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preview: Rounds 7&8 donington park

june 18-19, 2016

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In recent poll of members, Donington was voted the favourite venue to go racing, so expect the usual exciting action as the Mini Seven Racing Club celebrates its 50th Anniversary MINI SE7EN + S-CLASS Despite not quite making the podium last time out, young Welsh hotshoe Ashley Davies still holds a healthy 18-point advantage over his nearest rivals, having Quick Links

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already taken four victories earlier this season. Three weeks ago at Combe, Davies had an engine failure in qualifying which left him starting at the back of the grid for both races, but a pair of tigering

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drives up the order helped maintain his series lead.

Bedfordshire’s Max Hunter scored two wins in Wiltshire to move into second overall, with Andrew Deviny and Charlie Budd next up on points, Deviny also forced to start from the last row, while Budd suffered mechanical woes in the races having qualified on pole position for the opener.

Excellent front-running drives came from Lewis Selby with a second and third, likewise Spencer

Wanstall and Kieren McDonald who also made a podium apiece, while Josh Collins scored a brace of S-Class wins to extend his category lead, but lies 4 points adrift of Leon Oli Window in the Novices standings.

There should be a healthy entry for the smaller capacity cars, and also plenty of close battles around the East Midlands circuit – as we have come to expect!

Mini se7en Records Lap record: Andrew Deviny Time: 1:29.372 Ave. 79.76 mph

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MINI MIGLIA (+ MINI INVITATION) elation of 2016 has been Mini newcomer Shayne Deegan in the successful Peter Baldwin-tended car, the Cambridgeshire driver having racked up five wins from six races to lie 2 points clear of Kent-based Aaron Smith. Previously a title winner in a Stock Hatch Saxo, Deegan’s pace last time out at Combe left his rivals trailing, and he also lowered the Miglia lap record by well over a second!

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Behind Smith on points is Dan Wheeler whose best result is a third, while in fourth overall reigning champ’ Kane Astin’s best Quick Links

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of three second places have been tempered with a blown engine in the last round. Former multiMini champion Bill Sollis won round 4 on the full Brands GP layout in April (his home circuit) but was absent at Combe so sits further down the table than might be expected. Others to look out for near the front are Sam Summerhayes, 2015 champion Ruper Deeth, Colin Peacock and James Coulson.

Like the Se7ens the Miglia entry should be a strong one, and all eyes will be on a seriously competitive pack chasing down the series leader’s tally – should be a corker!

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MINI SE7EN: RACE 1 the 1-0-litre category, the battle for the lead was somewhat closer than in the bigger-engined category, and Saturday’s scheduled 20 minute dash produced 18 laps of ding-dong action among several cars. However, it was Max Hunter who emerged from the leading pack to snatch a 0.694s victory from Lewis Selby, with Spencer Wanstall third and, along with Hunter, a good result for both after their unfortunate Cadwell damage.

Having missed Cadwell, Kieren McDonald had a terrific run to fourth, including fastest lap, while pre-race favourite Ashley Davies stormed up to fifth from the penultimate row after breaking a crank early in

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Round 1 Castle Combe May 29, 2016

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qualifying. Similarly, Andrew Deviny climbed from the back row to eighth, his practice curtailed after collecting a spinning Tina Cooper at Quarry.

Finishing in between Davies and Deviny were Steve Trench, a welcome result after a few mechanical woes, and Leon Wightman who, as he had done so at Cadwell, was running his car as an Invitation. In ninth place seasoned campaigner Graeme Davis showed a pair of newcomers the way home, Dom Burger and Tom Sanderson both running well in their first season of Se7ens, a little way ahead of Leon Oli Window. Another four-car battle kept up the

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entertainment, Julian Proctor 13th on the road ahead of Ian Briscall, Josh Collins and Steven Hopper, Collins taking S-Class honours ahead of the lapped Justin Cooper. On the DNF list were Tina Cooper, Robert Pearson, James Bull and Charlie Budd, the latter having set an impressive pole position but then suffering engine problems thereafter.

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Deegan hangs them out to dry

Round 1 Castle Combe May 29, 2016

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MINI MIGLIA: RACE 1 er the original 28th March meeting for rounds 1 & 2 was rained off, the re-scheduled event on 29/30 May Bank Holiday weekend was thankfully a drier affair, and although the entry had shrunk slightly from 2 months previous, there was still a competitive line-up.

