2013 Mini Challenge UK

The 2013 Mini Challenge season was the twelfth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 6 April at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit and ended on 29 September at Donington Park. The season featured six rounds across the UK and one in Holland.

Calendar

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Round Circuit Date Classes Races
1 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 6–7 April All 4
2 Brands Hatch 11–12 May All 3
3 Brands Hatch 22–23 June All 3
4 Oulton Park 13 July All 2
5 Castle Combe 3 August All 2
6 Zandvoort 7–8 September All 3
7 Donington Park 28–29 September All 3

Entry list

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Team No. Driver Rounds
JCW Class
Sussex Road & Race 1 Lee Allen All
7 Craig Freeman 2-4
26 George Allen 2-3
29 Chris Panayiotou 1
31 Keith Issatt 5, 7
Excelr8 Motorsport 2 Luke Caudle All
10 Chris Smith All
27 Rob Smith 7
69 Mark Steward All
79 Jono Brown All
Independent 4 Andy Wilmot 3
Coastal Racing 12 Lee Pattison 4
14 1
Independent 13 Jake Packun All
Advent Motorsport 15 Patrick Mortimer 1-5
Independent 17 William Davison 1, 3-5
Lohen 18 Chris Callister-Russell 2, 5, 7
28 Henry Duprey 7
45 David Ogden 4
Lawrence Davey Racing 19 Lawrence Davey All
IN:MINI 22 Chris Smiley All
37 Stewart Calder All
Jack Doyle Racing 70 Bob Hosier 1-5, 7
Staffs Racing 99 Kevin O'Connor All
Cooper Class
Excelr8 Motorsport 3 Gideon Cresswell 1-5, 7
8 Hamish Brandon All
11 Grace Williams All
33 Ricky Page All
73 Toby Hotston 5
Lohen 4 Graham Leggett 5
48 Andrew Bray 7
77 Josh Gollin All
Advent Motorsport 5 Adrian Norman All
9 Simon Walton 3-7
21 Trevor Bates 1, 3
25 Kevin Norman 1-2, 5
35 Justin Taylor 1-5
39 Ollie Walker 1-5
Coastal Racing 6-7
88 Chris Stoney 7
89 Shane Stoney All
Lawrence Davey Racing 91 Pete Diamant 7
Staffs Racing 94 Ben Gridley 3-4
Max Leaver 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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JCW Class

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Pos Driver SNE BHGP BHI OUL CAS ZAN DON Pts
1 Chris Smiley 2 Ret 3 1 6 Ret 4 3 2 1 1 Ret 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 299
2 Chris Smith 3 3 1 3 2 2 3 5 3 Ret 2 4 4 1 7 7 Ret 2 2 2 276
3 Jake Packun 1 1 Ret DNS 1 1 1 2 13 Ret 3 1 2 4 2 4 2 4 3 5 275
4 Lee Allen 4 4 4 6 4 Ret 12 1 1 3 4 5 11 7 5 5 3 3 4 Ret 226
5 Luke Caudle 5 2 2 2 3 3 13 Ret 7 6 6 2 5 3 3 2 5 5 Ret DNS 223
6 Jono Brown 7 7 7 9 9 Ret 9 Ret 5 2 5 3 3 5 4 6 Ret Ret 7 1 180
7 Lawrence Davey 8 6 5 4 Ret Ret 5 4 4 4 Ret DNS 6 6 6 3 4 Ret 5 4 174
8 Mark Steward 10 9 10 10 12 5 6 9 Ret 10 Ret 8 10 10 8 8 6 7 9 7 134
9 Kevin O'Connor 11 10 9 7 5 Ret 10 7 10 11 7 6 7 8 10 10 Ret 10 10 DNS 118
10 Stewart Calder 14 12 12 13 11 7 11 Ret 9 Ret 9 7 9 11 9 9 7 6 8 6 118
11 William Davison 6 5 6 6 6 6 5 8 Ret 8 9 96
12 Bob Hosier 12 11 13 12 Ret 8 8 12 15 12 11 Ret 13 13 11 13 9 67
13 George Allen 8 6 7 10 12 9 44
14 Patrick Mortimer 13 13 11 11 10 Ret Ret 11 14 13 10 10 44
15 Chris Callister-Russell 7 4 2 DNS DNS Ret 12 Ret 43
16 Rob Smith 8 6 3 33
17 Andy Wilmot 8 8 7 25
18 Craig Freeman Ret Ret DNS 13 11 8 Ret 11 21
19 Henry Duprey 9 11 8 20
20 Chris Panayiotou 15 8 8 DNS 17
21 Lee Pattison 9 Ret Ret 8 Ret DNS 16
22 Keith Issatt 12 12 Ret DNS Ret 8
23 David Ogden Ret 9 7

Cooper Class

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Pos Driver SNE BHGP BHI OUL CAS ZAN DON Pts
1 Shane Stoney 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 Ret 2 6 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 DNS DNS 328
2 Hamish Brandon 4 3 3 4 6 5 5 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 2 4 303
3 Josh Gollin 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 11 5 4 5 DNS 7 3 1 3 3 1 2 286
4 Ollie Walker 3 Ret 6 3 1 6 2 3 1 3 3 3 4 2 5 6 Ret Ret 3 1 256
5 Ricky Page 6 4 4 Ret 5 3 6 Ret 7 7 5 4 3 3 4 4 6 2 6 3 225
6 Adrian Norman 8 6 7 7 7 8 7 6 4 8 8 7 5 5 6 5 Ret 7 7 6 181
7 Gideon Cresswell 5 DNS 5 5 3 4 4 4 DSQ 1 6 8 Ret 6 8 9 5 162
8 Grace Williams 9 7 8 9 8 9 8 10 9 10 10 9 Ret 9 7 7 4 5 5 8 153
9 Justin Taylor 7 5 Ret 6 Ret 7 9 5 6 9 7 6 Ret 8 101
10 Simon Walton 8 8 11 9 10 6 10 8 8 5 10 10 7 100
11 Kevin Norman 11 9 10 10 9 10 10 8 13 54
12 Trevor Bates 10 8 9 9 9 10 12 45
13 Ben Gridley 7 5 4 Ret DNS 33
14 Chris Stoney 6 4 Ret 23
15 Andrew Bray 12 11 9 16
16 Max Leaver 9 8 Ret 15
17 Pete Diamant 11 12 10 15
18 Graham Leggett 7 11 14
19 Toby Hotston 9 12 11

References

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