Official MINI USA Press Release: Woodcliff Lake, NJ, July 21, 2017. The MINI JCW Team and MINI USA are gearing up for another big race this weekend at Lime Rock Park in their quest to sit on top of the Manufacturer’s standings in the Street Tuner class of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge series. After all three MINI JCW Team cars finished inside the…
The MINI JCW Team looks to continue their strong run this season at the next event in Lime Rock Park. The Lime Rock Park 120 event schedule includes two 45 minute practice sessions and qualifying on Friday. The main event will be on Saturday. The race starts early (especially for you west coasters) so set…
Editors Note: Sorry about the delay of this posting. We’re a one man shop and the one man was busy with his daughter’s first birthday the day this race occurred. Now that we’ve had a chance to watch the FS1 broadcast, we are able to share the results. Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) was the site…
Derek Jones continued his great season by adding another pole to his resume. Jones put down a lap of 1:31.721 to capture the pole by just .15 seconds. The top ten were separated by less than a second in the highly competitive qualifying session. This was Jones third pole position, second of this season, for the…
The first day of official events kicked off at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) with two practice sessions. Mat Pombo and Derek Jones had the fastest car of the day with a lap time of 1:32.197 which they did in the first practice session. James Vance and Mike Lamarra also looked strong with excellent practice…
MINIUSANews.com uploaded a huge gallery of high resolution photos from Watkins Glen. I’ve put the images in the gallery below, enjoy!
MINI race fans were rewarded after the long spring break with a race victory at Watkins Glen! There isn’t much time to celebrate though, the next race is this weekend! The Canadian Tire Motorsport Park 120 will be a two hour race with events spread over two days. Practice one and two will take place…
Round 4 of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge (CTSC) took place at Watkins Glen International in New York. The Continental Tire 120 at the Glen was a two hour event that the MINI JCW Team has had previous good runs at. Derek Jones followed up last year’s pole position at Watkins Glen with a second…
After a great showing in yesterday’s practice session, especially for the 73, things were looking good for today’s qualifying. Derek Jones did some flying laps around Watkins Glen and will be starting on the front row for tomorrow’s main event. Jones put in a lap of 2:07.895, just 3 tenths of eventual pole winner Nick Galante’s…
The MINIs have finally hit the track again. Today was the first practice session for the Continental Tire 120 at the Glen. The 73 car hasn’t missed a beat as Mat Pombo put in the fastest ST lap at 2:08.186. The 37 had the 7th fastest time with a lap of 2:10.199 and was followed by…