On Sunday afternoon, Deegan proved dominant in the slick-shod 1.3-litre

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category, leading from pole position to finish an amazing 19+ secs clear of the rest after 15 laps and breaking the lap record into the bargain. Kane Astin led the forlorn chased ahead of Aaron Smith in third, with Dan Wheeler, James Coulson, Sam Summerhayes and Rupert Deeth all within a second of a podium finish.

Colin Peacock, Michael Green and Gary Warburton rounded out the top 10, with Bob Humphreys a lap down, and

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Jim Burrows two laps down in his S-Class version. The unlucky one not to finish was Dave Drew who didn’t complete a lap.

MINI MIGLIA ROUND 1 RESULT 1 2 3 4 5

Shayne Deegan Kane Astin Aaron Smith Dan Wheeler James Coulson

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MINI SE7EN: RACE 2 right Monday afternoon again saw a terrific scrap for top spot, but once again Hunter found the knack of being in front when it mattered, this time by just 0.856s over a reduced 11 lap distance and also setting the fastest lap.

However, putting in his best performance yet in the category was McDonald who not only started from pole but bettered his weekend with a second place finish, just edging out Selby who went away with a decent helping of points too. In fourth, Davies produced another championin-the-making charge from the back up to fourth, just ahead Quick Links

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of Wanstall, and maintained his series lead by a healthy 18 points. Completing the top six was Deviny, also repeating his climb through the field but this time relegating Trench and Wightman back a place apiece.

In ninth, Window was the best of the Novices this time after a good duel with Sanderson, while in 10th Collins took a double S-Class victory after Cooper and Bull dropped out. Completing the finishers were Proctor, Hopper, Burger and Briscall in a close four-car group, with Budd once again hampered by engine gremlins at the tail. Davis and Pearson were the other pair on the DNF list and Tina Cooper failed to start.

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MINI SE7EN ROUND 2 RESULT 1 2 3 4 5 6

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Race Report deegan smashes another lap record with win

Round 2 Castle Combe May 30, 2016

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MINI MIGLIA: RACE 2 day’s overcast but dry race proved a lot closer, Deegan’s winning margin down to just over 3 secs from Deeth, although on this occasion the result was taken at 7 laps after the first part was red-flagged. That was still enough laps however for the race winner to further lower the lap record to a scintillating 1:16.466.

The cause of the red-flag had been a hefty accident at Tower for Drew, rebounding off the tyrewall back onto the track. However, this incident then took a bizarre twist when one of the safety trucks pulled sharply onto the circuit giving Humphreys Quick Links

and Burrows no chance of avoiding a collision with each other, the latter unable to take the restart along with the shaken Drew due to damage incurred. Astin also failed to finish after his engine let go on lap 5 when leading the chase of the runaway Deegan.

A little distance behind the lead pairing and completing the podium therefore was Wheeler, heading a four-car train of Coulson, Smith and

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Summerhayes, then Peacock, Warburton, Green and the patched up Humphreys completing the runners.

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Pole: C Budd Pole: A Deviny

Spax Improver: L Selby (+18) Spax Improver: M Hunter (+21)

* 28 March - Meeting Abandoned/Postponed before qualifying; rescheduled for 29-30 May

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Shayne DEEGAN Aaron SMITH Dan WHEELER Kane ASTIN Sam SUMMERHAYES Rupert DEETH Colin PEACOCK Bill SOLLIS James COULSON Gary WARBURTON Mark SIMS Tony LE MAY Bob HUMPHREYS Rob HOWARD Jim BURROWS Michael GREEN Tristen KNIGHT Phil HARVEY Dave DREW Niven BURGE

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Pole: n/a Pole: n/a Pole: S Deegan Pole: S Deegan Pole: S Deegan Pole: S Deegan

Spax Improver: n/a Spax Improver: n/a Spax Improver: G Warburton (+4) Spax Improver: A Smith (+3) Spax Improver: J Coulson (+4) Spax Improver: T Le May (+6)

FL: S Deegan FL: B Sollis (rec)

Pole: S Deegan Pole: S Deegan

Spax Improver: A Smith (+7) Spax Improver: D Drew (+5)

* 28 March - Meeting Abandoned/Postponed before qualifying; rescheduled for 29-30 May

* Invitation + Mini-7 Classic not eligible for Challenge points

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Donington Park 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 years ago

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A delve into the Mini Se7en Racing Club history books recounts (mostly) past Donington capers…

Se7en grid M7RC Archive (Pitlane)

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2006 10 Years Ago

onington’s spot on the calendar was held over the 21-22 October weekend, for the 12th and final round of the Dunlop Challenges.

