Rally of the Tests Report – Part 5
Continued from Part 4 Sunday morning dawned bright and a bit blustery, MTC3 out in the morning being situated up the road in another hotel, the Belsfield. From here it was a run south on some very flooded main roads , you came over a…
Rally of the Tests Report – Part 3
Continued from Part 2 Friday morning was cold and wet and we set off north to the Hooton Park National Kart Circuit for two tests there that consisted of two laps with a three cone Chicane on the straight to keep the average speed down….
Rally of the Tests Report – Part 2
Continued from Part 1 Thursday morning dawned bright and dry and we made our way to the noise test and scrutineering which passed without drama, in fact, Alun Morgan the scrutineer was a lovely chap and remembered the ‘Orangebox’ from first time round in the…
Rally of the Tests Report – Part 1
The CRA (Classis Rally Association) run Rally of The Tests historic rally, also known as RoTT, was held this year between Thursday 31st October and Sunday 3rd November. The event, run for the twelfth time this year, is a recreation of the early RAC rallies…
Rally of the Tests Results
The weekend just passed saw the 12th running of the ‘Rally of the Tests’ and Mini Sport supported Steve Entwistle was competing in his ‘Orange Box’ Mini Cooper. He is one of many Minis competing this year and Mini Sport have also helped one of…
Mini Sport Rally Team ready for Mull Rally 2013
The Mull Rally will be starting on the 11th of October and will stretch across two nights, ending on the 13th. It is the 44th running of the event that offers 160 miles of competitive stages across closed roads. The Mull Rally was the first…
Mk3 Cooper S in the Workshop – Rally of the Tests Prep
Stephen Owens visited Mini Sport this morning with his Mk3 Mini Cooper S. It is here for a little bit of work to prep it for the Rally of the Tests, of which Steven Entwistle will also be competing. The event will be taking place…
Vale of Clwyd Classic Rally Report
STEVE Entwistle chalked up a hard-fought top twenty result on last weekend’s Vale of Clwyd Classic. And the Rishton rallyman reckoned it was the “toughest rally I’ve ever done”. A gruelling combination of 13 special tests and seven regularities packed into just eight hours on the…
ANWCC Competitor on the Rolling Road
Today Paul Gray visited Mini Sport with his 1972 Austin Mini. They are competing in the ANWCC (Association of North Western Car Clubs) Historic Road Rally Championship, a Championship that he won back in 2010. He is here for a quick tune before his next event,…
Mini Se7en Rounds 8+9 – Snetterton
Rounds 8 & 9 bring us to the Norfolk track of Snetterton. As per last year we were using the larger 300 track, which is the longest of the year. All weather forecasts predicted a VERY hot weekend, but with the chance of storms on…