2020 Mini Challenge UK

2020 Mini Challenge UK
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The 2020 Quaife Mini Challenge season was the nineteenth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season was supposed to start on 28 March at Donington Park and end on 20 October at Donington Park. It included sixteen rounds across the UK, all the JCW Class races and 2 of the Cooper Class races support the British Touring Car Championship.^[1] The season featured the start of the JCW Mini Challenge Trophy.

Due to the COVID–19 pandemic, the schedule was drastically reduced to five rounds starting 1/2 August.^[2]

Calendar[]

The original calendar was as follows:

Round	Circuit	Date	Classes	Races
1	Donington Park National	28–29 March	JCW	3
2	Brands Hatch Indy	11–12 April	JCW	3
3	Silverstone National	25–26 April	JCW	3
4	Cadwell Park	8 May	JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S	2
5	Thruxton Circuit	16–17 May	Cooper	3
6	Oulton Park Island	13–14 June	JCW	2
7	Oulton Park Island	20 June	JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S, Cooper	2
8	Snetterton 300	4 July	JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S, Cooper	2
9	Snetterton 300	25–26 July	JCW	3
10	Brands Hatch Indy	8–9 August	JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S, Cooper	3
11	Croft Circuit	15–16 August	JCW	2
12	Knockhill Racing Circuit	29–30 August	JCW	3
13	Donington Park National	12 September	JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S, Cooper	2
14	Silverstone International	26–27 September	Cooper	3
15	Brands Hatch GP	10–11 October	JCW	3
16	Donington Park National	24 October	JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S, Cooper	2
Source:^[3]^[4]

Due to the COVID–19 pandemic, the new schedule is as follows:^[2]

Round	Circuit	Date	Classes	Races
1	Donington Park National	1–2 August	JCW	3
2	Oulton Park Island	22–23 August	Cooper	2
3	Knockhill Racing Circuit	29–30 August	JCW	3
4	Brands Hatch Indy	12 September	JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S	2
5	Thruxton Circuit	19–20 September	Cooper	3
6	Silverstone National	26–27 September	JCW	3
7	Snetterton 300	26 September	JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S, Cooper	2
8	Croft Circuit	10–11 October	Cooper	2
9	Snetterton 300	24–25 October	JCW	2
10	Donington Park National	7–8 November	JCW Mini Challenge Trophy, Cooper S, Cooper	2
11	Brands Hatch Indy	14–15 November	JCW	2
Source:^[5]^[6]

Entry list[]

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
JCW Class
JamSport Racing ^[7]	5	James Griffith	1,3-5
	10	Ant Whorton-Eales^[8]	All
	22	Oliver Barker	4
	23	Ethan Hammerton	1-3
	46	Stuart Gibbs	1-2
	88	Tom Rawlings	All
MPH Racing ^[7]	6	Calum King	1-4
MPH Racing ^[7]	17	Brad Hutchison	All
Lux Motorsport ^[7]	4	Liam Lambert	4-5
	8	Hannah Chapman	2-3,5
	13	Ryan Faulconbridge	All
	21	Jack Davidson	All
	24	Joe Tanner	2
	66	Ronan Pearson ^[9]	All
	85	Steve King	2-4
Autotech Motorsport	9	Billy Hardy	All
Lawrence Davey Racing ^[7]	12	Neil Trotter	All
	16	Callum Newsham ^[10]	All
	39	Lewis Brown	All
	91	Robbie Dalgleish ^[11]	All
Excelr8 Motorsport^[7]	20	Kyle Reid ^[12]	1-2
	27	Nathan Harrison	All
	36	William Newnham ^[13]	1-4
	45	Dan Zelos ^[14]	All
	99	Josh Stanton ^[15]	All
	123	Isaac Smith ^[16]	All
	315	Jason Lockwood ^[17]	All
	333	Neb Bursac	3-4
JWB Motorsport ^[7]	31	Matthew Wilson	All
Elite Motorsport ^[18]^[7]	44	Max Bird ^[19]	All
	71	Max Coates^[20]	All
	77	Lewis Galer ^[21]	1,3
Privateer	47	James McIntyre	All
Privateer	84	Ryan Dignan	1,4
JCW Mini Challenge Trophy
Lawrence Davey Racing ^[7]	112	Neil Trotter	1
Cooper S Class
AReeve Motorsport ^[7]	21	Keir McConomy	1
	24	Rob Austin	1
	33	Stu Lane	1
	47	James Goodall	1
	190	Alan Lee	1
DanKanMiniShop	23	Dan Butcher-Lloyd	1
College of West Anglia	55	Gary Papworth	1
Privateer	231	Steve Webb	1
Privateer	666	Sami Bowler	1
Cooper Class
DanKanMiniShop	2	James Hillery	TBA
DanKanMiniShop	35	Ben Kasperczak	TBA
Lawrence Davey Racing ^[7]	4	Mike Paul	TBA
	20	Charlie Mann	TBA
	60	Brendan Fitzgerald ^[22]	TBA
Excelr8 Motorsport^[7]	5	Nicky Taylor	TBA
	29	Leonardo Panayiotou ^[23]	TBA
	94	Josh Porter ^[24]	TBA
	99	Ben Jenkins	TBA
Graves Motorsport ^[25]	10	Bradley Gravett	TBA
	16	Alex Nevill ^[26]	TBA
	27	Alfie Glenie	TBA
Performancetek Racing ^[7]	14	Dominic Wheatley	TBA
Lee Pearce Racing	23	Lee Pearce	TBA
Lee Pearce Racing	711	Clark Wells	TBA
AReeve Motorsport ^[7]	30	James Parker	TBA
	61	Harry Nunn ^[27]	TBA
	80	Archie O'Brien ^[28]	TBA
Mad4Mini Motorsport ^[7]	38	Morgan Wroot	TBA
Mad4Mini Motorsport ^[7]	66	Andrew Ringland	TBA
Mannpower Motorsport	46	Paul Manning	TBA
Elite Motorsport ^[7]	49	Martin Poole	TBA
College of West Anglia	51	Andy Langley	TBA
	53	Neal Clarke	TBA
	54	Adrian Norman	TBA
Misty Racing	77	Alex Jay	TBA
Privateer	82	Lydia Walmsley ^[29]	TBA

