Entwistle tightens his grip on HRCR Championship
STEVE Entwistle has tightened his grip on the HRCR Clubmans Championship after another giantkilling performance. Entwistle and navigator Bob Hargreaves outshone their higher powered rivals to claim a brilliant class win and third overall on the St Wilfrid’s Classic Rally. And the pair, who were in the ex-Roy Mapple Orangebox Mini, were only beaten…
Mini Seven Race Report – Oulton Park
After some solid results at Thruxton 3 weeks before , Oulton Park and it’s inaugural Mini Festival was eagerly anticipated , even if the whole event, taking place on one day, was generally perceived as a hectic schedule. Some maintenance work was carried out between…
Pikes Peak 2014 – Race Report
Mini Sport are proud to say that we are supporting Jon Edwards-Parton at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb this year. John is one of only two driver taking part from the UK and has written this race report for us: After the trials and tribulations…
Crail Rally – A Baptism of Fire for a new Mini Sport Co-Driver
Aged just 14 years and a day old, I was about to co-drive for my Dad, Martin Page, in my very first rally…. In one of the MINI Cooper S Rally Cars of the Mini Sport Rally Team. I think that broke the record for…
Mini Seven Race Report – Thruxton
The fastest track on the calender is Thruxton near Andover, a circuit that is known for close racing and as far as Minis are concerned, a fantastic spectacle for the fans. So rounds 7 & 8 were eagerly anticipated. Having had only 2 weeks break…
Mini Seven Race Report – Cadwell Park
So it’s rounds 5 & 6 of the Mini Se7en Challenge with MiniSport, and we are off to beautiful Cadwell Park. Having never driven here I was really looking forward to this round, with great scenery and challenging twists and turns, it’s a track more…
Paddy Hopkirk Gala raises mega Charity Money!
The Integrated Education Fund (IEF) and SKIDZ charities will share £55,000 following the Hopkirk Gala event that brought international motorsporting personalities and 200 Minis to Belfast in February. The event, the brainchild of Dr. Beatty Crawford a former international co-driver, was instigated to commemorate the…
Mini Seven Race Report – Brands Hatch
Well it’s been a manic start to the season , and we a currently at race 4 of 8 in a 6 week period so sorry for the delay in race reports… The Brands Hatch Mini Festival was a blustery event, but the showers and…
Mini Sport support fundraising for Marie Curie Nurses
This year Mini Sport, along with the Tunnock’s Mull Rally will be supporting local Marie Curie Nurse, Louise Thomas in her quest to highlight the nursing service that is available to the Mull and Iona community. Louise will be competing on this year’s event in…
Hughes Historic Rally
POINTS mean prizes for Steve Entwistle this weekend, as he heads for Kent and the Hughes Historic Rally. The Rishton-based driver is currently lying second overall in the HRCR Clubmans Championship, behind Matt Warren. But Warren isn’t contesting Sunday’s event, which gives Entwistle and navigator…
Orangebox – Leukaemia Historic Rally
Rallyman Steve Entwistle staged a brilliant comeback to keep his HRCR Clubmans title challenge on course. Entwistle, from Rishton, was contesting the fourth round of the series, the Leukaemia Historic Rally in his Orangebox Mini. Lying second overall going into last weekend’s event, Entwistle and…
Mini Seven – Newsletter 2
The New Season has started! The first two rounds of the Dunlop Mini Seven Championship supported by Mini Sport took place at Castle Combe last month and what a weekend it turned out to be! You can catch up with everything in the Mini Seven…