2010 D L U R - Mini7 Racing Club attempt at the title, with reign-ing Se7ens cham-pion Kane Astin...

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Jeff Carter 07969 157921

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The Official Monthly Newsletter of the Mini 7 Racing Club

Another bumper

season is on the

cards in 2010 as the

number of drivers

signed up for the

Dunlop Mini Miglia

and Dunlop Mini

Se7en Challenges

continues to set the

standard in British

club motorsport.

In the Se7ens 30 driv-

ers have signed up

for 2010, a grid that

boasts no less than

five past champions.

Max Hunter (2007)

and Andrew Deviny

(2006) are joined by

all three S Class

champions - Nathan

Burge, Tristen Knight

and Julian Affleck.

2010 is a special year

for the Miglias, which

celebrates its 40th

birthday. Four times

champion Bill Sollis is

once again back for

another attempt at

the title, with reign-

ing Se7ens cham-

pion Kane Astin try-

ing to add the Miglia

crown in 2010.

Issue 03/10

2010 DRIVER L INE UP REVEALED

M arch 2010

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E

Chairman’s Chat 2

The Next Event 4

‘10 Technical Regs 5

Corgi Roof Design 6

New 2010 Trophies 7

A look back at 1989 11

Classified Adverts 13

2010 Mini Se7en

5 GRAEME DAVIS

6 NATHAN BURGE

8 IAN DEVINY

9 PAUL SPARK

10 DARREN THOMAS

12 HUW DAVIS

24 JAMES COULSON

25 MIKE RAYNER

30 ROBB ADDISON

32 NEIL RAYNER

33 GEOFF TAYLOR

34 ANTHONY TOWEY

36 DAMON ASTIN

37 GARETH HUNT

38 STEVE HOPPER

39 ANDY MILLER

46 MAX HUNTER

47 KELVIN EDGAR

48 TERRY BARRINGER

50 DICK HUNTER

57 PHILIP GILLIBRAND

60 MALCOLM KEAT

63 DAVID ROBINSON[N]

69 STEVE TRENCH

77 TRISTEN KNIGHT

85 ANDREW DEVINY

91 JULIAN AFFLECK [S]

92 KEVIN O’SHEA [S]

94 ROBERT PAVEY[S][N]

95 JULIAN PROCTOR[S]

2010 Mini Miglia

2 COLIN PEACOCK

3 PAUL THOMPSON

4 MARK SIMS

5 SARAH MUNNS

6 DAVE DREW

7 DAVE EDGECOMBE

10 PHIL HARVEY

11 KANE ASTIN

12 BILL SOLLIS

14 ROBERT MORRIS

15 GORDON POCOCK

16 ANDREW WORSLEY

17 STEVE WHITELEY

21 AARON SMITH

26 OWEN STINCHCOMBE

28 BOB HUMPHREYS

35 IAN FEATHERSTONE

42 PAUL SIMMONDS

44 PAUL CLARK

53 NIVEN BURGE

55 MICHAEL GREEN

72 ROB HOWARD

75 PAUL BROWN

99 MARK COWAN

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Rockingham

always seems

to produce

an exciting

race from

both formulae

PIT AND PADDOCK The Official Monthly Newsletter of the Mini 7 Racing Club

www.mini7.co.uk

for the latest

news and results

M arch 2010

Well it is only just under

two weeks to go be-

fore our first round at

Rockingham and ac-

cording to the BARC....

“the number of entries

is encouraging”.

From its days of being

a centre of British Steel

production, it is now a

well appointed race

track with fantastic

viewing areas. Rock-

ingham always seems

to produce an excit-

ing race from both

formulae and I’m sure

this time will be no dif-

ferent.

One change to our

normal format is the

location of the official

scales. As the Mem-

bers have requested,

this year the Club will

be providing its own

scales which will act

as the official scales

for post race weigh-

ing. Ralph Saunders

has kindly offered his

services to look after

these and I have

asked Steve Burns

{Championship Clerk

of the Course} if these

can be positioned in

our paddock area.

This will make life much

easier for Ralph and

Members will be able

to weigh their cars be-

fore qualifying or rac-

ing in the relative

peace of our own

paddock. Please re-

member that these

are owned by Ralph,

so look after them as if

they were your own!

