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.^[1] The season featured six rounds across the UK and one in Holland.

Calendar

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

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
Coastal Racing	14	Lee Pattison	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
IN:MINI	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	39	Ollie Walker	6-7
	88	Chris Stoney	7
	89	Shane Stoney	All
Lawrence Davey Racing	91	Pete Diamant	7
Staffs Racing	94	Ben Gridley	3-4
Staffs Racing	94	Max Leaver	7

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

JCW Class

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

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

^ "The 2013 MINI Challenge Calendar has been confirmed". Archived from the original on April 13, 2013.