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MINI SE7ENHaving won the title for the second time in 2013, adding to his 2006 success, Andrew Deviny went into 2014 as one of the obvious favourites. That he retained Champion status only in the last race of a 14-round season is testament to how close the Mini Se7en formula remains after

six decades.Andrew’s first of five wins came

at the Castle Combe opener in April, thereafter he totted up a hat-trick mid-season, firstly with a pair at Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire, then at Thruxton in Hampshire, before adding the last at Oulton Park in Cheshire. Six further visits to the podium and finishes in all

• Third national crown for andrew deviny in mini se7ens• Rupert deeth wins his first mini miglia title• s-Class success for top novice shaun Tarlton

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the other races saw him home by just two points after dropped scores. Also underlining his pace were six fastest laps and nine pole positions. Interestingly, Andrew’s green/yellow car appeared for the last two events in a reworked green/white colour scheme, so he obviously has no hang-ups about green being an unlucky racing colour!

Running Deviny close throughout the season was Darren Thomas, who also chooses green for his Roonspeed racer. In his best season to date, Darren notched up four wins, at Combe in Round 2, Brands Hatch in Round 4, Thruxton in Round 8 and Donington Park in Round 12, while six runner-up spots helped take him into a last round showdown. A third non-finish, after clipping a tyre chicane when chasing down the leaders, ultimately left him pondering what might have been but, like Deviny, his pace was there for all to see with five fastest laps.

In third overall, stalwart campaigner Graeme Davis had his most successful season since he first raced Mini Se7en 30 years ago, and finally scored that elusive first Challenge win having previously headed home a non-championship field at the Silverstone Mini 50th Birthday meet in 2009. In fact, back-to-back victories, the first at Oulton (round 10) followed by Donington (round 11) elevated him to an outside shot at the title going into the final weekend at Croft, but a minor mechanical gremlin put paid to that in the opening race. He did, however, successfully complete an

overnight round-trip to London to celebrate his 25th wedding anniversary, so his wife may now let him race on into 2015!

Equally as impressive when running up at the front was young Welsh hotshot and 2001 Novice champion, Ashley Davies, who looked set to continue his top-5 form of 2013, with a second place and a victory (Brands) in the first two meetings, but a succession of engine problems and even a pair of non-starts thereafter dropped him to sixth in the standings, and not even a change of paint scheme from ‘unlucky’ green to blue seemed to help. However, an impressive wet weather win at Croft in the penultimate race should help to re-ignite his prospects for 2015.

The remaining victory fell to Paul Spark in the Croft finale, the former triple champion showing he could still run out front, and having started well back on the grid. In his only other appearance, at Thruxton mid-season, he salvaged a good second place in Sunday’s race following a rebuild after a big off the previous day.

Potential winners among the remaining contenders included fourth overall Leon Wightman, whose early season consistent








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top-six finishes led to a pair of fine second places later on, at Oulton in July where his team produced the most vocal trackside support heard in a long time, and again at Donington in Round 12! Kieren McDonald was only a couple points adrift in fifth, like Wightman, consistent high finishes culminating in a first podium visit at the Croft finale weekend.

A notable mention too must go to Mini 7 Driver’s Rep, Gareth Hunt, who began the season on pole position at Combe only to endure appalling mechanical luck which was briefly interspersed with a quartet of strong fourth place finishes. Surely 2015 can only get better? Others to take home a bottle of podium bubbly were 2012 Novice champion Ross Billison (twice) before a huge Thruxton smash into the pitwall curtailed his season, Jabez Dyer in only one of three events, and Spencer Wanstall, who was also in his first season as a novice.

Of the rest, Julian Proctor switched to full Mini Se7en after winning the S-Class the previous two seasons, and made gradual progress towards the top half, while Steve Trench and Malcolm Keat tallied enough decent finishes between them to round out the top-10 overall. Further back, David Robinson plugged on gamely in his rebuilt car to finish in 12th overall, with Kelvin Edgar, Steven Hopper,

Steve Baker, Nathan Burge and Tom Hartwell making occasional appearances to bolster the fields.

In the battle for S-Class honours, a new name came through to claim top honours, Shaun Tarlton building on his Brands debut at the end of 2013 with a trio of top-six finishes and six class wins. Shaun not only finished eighth overall in the standings but also secured the Novice title over closest rival Spencer Wanstall. Former Winter Series Champion (1999), Ian Deviny, ran Shaun close in the S-Class category with four class wins himself, but ultimately missing a couple of events, and a big off at Combe scuppered his bid. Also in the S-Class, Kevin O’Shea’s Thruxton win was well received in the paddock, while Jim Burrows and newcomer Matthew Gleave were the only other ‘mildly-tuned’ 1300cc runners to turn out, while solitary Invitation Class appearances came from Rohith De Silva at Donington, and Barry Long at Oulton in his recently acquired 1.3-injection ‘fast-road’ example.

