Mini Challenge CLUBSPORT Talk Show

About Mini Challenge CLUBSPORT Talk Show

The idea behind the Mini Challenge CLUBSPORT championship is for MINI racers to enjoy a close competitive series whilst keeping costs low, making the series ideal for amateur drivers with a limited budget. The idea behind this monthly talk show is to provide a fun community show where we all come together and enable the racers and business partners to gain extra exposure, with guests on the live shows rotating around the partners and drivers, and anyone else involved in the championship. The show is designed to be light and fun, and will also enable us to promote upcoming activities and discuss those that have already happened. Make sure you tune in to the live shows on YouTube and Facebook, and your comments/questions added during the live shows can even be put up on screen (along with your profile name and photo) and answered live in the interactive episodes. But this podcast also enables you to listen back to the shows whilst driving, walking, or working out!! (or in the pub...)

Publisher

Mini Challenge CLUBSPORT

Category

leisure · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Aug 2024

Latest episode

15 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

5 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Jun 2026

   MINI Challenge Clubsport Talk Show - Series 2, Episode 1 | Brands Hatch Opening Round 2026

   MINI Challenge Clubsport Season 2 gets underway with a full driver and management debrief from the 2026 opening round at Brands Hatch. Welcome back to the MINI Challenge Clubsport Talk Show. This is Series 2, Episode 1, and we are diving straight into the action from a brilliant opening weekend at Brands Hatch on the 4th and 5th of April 2026. Across the Cooper, R53 and R56 classes, this episode brings together every class podium finisher - plus championship organisers Tom Halliwell and Glen Copeland - to break down how the weekend unfolded, what surprised them, and what they are targeting as the 2026 season builds towards Thruxton, Pembrey, Snetterton and a predicted 75,000-strong crowd at Donington Park in August. In the R53 class, a five-car field made for some of the tightest class competition of the weekend. Paul Sawyer opened the season with two commanding wins before an engine failure left him running on three cylinders in the final race - yet he still crossed the line in third. Chris Johnson, only in his second-ever race season, produced a remarkable progression of third, second and first across the three races, building confidence and pace with every lap. Ben Trundley rounded out a solid opening weekend with a second, a third and a second, managing a track that has rarely been kind to him. David Gibbons and Lauren Fletcher also represented the class and completed the full set of three races across the weekend. In the R56 class - which also determines the overall results - defending champion Oli Willmott swept all three victories to pick up exactly where he left off in 2025. Nine cars represented the S56 class at Brands Hatch, with Steve Webb, John Wyatt, Adrian Linggi, Ian Trundley, Simon Sinfield and James Dudley all featuring across the weekend alongside the top three. Second place in every race went to Freddy Hewitt, who left Brands Hatch hungry for more and already working hard on what the car needs before Thruxton. Andy Langley - the 2025 R53 champion making his first appearance in the S56 class this season - completed every class podium with three consistent third places. The Cooper class - with nine cars on the grid at Brands Hatch - served up the most intense racing of the entire weekend. Jacob Heap won all three races from a freshly built car while managing a progressive clutch failure throughout. Jacob Baldry, who was unable to join the show, was right in the thick of it across all three races and finished with a third and two second places. Defending Cooper champion Daniel Truman got on the board with a second place in Race 1 before a difficult Sunday left him with plenty to work on. Colin Willmott - Oli's dad and part of the only father-son pairing in the championship - returned to sprint racing after a 20-year break and came home with two third places and a grin that lasted the entire episode. Daniel Butcher-Lord, Neal Clarke, Chris Aram, David Taylor and Anthony Greenhouse all added to a competitive and close Cooper class field across all three races. Tom Halliwell and Glen Copeland wrap up the episode with an honest look at what it means to see the championship deliver a weekend like this one - close racing across all three classes, a growing entry list, a supportive and friendly paddock, and the promise of an even more competitive season as the rounds unfold.

2. 

