack Stanford 1 1 3 6 3 8 3 2 3 2 2 2 5 5 1 3 1 1 1 1 330
3 Jake Packun 10 5 4 2 4 2 1 1 1 6 12 8 3 1 2 2 Ret 232
4 Andy Beever 5 4 5 4 7 3 5 4 5 8 9 9 6 2 4 10 3 192
5 Steve Liquorish 9 9 9 8 8 5 4 7 6 9 8 11 8 8 8 8 6 4 6 4 178
6 Ant Scragg 4 3 Ret 9 5 6 Ret 5 4 Ret 5 10 4 9 3 Ret 2 5 7 DNS 169
7 Gary Kounnis 6 7 8 5 6 10 7 Ret DNS 11 3 5 7 4 10 5 5 7 Ret 5 164
8 Arthur Forster 3 Ret 2 3 1 1 9 Ret DNS 1 Ret 3 Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret 135
9 James Williams 8 10 7 7 9 7 6 8 Ret 4 11 4 Ret 10 9 4 9 130
10 Chris Panayiotou 9 8 10 7 7 9 6 11 6 4 6 8 DNS 102
11 Shaun King 7 4 6 1 Ret 6 62
12 Stewart Lines Ret Ret Ret 6 7 5 6 Ret 12 13 7 56
13 Andrew Bailey Ret 10 Ret 10 7 12 7 7 Ret 5 Ret 54
14 Steve Meli 3 3 3 46
15 Steve Wood 7 8 6 27
16 Joachim Ritter 10 10 9 9 27
17 Richard Miller 11 11 14 9 8 27
18 Jason Greatrex 11 6 DNS 15
19 Carl Bradley DNS 4 DNS 13
20 Mark Drury Ret 12 13 7

Cooper Class

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Pos Driver SNE PEM CRO CAS DON BHI ROC Pts
1 Graham Parsons 2 Ret Ret Ret DNS 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 5 5 7 273
2 Keith Issatt 3 1 2 2 1 Ret 9 1 3 6 3 3 6 DSQ 10 7 4 4 4 5 247
3 Josh Waddington 4 6 9 5 4 5 10 3 4 10 7 5 2 5 3 4 9 3 2 1 240
4 Joel Wroe-Johnson 6 2 4 1 2 3 3 9 11 3 5 Ret Ret Ret 6 6 6 2 3 2 228
5 Antony Williams 1 5 1 7 7 Ret 4 7 9 5 6 4 3 3 4 2 2 7 Ret Ret 226
6 Aston Blake DNS 3 8 6 9 2 6 Ret 7 4 12 8 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 3 193
7 Michelle Nixon 5 4 3 3 3 1 2 10 8 8 9 Ret 8 6 8 Ret 7 170
8 Craig Dawson Ret 4 6 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 168
9 Sarah Parsons 7 7 5 DNS 5 7 5 4 6 7 8 Ret 7 Ret DNS 9 12 9 8 9 142
10 Dawn Boyd 9 Ret 7 4 6 6 Ret 8 12 9 10 Ret 9 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 142
11 Nina-Jo Atkinson 11 10 11 8 10 9 8 11 10 Ret 11 7 10 Ret Ret 10 11 11 11 11 102
12 Tim Crighton 5 1 2 2 2 84
13 Peter Slevin 8 9 6 10 10 10 43
14 Jason Richardson Ret 8 9 Ret 10 Ret 9 8 36
15 Arthur Williams 9 8 8 7 32
16 Kristian White 6 5 21
17 Chris Mohan 10 8 10 27
18 Rebecca Nuttall 12 11 Ret 10 11 Ret DNS 20