So what can we expect from the ‘pocket rocket’ Mini Se7ens in 2015? Well Andrew Deviny has to be a fair bet to join ‘the three-in-a-row-champions-club’ of Tim Sims (2001/02/03) and Paul Spark (2010/11/12) but with the likes of Spark, and hopefully Max Hunter (2007) returning after a year’s break, not to mention

Tina Cooper (1993) planning a comeback, plus numerous other cars that are rumoured to be coming out of garages, then the prospects for another cracking season are looking rosy!








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MINI MIGLIA

If the Mini Se7en title chase was close, then the Miglia battle up front was positively

neck-and-neck right to the finish line. Heading into the Croft finale weekend, there were five possible champions, and then still three before the final race!

Of these, it turned out to be the least experienced (on paper) who would triumph overall, Rupert Deeth’s debut victory at Cadwell Park in round 6 seeming to be the catalyst for a late-season flourish of four more wins, at Thruxton, a double at Oulton and finally Croft, to go with his six further podium finishes. Before this new-found winner’s confidence, a scary crash on the pit straight at the penultimate Donington meet would probably have ended his title bid, but he held his nerve for Croft and drove accordingly in the repaired car, gambling on wets to just see him home ahead on a rapidly drying track, and then playing the safe option in the second race by finishing third but which gave him two points

more than his nearest rival. Six fastest laps (five of them closing the season) and five pole positions served to underline his turn of pace.

Once again Kane Astin would end up as ‘bridesmaid’, his early season Challenge lead (which included three victories, at Combe, Brands and Thruxton) gradually whittled down, and a tally of seven runner-up finishes (four to close the season) mirrored his race pace; in front for parts but more often than not losing out when it mattered. Perhaps the key moment in his season came at Oulton in the second race, when he clipped a tyre chicane just after inheriting the lead and was forced to pull off, taking home only 2 points for the weekend for two DNFs.

Third in the standings was Dan Wheeler, returning to Miglias after a brief foray several seasons earlier, and having begun in Se7ens over 25 years ago. Dan had leased the multi-title-winning car of Peter Baldwin, and the alliance proved successful from

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INVITATION ClassMiglia-looking Minis but with freedom on A-Series engines and choice of tyres.








the off, with wins in the Combe opener and at Cadwell in round 5, plus several other top placings. However, his season would ‘catch a cold’ at the Oulton meeting in July after a controversial clash in the opening race which saw him not only exit stage left into the barriers, but then excluded from the results. This exclusion was later challenged with the MSA (to try and reclaim the point for a DNF, and use it as a drop score), and later on a pair of Donington race wins theoretically put him in with a shout of the title at Croft before a first-corner pile-up effectively knocked that on the head, regardless of any decision by the MSA, although he did finish with a fifth victory in the second race to close the season. Five fastest laps isn’t bad race pace either.

The only other race winner was Aaron Smith who, after a few mechanical problems early on, triumphed at his local circuit, Brands Hatch, in the second Miglia race of the ‘Mini Race Festival - South’. This however followed a DNF from the day before in which Aaron went for the lead into Paddock only to

take himself and a rival out of the race. History repeated itself at the ‘Mini Race Festival - North’, held at Oulton, but this time Aaron was adjudged to have been taken off by the other driver, but which still left him with another bent car and on the sidelines for the rest of the season to finish 11th overall.

Completing the top six were Colin Peacock, Tony Le May and Rob Howard, and all three stood on the podium at one point or another during the season. Colin was a model of consistency for tallying points, but a DNF at Thruxton mid-season and then being involved in the opening corner fracas at Croft in the penultimate race restricted him to fourth overall. Veteran Mini campaigner Tony was similarly always on the tail of the leaders, but also suffered a couple of non-finishes, while a personal issue saw him withdraw from the Croft finale and ultimately finish 3 points adrift in fifth place. Rob meanwhile came very close to winning at Brands, having found a new lease of life from his reworked car, courtesy of former Miglia champion, Endaf Owens. However, his season was marred

by penalties, the first at Cadwell when he was sent to the back of both grids for a malfunctioning alternator, then at Donington when he was harshly excluded from the meeting for crossing the track during a

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warm-up lap Behind Rob in the standings came James Coulson, also a podium visitor, but five non-finishes left him adrift on points.

Of the rest, Dave Drew and Richard Casey initially had their Mini Sport-backed cars running up at the front, but Dave suffered a big smash in qualifying at Brands which put a drain on the budget and limited his appearances thereafter, while after Richard’s exit from the first Brands race after a controversial clash for the lead, he felt disillusioned enough to put his car up for sale. Completing the top 10 in the points were Sam Summerhayes and Paul Simmonds. Sam had converted from an Invitation spec to full-blown Miglia over the winter, and was highly entertaining to watch, while Paul’s determined efforts saw him rewarded with a fine third place at Croft, his slick tyre choice on a rapidly drying track paying dividends. “One more lap and I reckon I could have won” was his opinion afterwards.