   7 Nov 2024

   Mini Challenge CLUBSPORT Talk Show – Episode 4

   Mini Challenge CLUBSPORT Talk Show – Episode 4 LIVE, Wednesday 30th October 2024 at 7pm Join us as we go LIVE for episode 4 of Mini Challenge Clubsport Talk Show, where we will be joined by one of our commercial partners, a novice driver, and a mechanic! Host, Chris Dawes (commentator and founder of Visual PR), will be chatting with Paul Sawyer (DJ and novice driver with the championship this year), Gamin’s Andy Hayman, and race mechanic Tom Ison. Finally, Rob Austin, Glen Copeland, and Tom Halliwell will be on the show to chat everything past, present, and future about the Mini Challenge Clubsport championship! So get a drink at the ready, and the comments and questions posed, as the design of these shows are that the banter is high and the engagement fully flowing. Don’t forget to Click “Going” or “Interested” on the Facebook event, or “Notify me” on the pending live video on YouTube and LinkedIn, to make sure you catch the live broadcast so that you can get involved (off-cam). Each episode will be live, which means that it is not scripted or edited and has a more natural and engaging tone. This enables viewers to type questions or provide comments/input whilst watching the live broadcast on either our YouTube or social channels, which will be put up on the screen (with your profile photo and name) and responded to by the episode’s guests to make it immersive and interactive. And the name of the game is for it to be fun and sociable, so get a drink in hand and let the good times roll! The stream can be watched live (and recorded) from any of the following locations: Facebook: www.facebook.com/MINICHALLENGECLUBSPORT/live_videos (http://www.facebook.com/MINICHALLENGECLUBSPORT/live_videos) YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MiniChallengeClubsport (http://www.youtube.com/@MiniChallengeClubsport) www.minichallengeclubsport.co.uk (http://www.minichallengeclubsport.co.uk) www.garmin.com/en-GB/ (https://www.garmin.com/en-GB/) This is a Visual PR production – Connecting the dots between PR and Marketing with authentic, credible, and engagingly natural conversational video content and resulting assets from each episode – Elevating your Brand and Igniting Audience Engagement! www.visual-pr.co.uk (http://www.visual-pr.co.uk) enquiries@visual-pr.co.uk (mailto:enquiries@visual-pr.co.uk) www.youtube.com/@VisualPRUK (http://www.youtube.com/@VisualPRUK)

3. 

   30 Sept 2024

   Mini Challenge CLUBSPORT Talk Show Episode 3

   Mini Challenge CLUBSPORT Talk Show – Episode 3 LIVE, Wednesday 25th September 2024 at 7pm Join as we go LIVE for episode 3 of Mini Challenge Clubsport Talk Show, where we will be welcoming several different guests, have a very exciting announcement, and launch the 2025 calendar! Host, Chris Dawes (commentator and founder of Visual PR), will be chatting with driver Freddy Hewitt hot off of his Cooper S R56 Championship victory, and Neal Clarke as he progresses from being a previous winner of the Cooper Class to Cooper S next season. We will also be speaking with business partner, Ravenol, about our ongoing partnership and a very exciting announcement for something new we will be doing with them next season! Find out how mini track days and ARDS availability could dovetail nicely into this as well… Finally, Rob Austin and Tom Halliwell will be looking at the impressive-looking race calendar for 2025 that they have been working very hard on putting together! So get a drink at the ready, and the comments and questions flowing, as the design of these shows are that the banter is high and the engagement fully flowing – or should that be the other way round? Don’t forget to Click “Going” or “Interested” on the Facebook event, or “Notify me” on the pending live video on YouTube and LinkedIn, to make sure you catch the live broadcast so that you can get involved (off-cam). Each episode will be live, which means that it is not scripted or edited and has a more natural and engaging tone. This enables viewers to type questions or provide comments/input whilst watching the live broadcast on either our YouTube or social channels, which will be put up on the screen (with your profile photo and name) and responded to by the episode’s guests to make it immersive and interactive. And the name of the game is for it to be fun and sociable, so get a drink in hand and let the good times roll! The stream can be watched live (and recorded) from any of the following locations: Facebook: www.facebook.com/MINICHALLENGECLUBSPORT/live_videos (http://www.facebook.com/MINICHALLENGECLUBSPORT/live_videos) YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MiniChallengeClubsport (http://www.youtube.com/@MiniChallengeClubsport) www.minichallengeclubsport.co.uk (http://www.minichallengeclubsport.co.uk) www.ravenol-direct.uk (http://www.ravenol-direct.uk) This is a Visual PR production – Connecting the dots between PR and Marketing with authentic, credible, and engagingly natural conversational video content and resulting assets from each episode – Elevating your Brand with video and Igniting Audience Engagement! www.visual-pr.co.uk (http://www.visual-pr.co.uk) enquiries@visual-pr.co.uk (mailto:enquiries@visual-pr.co.uk) www.youtube.com/@VisualPRUK (http://www.youtube.com/@VisualPRUK)

4. 

