Preparations are well underway for the team of seven cars and drivers being fielded by Don Racine and Mini Mania, Inc. at this weekend’s Can-Am Mini Challenge at California’s Sonoma Raceway. Over 30 Mini Cooper vintage racers are expected to take the green flag. Three of the team's seven drivers are European champions. They were joined by team leader Don Racine last week at the famous...

Four Class Wins Sought by International All-Star Team at Vintage Historic Races! Car assignments are now complete for Mini Mania’s assault on the vintage racing Can-Am Mini Challenge at California’s Sonoma Raceway Sept. 29 - Oct. 1. The four-driver Racine family racing team is being joined by three of Europe’s top Mini Cooper Champions.

Done Racine of Mini Mania, California, once again sponsored this race and chose the location in Mid Ohio to enable competitors from all over USA and Canada to compete even though some had to travel from South California, Florida or Canada, which in some cases represented up to 40 odd hours towing the race cars or rigs.

Done Racine of Mini Mania, California, once again sponsored this race and chose the location in Mid Ohio to enable competitors from all over USA and Canada to compete even though some had to travel from South California, Florida or Canada, which in some cases represented up to 40 odd hours towing the race cars or rigs.

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Race report by Phil Wicks of the Can-Am Mini Race, June 2014 56 Minis entered ranging in groups from M1-M5, with M5 being mostly space framed rear wheel drive cars with a lightweight Mini body shell, extra wide 13” wheels with slic...

Coming straight off the Mid-Ohio Can-Am Mini Challenge race in June, I pulled the cylinder head of Snoopy, my 1967 Austin Mini racecar, and freshened it up. Everything seemed okay. We found a couple of things amiss on the front suspension and corrected accordingly.

2014 is the 40th year that Mini Mania has enthusiastically supported the Mini Cooper community. Our celebration started with our party at the Nevada City Adventure at the end of May and will continue with are touring across the US to participate in a number of special Mini races.

Brands Hatch raceway is the quintessential track that has represented English racing since 1950 and while probably best known for the “Grand Prix” circuit, it uses a smaller portion of that famous track that has been called the INDY circuit.

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We traveled to Virginia International Raceway (VIR) on Thursday, October 4, so we could take advantage of the Friday morning practice. Floyd Harper, the suspension guru from Black Art Design had spent a lot of time the previous week adjusting the suspension on Snoopy and corrected as best as possible the caster, camber, tracking, ride height, and shock settings.

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 cars must be at least 20 years old, entrants can choose their own route, and the winner gets a camel: the Allgäu-Orient Rally has its own rules. This year's race will include three classic Mini cars.

The Walter Mitty road races at Road Atlanta is probably the biggest and most significant vintage racing on the east coast.

The 2012 SCCA race season has begun for the MINCOMP MINI with the first race of the season being held at Cal Speedway on Jan 21-22! As what has become

Speed Festival on Coronado Island this year was a very special event.  Not only was it the 14th year of Vintage Racing on the North Island Airfield but it was also part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary

This is the story about HS-Racing in Sweden.It started with a dream, a dream to be fast and furious, but most of all - HAVING FUN !

We took the MINCOMP MINI racing the other weekend 4-30-201, it was an SCCA double National race out at Buttonwillow!  Frankly most of our races this year have pretty much ended in some sort of drama! So let me start at the beginning of the race season

Mini Mania, Inc. announces its second annual Arrive & Drive contest! Enter to win a high performance driving class where we equip you with a race-prepared classic Mini or MINI Cooper S!

Denise McCluggage (born 1927) is an American auto racing driver, journalist, author and photographer. McCluggage was a pioneer of equality for women in the U.S., both in motorsports as well as in journalism.

A letter from Corinthian Vintage Auto Racing We pride ourselves in good events where most everyone has a great time. A couple of things about CVAR..

Doing Hallett Raceway backwards in a Mini Cooper Hallett has over 80 feet of elevation change and is considered Technically Difficult. It has wide, grassy run-off areas and zero concrete or Armco barriers. Hallett is unique in that it can be run in either clockwise or counter-clockwise directions ­ making it two completely different race courses.

Vintage racing a Mini Cooper at Hallett Raceway Vintage racing a Mini Cooper is hit, racing with old friends makes it a double, racing at Hallett raceway for the first time makes it a triple, and being a guest of the Corinthian Vintage Auto Racing group made it a home run!  Almost too good to be true!  And I don’t even play baseball! *yerrrr safe!*

Now let’s take a look back at the two chaps who helped build that rich racing heritage as they take a modern MINI ’round the snowy curves of the classic rally route.