Further boosting the grids on occasions were Phil Harvey, Mike Green, Niven Burge, Mark Cowan, former Champion Paul Thompson and Paul Clark, and all of them were able to run at a pace well within sight of the leaders, such was the competitiveness of the

Miglia field on any given day.Also bolstering the grids, the

non-points Invitation Class saw a regular campaigner in the form of Gary Warburton, and in his first season of circuit racing he thoroughly enjoyed himself, effectively being the best ‘unofficial’ Miglia Novice. Damon Astin came out a couple of times too in the car he also raced in Europe, along with Phil Harvey, and at the Croft finale Damon ran well in among the front-runners, while Jason Burgess and Rob Perkins shared a car briefly with a view to converting to Miglia for 2015, and finally Frenchman Greg Carini turned out for the Brands Mini Festival but went out early after a collision.

Also invited to share the Miglia grids were the historic/classic Mini contingent, and under the title ‘Mini-7 Classic’ interest was high, especially when six drivers turned up for the opening event at Combe. Former M7RC champions, Ian Curley and Bill Sollis took a class win apiece, with Tim Stanbridge, Nick Paddy, Steve Jones and William Ward adding to the mix. Thereafter, other classic racing events took precedence, but it is hoped for further cars to appear in 2015.

After such a thrillingly close 2014,

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can we predict a Mini Miglia winner for 2015? Well, pick any one of half-a-dozen candidates and you’ll still be guessing, but either way, the action will be as full-on as ever from these muscled-up Mini racers.












First of all, I would like to congratulate the various Champions. In the case of the Dunlop Mini Se7en

and Mini Miglia Championship, these are still provisional, as I write this chat. Steve Prior, our Championship MSA Scrutineer, has sealed several engines and will be checking engines in the next few days. So, congratulations to provisional Mini 7 Champion {for a second year running} Andrew Deviny and to provisional Mini Miglia Champion Rupert Deeth. Confirmed Mini 7 S Class Champion and Novice Champion is Shaun Tarlton. Well done to you all. I know how difficult it must be, to not only ‘keep going’ with the expenses which our hobby incurs, but on top of that, to win against such tough opposition. The races this year have been fantastic... especially the last Miglia race at Croft.

In this last newsletter of 2014, I would like to raise a few points, in no particular order of importance. By the way, I hope you all agree with me, what an excellent coverage, via our newsletters, we have received this year, A big ‘thank-you’ to Craig at love:mini magazine (www.love-mini.co.uk).

AGMThe first thing I would like to mention is the forthcoming AGM. The date is on the website, along with the venue details. Now this year there will be a considerable

number of suggestions from the Committee and the Membership, mainly to try new ideas and also to attempt to keep racing costs under control. We have already received some suggestions that will need some considerable thought by the Membership, as this will have an effect on 2015 and the following years. As a reminder, the deadline for proposals is November 16th. So, please make the effort to attend. No point in moaning about what has been voted in or out, if you were not there!

Also, it is your chance to suggest new Members of the Committee. At this time, we are all still willing to stand again. If anyone wants to put themselves forward along with a seconder as a Committee Member, please let me or one of the Committee know.

Following a drivers’ survey to decide the format of next year’s racing calendar, Colin will hopefully be presenting a provisional calendar at the AGM. We have taken in account the various views, like having a break mid-season, last round needs to be more central and obviously the circuits that we visit. Next year is our 50th anniversary of racing within the M7RC, so the calendar needs to be ‘right’. Having a special venue is also being considered; more news on this at the AGM. If anyone has any ideas about making/designing something special for the 50th anniversary, in

the form of logos, merchandise etc., we will be glad to hear from you.

AWARDSWe are in the process of selling tickets for our awards evening. These can be obtained from Mike and Alan Jackson ~ details are on the website. I’m sure Mike and Alan will be only too willing to sell you tickets at the AGM. The details of the awards evening is also on the website. It has been confirmed that Steve Soper will be our guest of honour and Mark Werrell will be our compère. If anyone would like to lend a hand in anyway, please give one of the Committee members a call. Finally, don’t forget to vote for the various awards... best turned out X, most improved etc. They all deserve to be voted for.

Thanks to all of the Committee for their work this year, along, with all of the helpers at the race meetings and other Club administration. Keep up the good work in 2015.

NickNick CookeChairman M7RC


Chairman’s ChatWords of wisdom from the man at the top.

