2010 Mini Challenge UK

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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[edit]

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[edit]

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[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]

JCW Class[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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