Results[]

JCW Class[]

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	1	Donington Park GP	Ant Whorton-Eales	Lewis Brown	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport Racing
	2			Ant Whorton-Eales	Nathan Harrison	Excelr8 Motorsport
	3			Kyle Reid	Max Coates	Elite Motorsport
2	4	Knockhill Racing Circuit	Joe Tanner	Max Bird	Max Bird	Elite Motorsport
	5			Nathan Harrison	Max Bird	Elite Motorsport
	6			Nathan Harrison	Lewis Brown	Lawrence Davey Racing
3	7	Silverstone National	Nathan Harrison	Dan Zelos	Nathan Harrison	Excelr8 Motorsport
	8			Callum Newsham	Ant Whorton-Eales	JamSport Racing
	9			Isaac Smith	Tom Rawlings	JamSport Racing
4	10	Snetterton 300	Nathan Harrison	Nathan Harrison	Nathan Harrison	Excelr8 Motorsport
4	11	Snetterton 300		Nathan Harrison	Isaac Smith	Excelr8 Motorsport
5	12	Brands Hatch Indy	Max Coates	Max Bird	Max Bird	Elite Motorsport
	13	Brands Hatch Indy		Nathan Harrison	Lewis Brown	Lawrence Davey Racing

Championship standings[]

Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the all finishing 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+	PP	FL
Points	50	44	40	37	34	32	30	28	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	6	6

Drivers' Championship[]

JCW Class[]

