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2008 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom

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The 2008 Elf Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season began at Brands Hatch on 29 March and finished after 20 races over 10 events at the same circuit on 21 September. The championship was won by Ben Winrow driving for Team Pyro.

Changes for 2008

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  • Entries were limited to 36 to ensure that the championship was contested over 20 races.
  • The series returned to using the double-header race format as seen prior to 2007.

Teams and drivers

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All competitors raced in Renault Clio Cup 197s.

Team No. Drivers Rounds
JHR Developments 1 United Kingdom Richard Cannon 1-4, 6
United Kingdom Steven Hunter 5, 8
United Kingdom Matt Allison 9
United Kingdom Max Hunter 10
3 United Kingdom Mark Hazell 1-3, 5-6, 8-10
United Kingdom Steven Hunter 4, 7
11 United Kingdom Paul Rivett All
43 United Kingdom Derek Pierce 7, 10
United Kingdom Steven Hunter 9
Mardi Gras Motorsport 2 United Kingdom Gavin Pyper All
10 Republic of Ireland Árón Smith All
88 Republic of Ireland David Dickenson All
Team Pyro 4 United Kingdom Ben Winrow 1-9
5 United Kingdom Chris Rice All
6 United Kingdom Alex Dew 8-10
7 Guernsey Chris Law 1-6, 10
15 United Kingdom Jeff Smith 2-4, 6-10
United Kingdom Neil Waterworth 5
Solutions Racing 6 United Kingdom Alex Dew 1-7
46 United Kingdom Robert Gaffney 1-2
Team Valtra 8 United Kingdom Peter Felix 1
Full Speed Racing 2-3, 5-6, 8-9
23 United Kingdom Chris Panayiotou 1-2, 6
28 United Kingdom Phil Glew All
99 United Kingdom Glenn Bell 1-6
United Kingdom Chaz Small 7-9
Total Control Racing 9 United Kingdom Alex MacDowall All
22 United Kingdom Mike Robinson All
27 United Kingdom Ray MacDowall 1, 3
United Kingdom Nick Adcock 2, 4-5
United Kingdom Jonathan Adam 6
Italy Fulvio Mussi 7
United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts 8-9
77 United Kingdom Jonathan Ridley-Holloway All
Coastal Racing 12 United Kingdom Carl Bradley All
20 United Kingdom Stephen Tyldsley 2-4, 6-7, 9-10
Y4HR Miracle Drywash with SVE 14 Austria Niki Lanik All
Amery Motorsport 17 United Kingdom David Shepherd All
21 United Kingdom Jonathan Shepherd 1-8
United Kingdom Dave Newsham 10
26 United Kingdom Rob Austin 6
P9 Raceshop/Range Storage 24 United Kingdom Lee Pattison All
APO Sport 29 United Kingdom Alex Osborne All
Robertshaw Racing 32 United Kingdom Matt Allison 7
43 United Kingdom Derek Pierce 1-6
46 United Kingdom Robert Gaffney 3-10
Team Wood Racing 44 United Kingdom Lea Wood 1-2, 4-10
Double Six Racing 66 United Kingdom Rob Boston 1-2, 4-10

Calendar & Winners

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The series supported the British Touring Car Championship at nine of the ten rounds. The series skipped the round at Knockhill and instead raced at the World Series by Renault meeting at Silverstone on 7–8 June.

Round Venue Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 29–30 March United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Derek Pierce United Kingdom Paul Rivett JHR Developments
R2 United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Alex MacDowall United Kingdom Ben Winrow Team Pyro
2 R3 Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire 12–13 April United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Ben Winrow Team Pyro
R4 United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Paul Rivett JHR Developments
3 R5 Donington Park (National), Leicestershire 3–4 May United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Ben Winrow Team Pyro
R6 United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Gavin Pyper United Kingdom Ben Winrow Team Pyro
4 R7 Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire 17–18 May United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Steven Hunter United Kingdom Ben Winrow Team Pyro
R8 United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Alex MacDowall United Kingdom Paul Rivett JHR Developments
5 R9 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 31 May-1 June United Kingdom Paul Rivett United Kingdom Paul Rivett United Kingdom Paul Rivett JHR Developments
R10 United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Paul Rivett United Kingdom Paul Rivett JHR Developments
6 R11 Silverstone Circuit (GP), Northamptonshire 7–8 June United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Jonathan Adam United Kingdom Jonathan Adam Total Control Racing
R12 United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Ben Winrow Team Pyro
7 R13 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk 12–13 July United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Ben Winrow Team Pyro
R14 United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Matt Allison United Kingdom Ben Winrow Team Pyro
8 R15 Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire 26–27 July United Kingdom Gavin Pyper United Kingdom Lea Wood United Kingdom Ben Winrow Team Pyro
R16 United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts Total Control Racing
9 R17 Silverstone Circuit (National), Northamptonshire 30–31 August United Kingdom Paul Rivett United Kingdom Ben Winrow United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts Total Control Racing
R18 United Kingdom Paul Rivett United Kingdom Steven Hunter United Kingdom Lee Pattison P9 Raceshop/Range Storage
10 R19 Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent 20–21 September Austria Niki Lanik United Kingdom Paul Rivett
United Kingdom Alex MacDowall
United Kingdom Paul Rivett JHR Developments
R20 Austria Niki Lanik United Kingdom David Shepherd United Kingdom Paul Rivett JHR Developments

