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The Mini Club of Ireland at Mondello :
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 … Read entire article »
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MINI Successful at Nürburgring 24 Hours :
Official News from MINI Motorsports: Competitors spend months preparing for what is possibly the most challenging endurance race in the world. The performance of the car is optimised. The driving crew comes up with an elaborate plan to determine the order, in which they will take to the iconic track in order to achieve maximum success at the 24-hour race. The mechanics puzzle out how they can get the best possible performance out of their cars, … Read entire article »
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A MINI Tour Fit for a Princess. Two of them, in fact :
Official News from MINI: Two British princesses, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie of York, launch the GREAT Britain MINI Tour in Berlin. The MINI Cooper S John Cooper Works hardtop hatch will be an omnipresent eye-catcher as part of a British promotional campaign partnered by MINI Germany. With its unmistakable design, the MINI will make its appearance as an icon of British culture at every stage of the tour through Germany’s 16 federal states. The GREAT campaign … Read entire article »
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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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Gearing up for its world debut: The MINI John Cooper Works GP :
Gearing up for its world debut: The MINI John Cooper Works GP Two seats, 160 kW/218 hp, coilover suspension, sports brakes, model-specific 17-inch alloy wheels and aerodynamic body parts – 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) sprint time 6.3 seconds, top speed 242 km/h (150 mph), best lap time on the Nürburgring North Loop: 8:23 minutes – the fastest MINI ever built, extensively equipped with John Cooper Works motor sport technology – official debut at the … 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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