# 2014 Mini Challenge UK

The 2014 Mini Challenge season was the thirteenth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 26 April at Donington Park and ended on 14 September at Brands Hatch. The season featured seven rounds across the UK.

## Calendar

| Round | Circuit | Date | Classes | Races |
| 1 | Donington Park | 26–27 April | All | 3 |
| 2 | Brands Hatch | 10–11 May | All | 4 |
| 3 | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit | 21–22 June | All | 2 |
| 4 | Oulton Park | 12 July | All | 3 |
| 5 | Castle Combe | 2 August | All | 2 |
| 6 | Silverstone Circuit | 16–17 August | All | 3 |
| 7 | Brands Hatch | 13–14 September | All | 3 |

## Entry list

| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| JCW Class ||||
| Peak Performance Racing | 2 | Luke Caudle | All |
| Sussex Road & Race | 7 | Craig Freeman | 5-6 |
| Sussex Road & Race | 32 | Alan Taylor | All |
| Sussex Road & Race | 57 | Keith Issatt | 1, 3-7 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 8 | Hamish Brandon | All |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 37 | Rob Smith | 4, 6-7 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 69 | Mark Steward | 1, 3, 6-7 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 79 | Jono Brown | 7 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 100 | Chris Smith | 2 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 778 | Chris James | 4 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 888 | Chris Knox | 7 |
| Team Swanflight | 15 | Patrick Mortimer | 2-7 |
| Lohen | 18 | Chris Callister-Russell | 1-6 |
| Lohen | 28 | Henry Duprey | All |
| Lohen | 88 | Mike Fryatt | 6 |
| Lawrence Davey Racing | 19 | Lawrence Davey | All |
| Lawrence Davey Racing | 41 | Paul Knapp | 7 |
| Coastal Racing | 20 | Kyle Reid | 4 |
| Privateer | 33 | James Webb | 3 |
| IN:MINI | 55 | Simon Quinn | 1-2 |
| Oakfield Motorsport | 66 | Steve Ruxton-Cocker | 1-2 |
| Oakfield Motorsport | 77 | Neil Newstead | All |
| Charles Stewart GP | 110 | Charles Stewart | All |
| Cooper Class ||||
| Coastal Racing | 1 | Shane Stoney | All |
| Coastal Racing | 25 | William Davison | 6 |
| Coastal Racing | 49 | Martin Poole | All |
| Coastal Racing | 89 | Chris Stoney | 1–3, 5 |
| Sussex Road & Race | 3 | Ricky Page | All |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 4 | Gideon Cresswell | All |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 17 | William Phillips | All |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 73 | Toby Hotston | 1-2 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 78 | Matt Hammond | All |
| Team Swanflight | 9 | Simon Walton | All |
| Team Swanflight | 10 | Adrian Norman | All |
| Peak Performance Racing | 11 | Grace Williams | All |
| Lohen | 13 | Stuart Kent | 6 |
| Lohen | 128 | Will Dendy | 7 |
| Mark Wakefield Racing | 16 | Mark Wakefield | 1–2, 4-7 |
| Staffs Racing | 23 | Max Leaver | 5-7 |
| West Anglia College | 27 | Josh Gollin | All |
| Lawrence Davey Racing | 76 | Jo Polley | 1–2, 4-7 |
| Team Aim Higher | 91 | Pete Diament | 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
#### JCW Class

