2018 Mini Challenge UK

The 2018 Mini Challenge season was the seventeenth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 31 March at Oulton Park and ended on 29 September at Rockingham Motor Speedway. The season featured thirteen rounds across the UK.

Round	Circuit	Date	Classes	Races
1	Oulton Park International	31 March, 2 April	JCW	2
2	Donington Park National	14 April	Open, Cooper Pro, Cooper Am	2
3	Rockingham ISSC	28–29 April	JCW	2
4	Snetterton 300	12–13 May	Open, Cooper Pro, Cooper Am	3
5	Snetterton 300	26–27 May	JCW	2
6	Silverstone GP	9–10 June	JCW	2
7	Silverstone National	23 June	Open, Cooper Pro, Cooper Am	2
8	Oulton Park Island	21 July	All	2
9	Brands Hatch GP	11–12 August	JCW	2
10	Brands Hatch Indy	25–26 August	All	3
11	Cadwell Park	15 September	Open, Cooper Pro, Cooper Am	2
12	Donington Park GP	22–23 September	JCW	2
13	Rockingham ISSC	29 September	Open, Cooper Pro, Cooper Am	3
Source:^[1]^[2]^[3]

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
JCW Class
Lawrence Davey Racing	0	Lawrence Davey	1-5
	100	Lawrence Davey	6-8
	666	Luke Caudle	7-8
Excelr8 Motorsport	3	Ollie Pidgley^[4]	1-5
		Jono Davis	6, 8
		James Mckintyre	7
	8	Sam Weller	6
	11	Sam Weller	8
	27	Nathan Harrison ^[5]	All
	46	Stuart Gibbs ^[6]	All
	87	Paul Bell	1-2
	96	Taelor Shand ^[7]	All
	116	David Robinson ^[8]	1-6
	117	Jac Maybin ^[9]	All
	126	Luke Reade ^[10]	All
MINI UK VIP	5	Alex Morgan	6
	19	Jordan Collard ^[11]	All
	37	Rob Smith^[12]	All
	52	Paul O'Neill	1
		James Gornall	2
		Will Beaumont	3
		David Green	4
		Rob Collard	5
		James Mills	6
	130	Henry Lee	2
		Sam Weller	3
		Paul O'Neill	5
		Ben Palmer	8
	345	Dan Zelos	7
ES Motorsport	7	Steve King	All
JamSport Racing ^[13]	10	Ant Whorton-Eales^[14]	All
	21	Jack Davidson ^[15]	All
	24	Joe Tanner ^[16]	1, 5
	45	Calum King ^[17]	All
	146	Jamie Going	2, 7
	777	Louis Doyle	2-4
Team Dynamics ^[18]	12	Rory Cuff	All
	22	Will Neal ^[19]	All
	42	Henry Neal ^[20]	All
	130	Matt Neal	1
Newsham Racing ^[21]	16	Callum Newsham ^[22]	All
Newsham Racing ^[21]	130	Dave Newsham	4
Privateer	17	Brad Hutchison	All
Privateer	18	James Gornall	6, 8
OX4 Racing	35	James Loukes	1–2, 4, 7
OX4 Racing	35	Chris Oakman	3, 5, 8
AReeve Motorsport	39	Lewis Brown ^[23]	All
AReeve Motorsport	77	Ben Dimmack ^[24]	1-2
Scott Jeffs Racing / MJ Tech	69	Jake De Haan	All
	84	Ryan Dignan	All
	90	Scott Jeffs	All
Privateer	444	George Sutton ^[25]	1–5, 8
Open Class
Privateer	5	Chloe Hewitt	All
Excelr8 Motorsport	8	Kevin Owen	All
Excelr8 Motorsport	21	Jono Davis ^[26]	All
Mad4Mini Motorsport	12	Stuart McLaren	4-7
	44	Andy Montgomery ^[27]	All
	444	Neil Ginley ^[28]	1
Privateer	14	Dan Butcher-Lloyd	6-7
AReeve Motorsport	24	Rob Austin	All
	30	Will Fairclough ^[29]	All
	33	Stu Lane ^[30]	1-2
	86	Pete Jonkinon	7
	88	Tom Halliwell	4–5, 7
	90	Alan Lee	All
	606	Tim Bill ^[31]	1-2
College of West Anglia	53	Neil Brown	1, 3, 5
College of West Anglia	53	Andy Langley	2, 6-7
Privateer	666	Sami Bowler	All
Cooper Pro Class
Excelr8 Motorsport	1	Matt Hammond	7
	7	Charlie Cooper	1–3, 5-7
	19	Jacob Andrews ^[32]	All
	36	Mark Cornell	All
	41	Rory Cuff	1
	56	Richard Newman ^[33]	All
	85	Toby Goodman ^[34]	All
Privateer	6	Oliver O'Neill	1-2
Rob Sims Racing ^[35]	9	Simon Walton ^[36]	1–3, 5-7
Rob Sims Racing ^[35]	47	James Goodall ^[37]	1–3, 5-7
AReeve Motorsport	12	Stuart McLaren ^[38]	1-3
Privateer	20	Kyle Reid	All
Sussex Road and Race	23	Ethan Pitt ^[39]	1-3
Privateer	31	Andy Jordon	3-4
Privateer	49	Martin Poole	1, 4
MINI UK VIP	52	Emma Walsh	5
Privateer	82	Lydia Walmsley	All
Privateer	91	Robert Dalgleish	All
Cooper Am Class
AReeve Motorsport	4	Keir McConomy	All
AReeve Motorsport	46	Andy Godfrey ^[40]	All
Privateer	16	Alex Nevill	All
Sussex Road and Race	22	Elspeth Rodgers ^[41]	1-4
Privateer	23	Lee Pearce	5-7
College of West Anglia ^[42]	50	Neal Clarke	All
	51	Gary Papworth	All
	54	Adrian Norman	All
Mad4Mini Motorsport	63	Darryl Brown	1–3, 5-7
Rob Sims Racing	888	Wai Kong Yau	1

