2009 Australian Mini Challenge

The 2009 Australian Mini Challenge delivered by Pizza Capers was the second running of the one make championship. It began on 26 March at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit and ended on 2 December at the new Homebush Street Circuit. A winner of two rounds during the season, Paul Stokell won the championship ahead of Chris Alajajian, who remained in title contention despite not winning any of the series' eight rounds.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the 2009 Australian Mini Challenge.

Team	No	Drivers
Doulman Automotive	1	Grant Doulman Robert Jones
	3	John Magro
Donut King Racing	5	Barrie Nesbitt
	12	Tony Alford
	14	Peter Leemhuis
Stillwell Mini Garage	6	David Stillwell Ant Pedersen Helen Linder
	8	Gary Young Bill Fulton Geoff Emery Scott Manson Tom Pickett
Sherrin Rentals	7	Grant Sherrin
	72	Iain Sherrin
BMW Group Australia (BMW Uber Star)	9	Chris Alajajian Paul Morris
	16	Nathan Geier Andrew Fisher John Martin Chris Reindler Karl Reindler
	19	Nathan Callaghan
	24	Matt Mackelden Ryan Hansford Vaughan Brewer Glenn Seton
	25	Sam Newman
	50	Steven Bradbury Chris Atkinson Steve Owen James Tomkins Robbie Maddison Glenn Seton Guy Andrews Leanne Tander David Brabham
Glory Team Racing	10	Nathan Caratti Aaron Caratti
Motorline Mini Garage	22	Andrew Mill Jonathon Webb Todd Wanless
	43	Brendan Cook Paul Fiore
Bruce Lynton BMW	23 80	Beric Lynton
Prosurv	26	John Modystach
Decorug Racing	27	Paul Stokell
	95	Grant Denyer Warren Luff
Bargwanna Motorsport	79	Scott Bargwanna
	97	Brendon Cook
East Coast Traffic Control	88	Wayne Miles
Livi bathroom Tissues	91	Damien Flack
Rock Energy Drink	98	Sean Carter

Calendar

The 2009 Australian Mini Challenge delivered by Pizza Capers was contested over eight rounds, starting at Albert Park in March and finishing at Homebush in December

Rd.	Supporting	Circuit	City / State	Date	Winner
1	AGP	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit	Melbourne	26–29 Mar	Paul Stokell
2	V8SCS 4	Symmons Plains Raceway	Launceston, Tasmania	29–31 May	Grant Denyer
3 *	V8SCS 6	Townsville Street Circuit	Townsville, Queensland	10–12 Jul	Paul Stokell
4	V8SCS 7	Sandown International Raceway	Melbourne, Victoria	1–2 Aug	Grant Denyer
5	V8SCS 9	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	11–13 Sep	Grant Denyer
6	V8SCS 11	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Queensland	9–12 Oct	Paul Stokell
7 *	V8SCS 13	Barbagallo Raceway	Perth, Western Australia	7–8 Nov	Nathan Caratti
8	V8SCS 14	Homebush Street Circuit	Sydney	4–6 Dec	Glenn Seton

• V8SCS – V8 Supercar Championship Series
• AGP – Australian Grand Prix
• * 2 driver race (optional)

Driver standings

Pos Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Pts 1 Paul Stokell 144 156 168 102 24 168 150 54 966 2 Chris Alajajian 78 129 138 DNS 123 150 138 162 918 3 Scott Bargwanna 75 132 84 90 114 114 108 156 873 4 Nathan Caratti 51 30 126 60 120 90 168 120 765 5 Grant Denyer 51 162 105 114 135 27 108 51 753 6 Beric Lynton 82.5 21 108 90 90 391.5 7 Brendon Cook 19.5 81 57 39 57 48 54 21 376.5 8 John Modystach 16.5 69 39 27 84 36 60 27 358.5 9 Grant Sherrin 57 54 60 63 234 10 Sean Carter 66 90 45 201 11 Brendan Cook DNS 48 30 12 51 12 33 12 198 12 David Stillwell 66 60 69 195 13 Aaron Caratti 126 51 177 14 Geoff Emery 102 66 177 15 Glenn Seton 162 162 16 Paul Morris 138 138 17 Ryan Hansford 129 129 18 Gary Young 129 129 19 Robert Jones 126 126 20 Jonathon Webb 114 114 21 Warren Luff 105 105 22 Grant Doulman 45 54 99 23 Chris Reindler 96 96 Karl Reindler 96 96 25 Scott Manson 93 93 26 Bill Fulton 78 78 27 John Magro 72 72 28 Nathan Geier 69 69 29 Nathan Callaghan 67.5 67.5 30 Anthony Pedersen 63 63 Paul Fiore 30 33 63 32 Steven Bradbury 57 57 Matt Mackelden 57 DNS 57 34 Andrew Mill 55.5 55.5 35 Iain Sherrin 33 18 51 36 John Martin 48 48 37 Damien Flack 45 45 38 Peter Leemhuis 42 42 Tom Pickett 42 42 40 Andrew Fisher 39 39 41 Wayne Miles 12 9 15 36 42 Vaughan Brewer 30 30 43 Barrie Nesbitt 22.5 22.5 44 Todd Wanless 18 18 45 Tony Bates 9 9 46 Helen Lindner 7.5 7.5 Tony Alford 7.5 7.5 48 Wayne Lamont 6 6 Pos Driver Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

External links

• Official Web Page
• NMD Mini Challenge Category Page