The intention is for the

Club scales to be posi-

tioned in the Club

paddock whenever

possible. If the pad-

dock area doesn’t al-

low this {lack of room

or unsuitable surface}

then they will be posi-

tioned in the scruti-

neering area. Steve

Prior is aware of this

situation and has

given his approval. So

if Steve P. requires to

weigh any cars after

the race, then he will

escort the required car

{s} to the paddock

where the weighing

area will be deemed

as parc ferme. I hope

this arrangement will

meet with the require-

ment of the Members.

Yet again my thanks

go to Ralph and PIT-

STOP.

Another topic that

was requested by the

Members was that of

monitoring driving

standards in 2010. For

those who attended

the AGM, it was indi-

cated that the use of

onboard cameras was

the only method that

could be accepted

by the race officials in

any dispute. John

Meale [an ex Mini 7

Racing Club racer and

now an ‘ordinary’

Member of the Club}

has kindly agreed to

install some low cost

cameras in chosen

cars at Rockingham.

This in no way will con-

flict with the Club’s

official cameras which

Steve Prior has control.

The object is to assess

the quality of re-

cording, field of view,

ease of mounting, du-

rability etc. before the

Committee decides to

purchase any of these

cameras. My thanks

go to John for putting

in the time to design

an easily mounted

bracket and offering

to install these cam-

eras.

I would like to remind

all race Members that

their cars must carry

the required decals to

score Championship

points. The decals that

are required this year

are Dunlop, Corgi,

SPAX, Racecar, JD

Motors, Piper Cams

and Mini Magazine. All

of these decals

‘should’ be available

from Ralph Saunders.

Door squares and sun-

strips are available

from Mike Jackson. As

I write this chat {can

you write a chat?}, we

are still looking for a

Trophy sponsor. So if

you know of a Com-

pany or individual who

would like their/his/her

name ‘in lights’, then

please let one of the

Committee Members

know. As you can see

in this Newsletter we

have already chosen

this year’s trophies and

these will be in place

throughout the year,

regardless of a sponsor

coming forward.

Continued on page 3….

CH AI RM AN ’S CH AT

CH AI RM AN ’S CH AT C O N T I N U E D

PIT AND PADDOCK The Official Monthly Newsletter of the Mini 7 Racing Club M arch 2010

From page 2….

You will also see in the

newsletter that Rich-

ard Williamson {ex

Club Magazine Editor}

has made an excel-

lent start on listing

what the Club has in

past programs, results

etc. Thus we can now

indicate what is miss-

ing. Please look

through your records

to see if you can fill

some of the gaps.

Richard is hoping to

attend Rockingham,

so he will probably be

coming around the

paddock asking for

information. The aim is

to produce a CD of

Club records etc. by

the end of the year!

Finally I would like to

welcome my youngest

Grandson to the Club.

His love for Minis is

overwhelming and he

is very keen to collect

all of the models that

have been produced

for the Club. This will

not be an easy task,

especially in finding his

Uncle’s rare Cadbury’s

Miglia which was only

produced in the very

small quantity of 300.

No he can’t have his

Grandad’s!

Hope to see you all at

Rockingham, espe-

cially the two Corgi

cars......

Nick Cooke

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Testing at

Rockingham on

Friday 9th April

Book direct with

Rockingham

www.mini7.co.uk

for the latest

news and results


NEXT EVENT

Saturday 10th April

Rockingham Mitchell Road

Corby NN17 5AF

01536 500500 www.rockingham.co.uk

Round 1

of the

2010 Dunlop Mini Se7en and Mini Miglia Challenges

Part of the Dunlop Great

and British Package

Testing available on Friday 9th April

To book contact

Nanette Houston

01536 271534 [email protected]

PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE

Saturday 10 April

08:00 08:15 MINI SE7EN SIGN ON

08:15 09:15 MINI SE7EN SCRUTINEERING

09:30 09:45 MINI SE7EN QUALIFYING

09:00 09:15 MINI MIGLIA SIGN ON 09:15 10:15 MINI MIGLIA SCRUTINEERING

10:30 10:45 MINI MIGLIA QUALIFYING

LUNCH BREAK 12:20 - 13:05

13:45 MINI SE7EN - 10 laps - RACE 2

15:10 MINI MIGLIA - 10 laps - RACE 4

THREE DROPPED SCORES I N 2010 With 12 races planned

for the 2010 season

the committee have

taken the decision to

revert to 3 dropped

scores this season.

