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Archive for April, 2009

Loaded and Ready to Race

Posted in General Information on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

My son and I have now been accepted to race at this years Reno Historics Vintage Races.  We will be sharing the Monty Mini and thus have been accepted to run in groups 1 and 3.  Sure to be racing against a Corvette or two, we are now loaded and ready to go!

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Monty Mini Cooper to race at Reno Historics

Posted in Race MINI Cooper, tagged , on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The famous Monty Mini Cooper from Mini Mania will be raced by the father and son team of Dennis and Don Racine at the annual Vintage races.

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MINCOMP/Team Mini Mania 2009 racing season (so far!)

Posted in General Information, tagged , , , , on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The 2009 SCCA National racing season is in full swing and the MINCOMP MINI has been out and running the SoPac events!  Due to the economics we all are facing this year, it was decided to run only the SoPac National races and not travel up, over and down chasing races in order to qualify for the [...]

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Help Those In Need: Bring A Bag Of Groceries to NCA!

Posted in General Information on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Every year, the staff at Mini Mania delights in helping a charitable group, and with the difficult economic times upon us, we thought supporting our local food bank and sponsoring a food drive would be a great way to help our community. We know Mini owners have a big heart when it comes to lending [...]

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Mini Mania is having a site-wide 15% off sale Wednesday & Thursday of this week!

Posted in General Information on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This will be a 48 hour sale. If you’ve been waiting for some big savings, this is it!
The sale starts on Tuesday, April 15th and ends April 16th at midnight.
http://www.minimania.com

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Stop sooner, convert to disc brakes!

Posted in General Information on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Making your Mini stop better is hardly the coolest way to soup it up. But whether you’re a VTEC enthusiast looking to make your Mini drift-ready or an average Guy looking to tweak the safety and performance of your beloved ‘59 Mark I, a disc brake conversion is actually the first modification you should consider.
There [...]

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Mini Cooper S; the very first pocket rocket!

Posted in General Information on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Mini was conceived by designer, Alec Issigonis, as a cheap, efficient, practical people’s car, and was first produced in August of 1959. Front-wheel-drive, transverse-engined, and with innovative rubber suspension, it broke the mould of traditional small car design at the time. Despite its humble origins, people soon realised that its lightweight and chuckable handling [...]

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