Standings

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Points were awarded on a 32, 28, 25, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 20 finishers in each race, with 2 bonus points for the fastest lap in each race. A driver's best 18 scores counted towards the championship.

Drivers' Championship

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Pos Driver BHI ROC DON THR CRO SIL SNE OUL SIL BHI Total Drop Pen Pts
1 United Kingdom Ben Winrow 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 20 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 DNS 496 11 495
2 United Kingdom Paul Rivett 1 2 3 1 Ret DNS 5 1 1 1 4 5 9 Ret 3 10 2 7 1 1 437 437
3 United Kingdom Phil Glew 3 5 12 10 7 6 4 7 3 3 3 3 2 4 5 Ret Ret Ret 5 6 345 345
4 United Kingdom Carl Bradley NC 8 4 4 5 4 10 5 4 Ret 11 Ret 8 14 4 5 9 19 6 4 280 22 278
5 Austria Niki Lanik 17 3 16 Ret Ret Ret 6 3 5 4 6 Ret 19 21 7 4 8 5 2 3 264 23 262
6 United Kingdom Mike Robinson 11 9 18 7 4 2 8 Ret 16 17 8 7 Ret 8 6 3 6 12 7 Ret 244 3 241
7 United Kingdom Alex MacDowall 15 6 19 22 18 10 3 4 15 11 5 4 Ret 5 Ret Ret 5 16 8 5 230 2 228
8 United Kingdom Rob Boston 9 15 5 Ret 20 18 6 Ret Ret 9 10 7 11 8 7 4 4 2 211 211
9 Republic of Ireland Árón Smith 4 7 8 8 11 8 13 13 10 6 14 15 12 13 15 7 11 9 11 Ret 219 6 7 206
10 United Kingdom Lee Pattison Ret DNS 7 6 6 9 Ret 17 9 Ret 20 10 7 10 Ret 13 4 1 14 8 202 202
11 United Kingdom Gavin Pyper 7 Ret 2 18 Ret 3 16 14 DSQ 5 9 6 6 11 Ret Ret 10 8 13 Ret 197 10 187
12 United Kingdom Robert Gaffney 6 19 15 14 3 5 22 10 14 13 10 8 4 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 17 184 184
13 United Kingdom Steven Hunter 2 2 20 12 5 3 9 DNS DNS 2 155 155
14 United Kingdom Alex Osborne Ret 22 11 Ret 15 13 11 12 7 8 15 11 Ret 20 8 6 14 15 Ret 9 147 2 145
15 United Kingdom Jonathan Ridley-Holloway Ret 17 9 17 12 Ret 9 Ret 12 7 18 12 16 9 Ret 11 16 Ret 9 7 138 138
16 United Kingdom Lea Wood 12 11 25 Ret 14 15 11 Ret 17 18 13 Ret 2 9 DNS 14 21 10 117 24 115
17 United Kingdom Derek Pierce 14 4 10 12 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 28 14 Ret 19 10 Ret 110 2 108
18 United Kingdom Alex Dew 8 Ret 14 16 16 14 Ret 19 19 16 24 Ret 11 16 17 15 17 10 17 16 96 25 94
19 United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts 14 1 1 3 96 36 93
20 United Kingdom Glenn Bell 13 Ret 13 5 8 7 Ret 9 Ret 14 DNS DNS 85 85
21 United Kingdom Richard Cannon Ret 13 6 3 Ret 16 19 22 7 13 82 82
22 United Kingdom Peter Felix 10 12 17 9 13 15 Ret Ret 23 19 13 14 18 13 78 37 75
23 United Kingdom Chris Rice DNS 16 24 23 19 12 Ret Ret 17 18 16 16 15 Ret Ret 12 13 17 15 11 76 28 74
24 United Kingdom David Shepherd Ret 14 20 13 Ret 11 7 6 Ret Ret 25 Ret 14 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 23 15 78 89 70
25 United Kingdom Stephen Tyldsley Ret 11 9 Ret 15 8 13 Ret Ret 15 15 20 12 14 79 910 70
26 Republic of Ireland David Dickenson 5 Ret 26 Ret 14 Ret 17 11 Ret Ret 12 Ret 18 22 16 17 19 18 19 19 71 211 69
27 United Kingdom Jonathan Adam 1 2 62 62
28 United Kingdom Matt Allison 3 12 Ret 6 54 54
29 United Kingdom Nick Adcock 21 15 12 21 8 9 41 41
30 Guernsey Chris Law 16 10 23 21 DSQ 17 18 16 13 15 19 Ret 18 13 55 1912 36
31 United Kingdom Chaz Small Ret 17 10 Ret 12 11 34 34
32 United Kingdom Dave Newsham 3 Ret 25 25
33 United Kingdom Jeff Smith Ret 25 20 18 Ret 23 22 17 Ret 23 12 16 21 Ret 22 18 25 25
34 Italy Fulvio Mussi 17 6 22 22
35 United Kingdom Mark Hazell 19 18 Ret 24 17 Ret Ret 19 26 20 18 DNS 20 DNS Ret Ret 16 2 14
36 United Kingdom Max Hunter 16 12 14 213 12
37 United Kingdom Ray MacDowall DNS 21 10 Ret 11 11
38 United Kingdom Jonathan Shepherd 18 23 27 19 21 Ret 21 24 21 Ret Ret 21 20 24 19 18 11 614 5
39 United Kingdom Neil Waterworth 18 Ret 3 3
40 United Kingdom Chris Panayiotou Ret 20 22 20 21 Ret 2 2
41 United Kingdom Rob Austin 27 Ret 0 0
Pos Driver BHI ROC DON THR CRO SIL SNE OUL SIL BHI Total Drop Pen Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Notes:

1.^ - Ben Winrow was docked one point at Thruxton.
2.^ - Carl Bradley was docked two points at Thruxton.
3.^ - Niki Lanik was docked two points at the second Silverstone meeting.
4.^ - Lea Wood was docked two points at Snetterton.
5.^ - Alex Dew was docked two points at the second Silverstone meeting.
6.^ - Stefan Hodgetts was docked three points at Oulton Park.
7.^ - Peter Felix was docked three points at Donington Park.
8.^ - Chris Rice was docked two points at Thruxton.
9.^ - David Shepherd was docked two points at the second Brands Hatch meeting as well as a further six point penalty.
10.^ - Stephen Tyldsley was docked three points at Donington Park as well as a further six point penalty.
11.^ - David Dickenson was docked two points at Rockingham.
12.^ - Chris Law was docked four points at Donington Park as well as a further fifteen point penalty.
13.^ - Max Hunter was docked two points at the second Brands Hatch meeting.
14.^ - Jonathan Shepherd was docked two points at Thruxton as well as a further four point penalty.

Winter Cup

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The Winter Cup was contested over two rounds at Croft on 1 November and Rockingham on 8 November. It was won by Árón Smith driving for Team Pyro.

Teams & Drivers

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Team No. Drivers Rounds
Total Control Racing 1 United Kingdom Alex MacDowall All
9 United Kingdom Ray MacDowall All
PH Motorsport 5 United Kingdom Phil House All
Amery Motorsport 7 United Kingdom Darren Wilson All
50 United Kingdom Dave Newsham All
Team Pyro 10 Republic of Ireland Árón Smith All
55 Republic of Ireland Quentin Smith All
Mardi Gras Motorsport 88 Republic of Ireland David Dickenson All

Calendar & Winners

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Round Venue Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Croft Circuit, North Yorkshire 1 November Republic of Ireland Árón Smith United Kingdom Phil House Republic of Ireland Árón Smith Team Pyro
R2 Republic of Ireland Árón Smith Republic of Ireland Árón Smith Republic of Ireland Árón Smith Team Pyro
2 R3 Rockingham Motor Speedway, Northamptonshire 8 November United Kingdom Alex MacDowall United Kingdom Phil House United Kingdom Phil House PH Motorsport
R4 United Kingdom Alex MacDowall Republic of Ireland Árón Smith United Kingdom Dave Newsham Amery Motorsport

Drivers' Championship

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Points were awarded on the same scale as the main championship. All scores counted.

Pos Driver CRO ROC Pts
1 Republic of Ireland Árón Smith 1 1 2 2 124
2 United Kingdom Phil House 2 3 1 8 103
3 United Kingdom Alex MacDowall 3 2 4 3 100
4 Republic of Ireland David Dickenson 4 5 5 4 84
5 United Kingdom Dave Newsham 5 Ret 3 1 77
6 Republic of Ireland Quentin Smith 6 6 7 7 68
7 United Kingdom Ray MacDowall Ret 4 6 5 60
8 United Kingdom Darren Wilson Ret 7 8 6 48
Pos Driver CRO ROC Pts
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