Pos	Driver	DON			KNO			SIL			SNE		BHI		Total	Drop	Pen.	Pts
1	Nathan Harrison	2	1	Ret	Ret	11	4	1	3	5	1	14	2	8	465			465
2	Dan Zelos	4	2	6	8	3	3	2	Ret	11	2	5	3	2	457	24		433
3	Ant Whorton-Eales	1	6	3	4	4	Ret	3	1	7	6	Ret	4	7	427			427
4	Max Bird	9	16	7	1	1	Ret	6	4	8	14	8	1	6	418	19		399
5	Lewis Brown	3	3	5	7	8	1	Ret	Ret	18	3	10	8	1	384			384
6	Max Coates	6	5	1	6	21	5	10	5	4	7	2	5	4	444	40	30	374
7	Tom Rawlings	10	4	4	3	12	Ret	14	8	1	5	3	11	Ret	360			360
8	Isaac Smith	13	12	Ret	2	5	2	4	2	10	9	1	23	12	394	15	30	349
9	Callum Newsham	11	10	10	13	13	Ret	11	9	2	16	11	6	3	336	21		315
10	Jack Davidson	5	17	8	5	2	6	7	Ret	DNS	8	4	9	11	336		30	306
11	Ronan Pearson	16	15	Ret	11	10	8	9	7	3	12	9	16	18	302	18		284
12	Jason Lockwood	7	8	Ret	9	6	13	5	6	6	4	7	14	10	353	22	50	281
13	James MacIntyre	12	9	9	18	15	Ret	16	14	15	27	13	7	5	274	15		259
14	Robbie Dalgleish	17	13	Ret	14	9	7	12	17	12	22	12	12	13	267	15		252
15	Josh Stanton	14	11	17	17	17	14	17	13	Ret	18	Ret	13	20	218			218
16	Brad Hutchison	Ret	23	13	19	Ret	10	19	11	9	10	Ret	15	15	211			211
17	Matthew Wilson	19	21	16	21	20	9	24	20	17	17	Ret	17	Ret	193			193
18	James Griffith	24	19	Ret				15	12	16	24	16	19	14	167			167
19	Ryan Faulconbridge	18	18	14	16	22	12	22	19	22	23	19	21	19	222	30	30	162
20	Kyle Reid	8	7	2	12	7	Ret								161			161
21	William Newnham	15	14	11	20	18	Ret	8	10	13	19	Ret			190		30	160
22	Billy Hardy	Ret	24	19	22	Ret	16	21	Ret	21	Ret	18	20	17	148			148
23	Hannah Chapman				15	14	Ret	18	15	14			18	16	137			137
24	Steve King				23	19	15	23	21	20	26	Ret			111			111
25	Neil Trotter	22	26	Ret	25	23	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	25	17	22	Ret	109			109
26	Ethan Hammerton	21	28	Ret	24	16	18	13	Ret	Ret					103			103
27	Stuart Gibbs	23	27	18	Ret	24	17								80			80
28	Liam Lambert										15	Ret	10	9	71			71
29	Ryan Dignan	20	25	15							21	Ret			66			66
30	Joe Tanner				7	Ret	11								60			60
31	Oliver Barker										11	6			56			56
32	Lewis Galer	Ret	20	12				Ret	18	19					71		20	51
33	Neb Bursac							20	16	DSQ	20	Ret			51		40	11
34	Calum King	Ret	22	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	13	15			59		50	9
Pos	Driver	DON			KNO			SIL			SNE		BHI		Total	Drop	Pen.	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd 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)

References[]

^ "MINI CHALLENGE JOINS THE BRITISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP FOR 2020". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "MINI CHALLENGE UK 2020 JCW CALENDAR ANNOUNCEMENT - MINI CHALLENGE". www.minichallenge.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
^ "JCW 2020 CALENDAR". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "COOPER 2020 CALENDAR". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "JCW 2020 CALENDAR". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
^ "COOPER 2020 CALENDAR". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "MINI CHALLENGE TEAMS". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "JAMSPORT CAN TODAY CONFIRM THAT FORMER CHAMPION ANT WHORTON-EALES WILL MAKE A RETURN TO THE MINI CHALLENGE FOR THE 2020 SEASON". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "CATCHING UP WITH: RONAN PEARSON". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "CALLUM NEWSHAM RETURNS TO JCWS FOR THIRD SEASON". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
^ "COOPER PRO CHAMPION ROBBIE DALGLEISH JOINS THE JCW WITH LAWRENCE DAVEY RACING". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
^ "WILLIAM NICOL'S RACING DRIVER, REID MAKES JCW MOVE FOR 2020 WITH EXCELR8". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "NEWNHAM CONFIRMED FOR FULL JCW ATTACK IN 2020". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "Zelos has title target as Rookie Cup Champ returns to MINI CHALLENGE". excelr8motorsport.com. Excelr8 Motorsport. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "JOSH STANTON RETURNS TO EXCELR8 MOTORSPORT". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
^ "TEENAGE CHAMPION MAKES MINI JCW MOVE FOR 2020". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "JASON LOCKWOOD TO MAKE MINI CHALLENGE JCW DEBUT WITH EXCELR8". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "ELITE MOTORSPORT ENTER MINI CHALLENGE 2020 WITH LEWIS GALER". elitemotorsport.co.uk. Elite Motorsport. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "MAX BIRD JOINS ELITE FOR MINI CHALLENGE IN 2020". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
^ "COATES JOINS THE MINI ELITE". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "ELITE MOTORSPORT ENTER MINI CHALLENGE 2020 WITH LEWIS GALER". elitemotorsport.co.uk. Elite Motorsport. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "IRISH RACER BRENDAN FITZGERALD JOINS THE 2020 COOPER GRID WITH LDR MOTORSPORT". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
^ "JUNIOR RACING STAR PANAYIOTOU JOINS 2020 COOPER GRID". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "PORTER BOOKS PLACE ON 2020 MINI CHALLENGE COOPER GRID". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "ALEX NEVILL RETURNS TO THE COOPERS FOR 2020". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "ALEX NEVILL RETURNS TO THE COOPERS FOR 2020". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "NEW DRIVER HARRY NUNN JOINS AREEVE MOTORSPORT". areevemotorsport.uk. AReeve Motorsport. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "ARCHIE O'BRIEN RETURNS TO THE COOPER CLASS FOR 2020 WITH AREEVE MOTORSPORT". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "LYDIA WALMSLEY RETURNS TO COOPERS FOR 2020". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "MINI CHALLENGE JOINS THE BRITISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP FOR 2020". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[CP-2] "MINI CHALLENGE UK 2020 JCW CALENDAR ANNOUNCEMENT - MINI CHALLENGE". www.minichallenge.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

