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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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’ […]
