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 best lap of 59.443.
The 198 MINI was withdrawn from the race.
See the official results on the GRAND-AM website.
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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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, MINI owners in major cities were given the chance to preview the movie including a huge premiere party in Los Angeles (see photo below). Some movie promotional items given out at that time included the previously-featured The Italian Job antenna balls and the three stickers shown here.
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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.
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!
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:
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More information on the race from the GRAND-AM website.
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 soft-cover book has 72 photocopied pages and is really a compilation of old articles from the UK magazines “Autocar”, “Autocourse”, and “Sporting Motorist” published between 1963 and 2002.
This book is only recommended if you are a serious Mini or MINI book collector.
MINI Cooper and MINI Cooper ‘S’
Unique
72 p.
ISBN-10: 1841554952.
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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 on THE IDIOSYNCRASIES OF YOUR NEW MINI [MODEL].
There are three different types: for the MINI Hardtop, MINI Convertible, or MINI Clubman which is the one shown here.
The 256 MB USB memory stick, black with a white MINI logo on one side, contains 33 short videos on “Things You Should Know About Your MINI”. The same content can be found on the webpage About Your MINI Videos.
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 poster and price sheet.
The catalog number is MMA-111.
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 1865 825 842
Oxford.Plant-Tours@mini.com