It was felt with the

economic climate

and in a bid to open

up the championship

to more drivers, 3

dropped scores from

12 was the right deci-

sion.

This year each driver

will count nine race

scores towards their

championship total.

REGULATION

1.6.4 In all of the

Dunlop Mini Chal-

lenges a Driver will

count his/her Chal-

lenge results from the

number of races run,

less three, for the over-

all Challenge positions.

100mm. The letters

should be fitted 30mm

from the lower edge

of the window

ii) Mini Se7en S-Class

and Mini Miglia S-

Class;

The same require-

ments as for TR5.17.5 i)

apply, except the let-

ters are Fluorescent

Orange, Pantone ref-

erence: 804C2X.

CLUB SCALES

Thanks to the efforts of

Ralph Saunders the

Club will have its own

set of scales for the

2010 season. Ralph

has certificated the

scales. Steve Burns

has suggested and

has given approval,

that the scales can be

positioned in our pad-

dock {probably next

to Ralph's awning} so

that Ralph can keep

an eye on them and

cars can be weighed

easily prior to racing.

After the race, Steve

Prior will escort the

cars that he wishes to

be weighed to this

same area, which will

then be deemed as a

parc ferme area.

A Look Back at

the 1989 Season

with Richard

Williamson

Page 10

Contacts Mike Jackson 0121 707 5881

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www.mini7.co.uk

for the latest

news and results


2010 Technical Regulations

5.17.4.4 One Mini

Magazine decal each

side of the car

5.17.4.5 One Corgi

Worded decal and

one Corgi Dog decal

on each side of the

car

5.17.4.6 One Piper de-

cal on each side of

the car

5.17.4.7 One Race-

car.com decal on

each side of the car.

In addition one JD Mo-

tors decal must also

be added on each

side of the car.

Ralph Saunders has

most of these logos

and all the logos

should be available at

Rockingham.

DRIVERS NAMES

5.17.5 Drivers names:

i) Mini Se7en and Mini

Miglia;

Surname only must

appear on each rear

quarter light windows,

letters in white without

background in Helve-

tica Bold typeface,

upper and lower case

(i.e. Mini not MINI). The

maximum height for

the uppercase letter is

The 2010 technical

regulations have been

accepted and pub-

lished, with a set avail-

able to download

from the M7RC web-

site in the ‘download’

section.

SPONSOR LOGOS

Please can all drivers

and teams ensure

they have a full set of

sponsor logos on their

cars before scrutineer-

ing begins at Rocking-

ham.

The logos that are re-

quired on the car are

listed in the technical

regulations and these

are -

5.17.3 Two sponsors

number panels and

windscreen headers

as supplied and unal-

tered. The door panels

must be placed

squarely on the doors

and no further back

than the front edge of

the door handles. The

appropriate wind-

screen header for the

class must be fitted to

the top of the front

screen. Competitors

are reminded that for-

ward facing competi-

tion numbers must be

carried in accordance

with MSA Regulations

5.17.4.1 One Dunlop

decal on each side of

the car, in addition to

the Sponsors number

panels and wind-

screen headers

5.17.4.3 One Spax de-

cal each side of car

a d o r n e d m a n y

Championship win-

ning Minis. Dave Drew

is a top bloke who's

professional ap-

proach and presenta-

tion ticked all the

boxes for us, making it

a relatively easy deci-

sion to give our back-

ing to him and break

into Mini Miglia Rac-

ing, in which histori-

cally Mini Sport have

never been involved.

This is a fantastic op-

portunity for us both

and we look forward

to a successful season

working closely with

Dave to achieve this.”

A Look Back at

the 1989 Season

with Richard

Williamson

Page 10


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news and results


Mini Sport Back Miglia Novice Champ

We have been work-

ing hard on the car

over the winter and

2010 promises to be a

great year for the

Dunlop Mini Miglia

Challenge as it cele-

brate 40 years. There

are some top notch

drivers out there but

my goal is to stand on

the top step of the po-

dium in this special

season and with the

help from Mini Sport

that goal is certainly

one step closer.”

Jonathan Harper from

Mini Sport said: “This is

a groundbreaking

sponsorship deal for

us, one that holds

great excitement and

anticipation for 2010.

