2007 Mini Challenge UK

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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.^[1] The season featured seven rounds across the UK and one in Belgium.

Calendar

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 October	All	2

Entry list

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Cooper S Class
Forster Motorsport	2	Peter Budd	1-4
	2	Arthur Forster	8
	7	Arthur Forster	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
	15	Steve Wood	7
	95	Steve Wood	8
	17	Alex Ferguson	1-3
	17	Stephen Tyldsley	4-8
Mini Motorsport	8	Pedro Del Campo	All
Mini Motorsport	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
Advent Motorsport	44	Allen Jackson	1-5, 8
Privateer	40	Matt Campbell	2-5
Privateer	40	Darelle Wilson	7-8
OX4 Racing	51	Gavin Bristow	All
Privateer	66	Steve Liquorish	6
Tynecastle Racing	69	Garry Meikle	All
Tynecastle Racing	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	Jenny Ryan	8
	29	Andrew Cox	1, 3-6, 8
	29	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
	23	Alex MacDowall	4
	27	Nick Jones	All
	42	Dawn Boyd	All
Waddington Motorsport	25	Laura Waddington	All
Waddington Motorsport	35	Josh Waddington	All
Privateer	33	John Bates	All
Coastal Racing	95	Andrew Langdell	1-6

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

Cooper S Class

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

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

References

^ "Provisional 2007 Calendar". Archived from the original on January 11, 2007.