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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 Jackson345 Clay LaneSth Yardley Birmingham B26 [email protected]

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Mini Se7en News2014 AWARDS NIGhT DETAILS

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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WRITER WANTED

After the success of this season’s M7RC newsletter, we are looking to recruit

someone who can write up race reports for this newsletter and other publications.Whilst the position is unpaid, we can offer free tickets to every Mini 7 Round and cover modest travel expenses. This could be the ideal opportunity for family members or friends of racing teams to get more involved with the M7RC and the Mini community, as well as honing your

own skills the the guidance of a professional journalist.After a sterling effort from Mark Chandler this year, he is uncertain whether he will be able to commit to contributing next season, but we would like to take this opportunity to pass our deepest thanks to Mark and his family for the work they have put into helping make the M7RC Newsletter as good as it it.Meanwhile, if you fancy yourself as a bit of a Murray Walker-type, then drop us a line at: [email protected]






MINI SE7ENS: RACE 1

Andrew Deviny took pole in the

penultimate race with Graeme Davis second Darren Thomas third followed by Ashley Davies.

It was a great start for Davies who takes second by the first corner followed by Davis and Thomas, Kieren McDonald and Leon Wightman.

Thomas and McDonald touch as they go into the Jim Clark Esses allowing McDonald to move into fourth closely followed by Wightman.

The start off lap 2 sees Deviny have a really sideways moment which he manages to keep together. McDonald

has taken third from Davis and Wightman is also looking for a way past but he has to wait until the hairpin to get round.

Davies makes a run at Deviny at the Jim Clark Esses where they are side-by-side with Davies taking the lead. Meanwhile, Graeme Davis has broken down on-track causing a safety car which puts all the battles on hold.

Davies, Deviny, McDonald, Wightman, Thomas, Paul Spark, Mark Proctor Jabez Dyer, Steve Trench and Dave Robinson is how they line up behind the safety car.

It’s a great restart from Davies with Deviny and McDonald keeping with him. Deviny sees himself under pressure from McDonald

coming into the Complex but great defending by Deviny means he keeps the place. Thomas goes very sideways at Sunny In Sunny Out allowing Wightman to creep up on him.

Lap 6 sees Deviny and Thomas going very sideways as they go into the Jim Clark Esses but both gather themselves together to keep their places.

McDonald and Wightman are pushing for the whole last lap nipping at Deviny’s heels but they run out of laps.

The race finishes with Ashley Davies winning with Deviny 2nd, 5.375 sec behind, with McDonald another 0.595 sec. Deviny takes the fastest lap with a 1.53.773





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DAVIES DENIES LEADER DEVINy

RaceReportRound 13Croft September 20, 2014

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MINI MIGLIAS: RACE 1

The weekend did not start well for the Miglia drivers

with a collision between Dan Wheeler, James Coulson and Colin Peacock at the first corner pulling the safety car out with Kane Astin, Rupert Deeth, Damon Astin, Rob Howard Phil Harvey, Paul Simmonds and Gary Warburton following.

The safety car comes in on lap 3 and it’s a great start from all the cars with Deeth all over K Astin to begin with. Warburton pulls off, D Astin is all over the back of Deeth and the top four cars are pulling away from Harvey and Simmonds.

There’s some big slides for Deeth, K Astin and Simmonds

at the back of the track but they all hold onto their places but it has given D Astin the chance to catch up. Rob Howard gets past D Astin at Jim Clark Esses and is now chasing the leading pair.

Sunny in Sunny out sees K Astin and Deeth side-by-side but K Astin keeps the lead. As the come down the pit straight K Astin in the lead with Deeth, Howard, D Astin, Harvey and Simmonds following. Deeth pulls to the outside then the inside and gets past K Astin with D Astin looking every way but can not get past Howard.

Deeth is pulling a lead from K Astin. Tower sees K Astin go deep allowing Howard and D Astin to catch up and Simmonds making progress all

the time too.Lap 8 see D Astin go round

the outside of Howard and get 3rd and set his sights on 2nd. D Astin pulls alongside K Astin at the Jim Clark Esses but he cannot make it stick

Deeth has a great lead going into the last lap with both the Astins fighting for 2nd and 3rd. Simmonds is catching Howard for 4th and the battles continue all lap with D Astin looking every way to get round K Astin but he can’t do it. Simmonds is still all over the back of Howard and finally takes third on the start/finish line.

The race finishes 1st Deeth, 2nd K Astin 10.552 sec behind, 3rd D Astin 0.403 behind. With Deeth taking the fastest lap with a 1.41.618





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DEETh & ASTIN IN TITLE fIGhT

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RaceReportRound 14

Croft September 21, 2014

MINI SE7ENS: RACE 2

Andrew Deviny takes pole in the last race of

the season with Darren Thomas, Ashley Davies and Graeme Davis following.

Thomas has the better start but Deviny remains in front followed by Thomas, Davies and Davis and a remarkable Paul Sparks who started 8th on the grid. Leon Wightman is also making a charge for Kieren McDonald.