Mini Sports DNA is in

motorsport, and over

the years our com-

pany colours have

2009 Mini Miglia Nov-

ice Champion Dave

Drew has got his 2010

campaign off to a

flying start with back-

ing from Mini Sport.

Dave, who took pole

position and a podium

finish in only his fourth

Miglia race, is over the

moon to have such a

prestigious name on

his car in only his sec-

ond season of the

championship.

“Mini Sport is a name

that every Mini owner

knows and respects

and it is my privilege to

race with their support

in 2010,” he said. “Mini

Sport started business

in 1967, around the

same time as the Mini

7 Racing Club, and

today both are held

in the highest regard.

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how their logo can be

used so it was felt that

a simple but effective

layout was called for.

The committee put

forward the design

below, which was ap-

proved.

Niven and Graeme’s

cars will be seen on

track at Rockingham

on 10th April for the

opening round of the

2010 season.

Last month the two

cars that will be known

as the Corgi Cars for

2010 were announced

with Graeme Davis

and Niven Burge be-

coming the first of,

hopefully, a long line

of Corgi Cars on the

Mini Se7en and Mini

Miglia grids.

The two cars will carry

Corgi logos on the roof

of their cars and sev-

eral designs were put

forward for approval.

Corgi have very strict

brand guidelines on

New Pole

Position award

sponsor

announced -

see page 5


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news and results


Rounds Sponsors Still Needed

Mark Sims is still look-ing for companies

and individuals to sponsor some of the

races in 2010. The

past two years have proven to be very

successful for both

the Mini 7 Racing Club and the individ-

ual round sponsors

with coverage in the event day pro-

gramme, on the Club website, in the media

and in the end of

season magazine. If you are interested in

sponsoring a round in

2010 please contact M a r k a t

[email protected]

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Here’s a sneak peek at

the 2010 trophies. Mike

Jackson is having the first

batch made for Rocking-

ham and I’m sure you

agree they will be a

great addition to any-

one’s trophy cabinet.

The M7RC is still looking

for a trophy sponsor in

2010 after Giles Insur-

ance said they didn’t

wish to renew their spon-

sorship this season. If you

know of anyone who would be interested in

becoming trophy spon-

sor please drop Jeff

Carter an email.

Podium Background

Here is also a pre season

look at the new podium

background that will

grace the M7RC pad-

dock at every round in

2010.


Youngest Mini 7 Racing Club Member?

Is this the face of the

youngest member of

the Mini 7 Racing

Club? According to

Mike Jackson, he is the

youngest member to

join this year and Mike

should know.

His name is Jacob

Benzie and he lives in

Milton Keynes and he

is 4 years old. If you

think he looks familiar

then look closer and

you may see a young

Nick Cooke, which

isn’t surprising as

Jacob is Nick’s grand-

son.

His favourite Mini racer

is HANDY HACK...........

as he calls him!

their recent trip to

Uganda. Let’s have

some more pictures of

the M7RC logo in un-

usual places, please

send your pictures to

Jeff Carter.

Mini Sport back

2009 Miglia

Novice

Champion

Page 5


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for the latest

news and results


Mini 7 Racing Club Hits New Heights

at the top of Mount

Kilimanjaro, which at

5,895 metres, or 19,341

feet, is Africa’s highest

mountain. Vicky was

Mike and Alan Jack-

son’s tour guide on

The Mini 7 Racing Club

logo has been seen in

all sorts of places but

we think this will take

some beating. The

M7RC Ski Hat is being

worn by Vicky Sotriffer

M I G L I A 4 0 T - S H I R T S N E A R I N G C O M P L E T I O N

ready for sale at the

start of the season.

Remember that we

would like all racers to

carry the new logo on

their car in 2010.

Here is a first look at

the new Miglia 40 T-

Shirts that will be

items please contact

Jeff Carter.

