Tiffany Chittenden

Class: JCW
Race number: 0

Gary Kounnis

Class: Club Class
Race number: 0

Martin Depper

Class:
Race number: 1

The 2008 champion is moving to BTCC but there is a real threat of a guest appearance in the MINI Challenge during the 2010 season.

This is Martin's 5th season in racing since starting, and they have just got better every year. Martin has been really looking forward to this season as the competition just gets better each year within the MINI Challenge.

With old and new rivals it's going to be a close-fought season and an entertaining one for all you spectators.

Fresh from hist first championship Martin will have his head down and going for it - one to watch this year.

Luke Caudle

Class: JCW
Race number: 1

Luke started Kart racing 2001 and has an impressive race record.

• Rye House club champion 2002 TKM
• Midland champs 2005 TKM
• Festival cup winner 2005 TKM
• 7th British championship 2006 TKM
• 1st Kimtbolton championship 2006 TKM
• Runner up British champion 2007 TKM
• Senior British open champion 2007 TKM
• Senior 177 British open champion 2008 Senior Rotax
• 7th in Europe Rotax Max2008 Senior Rotax

Racing 2009 – Euromax challenge (Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, and France) and made the transition to car racing with the Mini Challenge Club Class in 2009 winning the championship in the very last race.

His move to the powerful slick tyred JCW class for 2010 is eagerly awaited, and Luke will surely be at the front of the field.

Dean Raymond

Class: S Class
Race number: 2

2010 is Dean’s first season in the MINI Challenge. Dean is a young, talented and exciting driver who will be a strong contender in his green and silver Cooper S.

2009 was Dean’s first race season. At just 19 years old and in his standard Astra GTE 16v he finished 3rd overall (out of 36 competitors) and Class Champion in the Classic Thunder Modified Saloon Car Championship.

He also contested the Pre '93 Touring Car Championship finishing 4th overall (out of 47), 2nd in Class.

Fantastic results for a first season driver.

His personality, daring, and sheer driving skills mean Dean is definitely one to watch.

Roger Bates

Class: Club Class
Race number: 3

2010 will be Roger’s second season in Club class and he’ll be looking to worry some of the regulars.

Shaun King

Class: JCW
Race number: 4

Shaun is looking forward to racing the new Turbo charged car and will join the Challenge as work permits.

Alan Wickenden

Class: JCW
Race number: 5

Andrew Bailey

Class:
Race number: 5

Roger Grimshaw

Class: JCW
Race number: 8

Roger was all set for the 2010 season when unfortunately he was involved in a road accident, fingers crossed we hope to see him back in action during the season.

Please take some time to look at all Roger's partner's websites – they are each putting a great deal of effort into making the season a success and deserve your support.

MotorsportAds.com

The place for buyers and sellers of all things Motorsport – Race cars, track cars, single seaters, historics, bikes, karts, memorabilia, engines, gearboxes, pit gear; I could go on and on – Everything to do with Motorsport. There is even a "Getting started" section for aspiring drivers in all series as well as a Track Day section giving all the dates to go on track throughout the country.

www.motorsportads.com

Knights MINI

Knights MINI is the flagship site for MINI sales in the UK. A large new showroom, with a huge display area for new and used MINI’s, has just been built on the A50 close to the Stoke City FC football ground and if you are in the market for a MINI, their quality and range of stock is second to none.

www.knightsmini.co.uk

MINIMATT

Matt Pike supports a lot of the MINI Challenge racers from his business as a MINI recycler in Shropshire. If you have broken or damaged your MINI then MINIMATT is likely to have the part you need.

www.minimatt.co.uk

Kevin O'Connor

Class: Club Class
Race number: 9

Kevin is a retired bike racer and enduro rider, who saw the MINI Challenge as a great way to still get his speed fix. Will be looking for a podium by the end of the season. He enjoyed it so much he talked his friend Craig Freeman into the Challenge.