Lap 2 sees Deviny still leading with Thomas, Davis, Sparks and Davies behind. Sparks makes a move on Davis at

Clervaux and gets 3rd whilst McDonald and Wightman are fighting behind.

Sparks is making a move on Thomas at the complex and gets past at Hawthorne corner and now sets his sights on Deviny.

Wightman goes off, and Sparks is catching Deviny but he is taking Thomas with him. McDonald and Jabez Dyer are having a great battle for 6th.

Darren Thomas then comes off, effectively ending his title challenge and allowing Davis to join the leading pack with Sparks closing all the time to Deviny.

McDonald and Dyer are still battling for 6th and 7th with

Julian Proctor, Dave Robinson, Steve Trench and Malcolm Keat are all fighting behind.

Tower bend sees Sparks make his move on Deviny who doesn’t seem to argue and lets him past. McDonald pulls into the pits but then rejoins the race in last place.

Deviny is all over Sparks but great defending means Sparks keeps the lead.

The last lap sees a great battle between Sparks and Deviny with Sparks taking the win with Deviny 0.298 secs behind and Davis 6.231 secs later. Deviny takes the fastest lap with a 1.45.011 and seals the Mini Se7en Championship title for a second year running.





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TITLE RACE GOES RIGhT TO ThE DEETh

RaceReportRound 14

Croft September 21, 2014

MINI MIGLIAS: RACE 2

Rupert Deeth on pole Kane Astin second and

Dan Wheeler third is how they line up for the final Miglia race of the season.

It was a great start from the top two but not so good for Wheeler who has Rob Howard side-by-side with him but Wheeler has the better line into Clervaux and stays third. Paul Simmonds is up to fifth and catching Howard.

Lap 2 sees Deeth still in the lead with K Astin and Wheeler closing in. K Astin is very close going into Tower but Deeth keeps the lead with Wheeler third Howard fourth followed

by Simmonds, James Coulson, Damon Astin, Phil Harvey and Gary Warburton.

Tower corner on lap 3 sees K Astin try again but Deeth again shuts the door. Meanwhile Dan Wheeler has caught up with the leading pair. K Astin again goes for the lead at Sunny In Sunny Out and gets past Deeth for the lead, Howard has moved up to fourth and has now caught the leading pack.

Deeth looks like he is falling back allowing Wheeler to take second with Howard fourth and Simmonds fifth then a gap before D Astin, Coulson, Harvey and Warburton.

Lap 4 sees Wheeler take the lead after going to the inside

of K Astin into Clervaux but Astin is not going to let go and is sticking to Wheeler’s bootlid.

The battles keep going all though the next few laps with K Astin trying to get past Wheeler, Howard catching Deeth, Coulson trying to pass D Astin, Simmonds trying to pass Coulson.

The last lap sees Astin side-by-side with Wheeler into Tower but great defending means he can’t get past. Howard is also trying a last minute attack on Deeth but also can’t get past.

The race finishes with Wheeler taking the win with K Astin 0.427 secs behind and Deeth 0.920 secs behind that. With D Astin taking the fastest lap with a 1.37.660sec lap