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	1	Oulton Park International	Jordan Collard	Ant Whorton-Eales	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport Racing
1	2	Oulton Park International	Race cancelled due to heavy rain
2	3	Rockingham ISSC	Ant Whorton-Eales	Jordan Collard	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport Racing
2	4	Rockingham ISSC		Nathan Harrison	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport Racing
3	5	Snetterton 300	Nathan Harrison	Nathan Harrison	Nathan Harrison	Excelr8 Motorsport
3	6	Snetterton 300		Jordan Collard	David Robinson	Excelr8 Motorsport
4	7	Silverstone GP	Jordan Collard	Jordan Collard	Jordan Collard	MINI UK VIP
4	8	Silverstone GP		Jordan Collard	Rob Smith	MINI UK VIP
5	9	Oulton Park Island	Rob Smith	Jordan Collard	Rob Smith	MINI UK VIP
5	10	Oulton Park Island		Rob Smith	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport Racing
6	11	Brands Hatch GP	David Robinson	Ant Whorton-Eales	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport Racing
6	12	Brands Hatch GP		David Robinson	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport Racing
7	13	Brands Hatch Indy	Jordan Collard	Henry Neal	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport Racing
	14			Jordan Collard	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport Racing
	15			Ant Whorton-Eales	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport Racing
8	16	Donington Park GP	Ben Palmer	Nathan Harrison	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport Racing
8	17	Donington Park GP		Jordan Collard	Nathan Harrison	Excelr8 Motorsport