Chris Smith

Class: JCW
Race number: 10

Chris first raced in the F6 cadet championship at the age of 9 where he competed for 2 seasons.  This was followed with a long period away from racing, which started again at the tail end of the 2009 season where he competed in 2 Mini Challenge rounds in the S class.  Chris will be racing for Coastal Racing in the JCW class for 2010

Jason Foster

Class:
Race number: 11

Justina Williams

Class: Club Class
Race number: 15

After starring in Sex in the City, Justina (AKA Sarah Jessica Parker) now swaps the big screen for the big scream in the 2010 Mini Challenge Club Class.

Past experience includes competition shopping in Chanel handbags, Jimmy Choo shoes and prowling the aisles of Selfridges, where she has been world champion in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Now Justina is taking to the track with Excelr8 Motorsport, a team which is run by her husband Antony Williams. She is hoping for some good results to rival those Antony achieved in 2008.

Justina is a bit of a man eater (or as Rhea calls her:'The Rotweiler'), so the gents in the challenge better watch out and the boys may as well give up!

James Whelan

Class: Club Class
Race number: 16

James rejoins the Challenge after a 5 year break and is back on the pace.

James Ketchell

Class: Club Class
Race number: 16

Tom Wood

Class: S Class
Race number: 17

Sam Osborne

Class: Club Class
Race number: 18

This is Sam’s first season racing and is hoping to learn his race trade this season and worry the front runners in Club class.

Sarah Parsons

Class:
Race number: 19

Sarah, 20, started racing in the MINI Challenge in 2007 alongside her father Graham. This year sees Sarah signing up for the season without her Dad and with a radical change in the appearance of her Club Car.

Outside of motorsport, her other great loves are boating and skiing.

Graham Parsons

Class:
Race number: 20

2008 club champion is looking to step up to the new R56 for 2010

Matt Pike

Class: JCW
Race number: 21

Chris Knox

Class: JCW
Race number: 24

Jason Mills

Class: JCW
Race number: 25

Jason’s kart, formula vee and formula ford experience will be invaluable for his first foray in to tin top racing, early testing pace suggests he’ll be at the front of the JCW field

Carl Bradley

Class: JCW
Race number: 25

Lee Allen

Class: S Class
Race number: 26

Lee got talked into racing again by a mate of his called Frank, he said Lee used to race Ford's and won a few championships that it was about time that he got back in the chair, at the time Frank had a JCW Cooper S, so that was it, 11 years away from racing, and only 48hrs to get back into racing a Mini Cooper S.

Its the first time Lee's participated in a 1 make championship, and said "I am really enjoying it, we have had a very steep learning curve as the competition is very quick, but that only makes it more fun because even newbies can get a win if you prepare yourself properly".

Obviously Lee wanted to win the championship this year, but thinks 2010 will be a more realistic, "learning curve of this championship is huge and we will have all this years data and experience to enable us to be running from the 1st race next year".

If there is one word to sum up this race series it would be; Great!

Just need Frank to get a Car!

Ian Milton

Class: S Class
Race number: 28

Chris Vinall

Class: S Class
Race number: 36

Chris James

Class: S Class
Race number: 40

Chris is aiming to join the Challenge in his S Class car having previously raced Fiats

David Ogden

Class: Club Class
Race number: 45

Jason Richardson

Class: JCW
Race number: 50

Chris Oakham

Class: JCW
Race number: 51

Gavin Bristow

Class: JCW
Race number: 51

Craig Freeman

Class: S Class
Race number: 52

Craig, 39, has run his own Accountancy practice in Cardiff for the last 7 years.

This year is his first attempt at racing, and hadn’t been on a race track until 3 weeks before Donington. He is using the remainder of this season to gain experience.

Steven Liquorish

Class: S Class
Race number: 66

This is Steven's second season in the MINIs. Having had an enjoyable baptism to motor sport last year he is looking to improve on his fourth place best finish last year. With the strong team to support him (Interceptor racing) and help from sponsor "Connection Seating", 2009 should be a season to look forward too!

Lee Sullivan

Class: S Class
Race number: 68

Chris Panayiotou

Class: JCW
Race number: 69

Chris has raced Clios and S class MINI Challenge before and steps into the JCW class with an eye on the front of the field.

Stuart Clarke

Class: JCW
Race number: 69

Keith Issatt

Class:
Race number: 999

Now helping Excelr8 Motorsport and looking to guest drive when their hire car is available.