MINI makes the podium at Homestead-Miami

While it wasn’t the 197 MINI that started on the pole, RSR Motorsports and Automatic Racing did reach the podium for the Homestead 200.  The 198 MINI co-driven by BJ Zacharias and Craig Conway took third place in the Street Tuner (ST) class.  Randy Smalley and Owen Trinkler in the 196 MINI took 23rd place [...]

MINI captures pole for GRAND-AM race at Homestead-Miami

A MINI Cooper S has captured the pole for today’s GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

From PaddockTalk:

In the Street Tuner (ST) class, Sarah Cattaneo led an abbreviated session and will lead 33 cars to the green flag for that race.

Cattaneo drove the No. 197 Cruise America/Four Winds RV [...]

collectible of the day: Unauthorized Owner’s Manual

Owning a MINI is fun enough, but MINI USA goes further to make the experience even better.  In the early years of the MINI, that meant welcome packages, free coffee mugs, and clever items like this UNAUTHORIZED OWNER’S MANUAL.

This stapled, 32 page brochure from 2002 covers topics like helpful British car terminology, the [...]