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The 2017 Mini Challenge season was the sixteenth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 15 April at Oulton Park and ended on 15 October at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit. The season featured thirteen rounds across the UK.

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Classes	Races
1	Oulton Park International	15, 17 April	JCW	2
2	Rockingham ISSC	29–30 April	JCW	2
3	Snetterton 200	13–14 May	Open, Cooper Pro, Cooper Am	3
4	Snetterton 300	27–28 May	JCW	3
5	Silverstone National	3–4 June	Open, Cooper Pro, Cooper Am	3
6	Silverstone GP	10–11 June	JCW	2
7	Rockingham ISSC	24 June	Open, Cooper Pro, Cooper Am	2
8	Brands Hatch Indy	8–9 July	All	3
9	Brands Hatch GP	5–6 August	JCW	2
10	Oulton Park Fosters	19 August	All	2
11	Donington Park	16–17 September	Open, Cooper Pro, Cooper Am	2
12	Donington Park	23–24 September	JCW	2
13	Snetterton 300	14–15 October	Open, Cooper Pro, Cooper Am	3

Entry list

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
JCW Class
Unitec Motorsport	1	David Grady ^[1]	All
Excelr8 Motorsport	3	Rebecca Jackson ^[2]	All
	9	Ray MacDowall	7-8
	11	Max Bladon ^[3]	All
	18	Mark Wakefield ^[4]	All
	21	Mohammed Nalwalla ^[5]	1-4
	30	Luke Caudle	6
	46	Stuart Gibbs	All
	51	Freddie Lee	1-3, 5
	51	Jack Wright	6
	77	Andy Knight	1-2, 7
	77	Ray MacDowall	5
	80	Nick Boon	1
	88	Reece Barr ^[6]	All
Eurotech Racing	4	Ben Winrow	4
	39	Brett Smith	All
	55	Jeff Smith^[7]	1-3
	74	Neil Newstead	5
	76	Jo Polley ^[8]	1-3, 6-7
ES Motorsport	7	Steve King	1-4, 7-8
ES Motorsport	45	Calum King	1-4, 7-8
MINI UK VIP	15	Charlie Butler-Henderson^[9]	All
	16	David Robinson	8
	37	Rob Smith^[10]	All
	52	James Taylor	1
		Tim "Shmee150" Burton^[11]	2
		Vicki Butler-Henderson	3
		JM Littman	4
		Mark Blundell	5
		Ben Barry	6
		Mia Flewitt	8
	61	James Turkington	1-5
	77	George Wright	6
Privateer	17	Brad Hutchison	All
Lawrence Davey Racing	19	Lawrence Davey	4-6
	20	Kyle Reid	3
	29	Stuart Gough	8
	32	Dean Brace ^[12]	1-6, 8
Team Dynamics	22	Will Neal ^[13]	All
Team Dynamics	42	Henry Neal ^[14]	All
AReeve Motorsport	27	Gary Curtis	8
	69	Jesse Chamberlin	4
	78	Richard O'Dwyer ^[15]	All
	87	Paul Bell ^[16]	All
	126	Sarah Moore	6
	777	Kenan Dole	5, 8
TDF with Moorgate Motorsport Finance	29	Stuart Gough ^[17]	1-5
OX4 Racing	35	Chris Fryer	1, 7
		Chris Oakman	2-3
		James Loukes	4-5
Privateer	84	Ryan Dignan	All
Privateer	90	Scott Jeffs ^[18]	All
Staffs Racing	99	Kevin O'Connor	1-7
George Sutton Racing	444	George Sutton ^[19]	All
Open Class
Privateer	5	Chloe Hewitt	All
AReeve Motorsport	8	Kevin Owen ^[20]	1-4, 6-7
	33	Stu Lane	2
	33	Tim Bill	3
	44	Aaron Reeve	All
	63	Darryl Brown	4
	94	Scot Adam	1
	121	Jono Davis	1, 7
	606	Tim Bill	1-2, 4-7
Excelr8 Motorsport	24	Rob Austin	All
Privateer	26	Andy Montgomery	All
College of West Anglia	53	Andrew Tsang	1-2
College of West Anglia	53	Neal Clarke	7
Sussex Road and Race	77	Ben Dimmack	All
Privateer	111	Neil Ginley	All
Cooper Pro Class
Privateer	4	Michael Bamber	2, 5
Hybrid Tune Motorsport	6	Sam Weller ^[21]	All
Rob Sims Racing	9	Simon Walton	1-4, 6-7
	47	James Goodall	All
	91	Owen Walton	All
	99	Fulvio Mussi	5
Team Dynamics	20	Craig Smith	2
Excelr8 Motorsport	23	Ethan Pitt	6-7
	31	Jessica Hawkins	All
	36	Mark Cornell	All
	56	Richard Newman	All
	126	Bryony King	5-7
	888	Matt Hammond	All
Privateer	49	Martin Poole	1-5, 7
AReeve Motorsport	74	Rob Butler	7
AReeve Motorsport	126	Sarah Moore	4
Sussex Road and Race	98	Darren Chatt	All
Cooper Am Class
Sussex Road and Race	10	Paul Townsend	1
Hybrid Tune Motorsport	12	Stuart McLaren ^[22]	All
Excelr8 Motorsport	21	Nicolas Griebner	1
		Daniel Bishop	2-3
		Chris Day	4
AReeve Motorsport	46	Andy Godfrey	All
AReeve Motorsport	63	Darryl Brown	5-7
College of West Anglia	50	Neal Clarke	1-4
	50	Gary Papworth	5-7
	78	Chris Middleton	All
Rob Sims Racing	54	Adrian Norman	All
Privateer	217	Dale Jamieson	All

