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Issue 6: September 2014 Official Mini Se7en Racing Club Newsletter www.mini7.co.uk

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CROFT SEPTEMBER 20-21

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most Northerly venue on the 2014 calendar, and one which makes a welcome return after a hiatus in 2013, Croft Autodrome in North Yorkshire offers an intriguing 2.127-mile lap for the final rounds of both Mini Se7en and Mini Miglia Challenges.

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MINI SE7EN After a barnstorming weekend at Donington Park last time out, the 1000cc Challenge goes right down to the wire with effectively a two-way, head-to-head, contest

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between reigning Champion; Andrew Deviny, and last year’s fourth-placed runner overall; Darren Thomas. A second place in Round 11 followed by a win in Round 12 elevated Thomas to within six points of Deviny, after dropped scores are applied, and despite the complicated scoring permutations, one more win for Thomas should clinch him his first title as Deviny has the bigger scores to drop. In third overall, and after his first ever series win at Oulton in July, Graeme Davis then scored

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Pit & Paddock September 2014 Issue 6 his second win at Donington, but only a further brace will give him a slim outside chance of pipping the other pair, and then only if Deviny fails to start or Thomas fails to finish both races. Behind the leading trio, Leon Wightman has climbed the pecking order thanks to a fighting pair of second places in successive meetings, and will be one to look out for a maiden win soon, while if his terrible run of mechanical woes can be cured, early-season winner Ashley Davies is a good bet to be challenging for a podium place too.

In the milder-tuned 1300cc

S-Class, Shaun Tarlton became the provisional Class Champion at Donington after yet another pair of ding-dong battles with Ian Deviny, each taking a Class win apiece, while Tarlton is also in-line to be crowned top Mini Se7en Novice unless Spencer Wanstall can beat him or any other Novice in both Croft encounters.

So, with 12 rounds down and just two to go, the tension and excitement as the 49th season of Mini 7 nears its conclusion is as high as ever – expect no less in 2015!

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Mini se7en Records & Regulations

Lap record: Dave Braggins

Time. 1:45.14 Ave. 72.82 mph on 28 September 1997

Engines: 998cc modified A-Series (S-Class: Std 1275cc limited mods) 0-60mph: 6.6 seconds (S-Class: 7.5 seconds) Top speed: 110 mph (S-Class: 105 mph) Note: Trophies to top three finishers (trophy to S-Class winner) Note: (S-Class numbered from #90 - #99)

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for Croft. These three, then, have to be considered the jointfavourites, but Colin Peacock in third overall, and Tony Le May in fifth have been shadowing the leaders all season with consistent high finishes, and with only a few points covering their positions, either one of them could sneak by on the rails to snatch the Miglia crown with a win or further With three podium finishes. victories to Others who his credit and could put a four second spanner in the places this works of the season, Kane title chasers are Astin sits atop Dave Drew, the table Aaron Smith by a single and James point from Dan Wheeler, the latter Coulson, all of whom are capable having raised his tally of wins to of scoring the big points on their four with a Donington double day, but either way, there is very in August, but his exclusion at rarely such a wide spread of bets Oulton in July may well count him outside of the Aintree Grand out of the reckoning on dropped National – and don’t be surprised scores. Also with four wins, Rupert to see both races at Croft won a Deeth dropped to fourth in the by a short nose! standings after Donington, having a big ‘off’ along the pit straight INVITATION Class in the second race after a solid Miglia-looking Minis but with third in race one, so Deeth will freedom on A-Series engines and have his work cut out to have choice of tyres. his car all straight again ready le the Mini Se7en title chase is close, the 1300cc Mini Miglia Challenge has an incredible five possible Champions-elect heading into the Croft finale, and the points permutations are bewildering, further complicated by a pending appeal against exclusion by one of the contenders.

Invitation class Records & Regulations

MINI MIGLIA Records & Regulations Lap record: Chris Lewis Ave. 80.42 mph on 2 July 2000

Time. 1:35.211

Engines: 1293cc modified A-Series 0-60mph: 4.5 seconds Top speed: 125 mph Note:

Trophies to top three finishers

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Note: Invitation class numbered from #100 - #149, nonpoints scoring but trophy to class winner (if three starters or more).

Note: Invitation class intended to start on the Mini Miglia grid.

Note: The M7RC holds its own award ceremony in the paddock after the races – this is in addition to any post-race podium presentation by the circuit/ meeting organisers…

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Chairman’s Chat Words of wisdom from the man at the top.

