2006 Mini Challenge UK

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The 2006 Mini Challenge season was the fifth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 1 April at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit^[1] and ended on 22 October at Donington Park.^[2] The season featured seven rounds across the UK and one in Belgium.

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Classes	Races
1	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	1–2 April	All	2
2	Brands Hatch	29–30 April	All	2
3	Pembrey Circuit	27–28 May	All	2
4	Castle Combe	24–25 June	All	2
5	Thruxton Circuit	5–6 August	All	2
6	Croft Circuit	9–10 September	All	2
7	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	7–8 October	All	2
8	Donington Park	21–22 October	All	2

Entry list

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Cooper S Class
Forster Motorsport	1	Arthur Forster	All
	7	Carl Baker	1, 6
		Tony Skelton	2
		Terry Birtchford	8
	16	Nathan Coulter	2, 4-8
	30	Martin Depper	All
Privateer	2	Charles Bloom	1-3, 5-8
Coastal Racing	4	Carl Bradley	All
	6	Jake Packun	8
	12	Jack Stanford	8
Mark Fish Motorsport	5	Andrew Bailey	All
	52	Angus Duke	1
	52	Fiona Leggate	5, 7
BMR Motorsport	8	Finlay Crocker	All
Privateer	9	Michael Jones	1-5, 7-8
Advent Motorsport	15	Mark Drury	4, 7
	15	Stewart Lines	8
	44	Freddy Nordström	All
	77	Allen Jackson	All
Privateer	15	Alex Ferguson	5-7
Privateer	22	David Shepherd	All
OX4 Racing	51	Gavin Bristow	All
Privateer	55	Bill Philp	1-3, 7
Privateer	66	Ant Scragg	7
Privateer	69	Ciaran Butler	7
Privateer	69	Wayne Hunsucker	8
Cooper Class
Nixon Motorsport	3	Gareth Nixon	All
	24	Rob Austin	All
	36	Eric Bailey	All
Mark Fish Motorsport	13	Ian Mills	1, 8
	13	Nik Rochez	2-5, 7
	23	Jenny Ryan	All
	29	Andrew Cox	1-2, 4-6
Advent Motorsport	15	Mark Drury	1-3
	20	Graham Parsons	1-5, 7-8
	42	Dawn Boyd	6-8
	98	Amanda Elliot	5-8
	99	Tim Crighton	1, 4-8
	99	Ray MacDowall	2
Privateer	21	Jonathan Shepherd	All
BMR Motorsport	26	Dave Phillips	1-2
		James Olden	3-5, 7
		Gary Robertshaw	8
	31	Keith Issatt	All
	32	Alan Taylor	1-5, 7-8
	32	Dave Phillips	6
Forster Motorsport	33	John Bates	1-4, 6-8
Forster Motorsport	47	Gary Kounnis	All
Privateer	40	Edward Lovett	All
Privateer	50	Rachel Owen	1-3, 7-8

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		BHI		CAS		PEM		THR		CRO		SPA		DON		Pts
1	Freddy Nordström	7	2	2	3	3	1	2	1	4	2	3	3	1	2	3	3	265
2	Arthur Forster	3	4	Ret	1	1	2	1	DSQ	2	1	1	Ret	Ret	1	9	1	219
3	Martin Depper	5	5	4	2	2	4	6	3	1	4	4	2	2	Ret	5	11	203
4	Carl Bradley	1	1	11	6	7	6	8	2	3	3	5	1	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	178
5	Finlay Crocker	4	7	5	8	8	7	4	9	9	7	11	6	8	14	4	5	143
6	David Shepherd	11	3	12	Ret	5	5	3	4	5	6	2	Ret	4	13	Ret	6	139
7	Gavin Bristow	8	8	6	7	9	Ret	5	5	7	5	6	5	Ret	5	8	4	137
8	Andrew Bailey	9	9	3	4	6	3	7	7	8	DNS	8	DNS	3	4	Ret	DNS	129
9	Allen Jackson	6	Ret	1	5	4	12	9	Ret	10	8	12	Ret	7	9	6	7	119
10	Michael Jones	13	10	9	11	Ret	11	11	10	13	10			13	8	12	10	67
11	Nathan Coulter			Ret	Ret			Ret	8	12	9	10	4	15	Ret	7	12	53
12	Bill Philp	10	Ret	8	9	10	8							11	7			49
13	Charles Bloom	12	11	10	Ret	11	10			Ret	DNS	13	8	14	11	14	Ret	46
14	Alex Ferguson									11	Ret	7	7	9	3			45
15	Jack Stanford															1	2	38
16	Carl Baker	2	6									9	Ret					34
17	Mark Drury							10	6					12	10			33
18	Fiona Leggate									6	Ret			5	Ret			22
19	Ciaran Butler													6	6			20
20	Tony Skelton			7	10													15
21	Wayne Hunsucker															10	8	14
22	Stewart Lines															11	9	12
23	Ant Scragg													10	12			10
24	Jake Packun															13	Ret	3
25	Angus Duke	Ret	DNS															0
26	Terry Birtchford															Ret	Ret	0

Cooper Class

Pos	Driver	SNE		BHI		CAS		PEM		THR		CRO		SPA		DON		Pts
1	Gareth Nixon	3	1	1	2	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	314
2	Eric Bailey	1	2	Ret	4	6	2	4	5	4	5	6	6	2	2	7	5	203
3	Gary Kounnis	2	4	9	6	1	5	7	10	5	4	DSQ	10	Ret	5	6	6	154
4	Jenny Ryan	5	8	11	8	Ret	4	5	3	3	Ret	4	3	5	7	5	10	153
5	Edward Lovett	4	5	7	13	Ret	9	6	6	6	11	5	5	4	Ret	2	3	146
6	Jonathan Shepherd	11	7	2	Ret	2	6	2	4	10	9	3	Ret	11	8	9	7	145
7	Tim Crighton	Ret	3					Ret	2	2	2	2	2	6	4	Ret	2	142
8	Rob Austin	Ret	Ret	3	5	3	8	3	7	8	8	8	7	7	Ret	10	11	128
9	Graham Parsons	7	6	6	3	9	3	Ret	8	11	7			15	3	4	8	125
10	Keith Issatt	8	9	12	10	Ret	11	9	Ret	7	Ret	11	4	3	6	8	12	101
11	Alan Taylor	9	12	15	11	7	Ret	10	12	9	6			8	9	11	9	80
12	Rachel Owen	10	10	10	12	5	10							9	10	14	Ret	54
13	Dave Phillips	6	11	5	7							7	8					52
14	James Olden					Ret	7	8	9	Ret	3			DSQ	DSQ			40
15	Andrew Cox	12	13	13	Ret			12	11	13	12	9	9					40
16	John Bates	13	15	16	15	8	13	13	Ret			12	12	14	12	13	14	38
17	Ray MacDowall			4	1													35
18	Nik Rochez			14	14	Ret	12	11	Ret	12	10			10	11			34
19	Amanda Elliot									14	13	10	11	12	14	12	13	29
20	Gary Robertshaw															3	4	28
21	Mark Drury	15	14	8	9	Ret	DNS											18
22	Dawn Boyd											13	13	13	13	16	15	13
23	Ian Mills	14	Ret													15	Ret	3

References

^ "MINI Challenge UK at Snetterton". Motoring File. 6 April 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
^ David Duffy (18 October 2006). "US Mini ace to race at Donington". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 10 June 2025.