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	1	Oulton Park International	Max Bladon	Brett Smith	Mark Wakefield	Excelr8 Motorsport
1	2	Oulton Park International		Rob Smith	Charlie Butler-Henderson	MINI UK VIP
2	3	Rockingham ISSC	Max Bladon	James Turkington	Max Bladon	Excelr8 Motorsport
2	4	Rockingham ISSC		Reece Barr	Reece Barr	Excelr8 Motorsport
3	5	Snetterton 300	Rob Smith	Brett Smith	Jeff Smith	Eurotech Racing
	6			Brett Smith	Brett Smith	Eurotech Racing
	7			David Grady	Brett Smith	Eurotech Racing
4	8	Silverstone GP	Brett Smith	Rob Smith	Brett Smith	Eurotech Racing
4	9	Silverstone GP		Rob Smith	Max Bladon	Excelr8 Motorsport
5	10	Brands Hatch Indy	Rob Smith	Charlie Butler-Henderson	Rob Smith	MINI UK VIP
	11			Brett Smith	Charlie Butler-Henderson	MINI UK VIP
	12			Brett Smith	David Grady	Unitec Motorsport
6	13	Brands Hatch GP	Rob Smith	Mark Wakefield	Rob Smith	MINI UK VIP
6	14	Brands Hatch GP		Lawrence Davey	Brett Smith	Eurotech Racing
7	15	Oulton Park Fosters	Max Bladon	Brett Smith	Henry Neal	Team Dynamics
7	16	Oulton Park Fosters		Charlie Butler-Henderson	George Sutton	George Sutton Racing
8	17	Donington Park GP	Brett Smith	Brett Smith	Brett Smith	Eurotech Racing
8	18	Donington Park GP		Brett Smith	Brett Smith	Eurotech Racing

Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the first 32 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	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th	31st	32nd
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

