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Ronnie Smith admitted his delight at securing the rookie cup title with two races of the Vertu MINI CHALLENGE Trophy season still to run.<\/strong><\/p>\n Smith has been the man to beat amongst the first year drivers throughout the campaign having taken the step into the Cooper class this season with the Chandler Motorsport squad.<\/p>\n Heading into the Brands Hatch season finale with one hand on the title already, Smith was able to finish ahead of closest rival Leo Purches to put himself out of reach in the standings.<\/p>\n It means Chandler Motorsport successfully defends the title it won last year with Rhys Hurd.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m really pleased as it\u2019s not been easy at times, but I just tried to make sure I stayed positive,\u201d Smith said.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been consistent and there have been times that it has been better to sacrifice a move in order to bag the points. It\u2019s been important to think about the long game as there are drivers who have won races but have ended up lower down the standings because they haven\u2019t had the consistency that we\u2019ve had.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI think we\u2019ve made the right decisions as the season has gone on and hopefully we can finish the year strongly across the final two races.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_enable_image=”off” background_size=”contain” background_position=”center_left” custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.minichallenge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-11-02-at-16.09.48-2.jpeg” title_text=”WhatsApp Image 2024-11-02 at 16.09.48″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.minichallenge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-11-02-at-16.09.48-1.jpeg” title_text=”WhatsApp Image 2024-11-02 at 16.09.48 (1)” _builder_version=”4.27.2″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ronnie Smith admitted his delight at securing the rookie cup title with two races of the Vertu MINI CHALLENGE Trophy season still to run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":26662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1462,1466],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-cooper"],"yoast_head":"\n