[3] "JCW 2020 CALENDAR". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[4] "COOPER 2020 CALENDAR". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[5] "JCW 2020 CALENDAR". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[6] "COOPER 2020 CALENDAR". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[MINI_CHALLENGE_TEAMS-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "MINI CHALLENGE TEAMS". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[8] "JAMSPORT CAN TODAY CONFIRM THAT FORMER CHAMPION ANT WHORTON-EALES WILL MAKE A RETURN TO THE MINI CHALLENGE FOR THE 2020 SEASON". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[9] "CATCHING UP WITH: RONAN PEARSON". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[10] "CALLUM NEWSHAM RETURNS TO JCWS FOR THIRD SEASON". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.

[11] "COOPER PRO CHAMPION ROBBIE DALGLEISH JOINS THE JCW WITH LAWRENCE DAVEY RACING". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.

[12] "WILLIAM NICOL'S RACING DRIVER, REID MAKES JCW MOVE FOR 2020 WITH EXCELR8". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[13] "NEWNHAM CONFIRMED FOR FULL JCW ATTACK IN 2020". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[14] "Zelos has title target as Rookie Cup Champ returns to MINI CHALLENGE". excelr8motorsport.com. Excelr8 Motorsport. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[15] "JOSH STANTON RETURNS TO EXCELR8 MOTORSPORT". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.

[16] "TEENAGE CHAMPION MAKES MINI JCW MOVE FOR 2020". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[17] "JASON LOCKWOOD TO MAKE MINI CHALLENGE JCW DEBUT WITH EXCELR8". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[18] "ELITE MOTORSPORT ENTER MINI CHALLENGE 2020 WITH LEWIS GALER". elitemotorsport.co.uk. Elite Motorsport. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[19] "MAX BIRD JOINS ELITE FOR MINI CHALLENGE IN 2020". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.

[20] "COATES JOINS THE MINI ELITE". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[21] "ELITE MOTORSPORT ENTER MINI CHALLENGE 2020 WITH LEWIS GALER". elitemotorsport.co.uk. Elite Motorsport. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[22] "IRISH RACER BRENDAN FITZGERALD JOINS THE 2020 COOPER GRID WITH LDR MOTORSPORT". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.

[23] "JUNIOR RACING STAR PANAYIOTOU JOINS 2020 COOPER GRID". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[24] "PORTER BOOKS PLACE ON 2020 MINI CHALLENGE COOPER GRID". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[25] "ALEX NEVILL RETURNS TO THE COOPERS FOR 2020". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[26] "ALEX NEVILL RETURNS TO THE COOPERS FOR 2020". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[27] "NEW DRIVER HARRY NUNN JOINS AREEVE MOTORSPORT". areevemotorsport.uk. AReeve Motorsport. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[28] "ARCHIE O'BRIEN RETURNS TO THE COOPER CLASS FOR 2020 WITH AREEVE MOTORSPORT". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[29] "LYDIA WALMSLEY RETURNS TO COOPERS FOR 2020". minichallenge.co.uk. Mini Challenge. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.

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