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Minis at Mondello!

PostPosted: Wed May 08, 2013 9:40 pm
by mini87
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Hi all,
The Mini Club of Ireland has been invited to help celebrate Mondello Park turning 45 years old (we should all look so good at 45!)

"John Keaney famously won the first ever race at the Kildare venue in a Mini Cooper S back in May 1968 and he will lead a parade of Minis around the circuit at lunchtime on raceday. The circuit admission will be decreased to just €4.50 at the gate, unless you are driving a Mini- new or old- in which case entry is free!"

This exciting petrol fest is taking place on the weekend of the 8th and 9th of June (see the post URL below), I will post details below as soon as the become available so stay tuned!!!! :blob10: :blob3: :blob5: :blob6: :blob7:

http://www.motorsport.ie/mondello-45-meeting-to-celebrate-irish-circuits-birthday/

More details provided by Mondello today
The timetable will not be completed until closer to the event but Saturday will be mainly just qualifying with racing starting from about 11am on Sunday. The bar will be open on Saturday and we are actively searching for footage of the early meetings at Mondello to show on the night.

On Sunday, we will have space allocated in the paddock for Minis to park- the track will be busy though as it is a big meeting so the opportunities to cross the track may be limited during the day- I would suggest your guys get there as early as they can. At lunch time, the Minis will all take to the track for some parade laps- probably led by John Keaney, who won the first race back in 1968 and still has a Mini!

The meeting is going to be streamed live on http://www.mondello.tv and we will cover the parade too, so make sure your friends all around the world are watching!

The Classes listed to race over the weekend are as follows:



· Formula Vee

· Irish Touring Cars

· Formula Sheane

· Stryker Sportscars

· Fiesta Zetecs

· Future Classics

· GTs

Some hotel options:

Osprey hotel Naas http://ospreyhotel.ie/

Kilashee hotel Naas http://www.killasheehouse.com/en/

Trip Advisor search of hotels in Naas http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotels-g55 ... otels.html

PostPosted: Wed May 08, 2013 11:48 pm
by Bawnee
Sounds great!!! Looking forward to hearing more!

Re: Minis at Mondello!

PostPosted: Fri May 10, 2013 11:47 am
by swampette
This is going to be a fantastic weekend! And it ties in nicely with my 30th birthday!!! Myself and Amy are going to try and round up some troops from all over the country to come to this - would be amazing to have a huge turnout for the parade around the track!
Sarah

Re: Minis at Mondello!

PostPosted: Fri May 10, 2013 6:06 pm
by Masterbiker
Christine and I will be there in both of ours. Is anyone going to be there for the Saturday too? Also any hotels anyone can recommend?

PostPosted: Tue May 14, 2013 7:24 pm
by Derfinn
This sounds exciting!

Re: Minis at Mondello!

PostPosted: Tue May 21, 2013 9:27 pm
by mini87
Hi Michael will post some hotels on the main post there

Re: Minis at Mondello!

PostPosted: Fri May 31, 2013 1:22 pm
by MiniMpi
This has come up fast :)
For anyone attending, Please be in the Paddock before 9am.
For accommodation please contact Sarah 0n (0867809456)

Re: Minis at Mondello!

PostPosted: Sun Jun 02, 2013 7:53 pm
by oliver
Count me in. Looks good.

Re: Minis at Mondello!

PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 7:52 pm
by oliver
Anybody that is going to this event if you have walkie talkies, can you bring them along please?

Re: Minis at Mondello!

PostPosted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 1:01 am
by Masterbiker
oliver wrote:Anybody that is going to this event if you have walkie talkies, can you bring them along please?

I have my 2 on charge!

Re: Minis at Mondello!

PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 9:39 am
by MiniMpi
Lovely and sunny here at Mondello Race Track :)

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Re: Minis at Mondello!

PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 11:49 am
by MiniMpi
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 7:13 pm
by Derfinn
Aw wow!

Looks like a great few days were had by all.

Sorry to have missed it.

Re: Minis at Mondello!

PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 7:49 pm
by oliver
Great weekend. The accomodation was brilliant, nice and peaceful. Except for the donkey's making some odd noises. Thanks to everyone for making it a good weekend.
The "parade lap" was a lot of fun at Mondello as well.

Re: Minis at Mondello!

PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 8:37 pm
by MiniMpi
Another great photo :
"Great Colours"

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