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MINI 2nd at Rally Morocco, Set Sights on Dakar :
Last year MINI shocked the motorsports world by not just winning, but dominating Dakar. With the 2013 Dakar Rally coming up in January, MINI ALL4 Racing and X-raid want to defend that title. Using Rally Morocco as a warm up, things are looking good. [Official Release] Project Title Defence is in full swing: In its final desert race before the Rallye Dakar the X-raid Team impresses with speed and consistency in Morocco. MINI is ready for its … Read entire article »
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Sixth place for MINI with Atkinson in WRC Sardinia:
Sixth place in Sardinia: On the Rallye Italia Chris Atkinson posts the MINI marque’s best gravel result of the current WRC season as Paulo Nobre finishes 19th. Superb result for the WRC Team MINI Portugal on the Rallye Italia: Chris “Atko” Atkinson repeats his previous best result on the Rallye Italia in Sardinia, namely the sixth place he posted on the WRC round in 2008 – in the process providing the MINI marque with its best … Read entire article »
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MINI Withdraws Factory WRC Team :
MINI announced officially today that they are pulling out of “works involvement” in the FIA World Rally Championship at the end of the 2012 season. What does that mean? It means that MINI is no longer fielding a factory racing team in the WRC. Does this mean the end of MINIs racing in WRC? Not at all. In fact, BMW will continue to develop the 1.6L racing engine with Prodrive, and Prodrive will continue to … Read entire article »
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New Zealanders Build Classic Mini Bonneville Salt Racer :
Three New Zealanders have converted a 1964 Mini Cooper S into a racing missile and are now out to set a new speed record in the USA. Their goal: 250 km/h. Garry Orton, Guy Griffith and Garry Grand have named their unbelievable sounding mission “Project 64″, as they look to demonstrate to the world just how much power their modified Mini Cooper S possesses. The trio hopes to push the boundaries of speed with the classic … Read entire article »
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Sordo 6th in WRC New Zealand :
Although the heavens opened overnight to soften the New Zealand’s special stages – as they had on the opening day – this time MINI driver Dani Sordo held the upper hand when it came to tyres. Unlike his opponents, the Spaniard had ‘soft’ rubber at his disposal, which he used to good effect. With strong performances over the final seven special stages of the Rally New Zealand, he attracted attention, adding to MINI’s world championship points … Read entire article »
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MINI WRC Takes 10th in Greece :
[Official Release via MINI Motorsport] It became clear three stages from the end of the Rally Greece that a party would be breaking out at Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari’s team after news was confirmed that Andreas Mikkelsen, then in tenth place, had retired with a damaged car. Naturally no one in the Seashore Qatar Rally Team would wish that on an opponent, certainly not on an event as demanding as the Rally Greece. Still, hand-on-heart, a place … Read entire article »
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