2010 N24 - TV highlights to hour 12
Sunday, May 16th, 2010 Posted in 24 hour race, Audi, BMW, Lotus, MINI, Porsche, Video | 2 Comments »The 2010 Nürburgring 24 hour race is now well into its second half. If you've missed some of the action then tip your hat to the MT89Motorsports channel on YouTube. Included after the jump are five clips from the race ...
EXCLUSIVE: MINI E Race - the complete Nürburgring lap
Saturday, May 15th, 2010 Posted in MINI, Nurburgring news | 1 Comment »Back in April it was announced a specially prepared MINI E Race had lapped the Nürburgring in under 10 minutes. In this age of Porsche v Nissan lap wars sub-10 minute laps times are nothing too special. But, when you ...
MINI E goes green around Green Hell
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 Posted in MINI, Nurburgring news | No Comments »A specially prepared 150kW electric powered MINI has just lapped the Nürburgring Nordschleife in under 10 minutes. The MINI E Race is based on the MINI E road car which was first announced in October 2008. Modifications to the standard MINI ...
MINI JCW GP TF lap
Saturday, November 7th, 2009 Posted in MINI, Video | 1 Comment »Here's a nice, clean Touristenfahrten lap filmed from inside a MINI JCW GP, the last Cooper S special built on the R53 platform. Many consider the GP to be the ultimate (BMW) MINI. Well, now you can see how a ...
MINI CHALLENGE in car footage
Monday, December 29th, 2008 Posted in MINI, Motorsports, Video | No Comments »Here's some great in car footage from the MINI CHALLENGE car of HBPO Racing's Steve Kirsch, filmed during the Nürburgring 24 hour race weekend held during May. For more on the Australian MINI CHALLENGE, make sure you check out AUSmotive.com. (Thanks to ...
MINI Cooper S past blast
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in MINI, Manufacturer testing | No Comments »Taking a step back in time here is a small snippet offrom Wheels August 2001 issue with some spy shots of the R53 MINI Cooper S testing at the Nürburgring (click on the image for a larger version). At the ...
MINI CHALLENGE in-car footage - Nürburgring 2007
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in MINI, Motorsports | 1 Comment »Continuing the theme of the Nürburgring 24 hour race, here is some footage of the MINI CHALLENGE support category from the 2007 event. Split into four parts the in-car setup has been taken from the car of Carlo Bermes, racing ...
MINI Challenge racer takes the rollover line at Nürburgring
Monday, March 10th, 2008 Posted in MINI, Motorsports, Video | No Comments »Following on from yesterday's post about the 2008 Australian MINI Challenge debut I thought it might be a good time to raid the vault for this classic, if alarming, footage from a MINI Challenge support race at the 2006 Nürburgring ...
R56 MINI Challenge makes worldwide racing debut in Australia
Sunday, March 9th, 2008 Posted in Australia, MINI, Motorsports | 4 Comments »This weekend saw the world racing debut of the new R56 MINI Challenge cars. The 2008 Australian series kicked off at Sydney's Eastern Creek and Neil McFadyen from the M3 Motorsports team has taken the round win. McFadyen claimed the ...
MINI Challenge inspires Jason Bargwanna
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 Posted in Australia, MINI, Motorsports | 3 Comments »The Australian debut of the 2008 MINI Challenge series is just days away, with the Eastern Creek round being held this weekend. This morning's emails revealed the following press release from BMW which on the surface sounds quite good, but ...