Drivers' Championship

JCW Class

Pos	Driver	OUL		ROC		SNE			SIL		BHI			BHGP		OUL		DON		Pts
1	Brett Smith	2	4	7	4	3	1	1	1	4	2	2	2	3	1	2	4	1	1	838
2	Reece Barr	6	6	3	1	2	Ret	12	7	6	8	4	3	8	5	3	2	4	4	580
3	David Grady	10	8	4	2	6	3	5	14	12	7	3	1	7	Ret	5	11	3	3	571
4	Charlie Butler-Henderson	3	1	5	3	10	10	Ret	25	13	3	1	4	5	3	Ret	9	7	5	543
5	Max Bladon	4	2	1	11	4	5	11	5	1	12	Ret	11	Ret	21	9	3	6	8	528
6	Rob Smith	7	3	11	12	Ret	9	3	2	2	1	Ret	9	1	Ret	Ret	DNS	2	2	517
7	George Sutton	15	9	DNS	16	23	8	8	8	7	14	5	6	13	9	4	1	5	5	469
8	Mark Wakefield	1	5	2	28	7	4	2	3	3	5	Ret	7	6	Ret	Ret	DNS	17	11	464
9	Henry Neal	11	11	DNS	9	13	11	15	6	11	4	Ret	15	11	7	1	Ret	12	Ret	362
10	Brad Hutchison	9	22	6	6	11	Ret	13	11	8	Ret	13	18	15	13	13	8	14	10	357
11	Stuart Gough	12	13	9	5	22	12	6	9	14	10	7	5					8	7	354
12	Scott Jeffs	26	18	8	7	Ret	19	25	15	16	16	8	12	21	12	8	6	16	14	332
13	Dean Brace	13	17	18	Ret	Ret	14	7	12	9	13	10	17	10	8			13	15	297
14	Paul Bell	18	14	13	15	Ret	18	19	17	18	21	16	22	17	15	6	10	Ret	18	277
15	Will Neal	23	25	DNS	20	19	DNS	DNS	21	17	15	11	13	14	14	7	5	10	16	276
16	Ryan Dignan	16	10	21	14	16	15	18	16	Ret	19	20	20	16	21	Ret	12	15	17	273
17	James Turkington	5	Ret	10	8	5	7	4	4	5	DNS	DNS	DNS							264
18	Lawrence Davey								10	15	6	15	8	2	2					214
19	Rebecca Jackson	28	23	20	24	20	20	23	Ret	21	23	18	23	Ret	18	12	14	18	21	202
20	Jeff Smith	8	7	14	Ret	1	2	10												195
21	Calum King	14	Ret	DNS	18	12	17	14	Ret	DNS						15	7	11	12	181
22	Stuart Gibbs	30	28	22	25	24	22	24	23	22	24	19	24	Ret	20	17	17	19	20	181
23	Kevin O'Connor	22	24	19	17	Ret	23	21	19	24	22	14	19	19	16	DNS	DNS			170
24	Mohammed Nalwalla	27	19	12	10	14	13	9	Ret	19										144
25	Freddie Lee	DNS	DNS	17	13	8	6	Ret			17	Ret	10							136
26	Richard O'Dwyer	25	20	23	21	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	23	20	17	21	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	DNS	133
27	Jo Polley	20	21	Ret	23	18	Ret	22						DNS	19	11	13			117
28	Steve King	24	27	15	26	21	DNS	DNS	24	DNS						14	15	Ret	19	112
29	James Loukes								13	10	11	DNS	16							83
30	Andy Knight	29	26	16	22											16	16			73
31	Chris Oakman			Ret	19	15	16	17												65
32	Chris Fryer	19	15													Ret	DNS			32
33	Nick Boon	21	16																	31
34	Jesse Chamberlin								20	20										26
35	Ben Winrow								22	DNS										11
drivers ineligible for points
–	Luke Caudle													9	4					0
–	Sarah Moore													4	6					0
–	Neil Newstead										9	6	Ret							0
–	Kyle Reid					9	24	16												0
–	Kenan Dole										18	9	14					9	13	0
–	David Robinson																	Ret	9	0
–	Jack Wright													12	10					0
–	James Taylor	17	12																	0
–	Mark Blundell										Ret	12	Ret							0
–	Vicki Butler-Henderson					17	21	20												0
–	Ben Barry													20	17					0
–	George Wright													18	Ret					0
–	Mia Flewitt																	20	22	0
–	Gary Curtis																	21	23	0
–	Tim Burton			24	27															0
–	JM Littman								Ret	Ret										0
–	Ray MacDowall										Ret	Ret	Ret			Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS	0

