The
@VertuMotors
MINI CHALLENGE visits the best UK circuits offering fast, close, affordable & exciting racing in JCW, JCW Sport and Cooper class MINIs.
Thank you to all of the marshals, fire crew and medics for getting Clark Wells extracted from his car 🖤 you guys make this sport possible!
@PaulONeill29
@arejayenn
With Sam Smith now at home continuing his recovery, we’d like to once again extend our thanks to the marshals and rescue crews who attended to both Sam and Dan Zelos at Donington Park last weekend.
#ThanksMarshal
NEWS: Following an incident in the final race of the weekend, Sam Smith (
#42
) is awake and conscious in the Donington Park medical centre and will now be transferred to hospital for further checks.
Dan Zelos (
#45
) was taken to the medical centre for checks and has been released.
RACE ONE RESULTS UPDATE: Nathan Harrison given 30 second penatly for failing to comply with yellow flag signals.
P1: Ant Whorton-Eales
P2: Jordan Collard
P3: Paul O'Neill
BREAKING NEWS!
@naparacinguk
’s four-time
@BTCC
Champion
@ASuttonRacing
will appear at Stage 1 of the
@VertuMotors
MINI CHALLENGE Scholarship - and the entry deadline has now been extended to 23 October!
Get your entry in here:
QUALIFYING REPORT: MINI CHALLENGE newcomer Jordan Collard will start Monday’s first JCW race at Oulton Park from pole position after taking a stunning maiden pole position.
NEWS: This year’s MINI CHALLENGE JCW champion will be rewarded with a once-in-a-lifetime chance to boost their career in Asia, with a fully funded season in the Japanese Super Taikyu series worth in excess of £100,000.
NEWS: The MINI CHALLENGE will form an integral part of Britain’s biggest race weekends when it joins the BTCC support bill full-time from the 2020 season...
📽️ MINI CHALLENGE eSeries
Quali: w/c 11th May
1⃣ Donington Park 23rd May
2⃣ Brands Hatch Indy 30th May
3⃣ Silverstone 6th Jun
4⃣ Oulton Park 15th Jun
5⃣ Snetterton 20th Jun
6⃣ Croft 27th Jul
7⃣ Knockhill 4th Jul
8⃣ Brands Hatch GP 11th July
MINI CHALLENGE REVEALS PROVISIONAL 2024 RACE DATES
Organisers of the Vertu Motors MINI CHALLENGE can confirm that the 2024 season will feature a total of 14 race dates split between the headline JCW category & the entry-level MINI CHALLENGE Trophy.
🔗
It all comes down to this.
Who will it be?
Gornall, Harrison or Zelos?
Only a handful of points separate the top 2 in the standings.
One final race to decide the championship.
Let’s do this 👍
DOMINIC WHEATLEY OPENS JCW WIN ACCOUNT
Dominic Wheatley led from start-to-finish in the opening race of the weekend at Knockhill to score his maiden win in the Vertu MINI CHALLENGE.
Read more:
@VertuMotors
DAN ZELOS TO RUN UNIQUE PARKINSON’S UK LIVERY AT CROFT
Dan Zelos will take his support for the Parkinson’s UK charity to a new level when the 2024 season resumes at Croft, with a special one-off livery on his EXCELR8 Motorsport-run car.
Read more:
Just a couple of days to go before Round two of the JCW Championship at Rockingham Motor Speedway and Nathan Harrison is hoping for some good results this weekend.
BITCOIN RACING READIES FOR MINI CHALLENGE DEBUT
@Bitcoin_Racing
will make its debut in the Vertu MINI CHALLENGE this season after confirming plans to join the grid in the headline JCW class.
Read more:
DOMINIC WHEATLEY JOINS EXCELR8 FOR THIRD JCW CAMPAIGN
@wheatley_dom
will return to the JCW category of the Vertu MINI CHALLENGE for a third successive season after the former Cooper champion was confirmed with
@Excelr8M
for 2024.
Read more:
FOR SALE:
@PearsonRacing
JCW MINI CHALLENGE race car.
The car has been run and maintained regardless of cost by the multiple championship-winning team, EXCELR8 Motorsport, and has proved to be a very competitive car.
Find out more:
MAX HALL GRADUATES TO JCW GRID WITH EXCELR8
Youngster Max Hall will graduate into the JCW class of the Vertu MINI CHALLENGE in 2024 after inking a deal to join forces with defending champions
@Excelr8M
.
Read more:
NEWS: The Cooper Classes are heading to Donington Park this weekend for their first round. Find out who's returning for another year and who are the new drivers here:
STATEMENT: Following an incident in race one at Donington Park, Albert Webster (
#2
JRW Motorsport) was seen at the circuit medical centre before being taken to Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham. Albert is in good spirits but will take no further part in the weekend.
MINI FESTIVAL: Just four days until we return to Brands Hatch for the Brands Hatch Mini Festival. It's going to be a fantastic weekend of MINI racing.
Tickets: ...
.
@NAPARacing
announces multi-car MINI CHALLENGE programme.
NAPA Racing UK will make its debut in the
@VertuMotors
MINI CHALLENGE this season after confirming plans for a four-car entry spread across the JCW and Cooper classes.
Read more:
RACE REPORT: Jordan Collard battled to his maiden MINI CHALLENGE JCW victory in a thrilling first race at Silverstone, but had to fight off a four-car train to secure the laurels.
ICYMI: We had a BIG day in the JCW title race yesterday, with
@RacingHarrison
making inroads into James Gornall's championship lead with victory in race 1
@SnettertonMSV
.
Full report ▶️
‘UNBELIEVABLE FEELING’ AS DOMINIC WHEATLEY SCORES MAIDEN WIN
Dominic Wheatley admitted it was an ‘unbelievable feeling’ after battling to his first Vertu MINI CHALLENGE win in four years.
Read more:
@VertuMotors
TV COVERAGE: Missed the action from the last JCW round at Rockingham Motor Speedway? Here are the dates that the race coverage will air on Channel 4 and
QUALIFYING REPORT: Ant Whorton-Eales secured his first MINI CHALLENGE JCW pole position of the season in a tricky session at Rockingham Motor Speedway on Saturday.
Also, notably our collection of Collards will start pretty much side-by-side for race 1
@Oulton_Park
. Just FYI, that's
@CollardRob
ahead of
@jordan_collard1
. Let the bantz begin! 🙈🙈🙈
Good morning from a sunny, if rather chilly,
@SnettertonMSV
!
It’s the season finale for all our classes this weekend - with 3 champions set to be crowned.
We’ve got 3 drivers up for the JCW title, too!
It’s going to be a thriller 👍
NEWS: We're at Oulton Park getting ready for the first race weekend of the season, supporting the British GT Championship. Read Rob Smith Motorsport's thoughts on the first round and his hopes for the championship this season.
We are delighted to be able to count on the support of
@MintexBrakesUK
.
Mintex has been a valued partner of the MINI CHALLENGE since the start, with all cars running in the JCW and Cooper classes competing with Mintex Racing pads fitted.