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s I write this, our last meeting of the year is rapidly approaching, namely Croft. Looking at the current Championship tables, it is exciting that positions are still ‘all to play for’... my journey of 200 miles each way will be well worth it! Let’s hope for a good race meeting, with a ‘bit of Northern sun’! Hopefully we will have our final BBQ of the season... my thanks go to Adrian, Raddy and Paul, along with all of the ‘salad preparers’, for all of their work over the year. In my opinion, it has certainly added a welcoming social aspect to the meetings.

We have had a couple of situations this year where the MSA officials have excluded two of our drivers from two separate meetings for two different reasons. Following an amendment to our regulations TR 4.2.3, as proposed by and voted by the Membership, the Committee has had to make difficult decisions as to whether the race points can or cannot be dropped. I’m not alone when I say that the current procedure will have to change for 2015! I’m indicating this now, in probably one of the last newsletters before the AGM {December 7th ~ Chiltern Hotel, Luton. See our website for exact details}.

On the subject of newsletters, I must applaud the efforts of Craig McBeth at love:mini... a very professional newsletter, always full of content and images. It is well worth paying a visit to the love:mini website:

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www.love-mini.co.uk to see the coverage that our Club receives.

Please make sure that your car has the appropriate decals in place... a very small price to pay for such a great newsletter.

Thinking ahead to our 50th season of racing in 2015, we MUST do something special as far as race meetings are concerned. I have received a few suggestions around the paddock, some of them, dare I say, are great ideas but some of them not likely to happen ~ such as racing at a TOCA round. Colin is currently investigating the chances of racing at the Silverstone Classic.

We must always bear in mind the cost of race entry fees of such prestigious events... we will keep you informed. A visit abroad could also be on the cards... if we can cover the costs of buying the grid and collect the deposits of £400 from over 30 drivers by the end of November... we will be going!

AWARDS Finally we have had the Annual Awards evening tickets printed, thanks again to Clearsons Print Management’s such ‘generous’

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printing charges! Tickets will be available at Croft from Mike and Alan Jackson. The details are also on the website ~ time, date, venue.

As of yet, we have not had any ‘volunteers’ to manage the event, which virtually runs itself. So if anyone wants to lend a hand, in some form or other, please see me at Croft! We are especially looking for someone to prepare the electronic presentation which Jeff Carter did so admirably. For all of you who remember the exciting days of the BTCC in the 1990s, especially the event at Silverstone in 1992, I have contacted Steve Soper, of “The Man’s an animal” fame and also an ex M7RC Club racer. He has agreed to be our guest of honour. So no reasons for not joining us on January 17th... we have even reduced the cost!!!

See you all at Croft.

Nick Nick Cooke Chairman M7RC

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Mini Se7en News 2014 awards night details

The 2014 Awards Evening will be held at the Marriott Hotel in Peterborough on Saturday 17 January 2015.

Tickets are £39 per person (plus £1 P&P) and can be purchased via your credit / debit card using the PayPal link on the club website or you can send a cheque [payable Mini 7 Racing Club] to: Mike Jackson 345 Clay Lane Sth Yardley Birmingham B26 1ES thejackson7@hotmail.com

Club ATD/AGM Mini 7 Racing Club ATD/ AGM has been booked at the Chiltern Hotel for December 7th {Sunday} starting at 10.00

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Do or Di-vorce Graeme davis faces the same dilemma 25 years on

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wenty-five years ago this month I had a slight dilemma, a race at Castle Combe on Saturday 16 September and getting married on the Sunday 17 September! I thought, ‘Do I tempt fate this early in our married life or not?’. Well the instructions from the wife-to-be were; ‘You can race on the Saturday, but make sure you are at the church by 2:00pm on the Sunday’.

Fortunately despite a mega trip though the infield whilst approaching Avon Rise with Dave Braggins and Paul Stafford, myself and the car made it to the finishing line in 9th place in one piece and I made it to the wedding. Looking back at the results sheet from that day, Steve Cooper won, his sister Tina (also a former champion) has just bought Tristen Knight’s Mini 7, a young Rob Selby came third and Graham Penn, who is currently building a car for his son to race came fourth. Bill Sollis came 11th but took the fastest lap

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and Mike Jackson came 15th a lap down presumably after an off at some stage. The weather conditions were described as ‘Pouring, track very wet’.

In the Miglias Phil Harvey came in 17th. There were 25 Sevens and 28 Miglias entered that day.

