2007 Mini Challenge UK
# 2007 Mini Challenge UK

The 2007 Mini Challenge season was the sixth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 28 April at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit and ended on 7 October at Brands Hatch. The season featured seven rounds across the UK and one in Belgium.

## Calendar

| Round | Circuit | Date | Classes | Races |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit | 28-29 April | All | 3 |
| 2 | Oulton Park | 26, 28 May | All | 2 |
| 3 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 16-17 June | All | 2 |
| 4 | Thruxton Circuit | 21-22 July | All | 2 |
| 5 | Donington Park | 4-5 August | All | 2 |
| 6 | Croft Circuit | 25-26 August | All | 2 |
| 7 | Pembrey Circuit | 22-23 September | All | 3 |
| 8 | Brands Hatch | 6-7 August | All | 2 |

## Entry list

| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cooper S Class ||||
| Forster Motorsport | 2 | Peter Budd | 1-4 |
| Forster Motorsport | 2 | Arthur Forster | 8 |
| Forster Motorsport | 7 | Arthur Forster | 3-5 |
| Forster Motorsport | 16 | Nathan Coulter | 1-3, 6-8 |
| Forster Motorsport | 30 | Martin Depper | 1, 3-8 |
| Maximum Motorsport | 4 | Stewart Lines | All |
| Coastal Racing | 6 | Jake Packun | All |
| Coastal Racing | 11 | Lee Pattison | All |
| Coastal Racing | 15 | Carl Bradley | 4 |
| Coastal Racing | 15 | Steve Wood | 7 |
| Coastal Racing | 95 | Steve Wood | 8 |
| Coastal Racing | 17 | Alex Ferguson | 1-3 |
| Coastal Racing | 17 | Stephen Tyldsley | 4-8 |
| Mini Motorsport | 8 | Pedro Del Campo | All |
| Mini Motorsport | 14 | Shaun King | 1, 3-5, 8 |
| Privateer | 9 | Michael Jones | 1-5, 7-8 |
| Stanford Racing | 12 | Jack Stanford | All |
| Malvern Motorsport | 19 | Andy Beever | All |
| Advent Motorsport | 24 | James Blyth | All |
| Advent Motorsport | 44 | Allen Jackson | 1-5, 8 |
| Privateer | 40 | Matt Campbell | 2-5 |
| Privateer | 40 | Darelle Wilson | 7-8 |
| OX4 Racing | 51 | Gavin Bristow | All |
| Privateer | 66 | Steve Liquorish | 6 |
| Tynecastle Racing | 69 | Garry Meikle | All |
| Tynecastle Racing | 70 | Oly Mortimer | All |
| Redline Racing | 77 | Jason Greatrex | All |
| Cooper Class ||||
| Nixon Motorsport | 1 | Gareth Nixon | 1, 5 |
| Nixon Motorsport | 3 | Stephen Mitchell | 6 |
| Nixon Motorsport | 10 | Michelle Nixon | All |
| Nixon Motorsport | 74 | Gary Kounnis | All |
| Mark Fish Motorsport | 13 | Nik Rochez | 1-5, 7-8 |
| Mark Fish Motorsport | 21 | Jenny Ryan | 1-7 |
| Mark Fish Motorsport | 22 | Jenny Ryan | 8 |
| Mark Fish Motorsport | 29 | Andrew Cox | 1, 3-6, 8 |
| Mark Fish Motorsport | 29 | Simon Fish | 7 |
| Mark Fish Motorsport | 31 | Keith Issatt | 2-7 |
| Mark Fish Motorsport | 99 | Ian Mills | 1 |
| Advent Motorsport | 18 | Sarah Parsons | All |
| Advent Motorsport | 20 | Graham Parsons | All |
| Advent Motorsport | 22 | Katie Percy | 1, 5 |
| Advent Motorsport | 23 | Amanda Johnson | 1-3 |
| Advent Motorsport | 23 | Alex MacDowall | 4 |
| Advent Motorsport | 27 | Nick Jones | All |
| Advent Motorsport | 42 | Dawn Boyd | All |
| Waddington Motorsport | 25 | Laura Waddington | All |
| Waddington Motorsport | 35 | Josh Waddington | All |
| Privateer | 33 | John Bates | All |
| Coastal Racing | 95 | Andrew Langdell | 1-6 |