Mini 7 Racing

Club returns to

Cadwell Park in

2010 - page 6


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news and results


M7RC Archive Update - 1960s info needed

or 1968 in your attic or

garage? If you have

any of the following

Have you got any pro-

grammes or result

sheets from 1966, 1967

1966196619661966

Brands 17 Apr 750MC 7 qual 7 grid

Silverstone 7 May 750MC prog 7 qual 7 grid 7 result

Combe 4 June 750MC prog 7 qual 7 grid 7 result

Snetterton 12 June M7C 7 qual 7 grid 7 result

Lydden 12 June 750MC prog 7 qual 7 grid 7 result

Snetterton 3 July 750MC 7 qual 7 grid 7 result

Silverstone 16 July 750MC 7 qual 7 grid 7 result

1967196719671967

Brands 8 Jan M7C 7 qual 7 grid

Brands 12 Feb M7C 7 qual 7 grid

Brands 2 Apr MGCC 7 qual 7 grid 7 result

Snetterton 9 Apr Romford Enth’ CC 7 qual 7 grid 7 result

Silverstone 6 May 750MC 7 qual 7 grid 7 result

Brands 21 May 750MC 7 qual 7 grid

Brands 28 May BRSCC 7 qual 7 grid 7 result

Brands 12 June M7C prog 7 quals 7 grids 7 results x3

Combe 24 June 750MC 7 qual 7 grid 7 result

Snetterton 16 July 750MC 7 qual 7 grid

Silverstone 5 Aug 750MC 7 qual 7 grid 7 result

Snetterton 20 Aug RECC 7 qual 7 grid

Mallory 10 Sept M7C 7 quals 7 grids 7 results x2

Lydden 5 Nov RECC 7 qual 7 grid

Brands 10 Dec M7C 7 qual 7 grid 7 result

1968196819681968

Brands 11 Feb M7C 7 qual 7 grid 7 result

Snetterton 7 Apr Romford Enth’ CC prog 7 qual 7 grid 7 result

Brands 21 Apr MGCC 7 qual 7 grid 7 result

Silverstone 4 May 750MC 7 qual 7 grid 7 result

Brands 5 May M7C 7 quals 7 grids 7 results x4

Mallory 26 May M7C 7 quals 7 grids 7 results x2

Brands 2 June M7C/BRSCC 7 qual 7 grid

Combe 22 June 750MC 7 quals 7 grids

Lydden 7 July 750MC 7 quals 7 grids

Snetterton 14 July 750MC 7 qual 7 grid 7 result

Lydden 11 Aug East Surrey MC 7 qual 7 grid 7 result

Snetterton 25 Aug RECC 7 grid

Mallory 8 Sept M7C 7 quals 7 grid 7 results x3

Lydden 22 Sept 750MC 7 quals 7 grids

Lydden 20 Oct West Essex CC 7 quals 7 grids 7 results x2

Lydden 3 Nov RECC 7 quals 7 grids 7 results x3

Brands 8 Dec M7C 7 qual 7 grid 7 result

Thruxton finale. Three

more podium finishes

saw him home by a

comfortable margin,

with Myk also starting

from pole the most

often.

Most Improved driver

in class, Ian Gunn took

the runners up spot,

scoring wins at Silver-

stone in May and later

Cadwell Park in July,

plus a second and

three thirds. The then

Competition Secretary

Gareth Mellin came

third with three victo-

ries to his credit, the

first at Outlon Park in

July, the day before

Cadwell, and mixed in

with the Northern-

based XR Challenge,

and the August Brands

and October Pem-

brey meetings. The

Welshman added a

pair of seconds too.

Peter Allen scored a

brace of wins at Snet-

terton in August and

later Castle Combe in

September, with a

quartet of thirds carry-

ing him to fourth over-

all. The Mini Miglia

Novice Champion

was Eamonn Moran

who managed a cou-

ple of top eight fin-

ishes, while the best

turned out Miglia be-

longed to Richard Wa-

ger and was beauti-

fully prepped by Ian

Pattison. Interestingly

there were more

Miglia runners than

Se7ens in 1989, with 63

in the 1000s com-

pared to 56 in the 850

section.


From The Archive - 1989 by Richard Williamson

the non-points scoring

events. An interesting

concept of these

Brands visits was the

‘Team Award’ where

the Miglias started 30-

seconds after the

Se7ens in a ‘pursuit’

race. The idea was

that over the course of

10-laps around the

Brands Indy bowl, the

leading cars in each

class would roughly be

on the same piece of

track. Whichever

team had the best 10

f inishing positions

would then share out

the £200 cash prize

between them. The

Se7ens won both, but

only just…

In the meantime, the

National Champion-

ship saw action over

15 rounds of which the

best 10 scores would

count. Back then it

was ‘only’ 10 points for

a win down to three

for eighth and two

points thereafter.

