The practice results are in and the MINI JCW Team is looking pretty good. The #37 car with co-drivers James Vance and M. Lamarra had the fastest time of the MINIs. They put in a lap time of 2:04.269 in the third practice session. The entire field is within a few seconds of each other…
From MINI JCW Team: Come cheer the MINI JCW Race Team in action when they compete in the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge race on August 26th at VIR. The MINI hospitality tent will be hosted by MINI USA. Lunch will be provided by FLOW MINI of Winston Salem. For tickets and information, please contact www.VIRnow.com…
Round 8 of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge takes place at Virginia International Raceway. The Biscuitville Grand Prix will be a two hour race that is preceded by two practice sessions in addition to qualifying. You can watch the race live on IMSA.tv or on the IMSA mobile app. Qualifying will be on IMSA radio and you can…
Beginning with the 2018 season the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge (CTSC) will have a third class hitting the track. That class will be TCR and future 4-door turbo charged vehicles. As we’ve covered before LAP Motorsports (aka the MINI JCW Team) began work on a 4-door hardtop earlier this year. Sportscar365 released a feature in…
A race that began with excitement from MINI fans ends in disappointment after IMSA’s questionable call. The Road America 120, round seven of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge (CTSC) began with light rain. The MINI JCW Team wasn’t too concerned about this though as they saw the rain as an advantage for the team. The…
As today’s early practice session showed the MINIs did indeed have some speed when the weather stayed clear. Times picked up dramatically and the 73 led the session with the 37 in third. Qualifying immediately followed practice and the MINI JCW Team showed that the recent loss in boost due to BoP wasn’t going to…
Road America has experienced plenty of rainy weather today limiting practice time. The fastest teams in the ST class were putting in lap times in the 2:44 range. The fastest time of any JCW was a 2:46.496 put in by James Vance in the second practice session. Qualifying will take place at 11:45 AM tomorrow and…
After a tough race last outing the MINI JCW Team will be looking to bounce back strong in round seven of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge. This round takes place at Road America in beautiful Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. There will be three practice sessions spread out over the two days in addition to qualifying and…
Apparently MINI race fans came out in force at Lime Rock Park. Kurt Heiden at MotoringFile has a great write up of the fan experience at the track. In addition to the write up they have a couple of awesome videos, one of a hot lap around the track with team owner Luis Perocarpi behind…
Slipstream Network has recently done a couple of interviews with our favorite MINI JCW Team drivers. The first interview is from three weeks ago: Mat Pombo and Derek Jones talk to SportsCar America about their victory at Watkins Glen for MINIJCW/LAP Motorsports, and the significance of the 1-2 MINI finish with Mark Pombo in the…