Grand-AM Lime Rock Park Results

Despite the optimism due to a good combination of MINI and track, the RSR Motorsports MINIs could only achieve 28th and 32nd place in ST class.

Sarah Cattaneo and VJ Mirzayan placed 28th in class with a best lap of 1:00.116.

Dickey Riegel, Randy Smalley, and Owen Trinkler placed 32nd in class with a [...]

collectible of the day: MINI Flex Pens

First offered in the MINI MOTORINGGEAR HOLIDAY GUIDE for 2003, the MINI Flex Pens came in two colors, gray and orange.  The pens rest in a heavy matching plastic base.

Orange: 99 00 0 005 297 Gray: 99 00 0 005 298

They sold for $13.00 each.

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collectible of the day: The Italian Job stickers

The Italian Job (2003) opened on this day seven years ago.  In addition to a few human celebrities, the action film starred three MINIs: an Indi Blue MINI Cooper, a Chili Red MINI Cooper S, and a Pepper White MINI Cooper.

During the week before the official opening, [...]

collectible of the day: MINI Takes the States 2006 keychain

A souvenir from MINI Takes the States 2006, this soft black plastic keychain (or key fob) is in the shape of the (continental) US with “MINI TAKES THE STATES” across the middle in white.

collectible of the day: TATTOO FOR YOU! tattoos

If you’d like to display the MINI logo on your body, these small tattoos are for you.  From Europe, this card contains two temporary tattoos: a TATTOO FOR YOU! and a TATTOO FOR YOUR FRIEND!

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RSR Motorsports: Lime Rock is made for MINIs

The GRAND-AM season continues this weekend at Lime Rock in Connecticut and RSR Motorsports has high hopes to get back on the podium.  The team is confident and thinks the MINIs have an advantage there.  Says driver Sarah Canttaneo:

“Lime Rock is probably the best track on the schedule for us. It’s all about cornering [...]

collectible of the day: MINI Cooper and MINI Cooper ‘S’ book

MINI Cooper and MINI Cooper ‘S’ is an unusual “book”. On the bright yellow cover it states “THIS BOOK CONTAINS ROAD TESTS AND FEATURES ON ALL MINI COOPER MODELS”.  Despite the MINI on the cover, the first third of the book actually contains articles on the classic Mini.

Published by Unique Motor Books, this [...]

collectible of the day: NEW MINI OWNER gift

In the first few years of the MINI in the US, MINI USA gave new owners the MINI UNWRAPPED CD with information about the vehicles.  In keeping with current technology, MINI USA now gives new owners a gift including a USB memory stick and a fold-out guide [...]

collectible of the day: MINI Motoring Accessories and MotoringGear 2007

THE FULLY AUTHORIZED, UTTERLY DEFINITIVE & LARGELY UNABRIDGED

MOTORER’S GUIDE TO THE YOU-NIVERSE

MINI MOTORING ACCESSORIES AND MOTORINGGEAR 2007

MINI USA previously printed separate catalogs for Motoring Accessories and MotoringGear.  But in early 2007, this combined catalog appeared.

This 44 page, square-backed booklet contains accessories and motoring gear for the MINI and includes a [...]

collectible of the day: MINI PRODUCTION @ OXFORD brochure

Many MINI enthusiasts dream about making it to the mecca of MINIdom: Plant Oxford in the UK.

This fold-out brochure from 2005 gives the potential visitor some Key Facts, Directions to Plant Oxford, and A Few House Rules for Visitors.

Plant tours must be pre-booked at:

BMW Group Plant Oxford, Oxford, OX4 6NL +44 [...]