Mini Miglias 1989

Having finished third

the year before, Myk

Cable from Essex took

the first of three titles

with five wins. A hat-

trick began in March,

from the second

round at Snetterton

combined with the

Se7ens followed up at

Castle Combe a few

days later and then

Silverstone in April.

Thruxton in June,

again with the Se7ens,

saw the fourth win,

with an identical out-

come at the October

As the Eighties came

to a close a landmark

event was the top-

pling of the Berlin Wall

and the opening of

links between East and

West. At the same

time, Mini racing in the

UK remained pretty

much as it had

throughout the dec-

ade; competitive ac-

tion, busy grids and

ever-improving levels

of presentation, de-

spite Unipart being a

year away from bring-

ing in sponsorship

monies. Mini Miglias

ran with 1000cc en-

gines, Se7ens with 850s

and steel rims. How-

ever a ‘green’ devel-

opment 1000cc unit

running on unleaded

fuel was race-tested

towards the end of the

season with a view to

adoptions in the cate-

gory. History relates

those demos proved

successful….

One change was the

omission of the South-

ern Series for the first

time since its incep-

tion. The series had

traditionally been

based upon visits to

Lydden, but the own-

ership of the 1-mile

Kent circuit was in the

protracted throes of

passing from its foun-

der, the late Bill Ches-

son, to its current land-

lords, McLaren Interna-

tional. Just one invita-

tional took place in

April, while two end-of

-season Winter Warm-

ers at Brands Hatch in

November added to

Sneak Peek at

the new 2010

trophies and

podium

background

Page 6

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news and results

Combe, Silverstone

and the inaugural

Pembrey meet in

South Wales. How-

ever a mid term glitch

and only one more

visit to the podium be-

came an anti-climatic

season for the Kent

Firefighter, despite

sharing the fastest

race lap tally with

Richard Wager.

The Novice Champion

was Bedfordshire pub

landlord Bill Boyle,

while the Best Pre-

pared Se7en was the

Brownspeed example

driven by Paul Brown

1989 Mini Se7en

Final Positions (Top 20)

1 Steve Cooper 95

2 Mike Jackson 88

3 Neil Johnson 77

4 Bill Sollis 61

5 Rob Selby 58

6 Guy Sims 49

7 Dick Grimwood 47

8 Marcus Wragg 39

9 Eian Riddiford 37

10 Dave Banwell 34

11 Dave Braggins 32

12 Paul Brown 28

13 Tina Cooper 27

14 Graham Penn 25

15 Rick Pavek 23

16 Bill Boyle 22

17 Richard de la Roche 19

18 Steve Hart 19

19 Paul Stafford 18

20 Rapahael Speed 16


From The Archive - 1989 by Richard Williamson

Cooper began his

campaign with victory

at the Brands opener

in March. A trio of

wins mid-season at

Thruxton, Cadwell (in

sister Tina’s car after

he crashed at Oulton

the day before) and

Brands again put him

clear, with his fifth

coming at Castle

Combe in September.

Sis runner-up slots and

a third made it secure,

while Steve also

started from more Pole

slots and picked up

the Sevenoaks Cup.

Having been trying for

well over a decade,

current Membership

Secretary Mike Jack-

son came close again

with second overall.

Mike visited the po-

dium five times before

his first win came at

Oulton Park in July,

following that up with

two more at Snetter-

ton and Thruxton. Fur-

ther reward was the ST

Trophy for the most

reliable car in either

category, with brother

Alan wielding the

spanners. Sneaking

into third was Neil

Johnson, the Welling-

based BT engineer

scoring his maiden win

at Pembrey in Octo-

ber, with five thirds

also to add to his tally.