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	1	Donington Park National	Jono Davis	Will Fairclough	Will Fairclough	AReeve Motorsport
1	2	Donington Park National		Kevin Owen	Rob Austin	AReeve Motorsport
2	3	Snetterton 300	Andy Langley	Andy Langley	Andy Langley	College of West Anglia
	4			Andy Langley	Jono Davis	Excelr8 Motorsport
	5			Andy Langley	Rob Austin	AReeve Motorsport
3	6	Silverstone National	Jono Davis	Will Fairclough	Will Fairclough	AReeve Motorsport
3	7	Silverstone National		Jono Davis	Jono Davis	Excelr8 Motorsport
4	8	Oulton Park Island	Will Fairclough	Tom Halliwell	Will Fairclough	AReeve Motorsport
4	9	Oulton Park Island		Jono Davis	Tom Halliwell	AReeve Motorsport
5	10	Brands Hatch Indy	Will Fairclough	Will Fairclough	Will Fairclough	AReeve Motorsport
	11			Jono Davis	Will Fairclough	AReeve Motorsport
	12			Jono Davis	Jono Davis	Excelr8 Motorsport
6	13	Cadwell Park	Dan Butcher-Lloyd	Jono Davis	Jono Davis	Excelr8 Motorsport
6	14	Cadwell Park		Will Fairclough	Jono Davis	Excelr8 Motorsport
7	15	Rockingham ISSC	Jono Davis	Jono Davis	Jono Davis	Excelr8 Motorsport
	16			Jono Davis	Jono Davis	Excelr8 Motorsport
	17			Jono Davis	Jono Davis	Excelr8 Motorsport

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	1	Donington Park National	Kyle Reid	Kyle Reid	Kyle Reid	Privateer
1	2	Donington Park National		Simon Walton	Kyle Reid	Privateer
2	3	Snetterton 300	Simon Walton	Kyle Reid	Kyle Reid	Privateer
	4			Robert Dalgleish	Kyle Reid	Privateer
	5			Kyle Reid	Kyle Reid	Privateer
3	6	Silverstone National	Kyle Reid	Robert Dalgleish	Kyle Reid	Privateer
3	7	Silverstone National		Kyle Reid	Robert Dalgleish	Privateer
4	8	Oulton Park Island	Martin Poole	Martin Poole	Robert Dalgleish	Privateer
4	9	Oulton Park Island		Robert Dalgleish	Kyle Reid	Privateer
5	10	Brands Hatch Indy	Toby Goodman	Robert Dalgleish	Kyle Reid	Privateer
	11			Mark Cornell	Kyle Reid	Privateer
	12			Kyle Reid	Kyle Reid	Privateer
6	13	Cadwell Park	Richard Newman	Simon Walton	Kyle Reid	Privateer
6	14	Cadwell Park		Toby Goodman	Robert Dalgleish	Privateer
7	15	Rockingham ISSC	Toby Goodman	Simon Walton	Toby Goodman	Excelr8 Motorsport
	16			Kyle Reid	Kyle Reid	Privateer
	17			Toby Goodman	Simon Walton	Rob Sims Racing

2018 Mini Challenge UK

Entry list

Results

JCW Class

Open Class

Cooper Pro Class

Cooper Am Class

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

JCW Class

Open Class

Cooper Pro Class

Cooper Am Class

References

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Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th	31st	32nd	33rd	34th	PP	FL
Points	50	44	40	37	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1	6	6

