Mk1 Mini Rally Conversion!
Mini Sport have started getting work underway on these 2 Minis that have joined us all the way from Belgium… This pair of Mk1 Minis have arrived at Mini Sport to be transformed in to Minis to be used in rallying, so we’ll be fitting…
HRCR Mini Sport Cup Round 1: Jasper’s Bakeries David Owen Historic Stages
HRCR Mini Sport Cup Round 1 : Jasper’s Bakeries David Owen Historic Stages Round one of the 2020 HRCR Mini Sport Cup, Jasper’s Bakeries David Owen Historic Stages run by Owen Motor Club got the season off to a thrilling start on Saturday 14th March…
Mini Specialists Assemble For The Opening Round of the 2020 Mini Sport Cup!
The opening round of this year’s HRCR Mini Sport Cup will take place on Saturday 14th March at the ever-popular venue at Weston Park in Shropshire. The event is part of the ‘Japers Bakeries David Owen Historic Stages Rally’, featuring several other classic cars traversing…
Mini Sport – A Community of Mini Specialists
Without a doubt, one of the reasons why the Mini has remained such an icon of British motoring innovation is thanks to the community of like-minded enthusiasts it has promoted. Whether it’s the trade of new and used parts, attending events, competing in races or…
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…
Paddy Hopkirk wins the Guild of Motoring Writers President’s Trophy
The Guild of Motoring Writers President’s Trophy This is awarded each year by the Guild President Nick Mason for outstanding achievement in the field of international automobilism. Winner – Patrick Barron Hopkirk MBE! Known to everyone as Paddy, the Belfast born racer cut his teeth in…
Steve Entwistle Driver Report – 2019 RAC Rally of The Tests
This year was my fifth time on this event. The first time in 2013 was supposed to be a one off! For the last three years I have been very lucky to have the use of Paddy Hopkirk’s 1990 Pirelli Marathon winning Morris Cooper ‘S’,…
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…
How Two Rallying Enthusiasts Became World-Leading Mini Specialists
With the Mini celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2019, we have been delving back into its history throughout the year, uncovering the people and stories behind why it is still loved all these years on. Being Mini specialists since the Mini’s heyday in the 1960’s,…