# 2008 Mini Challenge UK

The 2008 Mini Challenge season was the seventh season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 27 April at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit and ended on 32 September at Rockingham Motor Speedway. The season featured seven rounds across the UK.

## Calendar

| Round | Circuit | Date | Classes | Races |
| 1 | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit | 26–27 April | All | 3 |
| 2 | Pembrey Circuit | 10–11 May | All | 4 |
| 3 | Croft Circuit | 14–15 June | All | 2 |
| 4 | Castle Combe | 19–20 July | All | 3 |
| 5 | Donington Park | 2–3 August | All | 3 |
| 6 | Brands Hatch | 24–25 August | All | 2 |
| 7 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 27–28 September | All | 3 |

## Entry list

| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| Cooper S Class ||||
| Maximum Motorsport | 2 | Gary Kounnis | All |
| Maximum Motorsport | 3 | Steve Woods | 1 |
| Maximum Motorsport | 5 | Stewart Lines | 1, 3-5 |
| Coastal Racing | 6 | Jake Packun | 1-6 |
| Coastal Racing | 9 | James Williams | 1-6 |
| Coastal Racing | 9 | Carl Bradley | 7 |
| Coastal Racing | 23 | Chris Panayiotou | 3-7 |
| Coastal Racing | 69 | Ant Scragg | All |
| Forster Motorsport | 7 | Arthur Forster | 1-6 |
| Forster Motorsport | 7 | Steve Meli | 7 |
| Forster Motorsport | 8 | Joachim Ritter | 2 |
| Forster Motorsport | 8 | Andrew Bailey | 4-7 |
| Forster Motorsport | 12 | Jack Stanford | All |
| Forster Motorsport | 30 | Martin Depper | All |
| Forster Motorsport | 66 | Steve Liquorish | All |
| Mini Motorsport | 14 | Shaun King | 4-5 |
| Advent Motorsport | 16 | Mark Drury | 5 |
| OX4 Racing | 51 | Richard Miller | 5-6 |
| Redline Racing | 77 | Jason Greatrex | 1 |
| Malvern Motorsport | 99 | Andy Beever | 1-6 |
| Cooper Class ||||
| Advent Motorsport | 4 | Antony Williams | All |
| Advent Motorsport | 15 | Chris Mohan | 1 |
| Advent Motorsport | 15 | Kristian White | 3 |
| Advent Motorsport | 17 | Joel Wroe-Johnson | 1-2 |
| Advent Motorsport | 93 | Joel Wroe-Johnson | 3-7 |
| Advent Motorsport | 19 | Sarah Parsons | All |
| Advent Motorsport | 20 | Graham Parsons | All |
| Advent Motorsport | 42 | Dawn Boyd | All |
| Advent Motorsport | 76 | Peter Slevin | 1, 7 |
| Advent Motorsport | 76 | Arthur Williams | 2 |
| Advent Motorsport | 76 | Tim Crighton | 3-4 |
| Privateer | 10 | Michelle Nixon | 1-6 |
| Privateer | 18 | Nina-Jo Atkinson | All |
| Privateer | 22 | Rebecca Nuttall | 1-2 |
| Robershaw Racing | 31 | Keith Issatt | All |
| Privateer | 33 | Craig Dawson | 4-7 |
| Waddington Motorsport | 35 | Josh Waddington | All |
| Waddington Motorsport | 79 | Aston Blake | All |
| Mark Fish Motorsport | 65 | Jason Richardson | 5-7 |

## 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 | PEM | PEM | PEM | PEM | CRO | CRO | CAS | CAS | CAS | DON | DON | DON | BHI | BHI | ROC | ROC | ROC | Pts |
| 1 | Martin Depper | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 2 | 331 |
| 2 | Jack Stanford | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 330 |
| 3 | Jake Packun | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Ret | | | | 232 |
| 4 | Andy Beever | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | | | | 192 |
| 5 | Steve Liquorish | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 178 |
| 6 | Ant Scragg | 4 | 3 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 5 | 7 | DNS | 169 |
| 7 | Gary Kounnis | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | Ret | DNS | 11 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 164 |
| 8 | Arthur Forster | 3 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | Ret | DNS | 1 | Ret | 3 | Ret | DNS | DNS | Ret | Ret | | | | 135 |
| 9 | James Williams | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 4 | 11 | 4 | Ret | 10 | 9 | 4 | 9 | | | | 130 |
| 10 | Chris Panayiotou | | | | | | | | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | DNS | 102 |
| 11 | Shaun King | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | Ret | 6 | | | | | | 62 |
| 12 | Stewart Lines | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 12 | 13 | 7 | | | | | | 56 |
| 13 | Andrew Bailey | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 10 | Ret | 10 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 54 |
| 14 | Steve Meli | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 3 | 3 | 46 |
| 15 | Steve Wood | 7 | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27 |
| 16 | Joachim Ritter | | | | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27 |
| 17 | Richard Miller | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 8 | | | | 27 |
| 18 | Jason Greatrex | 11 | 6 | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 |
| 19 | Carl Bradley | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DNS | 4 | DNS | 13 |
| 20 | Mark Drury | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 12 | 13 | | | | | | 7 |

#### Cooper Class

| Pos | Driver | SNE | SNE | SNE | PEM | PEM | PEM | PEM | CRO | CRO | CAS | CAS | CAS | DON | DON | DON | BHI | BHI | ROC | ROC | ROC | Pts |
| 1 | Graham Parsons | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 273 |
| 2 | Keith Issatt | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | DSQ | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 247 |
| 3 | Josh Waddington | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 240 |
| 4 | Joel Wroe-Johnson | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 228 |
| 5 | Antony Williams | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 226 |
| 6 | Aston Blake | DNS | 3 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 193 |
| 7 | Michelle Nixon | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 8 | Ret | 7 | | | | 170 |
| 8 | Craig Dawson | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 168 |
| 9 | Sarah Parsons | 7 | 7 | 5 | DNS | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Ret | 7 | Ret | DNS | 9 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 142 |
| 10 | Dawn Boyd | 9 | Ret | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 12 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 142 |
| 11 | Nina-Jo Atkinson | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 | Ret | 11 | 7 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 102 |
| 12 | Tim Crighton | | | | | | | | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | 84 |
| 13 | Peter Slevin | 8 | 9 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 10 | 10 | 43 |
| 14 | Jason Richardson | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 8 | 9 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 36 |
| 15 | Arthur Williams | | | | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 32 |
| 16 | Kristian White | | | | | | | | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 21 |
| 17 | Chris Mohan | 10 | 8 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27 |
| 18 | Rebecca Nuttall | 12 | 11 | Ret | 10 | 11 | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 |