Now twenty five years later I have the same problem – Wedding Anniversary party on Saturday

options have been looked at including fixed-wing flights from Newcastle and a helicopter with a direct flight from Croft to London but that was costly and dependant on the weather. So it was not looking good, however thanks to Colin, Ian Watson and Nicola Bush from the BARC they have changed the timetable so that the Mini 7 race is the first race on Saturday afternoon and in theory all over by 2:40pm, therefore giving me 4 hours 20 minutes to tackle the A1, M1 etc.

Will it work? Hopefully so, but will let you all know on Sunday morning when I return for the second race either with a Divorce Petition in my hands or a smile on my face.

20 September starting at 6pm in London and a Mini Seven Race meeting in Croft, Yorkshire 246 miles away.

Well the instructions this time are, ‘OK you can race and you have to be there by 7pm.’ Initially it didn’t look possible but with the possibility of still being able to win the championship (though very slim) I decided I had to go for it. Various

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Race Report Round 11 Donington Park August 23, 2014

Pipped at the finishing post WORDS: Mark Chandler

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enjoying a rare moment in front of his brother, Andrew Deviny, who sees himself back in seventh.

Lap three sees a great battle for sixth with Rohith De Silva being chased down by Steve Baker, the Deviny brothers, Shaun Tarlton, Spencer It was a great start for Darren Wanstall and Jim Burrows.

Thomas starting from pole, Meanwhile Julian Proctor pulls and Graeme Davis quickly off with a problem. moved up to second from Into Roberts on lap four sees fourth with Jabez Dyer Davis try again for the lead taking third, up from fifth. But but he can’t make it stick, and championship leader Andrew Dyer now is having to defend Deviny had a terrible start dropping down to fourth from from both Wightman and third. Coming into the first Red McDonald who are squabbling Gate corner Kelvin Edgar loses with each other for fifth.

Lap five and everyone is still control and ends up in the battling, with Thomas in the gravel. lead, Davis second, Dyer third, Davis is all over the back of Thomas who is saved by some Wightman fourth, McDonald fifth, A Deviny sixth, De Silva yellow flags, making Davis seventh, Baker eighth, I Deviny back out of his move. Dyer is ninth leading the S Class, all on his own in third, with a followed by Tarlton, Malcolm gap back to Kieren McDonald in fourth, with Leon Wightman Keat, Steven Hopper, Wanstall, Steve Trench, David Robinson, in fifth, and Ian Deviny MINI SE7ENS: RACE 1 blems in qualifying saw Gareth Hunt and Ashley Davies not make it to the starting grid even before a wheel had been turned in anger.

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Burrows and Kevin O’Shea behind. Trench then develops some car trouble and pulls off.

Roberts sees action again on lap seven with Baker taking sixth from De Silva who now has Wanstall on his tail.

Wightman has caught Dyer in lap seven but a mistake at Red Gate corner sees him lose his fourth place to McDonald.

The last lap sees Thomas and Davis still fighting over the lead and Dyer, Wightman and McDonald hustling for third fourth and fifth - it is very close for the whole lap. Everyone makes their move at Roberts with a patient Davies picking his moment perfectly, moving out and sprinting to the line to take first, pipping Thomas by just 0.024 seconds. Dyer gets his first-ever podium in third with Wightman in fourth.

Tarlton takes the S Class win with I Deviny second and Burrows third. Thomas takes the fastest lap with a 1.30.474.

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Race Report Round 11 Donington Park August 23, 2014

tight at the top for leading trio WORDS: Mark Chandler

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MINI MIGLIAS: RACE 1 et qualifying sees the cars all mixed up on this grid with Dan Wheeler on pole, Rob Howard second, James Coulson third, Kane Astin fourth, Niven Burge fifth, Colin Peacock sixth and championship leader Rupert Deeth in seventh.

A great start from Howard sees him lead the race.

Starkeys Bridge sees Wheeler retake the lead with Howard following. Astin has made it up to third and is all over Howard’s bootlid. Deeth has made progress too, up to fifth.

Gary Warburton has spun-out putting himself a long way back from the pack.

Roberts sees action again in lap two with Astin driving up the inside of Howard to take second, and Coulson is fighting off Deeth for fourth.

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for sixth and seventh. Burge has a hairy moment going straight through the gravel at Craner Curves but manages to get back on the track back in tenth. Meanwhile Wheeler has managed to get himself a bit of breathing space with a gap to the chasing Howard, Astin Coulson and Deeth.

A mistake from Howard at the start of lap three sees him fall back to fifth, moving Astin into second, with Deeth now third and Le May fourth.

Astin has now caught Wheeler but hasn’t got oomph enough to get past him. Deeth is fighting to keep Le May behind who in turn is fighting off Howard.