## 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 | SNE | SNE | SNE | OUL | OUL | SPA | SPA | THR | THR | DON | DON | CRO | CRO | PEM | PEM | PEM | BHI | BHI | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Oly Mortimer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 268 |
| 2 | Jason Greatrex | 11 | 12 | Ret | 2 | 5 | Ret | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 201 |
| 3 | Martin Depper | 14 | 15 | Ret | | | 2 | Ret | 8 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 175 |
| 4 | Gavin Bristow | 9 | 7 | Ret | 14 | 9 | 3 | Ret | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 171 |
| 5 | Andy Beever | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 11 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 157 |
| 6 | Nathan Coulter | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | Ret | DNS | | | | | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 155 |
| 7 | Lee Pattison | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | Ret | 2 | 5 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 155 |
| 8 | James Blyth | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 10 | DSQ | 11 | 10 | Ret | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 149 |
| 9 | Jack Stanford | 4 | 13 | 10 | 9 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 16 | 135 |
| 10 | Garry Meikle | 3 | 2 | Ret | 5 | 2 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 8 | Ret | DNS | 120 |
| 11 | Stewart Lines | 12 | 18 | Ret | 16 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 6 | 110 |
| 12 | Jake Packun | 8 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 15 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | 88 |
| 13 | Allen Jackson | 13 | 8 | 5 | DNS | DNS | 5 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 14 | | | | | | 12 | 12 | 71 |
| 14 | Shaun King | 6 | 6 | 9 | | | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | 11 | 11 | 70 |
| 15 | Peter Budd | Ret | 16 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 9 | Ret | | | | | | | | 63 |
| 16 | Stephen Tyldsley | | | | | | | | 14 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 13 | Ret | 57 |
| 17 | Darelle Wilson | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 51 |
| 18 | Pedro Del Campo | 15 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Ret | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 15 | Ret | 14 | 51 |
| 19 | Alex Ferguson | Ret | 11 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | 30 |
| 20 | Matt Campbell | | | | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 12 | 13 | | | | | | | | 24 |
| 21 | Michael Jones | 16 | 17 | 11 | 15 | Ret | 15 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 15 | | | 17 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 19 |
| 22 | Arthur Forster | | | | | | | | 6 | DSQ | Ret | DNS | 9 | Ret | | | | Ret | DNS | 17 |
| 23 | Carl Bradley | | | | | | | | 4 | DSQ | | | | | | | | | | 13 |
| 24 | Steve Wood | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 10 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 10 |
| 25 | Steve Liquorish | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 12 | | | | | | 5 |

**Cooper Class**

| Pos | Driver | SNE | SNE | SNE | OUL | OUL | SPA | SPA | THR | THR | DON | DON | CRO | CRO | PEM | PEM | PEM | BHI | BHI | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jenny Ryan | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 273 |
| 2 | Gary Kounnis | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 260 |
| 3 | Nick Jones | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | Ret | 5 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 251 |
| 4 | Graham Parsons | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | Ret | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 204 |
| 5 | Keith Issatt | | | | Ret | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | 184 |
| 6 | Michelle Nixon | 5 | 5 | DNS | 10 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 150 |
| 7 | Nik Rochez | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 6 | | | 10 | 11 | DNS | 12 | 6 | 128 |
| 8 | John Bates | 6 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 10 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 8 | Ret | 127 |
| 9 | Dawn Boyd | 10 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 123 |
| 10 | Sarah Parsons | 13 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 102 |
| 11 | Andrew Langdell | 9 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 11 | Ret | 6 | 9 | 7 | 9 | | | | | | 100 |
| 12 | Josh Waddington | 15 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 6 | Ret | 13 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 86 |
| 13 | Andrew Cox | 12 | 6 | Ret | | | | | 10 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 7 | | | | 5 | 5 | 77 |
| 14 | Laura Waddington | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 62 |
| 15 | Amanda Johnson | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | 53 |
| 16 | Alex MacDowall | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 41 |
| 17 | Stephen Mitchell | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 28 |
| 18 | Simon Fish | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 5 | DNS | | | 21 |
| 19 | Ian Mills | 11 | 10 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 |
| 20 | Katie Percy | 14 | 14 | 11 | | | | | | | 15 | DNS | | | | | | | | 10 |
| 21 | Gareth Nixon | Ret | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | 1 |
