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EQUIPE ON RUNNING

July 2, 2025 11:18 am
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CONTRASTING WEATHER CONDITIONS PRODUCED TWO EQUALLY CAPTIVATING MINI RACES AT SILVERSTONE ON 7-8 JUNE, PACKED GRIDS BATTLING IT OUT TO THE LAST AROUND THE LONGER GP CIRCUIT Invited to join the Equipe Summer Classic meeting on the ‘Historic’ GP layout, a huge 50-car entry didn’t disappoint, with inspired tyre choices, climactic last-lap wins and, with […]

Mighty Mini Race Series – Article 6

June 25, 2025 11:57 am
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James here again, back for another race report on the Mighty Minis championship. Hopefully you are enjoying it! Let’s take you through the weekend at the Uk’s fastest racing, Thruxton. This circuit saw the Mighty Minis take to the track for the Thruxton Retro weekend meeting on the 21st to 22nd of June. We would […]

Mighty Mini Race Series – Article 5

May 22, 2025 3:31 pm
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Well, the weather couldn’t have been more different for the second round of the Mighty Minis racing season. After a cold and wet Donnington, Silverstone National was warm and sunny. 18 cars would be competing on the iconic Silverstone circuit. Qualifying commenced at 10.30 and it was immediately obvious that Greg Jenkins, attending his first […]

BABY GRAND (TURISMO)

May 7, 2025 10:02 am
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THE MINI 7 RACING CLUB WAS BACK ON THE FULL GRAND PRIX LOOP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS WITH THE COMPACT CLASSICS AGAIN PUTTING ON A PAIR OF SCINTILLATING SUPPORT RACES TO WOW THOUSANDS OF GT FANS All four Mini classes combined for the latest double-header in Kent in early May, on the […]

Mighty Mini Race Series – Article 4

April 29, 2025 10:50 am
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Finally, after months of long days and late nights the latest spec Mighty Minis arrived at Donington Park on bank holiday monday for an action-packed day of racing. 19 cars arrived at the circuit with everyone keen to find out whether it would be a Mighty or former Super driver on pole position. Scrutineering commenced […]

THE FUN RISES IN THE EAST (Snetterton Rounds 1&2)

April 9, 2025 12:12 pm
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Despite several interruptions there was still plenty of terrific action in the opening Mini 7 Racing Club meeting of the season from a sunny Norfolk Safety cars and red flags sadly cut into the racing laps over the 5-6 April weekend meeting at Snetterton, but Mini racing fans were still treated to the usual hectic […]

Mini Spares 50th Anniversary Trophy – 3rd & 4th August 2025

March 28, 2025 2:28 pm
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Introducing the Mini Spares 50th Anniversary Trophy for Pre-66 FIA Mini’s Last year’s Brands Hatch Mini Festival featured a thrilling weekend of wheel-to-wheel racing, with the return of a Swiftune-organised Pre-66 race. Due to the incredible demand, we are very excited to add an additional historic race to the Mini Festival roster. The Mini Spares […]

Mighty Minis Race Series – Article 3

March 18, 2025 2:44 pm
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I left the last article explaining the new changes for the 2025 season. Well Dad, Chris and I have been very busy over the past few weeks! We have bodywork to paint and engines and gearboxes to build. We have decided to tackle the gearboxes first. We would be fitting the Minispares clubman straight cut […]

Mini Libre 1380 16v Race Car owned and built by Ian Fraser

February 6, 2025 3:38 pm
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Background I have raced minis since 1984 at the tender age of 14 when I started in Autograss with a Class1 mini. From that I moved on to the modified classes with 970, 1071 and 1400 minis eventually making the big step to circuit racing with the Mini7 club. Having done a stint with a […]

Mighty Minis Race Series – Article 2

February 6, 2025 3:15 pm
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Winter Prep Hi, its James here with the latest update from the Mighty Minis race series. Hopefully you enjoyed the introduction and now I would like to share with you what the drivers are getting up to during the winter preparation season. Most drivers are currently upgrading their cars to the new 2025 regulations.  Dad […]

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