HRCR Open Day 2020
This Saturday Mini enthusiasts descended upon the British Motor Museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire, for the 2020 HRCR Open Day & Mini Sport Cup Registration. The annual event acts as the start of the 2020 HRCR Mini Sport Cup Championship, with competitors from all over the…
2020 HRCR Mini Sport Cup Calendar
2020 is here & it’s time to start thinking about the HRCR Mini Sport Cup Championship kicking off for it’s 11th year! Below we’ve compiled a list of all the dates for your diary… We hope to see you all at the British Motor Museum…
6 Facts About Paddy Hopkirk and His Famous Monte Carlo Rally Win
Over 50 years ago, the Mini established itself as a ‘must-have’ car for drivers everywhere; a massive factor in this was the success of Paddy Hopkirk as he roared to victory in the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally in his Mini Cooper S. In an interview…
Join Our Mini Specialists At The HRCR Open Day 2020!
We’re very pleased to announce that we’ll be attending the annual HRCR Open Day at the British Motor Museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire on the 11th January 2020. This free event brings together all forms of motorsport under the banner of ‘historic road and stage rallying’…
How CNC Machines Allow Mini Specialists To Create Improved Parts For The Classic Mini
Innovation has been a constant part of our business here at Mini Sport. Since our incorporation, (when our founder, Brian Harper, created an improved throttle linkage for the original models), our Mini specialists have regularly pushed the boundaries of automotive design. Each change we’ve made…
RAC Rally of the Tests 2019 Champions!
When 1964 Monte Carlo Rally winner Paddy Hopkirk agreed to loan his Mini Cooper S 6 EMO to Steve Entwistle for the RAC Rally of the Tests, he did it on one condition. “They’d better win!” he pronounced. And after finishing third and second of…
Mini Specialists Win The HERO RAC Rally of Tests 2019!
As the chequered flag is set to wave the passing of the 60th anniversary of the Mini, it was somewhat fitting for Mini specialists that a Cooper S won the 2019 HERO RAC Rally of the Tests – and not just any Cooper S, either….
Team Mini Sport’s Jack Hartley & Gary Dawes: Mull Rally Review
Mull Rally 2019: The best rally I have ever done! I have been going to mull rally for most of my life either spectating or going around the island in the back of a chase car. As a child, I never imagined that one day…
Team Mini Sport’s Clive King & Anton Bird: Mull Rally Review
Our story started months before the entries opened when my friends at Mini Sport suggested we enter the Mull rally. This is an event I have always wanted to do in the Mini, sadly I was told, I probably would not be able to obtain…
Team Mini Sport At Mull Rally
Taking place on the Isle of Mull in Northern Scotland, the Mull Rally is an annual event in which is attended by many racing VIPs, considered the best rally in the UK by competitors and is watched by hundreds of thousands around the world. 2019…