Pos No Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Total best 11

1 1 Andrew DEVINY 20 19 14 19 20 20 20 18 20 18 15 14 19 19 212 255

2 4 Darren THOMAS 1 20 19 20 19 19 19 20 19 1 19 20 16 1 210 213

3 22 Graeme DAVIS 18 17 1 18 18 18 16 1 18 20 20 17 1 18 198 201

4 10 Leon WIGHTMAN 13 15 15 15 0 0 15 16 16 19 17 19 17 1 177 178

5 88 Kieren MCDONALD 15 16 16 16 14 16 17 15 0 1 16 16 18 11 175 187

6 5 Ashley DAVIES 19 11 20 1 1 15 1 17 1 0 0 18 20 17 140 141

7 59 Julian PROCTOR 12 14 10 13 1 11 13 1 11 15 1 10 13 15 137 140

8 91 Shaun TARLTON 1 12 1 14 15 13 12 1 15 16 12 11 122 123

9 69 Steve TRENCH 11 13 12 1 10 12 14 14 1 0 1 1 12 14 114 116

10 60 Malcolm KEAT 1 0 12 9 9 12 14 12 10 9 1 12 101

11 90 Ian DEVINY 16 1 16 14 13 13 11 12 96

12 63 David ROBINSON 9 9 9 8 11 1 10 1 7 8 11 13 96 97

13 49 Ross BILLISON 17 1 18 1 17 17 18 1 90

14 73 Spencer WANSTALL 14 18 1 11 7 1 w w 13 13 78

15 92 Kevin O’SHEA 10 10 11 7 10 11 0 1 8 7 75

16 37 Gareth HUNT 1 0 17 17 0 0 17 17 0 0 69

17 35 Paul SPARK 1 19 15 20 55

18 23 Jabez DYER 1 1 18 1 14 16 51

19 47 Kelvin EDGAR 13 10 8 13 1 5 50

20 38 Steven HOPPER 11 10 12 14 1 1 49

21 15 Steve BAKER 14 15 29

22 52 Nathan BURGE 13 12 25

23 97 Jim BURROWS 9 6 15

24 89 Tom HARTWELL 1 1 2

25 96 Matthew GLEAVE 1 0 1

Invitation

nc 142 Barry LONG (9) (11) -

nc 166 Rohith DE SILVA (12) (13) -

Practiced 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 21 21 12 12

Started 17 14 16 16 14 14 16 16 14 13 19 20 12 12

Finished 11 11 12 12 12 14 14 10 12 10 15 17 10 10

1 Castle Combe 21 April FL: D Thomas Pole: G Hunt Spax Improver: S Trench (+6) 2 Castle Combe 21 April FL: G Davis Pole: A Deviny Spax Improver: S Wanstall (+9) 3 Brands Hatch 10 May FL: D Thomas Pole: A Davies Spax Improver: D Thomas (+5) 4 Brands Hatch 11 May FL: A Deviny Pole: A Davies Spax Improver: D Thomas (+7) 5 Cadwell Park 31 May FL: A Deviny Pole: A Deviny Spax Improver: K O’Shea (+3) 6 Cadwell Park 1 June FL: D Thomas Pole: A Deviny Spax Improver: J Proctor (+4) 7 Thruxton 14 June FL: P Spark Pole: A Deviny Spax Improver: R Billison (+6) 8 Thruxton 15 June FL: D Thomas Pole: A Deviny Spax Improver: K Edgar (+8) 9 Oulton Park 12 July FL: A Deviny Pole: A Deviny Spax Improver: L Wightman (+4) 10 Oulton Park 12 July FL: L Wightman Pole: A Deviny Spax Improver: L Wightman (+7) 11 Donington Park 23 August FL: D Thomas Pole: D Thomas Spax Improver: S Wanstall (+7) 12 Donington Park 24 August FL: A Deviny Pole: G Davis Spax Improver: J Proctor (+9) 13 Croft 20 Sept’ FL: A Deviny Pole: A Deviny Spax Improver: A Davies (+3) 14 Croft 21 Sept’ FL: A Deviny Pole: A Deviny Spax Improver: P Spark (+7) * Invitation class not eligible for Challenge points #166 ran as 66

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FINAL POINTS

Pos No Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Total best 11

1 91 Shaun TARLTON 1 10 1 10 8 8 10 1 10 10 10 8 86 87

2 90 Ian DEVINY 10 1 10 10 8 8 8 10 65

3 92 Kevin O’SHEA 8 8 6 6 8 10 0 1 5 6 58

4 97 Jim BURROWS 6 5 11


1 Castle Combe 21 April S-Class FL: I Deviny S-Class Pole: I Deviny

2 Castle Combe 21 April S-Class FL: K O’Shea S-Class Pole: I Deviny

3 Brands Hatch 10 May S-Class FL: S Tarlton S-Class Pole: S Tarlton 4 Brands Hatch 11 May S-Class FL: S Tarlton S-Class Pole: S Tarlton 5 Cadwell Park 31 May S-Class FL: S Tarlton S-Class Pole: I Deviny 6 Cadwell Park 1 June S-Class FL: S Tarlton S-Class Pole: S Tarlton 7 Thruxton 14 June S-Class FL: S Tarlton S-Class Pole: S Tarlton 8 Thruxton 15 June S-Class FL: K O’Shea S-Class Pole: S Tarlton 9 Oulton Park 12 July S-Class FL: S Tarlton S-Class Pole: S Tarlton 10 Oulton Park 12 July S-Class FL: S Tarlton S-Class Pole: S Tarlton 11 Donington Park 23 August S-Class FL: I Deviny S-Class Pole: I Deviny 12 Donington Park 24 August S-Class FL: I Deviny S-Class Pole: I Deviny 13 Croft 20 Sept’ S-Class FL: n/a S-Class Pole: n/a 14 Croft 21 Sept’ S-Class FL: n/a S-Class Pole: n/a

Pos No Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Total

1 91 Shaun TARLTON 1 2 1 3 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 23

2 73 Spencer WANSTALL 2 3 1 2 2 1 w w 3 3 17

3 89 Thomas HARTWELL 1 1 2


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Pos No Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Total Best 11