The Mini Se7en title had already been decided by then, Andrew Deviny clinching his first National crown at the previous Rockingham meet. Nonetheless, the runner-up spot was still up for grabs, and Geoff Letts served his intent by setting pole ahead of brother Alan, with Deviny third, Niv Burge fourth and Max Hunter fifth. In a race titled ‘Fabulous Fun’ in Pitlane annual review, the result was in the

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balance for the entire 10 laps, with up to half a dozen leaders at any given point. Although he set fastest lap, Deviny was to spin off near the end after contact, leaving Hunter to get the better of a sideways Paul Thompson to snatch victory and second in the overall standings, the latter dropping to fourth behind the Letts pairing, followed by Ian Deviny from Gareth Hunt. Also among the 24-car field were Kane and Damon Astin, Paul Spark, Graeme Davis, James Coulson, Tristen Knight, Anthony Towey, Malcolm Keat, Paul Clark and Darren Thomas.

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Seventeen cars contested the Miglia race, and there was everything to play for in this one, with both Bill Sollis and James Hall going for the title, and Kelly Rogers with a mathematically slim outside chance too. Hall gained an early advantage with pole position in the Baldwin

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Donington Park 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 years ago motorsport car, joined on the front row by Andy Hack. After Hack’s early challenge ended with a second off, having set fastest lap recovering from his first off, and then Endaf Owens dropping out with gearbox maladies, it came down to a three-way fight between the title rivals. On lap six, Sollis grabbed the race, and championship, lead he was to keep despite

the concerted efforts of Rogers and then Hall to usurp him, the gap just 0.806s and the final margin just 2 points overall after dropped scores – oh, and including the new-for-2006 scheme to award an extra point for entering on time… an administration nightmare!

Completing the top six a decade ago were Colin Peacock, Mark Sims and Paul Woodbridge.

Frank Gillibrand locks a wheel in Se7ens M7RC Archive / Ferret Fotographics (M Harvey)

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he then titled UnipartDCM Challenges drew huge entries on the full 2.5-mile GP layout, 10 laps apiece for rounds 5-of-12 held on 21-22 June.

The Se7ens’ 40-car entry was whittled down to a maximum 34 starters, led away from pole by champion-to-be Phil Manser.

The usual ding-dong battle ensured, with Manser leading up until lap 7 when Rob Selby slipped through at the chicane

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and held on to win his first race of the season by just 0.65s. Dave Banwell was within a length in third, himself shadowed over the line

by Matt Hayman, Tim Sims (new lap record of 2:06.31) and Dave Percival, with further back Mark Sims 10th and Paul Thompson 16th.

In his Miglia championshipwinning season, Stewart Drake had already taken four wins on the trot, but on this occasion

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Sollis and Hall shake hands after Miglia title decider M7RC Archive (Pitlane)

had to settle for third and a new lap record of 1:53.38. Victory however went to polesitter Peter Baldwin, but only after leader Chris Lewis’ gearbox packed up on the last lap, dropping him to fifth. Bill Sollis inherited the runner-up spot, with Owen Hall in fourth and Mike Jackson in sixth completing top half dozen.

Other familiar names in the 27car field included Myk Cable, Ian Curley, Bob Humphreys and Phil Harvey.

Lewis ahead of Baldwin and Sollis in Miglias M7RC Archive / Ferret Fotographics

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From the Archives:

Donington Park 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 years ago

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here were two visits to Donington during the Mini Se7en 20th Anniversary season, the first for rounds 5-of12 in the National Challenges on 14-15 June as support to the Thundersports Trophy, and on the full 2.5-mile GP circuit including the Melbourne Loop.

The 850cc Se7ens were on early Sunday morning, and a superb 10-lap dice between early leader Gary Hall and pole position man Chris Tyrrell was finally decided in favour of Hall who fended off two attempts at a pass on the last lap. Ben Dutson briefly split the pair before settling for third ahead of Steve Mole, Peter

Brown and Alan Jackson, with Graeme Davis and Tina Cooper also among the 19 starters. The race winner also set a new lap record.

Concluding the meeting on late Sunday afternoon 1986 were the 30 Years 1000cc Ago Miglias, and while Russell Grady made the best of his pole start, it was Chris Lewis storming up from the back of the grid who starred, setting a (new) lap record some 1.89s quicker than anyone else could manage on his way to second, just 2.90s shy of Grady after 10 laps. Filling the next places were Gerald Dale, Graham Smith, Peter Calver and John Bailey, with 14 of the 18 starters making the finish.

