2009 Mini Challenge UK

none June 2025Sports October 2017 2009 Mini Challenge UK 2008 2010 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. 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. Car number 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 AllDouble Six Racing5Phil HouseAllCoastal Racing 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 4 March 2009 Powis wins in 2009 Mini Challenge http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/7924511.stm BBC 11 June 2025 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 References Mini Challenge Category:Mini Challenge UK