| Pos | Driver | DON | DON | DON | BHI | BHI | BHI | BHI | SNE | SNE | OUL | OUL | OUL | CAS | CAS | SIL | SIL | SIL | BHGP | BHGP | BHGP | Pts |
| 1 | Chris Knox | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | C | 325 |
| 2 | Neil Newstead | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | C | 239 |
| 3 | Luke Caudle | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 4 | C | 220 |
| 4 | Lawrence Davey | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 2 | Ret | Ret | C | 210 |
| 5 | Hamish Brandon | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | C | 208 |
| 6 | Henry Duprey | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 2 | C | 190 |
| 7 | Chris Callister-Russell | Ret | 9 | Ret | DSQ | 7 | 5 | 2 | DNS | DNS | 2 | 2 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 3 | 4 | 5 | | | C | 120 |
| 8 | Alan Taylor | 9 | Ret | 9 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 8 | Ret | DNS | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 12 | C | 117 |
| 9 | Patrick Mortimer | | | | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | Ret | DNS | 8 | 11 | C | 102 |
| 10 | Mark Steward | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | 10 | 7 | | | | | | 9 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 8 | C | 89 |
| 11 | Rob Smith | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 9 | 5 | | | Ret | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | C | 79 |
| 12 | Charles Stewart | 11 | DNS | 7 | 11 | 12 | DSQ | 9 | 5 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 7 | 9 | Ret | 14 | 11 | 6 | Ret | Ret | C | 74 |
| 13 | Keith Issatt | Ret | Ret | 8 | | | | | 6 | 8 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 7 | 6 | 8 | 12 | Ret | 9 | 9 | C | 71 |
| 14 | Chris Smith | | | | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | C | 63 |
| 15 | Simon Quinn | 6 | 4 | 11 | 6 | DNS | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | C | 39 |
| 16 | Chris James | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | C | 34 |
| 17 | Jono Brown | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 7 | C | 31 |
| 18 | Steve Ruxton-Cocker | 8 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | C | 31 |
| 19 | Mike Fryatt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 13 | 9 | | | C | 14 |
| 20 | James Webb | | | | | | | | 11 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | C | 11 |
| 21 | Paul Knapp | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 10 | C | 6 |
| 22 | Craig Freeman | | | | | | | | | | | | | DNS | DNS | 13 | Ret | DNS | | | C | 3 |
| 23 | Kyle Reid | | | | | | | | | | DNS | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | C | 0 |

#### Cooper Class

| Pos | Driver | DON | DON | DON | BHI | BHI | BHI | BHI | SNE | SNE | OUL | OUL | OUL | CAS | CAS | SIL | SIL | SIL | BHGP | BHGP | BHGP | Pts |
| 1 | Shane Stoney | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | C | 337 |
| 2 | Josh Gollin | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | C | 272 |
| 3 | William Phillips | 9 | 4 | 9 | 9 | DSQ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | C | 247 |
| 4 | Ricky Page | DNS | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | C | 225 |
| 5 | Matt Hammond | Ret | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 10 | C | 210 |
| 6 | Gideon Cresswell | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | Ret | 5 | DSQ | 5 | 8 | Ret | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | C | 193 |
| 7 | Simon Walton | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 4 | 7 | Ret | 11 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 7 | C | 148 |
| 8 | Mark Wakefield | 8 | 8 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 9 | 5 | | | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 6 | C | 123 |
| 9 | Grace Williams | 6 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 8 | C | 121 |
| 10 | Adrian Norman | 5 | Ret | 11 | 7 | 5 | Ret | 10 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 10 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | C | 109 |
| 11 | Martin Poole | Ret | Ret | 13 | 10 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 9 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 6 | DNS | DNS | 10 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 13 | C | 79 |
| 12 | Pete Diament | 10 | 10 | 12 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 10 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | C | 71 |
| 13 | Jo Polley | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | Ret | 10 | 12 | | | 9 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 14 | C | 66 |
| 14 | Chris Stoney | 7 | Ret | 8 | 8 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 7 | 4 | | | | 8 | Ret | | | | | | C | 55 |
| 15 | Max Leaver | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 8 | Ret | 8 | 6 | Ret | 9 | C | 37 |
| 16 | William Davison | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 7 | 8 | | | C | 27 |
| 17 | Toby Hotston | 12 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | C | 24 |
| 18 | Will Dendy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 5 | C | 21 |
| 19 | Stuart Kent | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 15 | 15 | | | C | 3 |