The penultimate round of this years Pirelli-supported MINI Challenge will take place at the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit next weekend where British Touring Car Championship driver Paul ONeill will join the grid.Located just 20 miles outside central London, Brands Hatchthe former home of the British Grand Prixwas a hive of activity last week when it was used as the venue for the Paralympic road cycling events. Next weekend will consist of three action-packed races as the seven-round series nears the end of its first season with Pirelli as the championships exclusive tyre supplier. Two classes are entered in this years MINI Challenge: the turbocharged John Cooper Works (JCW) class and the Club class.  Henry Gilbert will be aiming to extend his lead in the JCW class, where he currently leads second-placed Jono Brown by 22 points.Former MINI Challenge champion Lee Allen is third in the overall standings but successfully leads the highly competitive Club Class. Chris Smith is second, 20 points adrift of Allen.The JCW class will be provided with slick and wet options: the 225/625-17 DH slick and 225/625-17 WS wet tyre. Pirelli DH slicks and N3 wets will be available to the Club Class.Pirelli Tyre UK operations manager, Matthew Corby, said: Brands Hatch is one of the most iconic circuits on the MINI Challenge calendar with famous corners such as a Paddock Hill bend. It also features some very technical sections such as the Druids hairpin that will certainly test our Pirelli rubber to the limit.   It will be extra special to see the MINI Challenge competing on the same track where Alex Zanardi took an emotional gold in the hand cycling event at last weeks Paralympics.Series promoter Paul Harvey commented: The Brands Hatch GP circuit is the one that all the drivers want to race on and it will produce some excellent wheel to wheel competition. Everyone is looking forward to seeing how front-running BTCC driver Paul ONeill gets on against the MINI Challenge regulars.