I would like to start by saying a warm welcome to all the Mini Spares customers. My name is James Jenkins, I am 21 and I am going to be writing a regular article for the Mini Spares website which will be all about the Mighty Minis race series. If you read the ‘Cooper World’ […]
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Rauno Aaltonen back at the Monte with Minispares 2nd Mini in Class!! Rauno Aaltonen, also known as “The Rally Professor”, rolled back the years as the Finnish driver drove to a 2nd place Mini to finish in the class III at the 23rd edition of Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique. The professional rally driver strapped his helmet once again […]
Hi there, James here back with another article and update from the Mighty Minis Racing grid. Well, a season long battle for the Mighty Mini Championship between Olly Samways and Greg Jenkins would be decided at the season finale at Castle Combe. The fast free flowing former airfield circuit near Bristol. Olly Samways was still […]
RACING DOESN’T COME MUCH CLOSER THAN THE GOODYEAR MINI CHALLENGE SUPPORTED BY MINI SPARES, WITH THREE OF THE FOUR TITLES GOING DOWN TO THE VERY LAST RACE OF THE SEASON, A MERE POINT THE DIFFERENCE IN AN EPIC MIGLIA CAMPAIGN… Arguably the opening race of the weekend will be the one that is talked about […]
Mini Spares Centre’s 50th birthday celebration party was brought forward to 23rd August to cover the disastrous cancellation of the August 2025 planned International Mini Meet at Laughton show ground in East Sussex. Mini Spares recognising the fact that many customers from the all over the world who had made travel and accommodation arrangements and […]
CHANGEGABLE WEATHER AND VARYING TRACK CONDITIONS MADE THE M7RC’S RETURN TO CROFT IN NORTH YORKSHIRE A CHALLENGING WEEKEND… Following a combined qualifying session on Saturday morning, the afternoon’s opening race for Miglias and Libres got off to an unfortunate start when several cars were involved in a first-corner melée after fluid was spilled on the […]
Hi there, James again back with the second instalment for August. This time the Mighty Minis would be returning to Silverstone International. The second meeting in August saw us return to Silverstone to race on the international circuit. We were back with the 750-motor club for a thrilling weekend of racing. The weather was set […]
NO LESS THAN SIX RACES FROM THE M7RC GRACED THIS YEAR’S MINI FESTIVAL AT BRANDS HATCH IN EARLY AUGUST, WITH SOME OF THE CLOSEST ACTION SEEN ALL WEEKEND Even with red flag stoppages and safety car interludes, the action seemed non-stop over two full days of Mini racing, with wide-eyed fans going home with plenty […]
Hi there, James here with another update from the Mighty Minis racing grid. The Brands Hatch Mini Festival is always a great event to be part of, and this year Mighty Minis Racing was back! A grid of 14 cars would be showing their skills to mini fans from all over the world. The championships […]
Welcome to a shortened edition of my race reports as we have no races in July. Therefore, I thought it would be useful to show the current standings in the championship as we approach halfway through the season. I am writing this the week before we race at the Brands Hatch Mini Festival on the […]
SUN, SAND & A SEA BREEZE COULD ONLY MEAN ONE THING – THE MINIS RETURNED TO ZANDVOORT ON THE NETHERLANDS COAST TO PUT ON A DAZZLING DISPLAY OF CLASSIC RACING AMONG THE DUNES The first treble-header of the season saw all four classes together on the 2.646-mile GP circuit, qualifying on Saturday morning producing pole […]
August 1959 the mini was shown to the world by Tony Ball dressed as a magician producing a Mini out of a giant top hat to the tune of “that old black magic” and with the mist from the dry ice clearing he waved his magic wand with something new coming out of the mini […]