Coppice Corner sees Wheeler go wide allowing Astin to catch up and put the pressure back on at Roberts but great defending from Wheeler sees him hold his position, but tussle gives Deeth the chance

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to catch up leaving Howard leading the following pack of Le May, Peacock, Burge and Coulson.

Roberts once again sees Astin go wide and Deeth shoots past into second place.

Lap eight sees the top three cars nose-to-tail all the way through Red Gate, Hollywood and Craner Curves where Deeth briefly gets the lead but Wheeler fights back and with some great defending through McLeans sees Deeth slot back into second.

The last lap sees all three squabbling for places with each taking their turn to lead but a sprint-finish sees Wheeler take the cross the line first with Astin second and Deeth having to settle for third after a great recovery from a seventhplace start.

Howard was later excluded from the meeting due to contravention of regulations.

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Race Report Round 12 Donington Park August 24, 2014

Deviny disaster opens the door WORDS: Mark Chandler

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and Kieren McDonald fourth.

Steven Hopper is another early finisher, pulling off.

Coppice corner sees Thomas make a move but he can’t make it stick, however behind him Davies has managed to take third from Wightman.

Steve Baker is also having Lap two see Deviny squeeze a great race and has now into second with Davies now caught the leading pack from having to shut the door on Davis. Steve Trench pulls off for ninth on the grid.

Starkeys Bridge sees Thomas the second race in succession. going for the lead but he Yellow flags come out at the gets a wheel in the gravel Old Hairpin as Deviny goes and when they all reappear in and out of the gravel and from the trees it is all change back on the track dropping to 18th place. Davis has also had with Davies in the lead, Dyer second and Thomas in third. a moment and is now back in Another mistake from Thomas 10th. Lap 2 sees Jabez Dyer, in the chicane sees him fall to who started in fifth place, fifth with Wightman now in now finding himself in the third and McDonald fourth. lead at McLeans with Thomas Davis has managed to get second, Leon Wightman third, MINI SE7ENS: RACE 2 at start in race two for all the top four cars, with Darren Thomas leading, Graeme Davies second Andrew Deviny third and Ashley Davis in fourth.

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himself back up to sixth after his mistake earlier on, and Deviny is also back up to 11th.

Lap 7 sees Thomas take second at Roberts and set his sights on front-runner Davies.

The top two are side-by-side at the start of lap eight with Thomas taking the lead. The top four are all over each other through Roberts and the Straight but nobody changes places. Dyer seems to have a problem as he slows at Red Gate and finally pulls off leaving Thomas in the lead.

The last lap sees Davies make a mistake at Roberts allowing Wightman to finish with Thomas first, and Wightman 0.326 sec behind, Davies third.

Andrew Deviny finishes in ninth and took the fastest lap with a 1.29.322

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Race Report Round 12 Donington Park August 24, 2014

DEETH DNF shakes up leaderboard WORDS: Mark Chandler

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MINI MIGLIAS: RACE 2 was a great start from the front of the grid with Dan Wheeler into the lead, ahead of James Coulson, Kane Astin, Niven Burge and Tony Le May, who started in 10th, moves quickly up to 5th.

There is a lot of pushing and shoving all through the first lap but nobody makes anything stick apart from Le May who takes another place, this time fourth from Burge.

Lap 3 sees Rupert Deeth attacking Burge at Coppice corner while Coulson is attacking Wheeler but no places change. Astin is also attacking Coulson but finds himself under pressure from Le May and Burge who all want third.

Lap 4 and into Roberts it looks like Deeth has the better drive but contact between

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him and Le May sees Deeth in the barrier and end his race.

Mcleans sees Coulson hold off Astin who cannot get past until the start-finish straight when he comes alongside and slips past. Colin Peacock gets a look-in to sneak past Le May for fourth.

Wheeler has now got a bit of a gap between himself and Coulson who has got second place back and Astin in third. Le May is coming under pressure from returning former champ Paul Thompson who looks up the inside but Le May soon shuts the door.

Astin takes a very wide line into Mcleans but doesn’t have the momentum at Coppice to get past Coulson. Astin tries again at Wheatcroft straight and gets past Coulson on lap 7 - soon setting his sights on Wheeler, but can’t get past.

Astin tries all he can to

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get past the leader, his best chance comes on lap 8 at Coppice corner but he forgets all about Coulson who puts in a fantastic move to cut inside and take second leaving Astin cursing his luck in third place.

But it’s not over yet. Coulson runs wide at Redgate giving Astin the chance to retake second place at Craner corner.

