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. 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.

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:

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the new schedule is as follows:

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:

Entry list

Team Driver Rounds JCW Class JamSport Racing 5 James Griffith 1,3-5 10 Ant Whorton-Eales All 22 Oliver Barker 4 23 Ethan Hammerton 1-3 46 Stuart Gibbs 1-2 88 Tom Rawlings All MPH Racing 6 Calum King 1-4 17 Brad Hutchison All Lux Motorsport 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 All 85 Steve King 2-4 Autotech Motorsport 9 Billy Hardy All Lawrence Davey Racing 12 Neil Trotter All 16 Callum Newsham All 39 Lewis Brown All 91 Robbie Dalgleish All Excelr8 Motorsport 20 Kyle Reid 1-2 27 Nathan Harrison All 36 William Newnham 1-4 45 Dan Zelos All 99 Josh Stanton All 123 Isaac Smith All 315 Jason Lockwood All 333 Neb Bursac 3-4 JWB Motorsport 31 Matthew Wilson All Elite Motorsport 44 Max Bird All 71 Max Coates All 77 Lewis Galer 1,3 Privateer 47 James McIntyre All Privateer 84 Ryan Dignan 1,4 JCW Mini Challenge Trophy Lawrence Davey Racing 112 Neil Trotter 1 Cooper S Class AReeve Motorsport 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 35 Ben Kasperczak TBA Lawrence Davey Racing 4 Mike Paul TBA 20 Charlie Mann TBA 60 Brendan Fitzgerald TBA Excelr8 Motorsport 5 Nicky Taylor TBA 29 Leonardo Panayiotou TBA 94 Josh Porter TBA 99 Ben Jenkins TBA Graves Motorsport 10 Bradley Gravett TBA 16 Alex Nevill TBA 27 Alfie Glenie TBA Performancetek Racing 14 Dominic Wheatley TBA Lee Pearce Racing 23 Lee Pearce TBA 711 Clark Wells TBA AReeve Motorsport 30 James Parker TBA 61 Harry Nunn TBA 80 Archie O'Brien TBA Mad4Mini Motorsport 38 Morgan Wroot TBA 66 Andrew Ringland TBA Mannpower Motorsport 46 Paul Manning TBA Elite Motorsport 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 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 11 Nathan Harrison Isaac Smith Excelr8 Motorsport 5 12 Brands Hatch Indy Max Coates Max Bird Max Bird Elite Motorsport 13 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

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