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 ...
MINI Challenge cars spotted in Sydney
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Posted in Australia, MINI, Motorsports | 1 Comment »Thank you to AUSringers reader Paul who sent me this image of the MINI Challenge cars captured in a Sydney storage facility. The opening race of the 2008 series is under three weeks away, with the first round being held ...
MINI Challenge taken up by Neil McFadyen
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Posted in Australia, MINI, Motorsports | 2 Comments »Signs of the 2008 Australian MINI Challenge becoming one step closer have advanced with the news that Neil McFadyen will lead the charge for the M3 Motorsports team. The 24 year old McFadyen has an impressive CV that includes three ...
MINI Challenge secures great TV package
Thursday, February 14th, 2008 Posted in Australia, MINI, Motorsports | 3 Comments »This is one of those rare articles on AUSringers that has a solely Australian focus. In some great news for MINI fans, the 2008 Australian MINI Challenge has secured a superb free to air TV package with Channel 7. There ...
Stage II JCW MINI spied at Nürburgring
Thursday, February 7th, 2008 Posted in MINI, Manufacturer testing | 2 Comments »MINI is close to fulfilling the required power demands in its market segment with the 'Stage II' John Cooper Works (JCW) MINI Cooper S which is due for release later this year. Power is expected to be close to 220bhp ...
MINI Cooper S on the Nordschleife
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 Posted in MINI, Video | 4 Comments »As the owner of an R53 MINI Cooper S this clip is music to my ears. If there's one thing I would love to do it would be to drive my own car around the Nordschleife. Watching this footage is ...
Peter Doulman signs up for MINI Challenge
Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Australia, MINI, Motorsports | 3 Comments »Australian motorsport fans with memories of the pre-V8 Supercar days will remember the likes of Tony Longhurst and even Peter Brock getting around in E30 BMW M3s fighting it out against the dominant Ford Sierra Cosworths. Another name that was ...
2009 MINI Convertible caught in testing
Saturday, January 26th, 2008 Posted in MINI, Manufacturer testing | 1 Comment »The next generation MINI Convertible (R57) has been caught in testing at the Nurburgring. Of note is the lovely bit of oversteer as shown in the image to the left. See the excellent MINI website MotoringFile for more info.
