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.
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
Team
Driver
Rounds
JCW Class
Unitec Motorsport
1
David Grady [ 1]
All
Excelr8 Motorsport
3
Rebecca Jackson [ 2]
All
9
Ray MacDowall
7-8
11
Max Bladon [ 3]
All
18
Mark Wakefield [ 4]
All
21
Mohammed Nalwalla [ 5]
1-4
30
Luke Caudle
6
46
Stuart Gibbs
All
51
Freddie Lee
1-3, 5
Jack Wright
6
77
Andy Knight
1-2, 7
Ray MacDowall
5
80
Nick Boon
1
88
Reece Barr [ 6]
All
Eurotech Racing
4
Ben Winrow
4
39
Brett Smith
All
55
Jeff Smith [ 7]
1-3
74
Neil Newstead
5
76
Jo Polley [ 8]
1-3, 6-7
ES Motorsport
7
Steve King
1-4, 7-8
45
Calum King
1-4, 7-8
MINI UK VIP
15
Charlie Butler-Henderson [ 9]
All
16
David Robinson
8
37
Rob Smith [ 10]
All
52
James Taylor
1
Tim "Shmee150" Burton [ 11]
2
Vicki Butler-Henderson
3
JM Littman
4
Mark Blundell
5
Ben Barry
6
Mia Flewitt
8
61
James Turkington
1-5
77
George Wright
6
Privateer
17
Brad Hutchison
All
Lawrence Davey Racing
19
Lawrence Davey
4-6
20
Kyle Reid
3
29
Stuart Gough
8
32
Dean Brace [ 12]
1-6, 8
Team Dynamics
22
Will Neal [ 13]
All
42
Henry Neal [ 14]
All
AReeve Motorsport
27
Gary Curtis
8
69
Jesse Chamberlin
4
78
Richard O'Dwyer [ 15]
All
87
Paul Bell [ 16]
All
126
Sarah Moore
6
777
Kenan Dole
5, 8
TDF with Moorgate Motorsport Finance
29
Stuart Gough [ 17]
1-5
OX4 Racing
35
Chris Fryer
1, 7
Chris Oakman
2-3
James Loukes
4-5
Privateer
84
Ryan Dignan
All
90
Scott Jeffs [ 18]
All
Staffs Racing
99
Kevin O'Connor
1-7
George Sutton Racing
444
George Sutton [ 19]
All
Open Class
Privateer
5
Chloe Hewitt
All
AReeve Motorsport
8
Kevin Owen [ 20]
1-4, 6-7
33
Stu Lane
2
Tim Bill
3
44
Aaron Reeve
All
63
Darryl Brown
4
94
Scot Adam
1
121
Jono Davis
1, 7
606
Tim Bill
1-2, 4-7
Excelr8 Motorsport
24
Rob Austin
All
Privateer
26
Andy Montgomery
All
College of West Anglia
53
Andrew Tsang
1-2
Neal Clarke
7
Sussex Road and Race
77
Ben Dimmack
All
Privateer
111
Neil Ginley
All
Cooper Pro Class
Privateer
4
Michael Bamber
2, 5
Hybrid Tune Motorsport
6
Sam Weller [ 21]
All
Rob Sims Racing
9
Simon Walton
1-4, 6-7
47
James Goodall
All
91
Owen Walton
All
99
Fulvio Mussi
5
Team Dynamics
20
Craig Smith
2
Excelr8 Motorsport
23
Ethan Pitt
6-7
31
Jessica Hawkins
All
36
Mark Cornell
All
56
Richard Newman
All
126
Bryony King
5-7
888
Matt Hammond
All
Privateer
49
Martin Poole
1-5, 7
AReeve Motorsport
74
Rob Butler
7
126
Sarah Moore
4
Sussex Road and Race
98
Darren Chatt
All
Cooper Am Class
Sussex Road and Race
10
Paul Townsend
1
Hybrid Tune Motorsport
12
Stuart McLaren [ 22]
