Mini Miglia Rockingham - Round 1

The Mini Sport sponsored Miglia, driven by Dave Drew came in with a great finish of 5th overall.

A few words from Dave from the weekend:

"Morning all,

The Mini Sport livered Miglia went down extremely well amongst the Club and Paddock, and attracted the most attention all weekend, so well done on the configuration.

I tested on the Friday so I could get the car set up for the qualifying session, and the only issue we had was a gear selection gremlin where it was hitting the reverse gate when going from 2^nd to 3^rd gear, causing it to bulk, but sadly this only raised attention in the last 4 laps of the final test session, so optimistically we had to make fine adjustments with selector shaft in the paddock, and hope that it was resolved for qualifying.

I ran all day with the Mini Sport alloy 4 pot calipers and found them to be very responsive, even and durable under extreme braking.

I put new tyres on all round for qualifying and it appeared that the gear selection gremlin was cured as we managed to qualify 4^th on row 2 outside. The only disadvantage through qualifying was not being able to get a tow effect from another front runner, which will usually gain vital tenths of a second that can propel you up a row, but overall I was happy with our start position.  Come the race I made the best start of all and was along side Kane Astin going into turn 1, which was neck and neck for the lead, but our gear selector gremlin was back again and missed 3^rd gear which nearly buzzed the engine, but thankfully it appears ok. Unfortunately this dropped me down to eleventh, and the safety car was deployed as another Miglia hit the wall at full speed and destroyed itself. The safety car went in after 4-5 laps and I then managed to fight my way through from 11^th to end up finishing 5th overall, which in fairness was a good result considering 3^rd gear couldn’t be selected. 

The engine is now going back to Swiftune to check out the box and to make sure the engine didn’t sustain any damage with the over rev. We didn’t sustain any body damage so will rectify the selector issue and try to improve at Snetterton next meeting.   

Thank you for the support

Dave"

Minifinity Rolling Road Shootout this Saturday

Time flies when you're having fun, that's right guys less than a few days to the annual Minifinity Rolling Road shootout at Mini Sport!!!

This promises to be a good day as ever, Mini World is attending (so we get a nice feature in the magasine), we have a top gear style leaderboard for the day,  some video to stick up on youtube and maybe even some trophy's!

There's nothing quite like the sound of a mini having the nuts thrashed off it! I can't wait, If you're going i'll see you there, if you're not then you don't know what you're missing! who will be top small bore? who will take the 1275 crown? and who will be the bhp daddy!!!

There will also be an extra 5% discount to club members on top of our already low sale prices. Extra discount only available in person on Saturday 10 April.

See you all tomorrow :-)

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Mini Sport Back Miglia Novice Champ

2009 Mini Miglia Novice Champion Dave Drew has got his 2010 campaign off to a flying start with backing from Mini Sport. Dave, who took pole position and a podium finish in only his fourth Miglia race, is over the moon to have such a prestigious name on his car in only his second season of the championship.


“Mini Sport is a name that every Mini owner knows and respects and it is my privilege to race with their support in 2010,” he said. “Mini Sport started business in 1967, around the same time as the Mini 7 Racing Club, and today both are held in the highest regard. We have been working hard on the car over the winter and 2010 promises to be a great year for the Dunlop Mini Miglia Challenge as it celebrate 40 years. There are some top notch drivers out there but my goal is to stand on the top step of the podium in this special season and with the help from Mini Sport that goal is certainly one step closer.”

Jonathan Harper from Mini Sport said: “This is a groundbreaking sponsorship deal for us, one that holds great excitement and anticipation for 2010. Mini Sports DNA is in motorsport, and over the years our company colours have adorned many Championship winning Minis. Dave Drew is a top bloke who's professional approach and presentation ticked all the boxes for us, making it a relatively easy decision to give our backing to him and break into Mini Miglia Racing, in which historically Mini Sport have never been involved. This is a fantastic opportunity for us both and we look forward to a successful season working closely with Dave to achieve this.”

With the first date at Rockingham coming up this weekend, Dave's Miglia has just come back from the bodyshop sporting it's new 2010 Mini Sport livery, see pictures below

Rockingham First Round - Saturday 10 April 2010

Scrutineering 09.15 – 10.15

Qualifying 10.30 – 10.45

Race 1 – Quaife Radical Club Cup - 13.10

Race 2 – Mini Se7en Championship – 13.45

Race 3 – Radical UK Cup – 14.15

Race 4 – Mini Miglia Championship – 15.10

Race 5 – Dunlop Sport Maxx Cup – 15.40

Race 6 – Mini Challenge – 16.15

Race 7 – Radical Club Cup – 16.50

We wish Dave the best of luck this weekend.