For rounds 8 of the Challenges on 7 September it was back to the shorter 1.96-mile layout, each class again set for 10 laps each.

In the Se7ens race,

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1966 50 Years Ago

1976 espite its 40 Years historic Ago past, Donington didn’t return to the UK race calendar until 1977…

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poleman Chris Tyrrell managed to hold onto his lead throughout, despite a lack of brakes from early on. Steve Mole was his closest challenger until forced to ease off with falling oil pressure, which allowed Gary Hall to close in third having eased past Ben Dutson in fourth. The top three all shared the fastest lap too. The next three to finish are all still around the M7RC paddock today, Bill Sollis taking fifth from Tina Cooper, then top Novice Alan Jackson in seventh out of 18 starters.

Chris Lewis took control of the Miglia race from the start but had Russell Grady closing to within 3.1s at the flag, with Graham Chivers best of the rest ahead of poleman John Davies, Malcolm Harrison and Richard Colburn.

Thirteen of the 19 starters finished.

…thus it would be over a decade before the groundbreaking 850cc Mini category visited the East Midlands venue.

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2 Darren Thomas 3 Ashley Davies 5 Graeme Davis 7 Kieren McDonald 9 Spencer Wanstall 10 Charlie Budd 17 Ian Briscall 18 Lewis Selby 19 Tom Sanderson 21 Tina Cooper 24 Andrew Deviny 27 Leon Oli Window 28 Dom Burger 34 Anthony Towey 37 Gareth Hunt 38 Steven Hopper 45 Leon Wightman 46 Max Hunter 47 Daniel Budd 49 Ross Billison 52 Nathan Burge 54 Lewis Fox 60 Malcolm Keat 63 Dave Robinson 69 Steve Trench 71 Simon Jones 84 Robert Pearson 95 Julian Proctor

1 Kane Astin 13 Phil Harvey 20 Mark Sims 21 Aaron Smith 23 Rupert Deeth 28 Bob Humphreys 29 Dave Drew 47 James Coulson 49 Gary Warburton 50 Shayne Deegan 53 Niven Burge 55 Michael Green 69 Tony Le May 72 Rob Howard 77 Tristen Knight 80 Bill Sollis 83 Colin Peacock 85 Sam Summerhayes 88 Dan Wheeler

Mini Se7en s class 700 Justin Cooper 711 Ian Deviny 723 James Bull 747 Kevin Edgar 771 Julian Affleck 785 Josh Collins 791 Shaun Tarlton 792 Kevin O’Shea

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As of Round 3 it’s , lead of the Se7ens Paul Spark in the Donny and placed having won at Rockingham races. strongly in both ent from the threestatem It’s a strong who will be looking time champion, in on the board to put early points consecutive title. pursuit of his fourth

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We also need to make sure the TV commentators have an accurate entry list ahead of the event so driver profiles can be prepared. Remember this is LIVE TV!

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In the Mini Se7ens, reigning champion Paul Spark crossed the line to take the first chequered flag of the year.

In the Miglia en-

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Roll of Honour The Champions YEAR Mini Se7en Mini Miglia

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2015 Paul Spark Kane Astin 2014 Andrew Deviny Rupert Deeth 2013 Andrew Deviny Peter Baldwin 2012 Paul Spark Peter Baldwin 2011 Paul Spark Endaf Owens 2010 Paul Spark Paul Thompson 2009 Kane Astin Andy Hack 2008 Paul Thompson Andy Hack 2007 Max Hunter Andy Hack 2006 Andrew Deviny Bill Sollis 2005 Paul Thompson Peter Baldwin 2004 James Hall Peter Baldwin 2003 Tim Sims Peter Baldwin 2002 Tim Sims Chris Lewis 2001 Tim Sims Peter Baldwin 2000 Dave Braggins Peter Baldwin 1999 Dave Braggins Ian Curley 1998 Matt Hayman Ian Curley 1997 Steve Bell Bill Sollis 1996 Phil Manser Stewart Drake 1995 Mike Jackson Chris Lewis 1994 Ian Curley Chris Lewis 1993 Tina Cooper Ian Gunn 1992 Mike Jackson Myk Cable 1991 Bill Sollis Myk Cable 1990 Bill Sollis Owen Hall 1989 Steve Cooper Myk Cable 1988 Malcolm Joyce Russell Grady 1987 Chris Tyrell Russell Grady

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