2009 Mini Challenge UK

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.

2009 Mini Challenge UK

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2008

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2010

Calendar

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

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

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

Cooper S Class

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

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