   27 Aug 2024

   Episode 2 - Airtec and Donington Park August 2024 Review

   Show was LIVE, Wednesday 21st August 2024 at 7pm Join as we went LIVE for episode 2 of Mini Challenge Clubsport Talk Show, where we will get to speak with our multi-year partner, Airtec, and several of the several of the successful drivers from our fourth round at Donington Park on 10th and 11th August. Host, Chris Dawes (commentator and founder of Visual PR), spoke with Airtect Motorsport's Ryan Beeden, and some of the victors from Donington Park (Andy Langley, Oli Willmott, Charlie Newton-Darby, Zac Blackwell, and Jamie Ringer), along with Mini Challenge Clubsport's Rob Auston, Tom Halliwell, and Glen Copeland). Get a drink at the ready, and the comments and questions flowing, as the design of these shows are that the banter is high and the engagement fully flowing – or should the be the other way round? Each episode will be live, which means that it is not scripted or edited and has a more natural and engaging tone. This enables viewers to type questions or provide comments/input whilst watching the live broadcast on either our YouTube or social channels, which will be put up on the screen (with your profile photo and name) and responded to by the episode’s guests to make it immersive and interactive. And the name of the game is for it to be fun and sociable, so get a drink in hand and let the good times roll! The stream can be watched live (and recorded) from any of the following locations: Facebook: www.facebook.com/MINICHALLENGECLUBSPORT/live_videos (http://www.facebook.com/MINICHALLENGECLUBSPORT/live_videos) YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MiniChallengeClubsport (http://www.youtube.com/@MiniChallengeClubsport) www.minichallengeclubsport.co.uk (http://www.minichallengeclubsport.co.uk) This is a Visual PR production – Connecting the dots between PR and Marketing with authentic, credible, and engagingly natural conversational video content and resulting assets from each episode – Elevating your Brand and Igniting Audience Engagement! www.visual-pr.co.uk (http://www.visual-pr.co.uk) enquiries@visual-pr.co.uk (mailto:enquiries@visual-pr.co.uk) www.youtube.com/@VisualPRUK (http://www.youtube.com/@VisualPRUK)

5. 

   6 Aug 2024

   Episode 1 - The Launch!

   Join us as we launch the new Mini Challenge CLUBSPORT Talk Show, produced and broadcast by our latest partner, Visual PR! Episode 1 is a pre-record as we launch what will become a monthly live talk show, aired on our YouTube and social channels, that will provide the opportunity for drivers and business partners to be guests, and for viewers to get involved in the interactive episodes to enable the community spirit that is a cornerstone of the championship to continue away from the track too! Host, Chris Dawes (Visual PR) will be in conversation with Rob Austin, Tom Halliwell, and Glen Copeland to discuss the championship’s foundations, goals, and objectives, and what we can expect from these episodes. Whilst they make it clear that the focus is for the drivers and partners to get more exposure and involvement, it is a great opportunity to hear from the driving forces behind the championship, and we all know that the banter levels will be high Don’t forget to Click “Going” or “Interested” on the Facebook event, or “Notify me” on the pending live video on YouTube and LinkedIn, to make sure you catch the live broadcast so that you can get involved (off-cam). Each future episode will be live, which means that it is not scripted or edited and has a more natural and engaging tone. This enables viewers to type questions or provide comments/input whilst watching the live broadcast on either our YouTube or social channels, which will be put up on the screen (with your profile photo and name) and responded to by the episode’s guests to make it immersive and interactive. And the name of the game is for it to be fun and sociable, so get a drink in hand and let the good times roll! The stream can be watched live (and recorded) from any of the following locations: Facebook: www.facebook.com/MINICHALLENGECLUBSPORT/live_videos (http://www.facebook.com/MINICHALLENGECLUBSPORT/live_videos) YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MiniChallengeClubsport (http://www.youtube.com/@MiniChallengeClubsport) www.minichallengeclubsport.co.uk (http://www.minichallengeclubsport.co.uk) This is a Visual PR production – Connecting the dots between PR and Marketing with authentic, credible, and engagingly natural conversational video content and resulting assets from each episode – Elevating your Brand and Igniting Audience Engagement! www.visual-pr.co.uk (http://www.visual-pr.co.uk) enquiries@visual-pr.co.uk (mailto:enquiries@visual-pr.co.uk) www.youtube.com/@VisualPRUK (http://www.youtube.com/@VisualPRUK)

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