Pos	Driver	OUL		ROC		SNE		SIL		OUL		BHGP		BHI			DON		Pts
1	Ant Whorton-Eales	₂1¹	C	₁1²	1²	₂Ret	7⁴	₃2⁴	2³	₆3⁴	1⁶	₂1¹	1³	₂1⁵	1²	1¹	₄1²	4³	756
2	Nathan Harrison	₃18³	C	₂Ret⁵	3¹	₁1¹	4⁵	₂3⁵	3⁴	₄4⁵	3⁴	₃2²	6⁴	₅2²	5³	2²	3¹	1²	656
3	Jordan Collard	₁2²	C	4¹	2³	15	6¹	₁1¹	8¹	5¹	Ret	₄4⁵	5²	₁5⁴	10¹	6⁴	2³	2¹	618
4	Rob Smith	14	C	5³	5⁶	₄4⁴	Ret	₄4²	1²	₁1²	4¹	₅5	3⁶	₃4³	Ret	10	10	3⁵	564
5	Henry Neal	8⁵	C	8	Ret	₅2²	8	10	4⁵	12	7	7	13	3¹	2	5	Ret	8	469
6	David Robinson	₅6⁶	C	12	Ret	6⁶	1	₆11	7	₂2³	2²	₁3⁵	4¹						391
7	Jac Maybin	22	C	13	9	₃3³	2²	5³	Ret	11	16	16	12	10	7	12	18⁴	19⁶	391
8	Luke Reade	₆4	C	₄2⁴	Ret	5⁵	Ret	₅Ret⁶	11	10	11	9	7⁵	17	9	22	₆12⁶	21	370
9	Lewis Brown	9	C	10	4⁵	₆7	3	10	5⁶	8	Ret	₆Ret	11	10	6⁴	Ret	7⁵	Ret	367
10	Jack Davidson	19	C	Ret	15	8	9⁶	8	Ret	₅15⁶	17⁵	Ret³	16	₄9	4⁵	4³	9	10	353
11	Lawrence Davey	5⁴	C	7	8	14	11	17	10	Ret	14	11	9	13	14	7⁵	19	20	350
12	Rory Cuff	10	C	23	7	9	5³	Ret	18	₃7	14	Ret	15	12	Ret	13	₄8	7	328
13	Brad Hutchison	15	C	16	Ret	19	16	9	6	13	6	10	10	₆11	Ret	18	16	11	326
14	Calum King	13	C	₆3	Ret	16	10	Ret	15	21	23	21	18	6⁶	Ret	11	₃6	6	318
15	Scott Jeffs	12	C	14	11	13	17	Ret	16	16	10	Ret	Ret	14	11	21	14	13	266
16	Ollie Pidgley	11	C	₅6	6⁴	12	13	6	21	14	8								231
17	Jake De Haan	24	C	22	Ret	20	DNS	15	12	22	20	13	19	16	13	Ret	13	16	224
18	Will Neal	16	C	15	Ret	Ret	DNS	18	17	18	12	15	Ret	18	19	9	Ret	17	211
19	Taelor Shand	27	C	26	21	24	20	20	Ret	19	15	18	17	19	16	20	Ret	22	208
20	Ryan Dignan	17	C	21	10	17	15	12	14	Ret	18	19	DNS	20	Ret	14	Ret	DNS	199
21	George Sutton	20	C	18	Ret	11	12	Ret	9	9	9						6	Ret	191
22	Steve King	Ret	C	25	19	23	22	21	22	24	21	20	22	Ret	18	23	21	24	189
23	Callum Newsham	28	C	Ret	18	21	19	16	Ret	DNS	DNS	17	20	24	Ret	16	11	15	181
24	Stuart Gibbs	26	C	27	20	Ret	21	22	Ret	23	22	Ret	21	23	20	17	Ret	23	155
25	James Loukes	Ret	C	20	12			14	13					15	8	15			143
26	Louis Doyle		C	11	14	Ret	23	7	19										99
27	Joe Tanner	7	C							17	13								70
28	Jamie Going		C	19	17									21	17	DNS			64
29	Chris Oakman		C			21	Ret			20	Ret						Ret	18	49
30	Ben Dimmack	23	C	17	13														48
31	Paul Bell	21	C	DSQ	Ret														13
drivers ineligible for points
–	Alex Morgan		C									8	2						0
–	Paul O'Neill	₄3	C							6	5³								0
–	Dan Zelos		C											8	3⁶	3			0
–	Ben Palmer		C														₁5	5	0
–	James Gornall		C	₃9⁶	Ret							6⁴	8				₂15	9⁴	0
–	Luke Caudle		C											Ret	12	8⁶	20	14	0
–	Sam Weller		C			10	14					14	Ret				Ret	DNS	0
–	Jono Davis		C									12	14				17	12	0
–	James Mckintyre		C											22	15	19			0
–	Henry Lee		C	24	16														0
–	Will Beaumont		C			22	18												0
–	David Green		C					19	20										0
–	Matt Neal	25	C																0
–	Rob Collard		C							Ret	Ret								0
–	James Mills		C									DNS	DNS						0
–	Dave Newsham		C					DNS	DNS										0