Pushed down to

fourth, Bill Sollis looked

like he was well on his

way to a first National

title with four early wins

on the trot, beginning

at Snetterton in round

two, followed by

1989 Mini Miglia

Final Positions (Top 20)

1 Myk Cable 88

2 Ian Gunn 74

3 Gareth Mellin 68

4 Peter Allen 65

5 Mark Jones 57

6 Richard Wager 50

7 Jeremy Wheatley 43

8 Tony Parker 38

9 Steve Holtom 35

10 Brian Kippax 32

11 Peter Calver 32

12 Mick Best 30

13 Chris Tyrell 30

14 Danny Allpress 29

15 Tim Wager 27

16 Sean Tierney 27

17 Owen Hall 24

18 Eamonn Moran 23

19 Andy Hack 20

20 Peter Bonas 20

Mini Se7ens 1989

After the previous sea-

son’s controversial out-

come in which Steve

Cooper lost the title to

Malcolm Joyce due to

a ‘disputed incident’

exclusion, the Essex

mechanic made up

for his 1988 disappoint-

ment by clinching the

title in more relaxed

circumstances. Five

victories saw him

emerge as not only

the Bob Fox Trophy

winner but also the

owner of a new Mini

30 from Austin Rover.

Awarded to the higher

points scoring Cham-

pion, the gift on

wheels was initially

known as the Car Mart

Trophy.

Encourage your

friends and family

to join the Mini 7

Racing Club as a

supporter.

See page 14

Contacts


[email protected]


[email protected]

www.mini7.co.uk

for the latest

news and results

Advert 4:

Mini Se7en for sale

READY TO RACE FOR

2010 SEASON

CONTACT ENDAF OWENS

ON 07973163451

PRICE: £5500

Advert 3:

Mini Se7en engine (ex Lewis Selby) for sale

sits on a Jack Knight

gearbox with 4.5 diff 1.1

and 1.04 drop gear set.

Complete with distribu-

tor, carburettor and

manifold + cold air in-

take box. Lightweight

steel flywheel and back-

plate.

This engine produces

excellent reliable horse-

power with a wide

power band. No longer

required by Lewis he has

decided to sell all the

M7 equipment left in the

workshop. The engine is

stripped at present and

is undergoing a com-

plete overhaul before

the sale, everything you

need for a race winning

power train.

Price £3480

Contact Rob Selby

07770 861615

More adverts

are available in

the classified

section at

www.mini7.co.

uk

Contacts


[email protected]


[email protected]

www.mini7.co.uk

for the latest

news and results

Advert 1:

For sale by Pitstop, Mark Smith's Miglia

Mark Smith's Miglia, Built

by Rightline for Ian Gunn,

this car has been used

successfully by Mark for

the last couple of sea-

sons, the car has all the

right bits and it's pedi-

gree is not up for ques-

tion. Have a bid, it's go-

ing to be very good

value! £12K

Ralph Saunders

T: 01993850653

M: 07774635022


CL ASS I F I EDS

In the Next Issue of Pit & Paddock

• All the news from Round 1 at Rockingham

• Next Event: Snetterton

• More from the Archive

• Who will be at the head of the points table after

Rockingham?

Next Issue on

23 April 2010

More adverts in the classified section at www.mini7.co.uk/classified.asp

Advert 7:

Championship Winning Mini Miglia still for Sale

Andy Hack’s three time

championship winning

car plus spares pack-

age is still available.

Contact Andy Hack

07702 822837 with a

sensible offer

SOLD

Advert 5:

Richard Longman Miglia Engine for Sale

This engine was built by

Richard Longman has a

Steel crank , dry decked ,

complete with carb, ex-

haust manifold, starter

motor, ecu. and Jack

Knight dog box. With 3.9

crown wheel but no diff.

PRICE: £4950.00

CTC: Robert Morris 07771

902456

Advert 2:

Rover Mini Cabriolet (1997) FOR SALE

1300cc

Red

Grey Velour Interior

21000 Miles

Always Garaged

One of only around 200

ever made.

This is a genuine Rover

Cabriolet and these cost

when new over £15000.

It has had 4 former keep-

ers.

First Registered 29 10

1997.

Contact: Damon Astin

Phone: 07071058208

Advert 6:

Mk 1 Mini Front Subframe.

Lightened and strength-

ened for racing. Shot

blasted and powder

coated.