1 23 Rupert DEETH 19 1 19 18 1 20 20 18 20 20 18 1 20 18 210 213

2 11 Kane ASTIN 16 20 20 16 19 18 19 20 1 1 19 19 19 19 208 226

3 88 Dan WHEELER 20 17 18 17 20 19 16 19 -0 1 20 20 1 20 190* 208

4 8 Colin PEACOCK 14 14 15 15 17 15 1 17 19 16 16 17 1 0 175 177

5 69 Tony LE MAY 17 19 14 1 18 17 18 1 17 18 17 16 172 173

6 72 Rob HOWARD 10 13 17 19 14 13 1 14 18 17 -0 -0 17 17 169** 170

7 47 James B COULSON 12 16 1 14 16 1 17 1 1 19 15 18 1 16 145 148

8 85 Sam SUMMERHAYES 1 12 1 12 14 15 13 11 12 14 105

9 42 Paul SIMMONDS 13 1 13 13 0 0 14 12 18 15 99

10 13 Phil HARVEY 11 1 15 14 16 14 71

11 21 Aaron SMITH 0 1 1 20 15 16 15 1 1 0 70

12 55 Michael GREEN 1 11 12 1 16 13 1 12 67

13 29 Dave DREW 18 18 0 0 1 16 1 9 63

14 53 Niven BURGE 1 1 16 1 13 13 45

15 99 Mark COWAN 1 1 13 14 1 15 45

16 37 Richard CASEY 15 15 1 0 31

17 12 Paul THOMPSON 14 15 29

18 44 Paul CLARK 1 10 11

Invitation

nc 102 Gary WARBURTON (7) (9) (1) (10) (1) (12) (14) (14) (11) (11) (1) (13) -

nc 141 Damon ASTIN (11) (1) (18) (16) -

nc 118 Jason BURGESS (13) (12) (0) (13) -

nc 113 Rob PERKINS (13) (0) -

nc 136 Greg CARINI (1) (0) -

nc 114 Paul DE JONG w w -

Mini-7 Classic

nc 188 Ian CURLEY (9) (8) -

nc 200 Tim STANBRIDGE (8) (7) -

nc 192 Steve JONES (6) (6) -

nc 177 Bill SOLLIS (0) (10) -

nc 157 William WARD (5) (5) -

nc 771 Nick PADDY (4) (0) -

Practiced 22 22 19 19 10 10 13 13 16 16 12 12 10 10

Started 20 21 18 16 10 10 11 11 16 15 12 12 10 9

Finished 17 16 11 11 8 9 8 8 9 13 10 10 6 9

1 Castle Combe 21 April FL: R Deeth Pole: A Smith Spax Improver: R Deeth (+13) 2 Castle Combe 21 April FL: R Howard Pole: D Wheeler Spax Improver: D Drew (+6) 3 Brands Hatch 10 May FL: K Astin Pole: R Casey Spax Improver: Niv Burge (+14) 4 Brands Hatch 11 May FL: D Wheeler Pole: R Howard Spax Improver: P Simmonds (+6) 5 Cadwell Park 31 May FL: D Wheeler Pole: D Wheeler Spax Improver: J Coulson (+3) 6 Cadwell Park 1 June FL: J Coulson Pole: D Wheeler Spax Improver: A Smith (+4) 7 Thruxton 14 June FL: D Wheeler Pole: R Deeth Spax Improver: T Le May (+4) 8 Thruxton 15 June FL: D Wheeler Pole: R Deeth Spax Improver: S Summerhayes (+5) 9 Oulton Park 12 July FL: A Smith Pole: R Deeth Spax Improver: P Harvey (+9) 10 Oulton Park 12 July FL: R Deeth Pole: C Peacock Spax Improver: P Harvey (+8) 11 Donington Park 23 August FL: R Deeth Pole: D Wheeler Spax Improver: T Le May (+6) 12 Donington Park 23 August FL: R Deeth Pole: D Wheeler Spax Improver: T Le May (+5) 13 Croft 20 Sept’ FL: R Deeth Pole: R Deeth Spax Improver: P Simmonds (+4) 14 Croft 21 Sept’ FL: R Deeth Pole: R Deeth Spax Improver: D Wheeler (+2) * Invitation + Mini-7 Classic not eligible for points * #88 penalty score to count in best total ** #72 penalty scores dropped

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MINI SE7EN1 Andrew Deviny Newport Pagnell4 Darren Thomas Gloucester5 Ashley Davies Abergavenny16 Julian Affleck High Wycombe22 Graeme Davis London23 Jabez Dyer Leominster35 Paul Spark Cannock37 Gareth Hunt Coventry38 Steve Hopper Maidenhead45 Leon Wightman Dunstable46 Max Hunter Leighton Buzzard47 Kelvin Edgar Hollywell49 Ross Billison Epsom Downs59 Julian Proctor Coleford60 Malcolm Keat Bolton63 Dave Robinson Darlington69 Steve Trench Camberley73 Spencer Wanstall Newington88 Kieren McDonald Aylesbury89 Tom Hartwell Evesham

MINI SE7EN S CLASS90 Ian Deviny Lincoln91 Shaun Tarlton Northampton92 Kevin O’Shea Frome93 Roland Parsloe 96 Matthew Gleave Waltham St