All
Excelr8 Motorsport
21
Nicolas Griebner
1
Daniel Bishop
2-3
Chris Day
4
AReeve Motorsport
46
Andy Godfrey
All
63
Darryl Brown
5-7
College of West Anglia
50
Neal Clarke
1-4
Gary Papworth
5-7
78
Chris Middleton
All
Rob Sims Racing
54
Adrian Norman
All
Privateer
217
Dale Jamieson
All
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 ]
Pos
Driver
OUL
ROC
SNE
SIL
BHI
BHGP
OUL
DON
Pts
1
Brett Smith
2
4
7
4
3
1
1
1
4
2
2
2
3
1
2
4
1
1
838
2
Reece Barr
6
6
3
1
2
Ret
12
7
6
8
4
3
8
5
3
2
4
4
580
3
David Grady
10
8
4
2
6
3
5
14
12
7
3
1
7
Ret
5
11
3
3
571
4
Charlie Butler-Henderson
3
1
5
3
10
10
Ret
25
13
3
1
4
5
3
Ret
9
7
5
543
5
Max Bladon
4
2
1
11
4
5
11
5
1
12
Ret
11
Ret
21
9
3
6
8
528
6
Rob Smith
7
3
11
12
Ret
9
3
2
2
1
Ret
9
1
Ret
Ret
DNS
2
2
517
7
George Sutton
15
9
DNS
16
23
8
8
8
7
14
5
6
13
9
4
1
5
5
469
8
Mark Wakefield
1
5
2
28
7
4
2
3
3
5
Ret
7
6
Ret
Ret
DNS
17
11
464
9
Henry Neal
11
11
DNS
9
13
11
15
6
11
4
Ret
15
11
7
1
Ret
12
Ret
362
10
Brad Hutchison
9
22
6
6
11
Ret
13
11
8
Ret
13
18
15
13
13
8
14
10
357
11
Stuart Gough
12
13
9
5
22
12
6
9
14
10
7
5
8
7
354
12
Scott Jeffs
26
18
8
7
Ret
19
25
15
16
16
8
12
21
12
8
6
16
14
332
13
Dean Brace
13
17
18
Ret
Ret
14
7
12
9
13
10
17
10
8
13
15
297
14
Paul Bell
18
14
13
15
Ret
18
19
17
18
21
16
22
17
15
6
10
Ret
18
277
15
Will Neal
23
25
DNS
20
19
DNS
DNS
21
17
15
11
13
14
14
7
5
10
16
276
16
Ryan Dignan
16
10
21
14
16
15
18
16
Ret
19
20
20
16
21
Ret
12
15
17
273
17
James Turkington
5
Ret
10
8
5
7
4
4
5
DNS
DNS
DNS
264
18
Lawrence Davey
10
15
6
15
8
2
2
214
19
Rebecca Jackson
28
23
20
24
20
20
23
Ret
21
23
18
23
Ret
18
12
14
18
21
202
20
Jeff Smith
8
7
14
Ret
1
2
10
195
21
Calum King
14
Ret
DNS
18
12
17
14
Ret
DNS
15
7
11
12
181
22
Stuart Gibbs
30
28
22
25
24
22
24
23
22
24
19
24
Ret
20
17
17
19
20
181
23
Kevin O'Connor
22
24
19
17
Ret
23
21
19
24
22
14
19
19
16
DNS
DNS
170
24
Mohammed Nalwalla
27
19
12
10
14
13
9
Ret
19
144
25
Freddie Lee
DNS
DNS
17
13
8
6
Ret
17
Ret
10
136
26
Richard O'Dwyer
25
20
23
21
Ret
Ret
Ret
18
23
20
17
21
Ret
Ret
10
Ret
Ret
DNS
133
27
Jo Polley
20
21
Ret
23
18
Ret
22
DNS
19
11
13
117
28
Steve King
24
27
15
26
21
DNS
DNS
24
DNS
14
15
Ret
19
112
29
James Loukes
13
10
11
DNS
16
83
30
Andy Knight
29
26
16
22
16
16
73
31
Chris Oakman
Ret
19
15
16
17
65
32
Chris Fryer
19
15
Ret
DNS
32
33
Nick Boon
21
16
31
34
Jesse Chamberlin
20
20
26
35
Ben Winrow
22
DNS
11
drivers ineligible for points
–
Luke Caudle
9
4
0
–
Sarah Moore
4
6
0
–
Neil Newstead
9
6
Ret
0
–
Kyle Reid
9
24
16
0
–
Kenan Dole
18