THE LEGEND RETURNS: MINI LINES UP IN THE FIA WRC IN 2011 The countdown is on to the return of MINI on the international motorsport stage. This season, the new MINI WRC Team will compete at selected rounds in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC).

VDCA – Road Atlanta February 18-20, 2011 By Phil Wicks Power and torque mean everything at Road Atlanta. Suffice to say, we found much more of it in the engine and handling work we did on the Snoopy dog Mini!   After many conference calls with Don Racine at Mini Mania, I re-worked the existing cylinder head

Racing Legend Returns ONE of Australia’s best racing drivers, who made his debut in a Morris Minor at Gnoo Blas in 1958, will return for this year’s Gnoo Blas car show in Jack Brabham Park on February 12.

1969 MINI Cooper S Wins the Rallye Monte Carlo Historique The MINI car brand has entered a team in the Rallye Monte Carlo Historique recently, and managed to emerge victorious. The car in question was a 1969 Cooper S, driven by Finnish racer Rauno Aaltonen

Free Power Meter App for iPhone - Play with the settings and it can measure your 0-30, 0-50, 0-60 and 0-100 mph times, 1/16-, 1/8-, 1/4-, 1/2- and full-mile runs, your speed and both your forward and lateral g.

The annual Phil Wicks Driving Academy Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation fund-raising event took place on September 10-11, 2010 at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee.

Did I have fun? You Bet! Since the event I have found myself continually reflecting on the experience. I find myself reviewing in my mind’s eye the turns I did well, and the turns I didn’t do well.

The Mini's at this year's CSRG Charity Challenge Race were all in group B, a representation of the smaller engine displacement sports and GT cars as raced in the US under rules of 1967 and earlier.

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The Mini Coopers of Don and Dennis Racine traveled to the fabled Portland International Raceway for the 34th annual Portland Historics Races July 9-11, 2010. 

Imagine winning a Mini Cooper High Performance Driving Experience program where you will ARRIVE & DRIVE a Mini Mania Cooper S! As you arrive at the Thunderhill Raceway at Hooked on Driving you'll receive a warm welcome from Don Racine,

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Classic Mini Cooper Racing and the history of the Unsbee Mini

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Finally got the LeMons mini (LeMini) on the dyno last night (this morning! home just about 3am!) and got some numbers. Not that they mean a whole lot, but I got the fueling a bit better sorted.

Masters Historic Racing has launched its latest tin-top series, thought to be the first ever ‘one make’ historic series, catering solely for FIA specification Pre-1966 Minis.

Happy New Year! The Phil Wicks Driving Academy has just announced its event at the brand new Chuckwalla Valley Raceway in Desert Center, California, for Monday, May 24, 2010. This is an exciting new opportunity for the driving academy as this is the only track scheduled in the western Un...

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Dennis and I bought the car on October 1 and I made the stupid bold statement that we could get it ready in time for the last Vintage CSRG race of the year on October 31st! Crazy, bold, stupid, egotistical, these are all term that describe the adventure we were about to start.

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The Phil Wicks MINI Driving Academy hosted the third annual "Minnie Challenge" at Nashville International Raceway on October 25-26.  The event is a fund-raiser for the Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation and netted over $25,000 for the charity.

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The historic races at Laguna Seca, Monterey, in California, are considered the ultimate event of its kind held in the USA. This year’s featured marque was Cooper and, much to the delight of the crowds, you cannot honour Cooper without acknowledging the Mini, so seven Cooper S were entered in the feature race.

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The 2006 SCCA racing season is over, the SCCA Runoff's are past tense and the MINCOMP MINI finished on the podium in 2nd place, It's been a quite a while since we were on the podium and it does feel good

Join us for a day of fun at Mini Mania at the Fifth Annual Nevada City Adventure! Come show off your Classic Mini, New BMW MINI, Morris Minor – we welcome ALL British cars! Along with the car show and a good old fashioned Swap Meet, we'll have technical seminars for both Classic and New MINIs, manufacturers tech sessions and product installation demos. Plan to make a day of it!

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Phil Wicks knows Minis.  He’s been racing them since the beginning.  He’s put more miles in Minis on race tracks than many of us have managed to accumulate in our street Minis! 

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Join Team Mini Mania and get purchase discounts for doing what you love most -- RACING!