The last lap sees Astin and Coulson swap places back and forth but the race finishes with Wheeler in first, Astin second 0.381 sec behind, and Coulson third 0.694 sec behind that, Rupert Deeth again took the fastest lap with a 1.22.123 sec time, but that will be no consolation for not-finishing and will inevitably affect the leaderboard cutting down his championship points lead heading into the final rounds.

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POINTS after Round 11 + 12 2014 DUNLOP MINI SE7EN CHALLENGE supported by MINI SPORT Pos

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2

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best 11

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

1 4 22 10 88 91 59 5 90 49 69 60 73 92 63 37 38 47 15 66 52 23 35 97 89 96

Andrew DEVINY Darren THOMAS Graeme DAVIS Leon WIGHTMAN Kieren MCDONALD Shaun TARLTON Julian PROCTOR Ashley DAVIES Ian DEVINY Ross BILLISON Steve TRENCH Malcolm KEAT Spencer WANSTALL Kevin O’SHEA David ROBINSON Gareth HUNT Steven HOPPER Kelvin EDGAR Steve BAKER Rohith DE SILVA Nathan BURGE Jabez DYER Paul SPARK Jim BURROWS Tom HARTWELL Matthew GLEAVE

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142

Invitation Barry LONG Entered Practiced Started Finished

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Castle Combe Castle Combe Brands Hatch Brands Hatch Cadwell Park Cadwell Park Thruxton Thruxton Oulton Park Oulton Park Donington Park Donington Park

20 1 18 13 15 1 12 19 16 17 11 1 14 10 1

19 20 17 15 16 12 14 11 1 1 13 0 18 10 0

14 19 1 15 16 1 10 20

19 20 18 15 16 14 13 1

18 12

1 1

1

11

9 17 11

9 17 10

13 1

17 17 17 11

21 April 21 April 10 May 11 May 31 May 1 June 14 June 15 June 12 July 12 July 23 August 24 August

20 19 18 0 16 13 11 15 14 17 12 9

11 9 0

7 8 0

13

10

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18 20 1 16 15 1 1 17

18 14 9 7 10 11

1 14 12 1 11 1

8

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18 1 20 19 1 16 15 0 13

15 19 20 17 16 11 1 0 10

14 20 17 19 16 10 9 18 11

1 14 w 0 10 17 12

0 12 w 1 1 17 14

1 9 13 7 6 0 1 1 14 12

1 8 12 6 7 0 1 4 15 13

18

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1 1

20 19 18 0 14 15 1 1 16 17 10 12

1

0

17 17 14 11

16 16 16 12

16 16 16 12

FL: D Thomas FL: G Davis FL: D Thomas FL: A Deviny FL: A Deviny FL: D Thomas FL: P Spark FL: D Thomas FL: A Deviny FL: L Wightman FL: D Thomas FL: A Deviny

* Invitation class not eligible for Challenge points

16 16 14 12

16 16 14 14

16 16 16 14

16 16 16 10

Pole: G Hunt Pole: A Deviny Pole: A Davies Pole: A Davies Pole: A Deviny Pole: A Deviny Pole: A Deviny Pole: A Deviny Pole: A Deviny Pole: A Deviny Pole: D Thomas Pole: G Davis

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17 16 14 12

17 16 13 10

203 195 181 160 158 120 110 104 94 90 90 86 77 73 71 69 49 49 29 25 25 21 20 13 2 1

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21 19 15

21 20 17

Spax Improver: S Trench (+6) Spax Improver: S Wanstall (+9) Spax Improver: D Thomas (+5) Spax Improver: D Thomas (+7) Spax Improver: K O’Shea (+3) Spax Improver: J Proctor (+4) Spax Improver: R Billison (+6) Spax Improver: K Edgar (+8) Spax Improver: L Wightman (+4) Spax Improver: L Wightman (+7) Spax Improver: S Wanstall (+7) Spax Improver: J Proctor (+9)

217 196 182

121 111

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91 90 92 97 96

Shaun TARLTON Ian DEVINY Kevin O’SHEA Jim BURROWS Matthew GLEAVE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Castle Combe Castle Combe Brands Hatch Brands Hatch Cadwell Park Cadwell Park Thruxton Thruxton Oulton Park Oulton Park Donington Park Donington Park

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21 April 21 April 10 May 11 May 31 May 1 June 14 June 15 June 12 July 12 July 23 August 24 August