Lawrence97 James Burrows Romford

MINI 7 CLASSIC157 William Ward Battle177 Bill Sollis Hildenborough188 Ian curley Maidstone

192 Steve Jones Wells200 Tim Stanbridge Stevington771 Nick Paddy

MINI MIGLIA8 Colin Peacock London11 Kane Astin Swaffham

Bulbeck13 Phil Harvey Birmingham16 Lee Jones Northolt20 Mark Sims Headley21 Aaron Smith Maidstone23 Rupert Deeth Cambridge29 Dave Drew Alton37 Richard Casey Burnley42 Paul Simmonds Collier Street43 Dave Edgecombe Ledbury44 Paul Clark Denbigh47 James Coulson London53 Niven Burge Nr Royston55 Michael Green Haverfordwest69 Tony Le May Norwich72 Rob Howard Chipperfield79 Jon Lee Wellingborough85 Sam Summerhayes Bristol88 Daniel Wheeler Olney99 Mark Cowan Benfleet

INVITATION102 Gary Warburton Frodsham141 Damon Astin Ely118 Jason Burgess Peterborough113 Rob Perkins Peterborough114 Paul De Jong Asperen, NL123 Gordon Pocock Church Westcote

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The Official Monthly Newsletter of the Mini 7 Racing Club

Issue 01/12

CRACKING START TO 2012

Apri l 2012

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

Chairman’s Chat 2

New Sponsor 3

The Next Events 4

Club Bulletin 6

News 7

Race Reports 8

Championship Table 11

The 2012 season got off to a great start with two action packed races in the spring sunshine at Oulton Park in Chesh-ire. A large crowd was treated to two typically Mini 10 lap encounters with ac-

tion all the way from start to finish.

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

counter 2010 Cham-pion Paul Thompson took pole position and then led from start to finish to claim his first victory since Spa last year.

FULL RACE REPORTS ON PAGES 8 AND 9

ENTRIES OPEN FOR COMBE The entry form for the Motors TV event at Castle Combe on Monday 7 May is now available and it is requested that all racing members in-tending to partici-pate get their entries in as soon as possible.

The Mini 7 Racing Club has bought the grid and we need to know the numbers as

soon as possible. We also need to make sure the TV commentators have an accurate entry list ahead of the event so driver pro-files can be pre-pared. Remember this is LIVE TV!

You can enter online at Or you can

download the entry form from the web-site and pay Mike Jackson at Doning-ton Park next week-end. You can pay right up to the event on the 7 May but we request that you don’t leave it to the last minute.

It is going to be a great event and its going to be on TV.

FLYING START TO 2013

It’s been business as usual for the Mini

Se7en Racing Club as this year’s

championships got off to a roaring

start. With Round 1 at Donington and

Round 2 & 3 at Rockingham under

our belts the season has well and truly

begun, and brought with it all the

hard fought sideways action we ex-

pect. As of Round 3 it’s

Paul Spark in the lead of the Se7ens,

having won at Donny and placed

strongly in both Rockingham races.

It’s a strong statement from the three-

time champion, who will be looking

to put early points on the board in

pursuit of his fourth consecutive title.

In the Miglias it’s been an all Kane

Astin affair so far; three victories from

three outings leave him very much in

control. But good performances from

Aaron Smith and Tristen Knight show

that he’s got a long way to go to se-

cure the championship, and of

course you can never discount the

experience of 6-time winner Peter

Baldwin. 2013 has also brought with it a few

changes in the way that

M7RC communi-

cate with fans and teams, starting off

with this new look newsletter. Read

on to find out what else we’re doing

to make sure that Europe’s longest

running single make series appeals to

everybody.

I S S U E

J u n e 2 0 1 3

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This Issue

Donington & Rockingham Reports

Meet the Mini Se7en Modernisers

Photo Galleries

Upcoming Events and Archives

The Official

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The Mini Se7en

Racing Club

JOIN THE CLUB

Mini 7 is not just a racing series, it’s a club. It’s where

like-minded people, just like you can socialise and get to know each other, chat cars and Minis and find people who just get it.

You don’t need to be a racer to join the club, and if racing is something you’re just getting involved in, then this is a great way to learn from and chat to the pros.

SuPPORTERSThe Mini 7 Racing Supporters Club enables fans of Mini racing to belong to the Mini 7 Racing Club without the need to join as a racing

member. For an annual fee of just £20 for UK members and £25 for International Members, Mini 7 Racing Supporters Club members will enjoy a range of benefits and exclusive offers.

RACERSTo race with the Mini 7 Racing Club you must be a Racing Member. At £195 per season this represents great value for money.

In addition to being able to race with the Club, Racing Members also receive the same benefits as Supporters Club members - access to the members forum, club discounts, voting at the AGM and much more.

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