Well over 100 Minis attended the Mini Challenge at Laguna Seca this past weekend. Check out the photos here

All Mini's entered in the Mini Challenge – street or race - can participate in the Parade Lap of the Laguna Seca track on Sunday, Nov. 4!

Grand Prix winner Johnny Herbert will race a Mini Cooper S against a field of famous touring car aces, in the saloon car race at the Goodwood Revival Meeting near London, Sept. 14-16.

An enterprising couple were today being waved off by racing legend Stirling Moss as they embarked on the 2,500 mile London-to-Istanbul Historic Rally - in a Mini Cooper.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the MG Midget, FISC made racing history by assembling the world’s largest ever grid of racing Midgets & Sprites at Spa.

2nd Annual Nevada City Adventure! FREE to all buyers and sellers. All British car parts welcome, vendors welcome, cars for sale welcome, club displays welcome! No cost to buy or sell!

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I have been to the tracks of the Northwest a few times here and there (though often I was too young to really remember), but a season opener sure sounded like fun.

From the mid sixties onwards Mini’s have endured the harsh weather conditions associated with rallying through France, in the bitter grip of winter on Monte-Carlo Rallies. So entering

Mini owners have been invited to to do a lap of Castle Combe Circuit as part of their journey to Newquay on Sat 5th May. All cars taking part in the Mini Parade must arrive at the 'Mini car park' by 9.45am LATEST.

After more than 30 years of absence, a Mini Cooper appears again in the Mexican Rally Championship. Reserved for cars up to 10 years old, the Mexican Rally Championship didn't have a Mini in competition since the end of the 60's.

Have you ever wondered how rally's are really won? I personally have lost several and can attest that I too have wondered just what it took to figure out those cryptic codes the inventors of various rally's came up with and how to interpret them.

A letter sent to Alex at Mini Spares following the Rally..

Calling all Clubs and Traders, book you space now!

MINI will reappear at the New York Auto Show from Friday, April 13th - Sunday, April 22nd. Located in Manhattan at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on 11th Avenue between 34th & 39th Streets. Show hours are as follows:

Congratulations to the GT5 Minis! The top three sposts in the GT5 nationals were taken by Joe Huffaker of Huffaker, Doug Peterson of Forthech and Jack Baumgardner. 5 of the top 10 spots were taken by the Minis. Check out all the results right here.

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The United States Road Racing Championship (USRRC) was the first professional racing series organized by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA). It ran from 1963-1965 for sports racing and GT/Production cars and for sports racing only, 1966-'68.

Our racing historians are busy checking into this, but this most likely is the first time that three Mini Coopers have swept the podium at the RunOffs. From Minis To Trans Am Cars Joe Huffaker must enjoy extreme opposites, for what else would explain that

Philip Wylie/Jim Howe in their MGB had a massive battle with Dessie Nutt/Geraldine McBride in their Porsche 911, during the Cork 20 on 7/8 October - the forth round of the Toshiba Irish Historic Tarmac Rally Championship.

From 29 September to 01 October 2000 Summit Point Raceway hosted the annual Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) Blue Gray Challenge. This is the 8th year for this event that pits Northern vintage racers against competitors from the South in a prize-less, end of the season show down.

Following the failure of MG Rover Group to organise a public party to mark the end of Mini production next week, dedicated UK clubs are planning celebrations of their own. The Southern Mini Owners Club is encouraging Mini fans from across the country to organise a mass Mini procession in their local area.

This Sunday we will hold our LAST SWAP MEET EVER in the San Francisco bay area. As usual, everyone is invited to join us for a day of shopping and swapping, free of charge. Throw that garage-full of parts into the back of your truck and setup shop for a day. If you've got everything you neddthen why not join us for a barbeque and a nice long day of casual car ogling? Get together with other enthusiasts and form a convoy of Minis, Bugeyes, Minors, and even Triumph Bonevilles to tour the area.

Now in its eighth year, the inimitable EuroClassic is the ultimate classic run. Starting in Belgium, we will quickly cross Northern Germany before travelling through uncharted territory in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary to a finish in Austria.

It has been two years since the FISC last raced at Good Year in Colmar Berg (LUX). Again FISC was an appreciated guest of the Letzeburger Oldtimer Festival and provided plenty of excitement during the two races. The Good Year Tyre Company makes full use of their test circuit during the working week, therefore

There will be no official gathering to celebrate the end of Mini production in September this year. Amazingly, after 41 years in constant production, the last owners of the Mini brand will not be inviting enthusiasts to see the world's favourite small car into retirement.