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S-Class FL: I Deviny S-Class FL: K O’Shea S-Class FL: S Tarlton S-Class FL: S Tarlton S-Class FL: S Tarlton S-Class FL: S Tarlton S-Class FL: S Tarlton S-Class FL: K O’Shea S-Class FL: S Tarlton S-Class FL: S Tarlton S-Class FL: I Deviny S-Class FL: I Deviny

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S-Class Pole: I Deviny S-Class Pole: I Deviny S-Class Pole: S Tarlton S-Class Pole: S Tarlton S-Class Pole: I Deviny S-Class Pole: S Tarlton S-Class Pole: S Tarlton S-Class Pole: S Tarlton S-Class Pole: S Tarlton S-Class Pole: S Tarlton S-Class Pole: I Deviny S-Class Pole: I Deviny

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91 73 89 96

Shaun TARLTON Spencer WANSTALL Thomas HARTWELL Matthew GLEAVE

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PROVISIONAL POINTS after Round 11 + 12 2014 DUNLOP MINI MIGLIA CHALLENGE supported by MINI SPORT Pos

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

11 88 8 23 69 72 47 85 21 55 42 29 53 99 13 37 12 44

nc nc nc nc nc nc

102 118 113 141 136 114

nc nc nc nc nc nc

188 200 192 177 157 771

Kane ASTIN Dan WHEELER Colin PEACOCK Rupert DEETH Tony LE MAY Rob HOWARD James B COULSON Sam SUMMERHAYES Aaron SMITH Michael GREEN Paul SIMMONDS Dave DREW Niven BURGE Mark COWAN Phil HARVEY Richard CASEY Paul THOMPSON Paul CLARK Invitation Gary WARBURTON Jason BURGESS Rob PERKINS Damon ASTIN Greg CARINI Paul DE JONG Mini-7 Classic Ian CURLEY Tim STANBRIDGE Steve JONES Bill SOLLIS William WARD Nick PADDY Entered Practiced Started Finished

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Castle Combe Castle Combe Brands Hatch Brands Hatch Cadwell Park Cadwell Park Thruxton Thruxton Oulton Park Oulton Park Donington Park Donington Park

16 20 14 19 17 10 12 1 0 1 13 18 1 11 15

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(8) (7) (6) (10) (5) (0)

22 22 20 17

22 22 21 16

21 April 21 April 10 May 11 May 31 May 1 June 14 June 15 June 12 July 12 July 23 August 23 August

20 18 15 19 14 17 1 1 1 12 13 0 16 1

16 17 15 18 1 19 14 12 20 1 13 0 1 1

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0

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(10) (12)

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(1) (0) w

19 20 17 1 18 14 16

18 19 15 20 17 13 1

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16

19 16 1 20 18 1 17 14 15 0 1

13

(1)

20 19 17 18 1 14 1 15 1 0 16

14

(12) (0) (13)

1 -0 19 20 17 18 1 13 1 16 14 1

1 1 16 20 18 17 19 11 0 13 12 9

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G Metro Turbos 1994, Rover 216’s 1995-1997, Ex Peter M Baldwin’s Mini

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Helping my wife with her horses. She competes in Dressage.

BEST ACHIEVEMENT:

ole at Snetterton and coming 4th in 2012 and 2013 P Championship.

WORST MOMENT:

Crashing at Thruxton in 2011

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ar was built in 2006. Owned by Mat Hayman then N.Pimerta C had it for a few years, and I’ve owned it since.

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Snetterton 2013

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Know your rival Mini 7 Racing Club drivers

Mini Se7en 1 4 5 16 22 23 35 37 38 45 46 47 49 59 60 63 69 73 88 89

Andrew Deviny Darren Thomas Ashley Davies Julian Affleck Graeme Davis Jabez Dyer Paul Spark Gareth Hunt Steve Hopper Leon Wightman Max Hunter Kelvin Edgar Ross Billison Julian Proctor Malcolm Keat Dave Robinson Steve Trench Spencer Wanstall Kieren McDonald Tom Hartwell

Newport Pagnell Gloucester Abergavenny High Wycombe London Leominster Cannock Coventry Maidenhead Dunstable Leighton Buzzard Hollywell Epsom Downs Coleford Bolton Darlington Camberley Newington Aylesbury Evesham

Mini Se7en s class 90 91 92 93 96 97

Ian Deviny Lincoln Shaun Tarlton Northampton Kevin O’Shea Frome Roland Parsloe Matthew Gleave Waltham St Lawrence James Burrows Romford