9
14
9
13
0
–
David Robinson
Ret
9
0
–
Jack Wright
12
10
0
–
James Taylor
17
12
0
–
Mark Blundell
Ret
12
Ret
0
–
Vicki Butler-Henderson
17
21
20
0
–
Ben Barry
20
17
0
–
George Wright
18
Ret
0
–
Mia Flewitt
20
22
0
–
Gary Curtis
21
23
0
–
Tim Burton
24
27
0
–
JM Littman
Ret
Ret
0
–
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)
Pos
Driver
SNE
SIL
ROC
BHI
OUL
DON
SNE
Pts
1
Ben Dimamck
3
2
3
Ret
3
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
Ret
2
1
3
2
2
778
2
Rob Austin
4
4
8
2
1
4
2
1
2
3
1
2
1
3
2
4
4
DNS
709
3
Aaron Reeve
Ret
Ret
5
Ret
5
3
3
3
3
2
3
6
Ret
1
Ret
2
1
1
568
4
Andy Montgomery
5
6
7
3
6
Ret
5
5
6
7
6
3
2
Ret
4
8
7
6
541
5
Chloe Hewitt
7
7
9
5
9
6
8
8
7
6
5
4
3
5
3
6
6
4
530
6
Neil Ginley
9
10
11
4
8
7
6
7
8
Ret
DNS
5
5
7
6
7
9
7
473
7
Kevin Owen
8
9
10
6
7
Ret
7
6
5
5
4
4
5
DNS
10
6
430
8
Tim Bill
6
8
6
Ret
DNS
DNS
4
4
4
4
7
Ret
4
6
Ret
9
8
5
427
9
Jono Davis
2
3
1
1
3
Ret
236
10
Andrew Tsang
Ret
5
4
DSQ
4
2
158
11
Scot Adam
1
1
2
156
12
Stu Lane
1
2
5
134
13
Neal Clarke
5
5
3
114
14
Darryl Brown
9
8
8
84
Pos
Driver
SNE
SIL
ROC
BHI
OUL
DON
SNE
Pts
1
Matt Hammond
Ret
5
1
2
2
2
4
1
1
1
1
4
Ret
1
1
4
4
3
761
2
Jessica Hawkins
1
1
3
1
1
3
1
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
4
2
3
4
727
3
Sam Weller
3
4
10
6
3
1
3
4
2
2
4
11
3
4
2
1
1
1
702
4
Owen Walton
5
2
6
7
4
8
2
2
3
6
5
7
4
6
8
Ret
9
9
575
5
Martin Poole
4
Ret
5
3
5
4
6
3
9
3
2
9
Ret
3
2
2
538
6
Richard Newman
2
3
4
5
Ret
5
5
6
5
9
9
2
Ret
3
3
5
Ret
8
523
7
James Goodall
6
8
8
8
7
6
9
8
7
Ret
8
6
Ret
5
5
7
7
7
488
8
Simon Walton
7
6
2
4
8
Ret
7
7
5
5
7
8
Ret
6
6
6
459
9
Mark Cornell
9
7
9
12
10
10
10
10
11
10
11
10
7
9
6
9
8
11
459
10
Darren Chatt
8
9
7
9
9
9
8
9
8
8
10
5
8
10
Ret
10
Ret
Ret
411
11
Bryony King
8
6
7
7
11
10
10
124
12
Ethan Pitt
11
9
8
5
5
144
13
Michael Bamber
11
6
7
Ret
5
121
14
Sarah Moore
6
7
6
94
15
Craig Smith
10
11
Ret
46
16
Rob Butler
Ret
Ret
12
21
drivers ineligible for points
–
Fulvio Mussi
1
1
0
Pos
Driver
SNE
SIL
ROC
BHI
OUL
DON
SNE
Pts
1
Stuart McLaren
1
1
1
7
3
1
3
3
1
2
2
1
1
1
6
1
1
1
886
2
Chris Middleton
3
4
2
2
2
3
2
2
3
1
4
4
2
Ret
2
2
2
2
739
3
Andy Godfrey
7
5
5
3
4
5
6
4
4
4
1
2
4
2
1
6
3
4
704
4
Adrian Norman
4
2
3
4
6
6
4
Ret
7
6
5
3
3
5
3
5
6
6
609
5
Dale Jamieson
Ret
DNS
DNS
5
5
4
7
5
6
Ret
7
6
6
3
4
4
5
5
477
6
Neal Clarke
5
3
4
6
7
7
5
Ret
5
3
6
343
7
Daniel Bishop
1
1
2
1
1
280
8
Gray Papworth
5
5
4
Ret
3
4
3
222
9
Darryl Brown
7
7
6
5
7
7
DNS
186
10
Chris Day
2
5
3
128
11
Paul Townsend
6
6
6
96
12
Nicolas Griebner
2
DNS
DNS
44