The Elva Reunion is featured at Sears Point October 27-29 with CSRG and Laguna Seca November 4-5 with SF/SCCA Vintage. Both events have special Elva salutes for the famous English racing and sports cars.

FISC will be organizing a record breaking all time biggest Sprite & Midget grid at the world famous Spa circuit located in the Belgian Ardennes (11-12-13 May). A total of 70 cars is expected to race and we are currently talking to the Guinness Book of Records.

The Morris Modified Register is a CAMS affiliated club which was originally created by a small group of Morris Minor Car Club of Victoria members so that they could race their hot Morris Minors in competition with other CAMS affiliated car clubs.

It's not just another vintage car “cheese and wine testing” style event unless your taste leans towards "Velvetta and Thunderbird.". It’s the real Mexican Road Race and open to everyone that loves to drive.

The Euroclassic for year 2000 will feature a longer route than previous events, as it heads East to explore the varied cultures now accessible in Eastern Europe. “We wanted to offer something a little different for the new millennium” said route co-ordinator Pete Wellington.

The southern national MGOC car show 'Surrey 2000'. This year promises to be the best and biggest. The committee have started working early for this our millennium show. Our proposals and aim are to provide something different as well as the familiar car competitions.

The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Association is pleased to announce the release of the 2000 The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix web site, hosted by the Three Rivers Free Net.

Victorian Mini Club Inc has organised Australia's first indoor Mini Auto Salon and Show 'n' Shine. Date is 29 July 2000 and the e-mail contact is minishow2000@optusnet.com.au

Another marathon event taking a bunch of rich boys and their toys halfway around the world? The London-Sydney Marathon is different, however, because it has attracted two former world champions and the world's fastest lady driver.

The epic long distance event will cross 14 countries - England, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Turkey, Thailand, Malaysia and Australia. All cars are pre-1971 classics and two giant Russian Antonov aircraft will air-lift them across the oceans.

Of most interest to the Mini Mania customers was the Lola Cars Cup. This is a 1 hour enduro for pre '59 sports racing and pre '67 production based racing cars under 1.3 liters. The field of 25 cars included 6 Minis, 2 square body Spridgets and a BMC A-Series powered Jabro special.

We organize yearly a international meeting : "MINI Goes to Dracula's Castle" at Brasov. Brasov a mountain city located at 20 km from Bran were is the Castle of Dracula - a place with specific athmosphere who inspired BRAM STOKER'S novel "DRACULA".

Set for Sunday 30th July 2000, the SWMF 2000 will be South Wales' first major MINI event ever. To be held in the large and beautiful grounds of Margam Country House and Park, just off the M4 near Port Talbot.

The Historic Rally of Great Britain will be based in Newcastle upon Tyne. It will thus have the benefit of some of the most modern city-centre facilities in Britain for the documentation and scrutineering plus excellent hotels and a lively social scene in the evenings.The Tyneside area also has some of the best shopping centres in Europe. Modern ferries coming from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland and Germany serve the new port at Royal Quays and a direct link to France will be added during the coming year.

Ballarat was built on Gold, but its history also is steeped in Red, White and Blue – the Troopers, the Police, the Eureka Flag and the Empire. Gold is symbolic of the miners while Red, White and Blue can be associated with the authorities

The ever popular Riveria Run is back!!. Coupled with the London to Brighton Run, these two cumulate in two of the best Mini shows to attend in 2000. The route this year is a familiar one and covers the following: -

In the northern summer of the year 2000 a fleet of 100 MICROCARS will depart England to drive across the world to Australia. The rally will be restricted to microcars only; no larger vehicles are eligible to enter. We can no longer always justify large vehicles and the time is right to look seriously at modern microcars to save our resources in an increasingly crowded world.

We had our first autocross of the season here in Shreveport yesterday and I worked my butt off.

VARA’s first race event of the year was determined to be a ‘fun in the sun’ weekend and the Mini owners of VARA were determined to be big part of it!

Wonder  women : Grace Owen and Ali Bohm Grace Owen and Ali Bohm are a new all-female team making waves in the rallying world in their GpN rallying Mini Cooper. The pair have already appeared on the front cover of Mini World magazine.

IF ever a car was a star, it was the Mini Cooper, the motoring icon of the Swinging Sixties. It was the star of the race track, the rally stage and the screen in the 1969 film, The Italian Job. It even topped the bill twice on the hugely popular television variety show, Sunday Night at the London Palladium....