Mini 7 Classic 157 William Ward 177 Bill Sollis 188 Ian curley

Battle Hildenborough Maidstone

192 Steve Jones 200 Tim Stanbridge 771 Nick Paddy

Wells Stevington

Mini Miglia 8 11 13 16 20 21 23 29 37 42 43 44 47 53 55 69 72 79 85 88 99

Colin Peacock London Kane Astin Swaffham Bulbeck Phil Harvey Birmingham Lee Jones Northolt Mark Sims Headley Aaron Smith Maidstone Rupert Deeth Cambridge Dave Drew Alton Richard Casey Burnley Paul Simmonds Collier Street Dave Edgecombe Ledbury Paul Clark Denbigh James Coulson London Niven Burge Nr Royston Michael Green Haverfordwest Tony Le May Norwich Rob Howard Chipperfield Jon Lee Wellingborough Sam Summerhayes Bristol Daniel Wheeler Olney Mark Cowan Benfleet

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From the Archives:

Croft Circuit: 5, 15, 35, 40 years ago

WORDS: Richard Williamson PHOTOS: M7RC Archive

A delve into the M7RC Archive helps us to recap what happened over the decades at Croft Circuit around this time of year.

Miglias funnel through the first corner at Croft, led by Andy Hack Photo: M7RC Archive/Pitlane (O Read)

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ne of three doubleheader meetings that season, the weekend of 22-23 August counted towards rounds 7 and 8 of the 10-round Dunlop-backed Challenge, also celebrating 50 years of the Mini, and with four 10-lappers on the modern day 2.125-mile circuit.

A 19-car entry assembled in the 1300cc Mini Miglia section, with victory in race one on the Saturday going to the Club’s current Commercial Manager, Colin Peacock, less than a second ahead of Paul Thompson and setting fastest lap as he does so, with Mark Sims completing the podium. Champion-elect Andy Hack takes fourth after starting

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5 Years Ago

from pole, with Sarah Munns and Paul Brown next up. Also in the field are Rob Howard, Paul Simmonds, Aaron Smith, Dan Wheeler and Phil Harvey. For race two on the Sunday, the same top five are shuffled into the finishing order of: Hack, who races from pole slot again to his seventh-of-eight victories for the season, from Thompson, Peacock, Sims (fastest lap) and Munns, with this time Gordon Peacock in sixth place.

In the 1000cc Mini Se7ens, there are 20 cars present, with Champion-elect Kane Astin sitting on pole for both races.

It all goes wrong for him in the opener, eventually disqualified

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for a black/ orange flag misdemeanour, leaving victory to Max Hunter, a few lengths clear of Ian Deviny (fastest lap) from Paul Spark. Completing the top six are Andrew Deviny, Ricky Horne and Nathan Burge, while also among the finishers are Graeme Davis, Malcom Keat, Julian Proctor and Kevin O’Shea, with Darren Thomas, Niven Burge and James Coulson on the DNF list. Race two sees Hunter again first to the chequer, this time ahead of Astin, from fastest lap-setting Burge Senior (Niven), Deviny (Ian), Spark and Horne.

Julian Affleck takes his second S-Class win of the weekend too.

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From the Archives:

Croft Circuit: 5, 15, 35, 40 years ago

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Championship-winning pair of Dave Braggins (Se7en) and Ian Curley (Miglia), in model form!

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15 Years

Ago The 1-litre Mini Se7ens t was ’40 Years of the drew a terrific entry of 20 Mini’ in 1999, a season cars, with Champion-elect Dave in which the M7RC gained massive publicity and raised lots Braggins sitting on pole after qualifying, alongside Mark Hunt. of money for charity by building a Mini Se7en in a weekend to Their positions were swapped at the end of 10 laps, Hunt give away as a competition over three seconds to the good prize. That year’s Challenge was sponsored by Unipart-DCM, with helped by the fastest lap of the continuing support from both the race, and the top six unusually BRDC and the Mini Competitions strung out, comprising Dave Banwell in third from Paul Department, and the trip to Croft over the 4-5 September Thompson, Niven Burge and weekend was round 11-of-13 on Jason Porter, with Mark Sims the only other competitor still the calendar, of which the best 10 scores counted. It was also the registered 15 years later. It was Club’s first to Croft (a former RAF a case of “where have all the base) since its major revamp in Miglias gone?”, as only 10 cars the mid-1990s, having only been ventured up to North Yorkshire used for occasional rallycross when there were generally 20+ elsewhere. Nonetheless, a good events since 1981.

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10-lap show was put on for the spectators, with reigning Miglia Champ Ian Curley starting from pole position and narrowly getting the verdict over the ‘young 50-something’ Peter Baldwin, the same finishing order reflected in the title outcome.

