2006 Mini Challenge UK

none June 2025Sports October 2017 2006 Mini Challenge UK 2005 2007 The 2006 Mini Challenge season was the fifth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 1 April at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 6 April 2006 MINI Challenge UK at Snetterton https://www.motoringfile.com/2006/04/04/mini-challenge-uk-at-snetterton/ Motoring File 10 June 2025 and ended on 22 October at Donington Park. David Duffy 18 October 2006 US Mini ace to race at Donington https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/973083.us-mini-ace-race-donington/ Oxford Mail 10 June 2025 The season featured seven rounds across the UK and one in Belgium. Calendar Round Circuit Date Classes Races 1 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 1–2 April All 2 2 Brands Hatch 29–30 April All 2 3 Pembrey Circuit 27–28 May All 2 4 Castle Combe 24–25 June All 2 5 Thruxton Circuit 5–6 August All 2 6 Croft Circuit 9–10 September All 2 7 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 7–8 October All 2 8 Donington Park 21–22 October All 2 Entry list Team No. Car number Driver Rounds Cooper S Class Forster Motorsport 1 Arthur Forster All 7 Carl Baker 1, 6 Tony Skelton 2 Terry Birtchford 8 16 Nathan Coulter 2, 4–8 30 Martin Depper All Privateer 2 Charles Bloom 1–3, 5–8 Coastal Racing 4 Carl Bradley All 6 Jake Packun 8 12 Jack Stanford 8 Mark Fish Motorsport 5 Andrew Bailey All 52 Angus Duke 1 Fiona Leggate 5, 7 BMR Motorsport 8 Finlay Crocker All Privateer 9 Michael Jones 1–5, 7–8 Advent Motorsport 15 Mark Drury 4, 7 Stewart Lines 8 44 Freddy Nordström All 77 Allen Jackson All Privateer 15 Alex Ferguson 5–7 Privateer 22 David Shepherd All OX4 Racing 51 Gavin Bristow All Privateer 55 Bill Philp 1–3, 7 Privateer 66 Ant Scragg 7 Privateer 69 Ciaran Butler 7 Wayne Hunsucker 8 Cooper Class Nixon Motorsport 3 Gareth Nixon All 24 Rob Austin All 36 Eric Bailey All Mark Fish Motorsport 13 Ian Mills 1, 8 Nik Rochez 2–5, 7 23 Jenny Ryan All 29 Andrew Cox 1–2, 4–6 Advent Motorsport 15 Mark Drury 1–3 20 Graham Parsons 1–5, 7–8 42 Dawn Boyd 6–8 98 Amanda Elliot 5–8 99 Tim Crighton 1, 4–8 Ray MacDowall 2 Privateer 21 Jonathan Shepherd All BMR Motorsport 26 Dave Phillips 1–2 James Olden 3–5, 7 Gary Robertshaw 8 31 Keith Issatt All 32 Alan Taylor 1–5, 7–8 Dave Phillips 6 Forster Motorsport 33 John Bates 1–4, 6–8 47 Gary Kounnis All Privateer 40 Edward Lovett All Privateer 50 Rachel Owen 1–3, 7–8 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 BHI CAS PEM THR CRO SPA DON Pts 1 Freddy Nordström 7 2 2 3 3 1 2 1 4 2 3 3 1 2 3 3 265 2 Arthur Forster 3 4 Ret 1 1 2 1 DSQ 2 1 1 Ret Ret 1 9 1 219 3 Martin Depper 5 5 4 2 2 4 6 3 1 4 4 2 2 Ret 5 11 203 4 Carl Bradley 1 1 11 6 7 6 8 2 3 3 5 1 Ret Ret 2 Ret 178 5 Finlay Crocker 4 7 5 8 8 7 4 9 9 7 11 6 8 14 4 5 143 6 David Shepherd 11 3 12 Ret 5 5 3 4 5 6 2 Ret 4 13 Ret 6 139 7 Gavin Bristow 8 8 6 7 9 Ret 5 5 7 5 6 5 Ret 5 8 4 137 8 Andrew Bailey 9 9 3 4 6 3 7 7 8 DNS 8 DNS 3 4 Ret DNS 129 9 Allen Jackson 6 Ret 1 5 4 12 9 Ret 10 8 12 Ret 7 9 6 7 119 10 Michael Jones 13 10 9 11 Ret 11 11 10 13 10 13 8 12 10 67 11 Nathan Coulter Ret Ret Ret 8 12 9 10 4 15 Ret 7 12 53 12 Bill Philp 10 Ret 8 9 10 8 11 7 49 13 Charles Bloom 12 11 10 Ret 11 10 Ret DNS 13 8 14 11 14 Ret 46 14 Alex Ferguson 11 Ret 7 7 9 3 45 15 Jack Stanford 1 2 38 16 Carl Baker 2 6 9 Ret 34 17 Mark Drury 10 6 12 10 33 18 Fiona Leggate 6 Ret 5 Ret 22 19 Ciaran Butler 6 6 20 20 Tony Skelton 7 10 15 21 Wayne Hunsucker 10 8 14 22 Stewart Lines 11 9 12 23 Ant Scragg 10 12 10 24 Jake Packun 13 Ret 3 25 Angus Duke Ret DNS 0 26 Terry Birtchford Ret Ret 0 Cooper Class Pos Driver SNE BHI CAS PEM THR CRO SPA DON Pts 1 Gareth Nixon 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 314 2 Eric Bailey 1 2 Ret 4 6 2 4 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 7 5 203 3 Gary Kounnis 2 4 9 6 1 5 7 10 5 4 DSQ 10 Ret 5 6 6 154 4 Jenny Ryan 5 8 11 8 Ret 4 5 3 3 Ret 4 3 5 7 5 10 153 5 Edward Lovett 4 5 7 13 Ret 9 6 6 6 11 5 5 4 Ret 2 3 146 6 Jonathan Shepherd 11 7 2 Ret 2 6 2 4 10 9 3 Ret 11 8 9 7 145 7 Tim Crighton Ret 3 Ret 2 2 2 2 2 6 4 Ret 2 142 8 Rob Austin Ret Ret 3 5 3 8 3 7 8 8 8 7 7 Ret 10 11 128 9 Graham Parsons 7 6 6 3 9 3 Ret 8 11 7 15 3 4 8 125 10 Keith Issatt 8 9 12 10 Ret 11 9 Ret 7 Ret 11 4 3 6 8 12 101 11 Alan Taylor 9 12 15 11 7 Ret 10 12 9 6 8 9 11 9 80 12 Rachel Owen 10 10 10 12 5 10 9 10 14 Ret 54 13 Dave Phillips 6 11 5 7 7 8 52 14 James Olden Ret 7 8 9 Ret 3 DSQ DSQ 40 15 Andrew Cox 12 13 13 Ret 12 11 13 12 9 9 40 16 John Bates 13 15 16 15 8 13 13 Ret 12 12 14 12 13 14 38 17 Ray MacDowall 4 1 35 18 Nik Rochez 14 14 Ret 12 11 Ret 12 10 10 11 34 19 Amanda Elliot 14 13 10 11 12 14 12 13 29 20 Gary Robertshaw 3 4 28 21 Mark Drury 15 14 8 9 Ret DNS 18 22 Dawn Boyd 13 13 13 13 16 15 13 23 Ian Mills 14 Ret 15 Ret 3 References Category:2006 in British motorsport Category:Mini Challenge UK