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

Open Class

Pos	Driver	SNE			SIL			ROC		BHI			OUL		DON		SNE			Pts
1	Ben Dimamck	3	2	3	Ret	3	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	Ret	2	1	3	2	2	778
2	Rob Austin	4	4	8	2	1	4	2	1	2	3	1	2	1	3	2	4	4	DNS	709
3	Aaron Reeve	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	5	3	3	3	3	2	3	6	Ret	1	Ret	2	1	1	568
4	Andy Montgomery	5	6	7	3	6	Ret	5	5	6	7	6	3	2	Ret	4	8	7	6	541
5	Chloe Hewitt	7	7	9	5	9	6	8	8	7	6	5	4	3	5	3	6	6	4	530
6	Neil Ginley	9	10	11	4	8	7	6	7	8	Ret	DNS	5	5	7	6	7	9	7	473
7	Kevin Owen	8	9	10	6	7	Ret	7	6	5	5	4			4	5	DNS	10	6	430
8	Tim Bill	6	8	6	Ret	DNS	DNS	4	4	4	4	7	Ret	4	6	Ret	9	8	5	427
9	Jono Davis	2	3	1													1	3	Ret	236
10	Andrew Tsang	Ret	5	4	DSQ	4	2													158
11	Scot Adam	1	1	2																156
12	Stu Lane				1	2	5													134
13	Neal Clarke																5	5	3	114
14	Darryl Brown									9	8	8								84

Cooper Pro Class

Pos	Driver	SNE			SIL			ROC		BHI			OUL		DON		SNE			Pts
1	Matt Hammond	Ret	5	1	2	2	2	4	1	1	1	1	4	Ret	1	1	4	4	3	761
2	Jessica Hawkins	1	1	3	1	1	3	1	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	2	3	4	727
3	Sam Weller	3	4	10	6	3	1	3	4	2	2	4	11	3	4	2	1	1	1	702
4	Owen Walton	5	2	6	7	4	8	2	2	3	6	5	7	4	6	8	Ret	9	9	575
5	Martin Poole	4	Ret	5	3	5	4	6	3	9	3	2	9	Ret			3	2	2	538
6	Richard Newman	2	3	4	5	Ret	5	5	6	5	9	9	2	Ret	3	3	5	Ret	8	523
7	James Goodall	6	8	8	8	7	6	9	8	7	Ret	8	6	Ret	5	5	7	7	7	488
8	Simon Walton	7	6	2	4	8	Ret	7	7	5	5	7			8	Ret	6	6	6	459
9	Mark Cornell	9	7	9	12	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	10	7	9	6	9	8	11	459
10	Darren Chatt	8	9	7	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	10	5	8	10	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	411
11	Bryony King												8	6	7	7	11	10	10	124
12	Ethan Pitt														11	9	8	5	5	144
13	Michael Bamber				11	6	7						Ret	5						121
14	Sarah Moore									6	7	6								94
15	Craig Smith				10	11	Ret													46
16	Rob Butler																Ret	Ret	12	21
drivers ineligible for points
–	Fulvio Mussi												1	1						0

Cooper Am Class

Pos	Driver	SNE			SIL			ROC		BHI			OUL		DON		SNE			Pts
1	Stuart McLaren	1	1	1	7	3	1	3	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	6	1	1	1	886
2	Chris Middleton	3	4	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	1	4	4	2	Ret	2	2	2	2	739
3	Andy Godfrey	7	5	5	3	4	5	6	4	4	4	1	2	4	2	1	6	3	4	704
4	Adrian Norman	4	2	3	4	6	6	4	Ret	7	6	5	3	3	5	3	5	6	6	609
5	Dale Jamieson	Ret	DNS	DNS	5	5	4	7	5	6	Ret	7	6	6	3	4	4	5	5	477
6	Neal Clarke	5	3	4	6	7	7	5	Ret	5	3	6								343
7	Daniel Bishop				1	1	2	1	1											280
8	Gray Papworth												5	5	4	Ret	3	4	3	222
9	Darryl Brown												7	7	6	5	7	7	DNS	186
10	Chris Day									2	5	3								128
11	Paul Townsend	6	6	6																96
12	Nicolas Griebner	2	DNS	DNS																44