# 2009 Mini Challenge UK

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. | Driver | Rounds |
| Cooper S Class ||||
| Forster Motorsport | 1 | Martin Depper | All |
| Forster Motorsport | 7 | Arthur Forster | All |
| Forster Motorsport | 8 | Michael Cullen | 6 |
| Forster Motorsport | 12 | Jack Stanford | 1-2 |
| Forster Motorsport | 66 | Steve Liquorish | All |
| Mini Motorsport | 4 | Shaun King | All |
| Coastal Racing | 5 | Phil House | All |
| Coastal Racing | 18 | Chris Knox | 5 |
| Coastal Racing | 18 | Chris Smith | 6 |
| Coastal Racing | 23 | Chris Smith | 5 |
| Coastal Racing | 23 | Chris Panayiotou | 1-2 |
| Coastal Racing | 33 | Lawrence Sait | All |
| Advent Motorsport | 12 | Graham Parsons | 4 |
| ES Racing | 14 | Chris James | 6 |
| Team Formula Racing | 17 | Carl Bennett | 1-5 |
| Team Formula Racing | 17 | Jason Greatrex | 6 |
| Team Formula Racing | 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 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 52 | Keith Issatt | 2 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 52 | Justina Williams | 6 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 52 | Craig Freeman | 3-5 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 69 | Craig Freeman | 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 |
| Advent Motorsport | 55 | James Blyth | All |
| Advent Motorsport | 76 | Rob Ladbrook | 1 |
| Advent Motorsport | 76 | Graham Parsons | 2 |
| Advent Motorsport | 77 | Nigel Johnson | 1-4 |
| Advent Motorsport | 77 | 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 | ROC | ROC | BHI | BHI | BHI | DON | DON | DON | CAS | CAS | CAS | CRO | CRO | CRO | SNE | SNE | 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 | ROC | ROC | BHI | BHI | BHI | DON | DON | DON | CAS | CAS | CAS | CRO | CRO | CRO | SNE | SNE | 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 | 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 |