£150.00

Steve Hall

The 2010

Championship

positions table will

start in the next

newsletter following

the first races at

Rockingham in April

Contacts


[email protected]


[email protected]

www.mini7.co.uk

for the latest

news and results

2009 CH AMPI ONSHI P POSI T I ONS

1 1 Andy Hack 160

2 83 Colin Peacock 136

3 6 Paul Thompson 135

4 4 Mark Sims 134

5 10 Sarah Munns 128

6 29 Dave Drew (N) 111

7 5 Dave Edgecombe 84

8 21 Aaron Smith (N) 75

9 24 Nuno Pimenta 75

10 13 Phil Harvey 69

11 3 Mark Smith 68

12 42 Paul Simmonds 66

13 88 Daniel Wheeler 57

14 72 Robert Howard (N) 45

15 20 Endaf Owens 52

16 69 Tony Le May 51 17 28 Robert Humphreys 50

18 75 Paul Brown 48

19 74 James Lindridge 44

20 53 Niven Burge 40

1 3 Kane Astin 155

2 8 Niven Burge 140

3 46 Max Hunter 134

4 23 Ricky Horne 125

5 22 Graeme Davis 117

6 52 Nathan Burge 117

7 82 Andrew Ruthven 107

8 11 Ian Deviny 100

9 35 Paul Spark 94

10 20 Darren Thomas 93

11 77 Tristen Knight 84

12 60 Malcolm Keat 69

13 85 Andrew Deviny 64

14 5 Dick Hunter 63

15 34 Anthony Towey 63

16 9 James Coulson 58 17 13 Graham Edwards 49

18 91 Julian Affleck (S) 48

19 48 Terry Barringer (N) 46

20 15 Steve Baker 45

Dunlop Mini Miglia Challenge

FINAL

Dunlop Mini Se7en Challenge

FINAL

1. 29 Dave Drew 32

2. 21 Aaron Smith 22

3. 72 Rob Howard 17

Dunlop Mini Miglia Challenge

Novice Championship

1. 48 Terry Barringer 36

2. 69 Steve Trench 32

3. 95 Julian Proctor[S] 28


Novice Championship

1. 91 Julian Affleck 70 ** 2. 95 Julian Proctor 70 3. 92 Kevin O'Shea 31 4. 93 Trevor Craze 22

** Julian Affleck won the 2009 Dunlop Mini Se7en S Class

Championship due to the fact he had 7 class wins to Julian

Proctor’s 3 wins


S Class Championship


2010 Membership

forms are

available in the

download

section of the

Mini 7 website

Contacts


[email protected]


[email protected]

www.mini7.co.uk

for the latest

news and results

2 010 C A L E N D A R ( P R O V I S I O N A L )

Date Venue Information

Media Day 30 March Castle Combe Dunlop Great & British

Round 1 10 April Rockingham Dunlop Great & British

Rounds 2, 3 8/9 May Snetterton Dunlop Great & British

Round 4 29 May Oulton Park Dunlop Great & British

Rounds 5, 6 26/27 June Pembrey Dunlop Great & British

Round 7 18 July Castle Combe Dunlop Great & British

Round 8 28 or 29 August Thruxton Dunlop Great & British

Rounds 9,10 11/12 September Cadwell Park CSCC

Rounds 11, 12 30/31 October Brands Hatch BARC Truck Festival

January 2011 TBC 2009 Awards Evening

JOI N TH E SUPPORTERS CLUB

• Access to the mem-

bers only area of

the M7RC website.

• Special ‘Mini Only’

c a r p a r k a t

selected rounds

• Subscription to the

Pit and Paddock

newsletter and

Pitlane Magazine

• Invitation to M7RC

social events.

• Discount on M7RC

Souvenir Collection

For more information

visit the Mini 7 website

or contact Mike Jack-

son.

You don’t have to be

a race driver to be a

member of the M7RC.

For an annual fee of

just £18, when booked

online, Mini 7 Racing

Supporters Club mem-

bers will enjoy a range

of benefits and exclu-

sive offers, which in-

clude:

• Special ticket offers

at selected round

• Discounts on M7RC

sponsors products.

Here are some dates

for your 2010 diary.

12-14 March

Race Retro

Stoneleigh Park www.raceretro.co.uk

28 March

Brooklands Mini Day

Brooklands www.brooklandsmuseum.com

16 May

London to Brighton

Crystal Palace to Ma-

deira Drive www.london-to-brighton.co.uk

21-24 May

IMM 2010

Germany www.imm2010.de

2-4 July

Goodwood Festival of

Speed www.goodwood.co.uk

2 010 D I A R Y D A T E S


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