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2009 Mini Challenge UK

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The 2009 Mini Challenge season was the eighth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 18 April at Rockingham Motor Speedway and ended on 27 September at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit. The season featured six rounds across the UK.

Calendar

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Round Circuit Date Classes Races
1 Rockingham Motor Speedway 18–19 April All 3
2 Brands Hatch 6–7 June All 3
3 Donington Park 4–5 July All 3
4 Castle Combe 18–19 July All 3
5 Croft Circuit 22–23 August All 3
6 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 26–27 September All 3

Entry list

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Team No. Driver Rounds
Cooper S Class
Forster Motorsport 1 Martin Depper All
7 Arthur Forster All
8 Michael Cullen 6
12 Jack Stanford 1-2
66 Steve Liquorish All
Mini Motorsport 4 Shaun King All
Coastal Racing 5 Phil House All
18 Chris Knox 5
Chris Smith 6
23 5
Chris Panayiotou 1-2
33 Lawrence Sait All
Advent Motorsport 12 Graham Parsons 4
ES Racing 14 Chris James 6
Team Formula Racing 17 Carl Bennett 1-5
Jason Greatrex 6
70 Oly Mortimer All
Privateer 21 Ben Harvey 5
Truck Align 26 Lee Allen All
Mark Fish Motorsport 50 Jason Richardson All
Privateer 97 Roger Grimshaw All
Cooper Class
Mark Fish Motorsport 2 Luke Caudle All
Excelr8 Motorsport 3 Roger Bates 1-4, 6
52 Keith Issatt 2
Justina Williams 6
Craig Freeman 3-5
69 6
Double Six Racing 6 Joey Powis All
Privateer 9 Kevin O'Connor All
Privateer 10 Dave Nixon 2, 4
Advent Motorsport 19 Sarah Parsons 1-2, 4-6
55 James Blyth All
76 Rob Ladbrook 1
Graham Parsons 2
77 Nigel Johnson 1-4
Tim Crighton 6
Waddington Motorsport 35 Josh Waddington 5
Team Formula Racing 57 Nick Booth All

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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Cooper S Class

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Pos Driver ROC BHI DON CAS CRO SNE Pts
1 Oly Mortimer 1 1 2 2 1 Ret 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 2 1 2 1 1 308
2 Martin Depper 13 4 1 1 3 1 3 3 9 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 4 278
3 Arthur Forster 2 2 4 3 4 Ret 2 2 4 1 1 8 1 1 4 6 4 2 268
4 Phil House 4 5 Ret 4 2 3 7 6 3 12 5 5 3 6 3 1 5 7 214
5 Lee Allen 5 DSQ 10 6 5 2 6 5 1 7 6 1 6 5 5 4 3 3 210
6 Shaun King 9 6 5 7 Ret 6 4 4 5 4 8 7 7 13 9 7 6 5 163
7 Jason Richardson 8 7 6 9 7 7 9 9 8 8 11 10 9 8 7 8 7 Ret 134
8 Steve Liquorish 6 DSQ 7 8 Ret 8 5 8 6 6 7 6 8 9 Ret 10 Ret 9 121
9 Carl Bennett 7 Ret DNS 10 8 5 8 7 7 5 4 2 Ret 7 8 118
10 Lawrence Sait 11 8 8 12 10 Ret 10 10 Ret 9 9 9 10 10 10 Ret 10 Ret 88
11 Roger Grimshaw 12 Ret 9 13 11 9 11 11 10 10 10 11 11 12 Ret 11 Ret 10 79
12 Jack Stanford 3 3 3 5 6 10 72
13 Chris Knox 5 4 6 34
14 Chris Panayiotou 10 Ret Ret 11 9 4 31
15 Jason Greatrex 5 8 6 29
16 Michael Cullen 13 9 8 19
17 Chris James 12 11 11 15
18 Ben Harvey 12 11 11 14
19 Chris Smith 13 DNS DNS 9 Ret DNS 10
20 Graham Parsons 11 DNS DNS 5

Cooper Class

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Pos Driver ROC BHI DON CAS CRO SNE Pts
1 Luke Caudle Ret 8 9 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 310
2 James Blyth 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 Ret 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 293
3 Joey Powis 1 2 3 4 3 6 4 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 4 Ret 4 4 269
4 Nick Booth 3 4 2 10 9 8 8 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 Ret 3 5 202
5 Kevin O'Connor 6 7 6 6 5 4 4 4 6 6 5 5 6 6 7 Ret 5 10 177
6 Sarah Parsons 5 3 4 9 6 Ret 8 7 7 5 5 3 4 7 7 150
7 Nigel Johnson 4 5 5 8 8 9 3 5 5 7 8 8 120
8 Roger Bates 8 9 8 11 10 10 7 6 8 10 10 10 7 8 9 121
9 Craig Freeman 6 Ret 7 9 9 9 8 8 8 6 9 8 89
10 Dave Nixon 7 7 5 4 6 6 62
11 Graham Parsons 2 4 1 38
12 Keith Issatt 5 DSQ 7 34
13 Justina Williams 5 6 6 31
14 Tim Crighton 3 Ret 3 30
15 Rob Ladbrook 7 6 7 28
16 Josh Waddington 7 7 6 28