# 2010 Mini Challenge UK

The 2010 Mini Challenge season was the ninth season of the Mini Challenge UK. The season started on 10 April at Rockingham Motor Speedway and ended on 29 August at Thruxton Circuit. The season featured seven rounds across the UK.

## Calendar

| Round | Circuit | Date | Classes | Races |
| 1 | Rockingham Motor Speedway | 10–11 April | All | 3 |
| 2 | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit | 8–9 May | All | 3 |
| 3 | Oulton Park | 29–30 May | All | 3 |
| 4 | Pembrey | 26–27 June | All | 3 |
| 5 | Castle Combe | 17–18 July | All | 3 |
| 6 | Brands Hatch | 14–15 August | All | 3 |
| 7 | Thruxton Circuit | 28–29 August | All | 3 |

## Entry list

| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| JCW Class ||||
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 1 | Luke Caudle | All |
| Mini Matt | 5 | Andrew Bailey | 7 |
| Mini Matt | 21 | Matthew Pike | 3-4, 6 |
| Coastal Racing | 10 | Chris Smith | All |
| Coastal Racing | 25 | Jason Mills | 1-2 |
| Coastal Racing | 25 | Carl Bradley | 3 |
| Coastal Racing | 25 | Tiffany Chittenden | 6 |
| Coastal Racing | 69 | Chris Panayiotou | 1 |
| Mini Spares UK | 24 | Chris Knox | All |
| Mark Fish Motorsport | 50 | Jason Richardson | All |
| Mark Fish Motorsport | 69 | Ben Anderson | 3 |
| Mark Fish Motorsport | 69 | Stuart Clarke | 4 |
| Mark Fish Motorsport | 69 | Roger Grimshaw | 5 |
| Team Oxford | 51 | Chris Oakman | 1-2, 5 |
| Team Oxford | 51 | Gavin Bristow | 3-4, 6-7 |
| Cooper S Class ||||
| Team Powerstart | 2 | Dean Raymond | 1-3, 6-7 |
| Truck Align | 7 | Craig Freeman | All |
| Truck Align | 26 | Lee Allen | All |
| Privateer | 28 | Ian Milton | 1 |
| Team AKB | 36 | Chris Vinall | 1-2 |
| Electro Services | 40 | Chris James | 2-7 |
| Privateer | 66 | Steve Liquorish | 1, 4-5 |
| Sullivan Racing | 68 | Lee Sullivan | All |
| Cooper Class ||||
| Mini Motorsport | 3 | Roger Bates | 2, 4, 6 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 5 | Alan Wichenden | 4, 6 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 11 | Jason Foster | 7 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 15 | Justina Williams | All |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 16 | James Whelan | 1 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 16 | James Fletcher | 5 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 17 | Tom Wood | 5 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 19 | Sarah Parsons | 2-6 |
| Excelr8 Motorsport | 31 | Keith Issatt | 6 |
| Truck Align | 9 | Kevin O'Connor | All |
| Privateer | 13 | Gary Kounnis | 6-7 |
| Team O Racing | 18 | Sam Osborne | All |
| Mark Fish Motorsport | 45 | David Ogden | 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 | ROC | ROC | ROC | SNE | SNE | SNE | OUL | OUL | OUL | PEM | PEM | PEM | CAS | CAS | CAS | BHI | BHI | BHI | THR | THR | THR | Pts |
| 1 | Luke Caudle | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 393 |
| 2 | Chris Knox | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 328 |
| 3 | Chris Smith | 6 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 258 |
| 4 | Jason Richardson | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 6 | 222 |
| 5 | Gavin Bristow | | | | | | | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 4 | | | | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 145 |
| 6 | Chris Oakman | 5 | 3 | 2 | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 96 |
| 7 | Matthew Pike | | | | | | | 7 | Ret | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | 6 | 5 | 5 | | | | 92 |
| 8 | Stuart Clarke | | | | | | | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 60 |
| 9 | Chris Panayiotou | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 49 |
| 10 | Andrew Bailey | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 5 | 5 | 33 |
| 11 | Tiffany Chittenden | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 6 | 4 | | | | 32 |
| 12 | Ben Anderson | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 6 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 21 |
| 13 | Carl Bradley | | | | | | | 4 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 |
| 14 | Jason Mills | Ret | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 15 | Roger Grimshaw | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | 0 |

#### Cooper S Class

| Pos | Driver | ROC | ROC | ROC | SNE | SNE | SNE | OUL | OUL | OUL | PEM | PEM | PEM | CAS | CAS | CAS | BHI | BHI | BHI | THR | THR | THR | Pts |
| 1 | Lee Allen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 394 |
| 2 | Lee Sullivan | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 284 |
| 3 | Craig Freeman | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 233 |
| 4 | Chris James | | | | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 3 | Ret | DNS | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 207 |
| 5 | Dean Raymond | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | 4 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 3 | 2 | 162 |
| 6 | Steve Liquorish | 3 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | 3 | 2 | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | 96 |
| 7 | Chris Vinall | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 47 |
| 8 | Ian Milton | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31 |

#### Cooper Class

| Pos | Driver | ROC | ROC | ROC | SNE | SNE | SNE | OUL | OUL | OUL | PEM | PEM | PEM | CAS | CAS | CAS | BHI | BHI | BHI | THR | THR | THR | Pts |
| 1 | David Ogden | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 4 | 348 |
| 2 | Kevin O'Connor | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 318 |
| 3 | Justina Williams | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 317 |
| 4 | Sam Osborne | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 283 |
| 5 | Sarah Parsons | | | | Ret | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | 202 |
| 6 | Gary Kounnis | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 77 |
| 7 | Roger Bates | | | | DNS | 6 | 6 | | | | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | Ret | 9 | Ret | | | | 56 |
| 8 | Alan Wichenden | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 5 | 5 | | | | 6 | 8 | DNS | | | | 50 |
| 9 | James Whelan | 3 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 47 |
| 10 | Tom Wood | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | 35 |
| 11 | Keith Issatt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | 32 |
| 12 | James Ketchell | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 28 |
| 13 | Jason Foster | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 6 | 5 | 21 |