Pos	Driver	DON		SNE			SIL		OUL		BHI			CAD		ROC			Pts
1	Will Fairclough	₄1¹	3²	₃5	3²	2²	1¹	2²	₁1²	5³	₁1¹	1²	2²	₂2²	4¹	5⁶	4²	5³	745
2	Rob Austin	3⁴	1³	3⁵	2⁴	1⁴	₂2³	5⁵	₂3⁴	3⁵	₃2²	3³	3³	₄3⁴	3⁴	₆Ret	Ret	DNS	649
3	Jono Davis	₁Ret²	DNS	₆2²	1³	Ret	₁8²	1¹	DNS	Ret¹	₂DNS	2¹	1¹	₃1¹	1²	₁1¹	1¹	1¹	616
4	Chloe Hewitt	4⁶	6	6	8⁵	7⁵	4⁵	6⁶	8	8	4	4	4⁵	₅9	8	8	7	7	493
5	Andy Montgomery	₅5	5⁶	₄4	4	3³	₄3⁴	3⁴	₆5⁶	4	Ret	6⁴	6⁶	7⁶	Ret	DSQ	8	DNS	483
6	Kevin Owen	6⁵	2¹	₂9⁴	Ret	5	₅6	4³	₅6	7	₆3	Ret⁵	DNS	8	7	DSQ	9	DNS	418
7	Sami Bowler	₆7	8	5³	Ret	DNS	₆5⁶	8	9	9	5⁶	Ret	5⁴	10	9	10	11	9	407
8	Alan Lee	Ret	DNS	10	9	6⁶	₃7	7	7⁵	6⁶	Ret	Ret	8	11	10	9	10	8	366
9	Andy Langley			₂1¹	7¹	4¹								4⁵	6⁶	₂2⁵	3⁴	4²	349
10	Stuart McLaren								₄4³	2⁴	₄Ret³	Ret	7	₆5	5⁵	₃3²	6⁶	6⁶	314
11	Tom Halliwell								₃2¹	1²	₅Ret⁴	5⁶	Ret			7³	5⁵	3⁴	262
12	Dan Butcher-Lloyd													₁6³	2³	₄4⁴	2³	2⁵	227
13	Stu Lane	₂2³	Ret⁵	8⁶	5	DSQ													118
14	Neil Brown	9	7				Ret	DNS			6	DNS	DNS						88
15	Tim Bill	₃Ret	4⁴	₅Ret	4⁶	Ret													75
16	Neil Ginley	8	9																54
17	Pete Jonkinon															6	DNS	DNS	32

Pos	Driver	DON		SNE			SIL		OUL		BHI			CAD			ROC		Pts
1	Alex Nevill	₁1¹	1¹	₁1⁵	1²	1³	₁1²	1³	₃2¹	1²	₁2¹	Ret⁴	4¹	₁1¹	2²	1¹	2²	1²	836
2	Andy Godfrey	₂2⁴	Ret²	₂2⁴	2³	3¹	₂2¹	2²	₁1²	2¹	₂1²	1²	3⁴	₂2²	1¹	₁2²	1¹	2¹	799
3	Gary Papworth	5²	2⁴	₃4³	5¹	2⁴	₅5⁶	6⁵	₄3⁴	3⁴	₃4³	4⁵	2³	₄3⁴	3⁵	₄4³	3³	Ret³	662
4	Adrian Norman	₄4³	3³	₅5¹	4⁵	8⁶	₄3⁵	4⁴	₅4⁵	4⁵	₄5⁵	3³	5⁵	7	8	₂3⁵	4⁴	5⁴	607
5	Neal Clarke	₃3⁵	Ret⁵	₄3²	3⁴	8²	₃Ret⁴	3¹	₂5³	Ret³	Ret	5⁶	6⁶	₅5⁶	5⁴	₃5⁴	5⁶	4⁵	529
6	Keir McConomy	8	6	8	8	6	7	8	₆6⁶	5⁶	₆7	7	7	₆4⁵	6⁶	₆7	7	6	476
7	Darryl Brown	₅6	4	₆7	6⁶	4⁵	₆4³	5⁶			6⁶	6	Ret	6	7	Ret	8	7	436
8	Lee Pearce										₅3⁴	2¹	1²	₃Ret³	4³	₅6⁶	6⁵	3⁶	309
9	Elspeth Rodgers	9	7	6⁶	7	5	6	7	7	6									277
10	Wai Kong Yau	₆7⁶	5⁶																67