The late Steve Bell (’97 Se7en Champion) shadowed them both to take third, with Phil Manser (’96 Se7en Champ’) setting fastest lap and just holding off Julian Sole for fourth. The late Tony Higgins, along with Colin Ellison completed the finishers, with Matt Hayman (’98 Se7en Champ’) and current newsletter reporter, Mark Chandler as DNFs. Yorkshireman Jonathan Lewis failed to make the grid.

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From the Archives:

Croft Circuit: 5, 15, 35, 40 years ago 35 Years Ago

The green Boopspeed Mini 850 of Nigel ‘Boot’ Gaymer took fourth at Croft Photo: M+A Jackson Collection

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his was the Club’s last visit to Croft Autodrome in its earlier 1.75-mile layout before it endured a long layoff from circuit racing. Back then, the M7RC paid two visits as part of the Austin-Morris Mini Challenge calendar, the fourth season since the Leyland group came in with huge promotional backing and which had also introduced a third race series for the 1275 GT flagship Mini. Sunday 10 June saw a race for National Mini 1000s – the first time the ‘Miglia’ category had visited these parts and the Nottinghamshire Sports

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Car Club attracted, by today’s standards, a decent 19 entries for round 6 of 16, but by far the lowest National entry of the season. Nonetheless, the race was an entertaining one, with reigning Champion Phil Spurling in the Denis Gregory-run car eventually taking the honours in the 12-lapper, a mere 0.6 secs ahead of poleman Richard Belcher. The following season’s Champion, Roland Nix was another half-a-second behind in his Steve Harris-tuned car, also setting a new lap record, with Martin Guidery (Magdun Mini)

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and Derek May (Swiftune) completing the top six.

The Mini 850s (née Se7ens) got their turn later on in the year, on Sunday 9 September for round 14 of their 16-round National Challenge.

This time the hosting club was the BRSCC Northern Centre, but the 10-lap race was combined with several quicker Mod Sports as only 10 of the 12 Mini 850s entered made the start.

Chris Tyrrell led from pole but was soon passed by Patrick Watts, who would also go on to take the title before making an even bigger name for himself in Touring Cars. Both shared a new fastest lap, while behind, Gary Hall took a strong third a little way ahead of the battle of the race between Nigel ‘Boot’ Gaymer (Boopspeed Mini) and Russell Grady, with John Williams edging out Jonathan Lewis for sixth place, and all 10 starters finished.

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From the Archives:

Croft Circuit: 5, 15, 35, 40 years ago 40 Years Ago

Mini Se7en of the mid-1970s, with exposed coolers, no bumpers and steel wheels; this is Alan Seekings’ example.

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our decades ago just the 850cc Minis Se7ens went to Croft, in fact for the opening round of their 15-round National championship, a Spring Race meeting hosted by the Yorskhire Centre of the BARC. Thirteen of the 17 entries appeared, although Champion that year, Chris Tyrrell wasn’t among them. However, runner-up to Tyrrell, Hugo Hoyle certainly did make the trip North and came away

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with the maximum 10 points after 8 laps of the 1.75-mile track. His winning margin of 0.2 secs was quite the norm’ for back then, ’72 Champ Reg Armstrong having to settle for second although he did set a new fastest lap of 1:29.6, at an average of 70.31 mph. In third, several lengths behind was Chris Maries, later to become a leading TVR racer, while the battle for fourth saw Jim Mancey (Jimini), Andrew Higton and the Team

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Castrol car of polesitter Alan Corbishley finish barely inches apart. Back in 10th place, one Norman Finn, whose name now entitles the Most Pole Positions trophy in Mini Se7en.

Interestingly, in the next couple of seasons, Croft would see regular visits from the Northernbased section of the M7C, with the likes of Phil Hepworth, Ian Mittell, Colin Hesford, Paul Ratcliffe and Chris Hill regulars in a Northern Mini 7 series.

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Extra Curricular activity Double circuit action at brands and oulton minifests Brands Hatch Sunday May 11, 2014 Oulton Park Saturday July 12, 2014

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rack fans are being served up a double treat this year. To mark the Mini’s 55th anniversary, track owners MSV are expanding their popular Mini Festival event to two events at two different tracks.

Brands Hatch in Kent, will play host to the first Festival on May 11, with Mini drivers offered free entry if they book through the website.

The larger event of the two will take place at Cheshire’s Oulton Park circuit where there promises to be lots of entertainment to enjoy both on and off the track. www.mini-festival.co.uk

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