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…
Practice and Qualifying took place today for the Lime Rock Park 120. Lime Rock Park is a 1.5 mile bull ring beloved by drivers. The tracks size and speed lead to quick lap times that come in at just under a minute for the leaders. Derek Jones put in a lap of 59.792, good enough…
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…
Day two at COTA is well under way. The Circuit of the Americas 120 takes place at 3:45 PM EST today. But before the drivers can take on the 2 hour event there is the matter of qualifying. Derek Jones continues the remarkable season for the 73 by putting up the fastest lap in qualifying…
The qualifying session at COTA was hampered by a red flag. Drivers were only able to complete at most 2 laps at full speed before time was up. This limited the teams chance to put in good lap times and will make for some hard work in the main event tomorrow. The highest qualifying MINI…
Qualifying for the Oak Tree Grand Prix at VIR proved to be a challenge for the MINI JCW Team. Both the #73 and #52 experienced issues that limited the number of laps they could run. Luckily for Derek Jones, who was behind the wheel of the #73, he was able to get in a quick…
Another exciting qualifying session in the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge. Two MINIs qualified in the top 10 to continue the good run the team has had qualifying in the last few races. The top MINI JCW was the #73 with Derek Jones behind the wheel. Early in the session it looked as if he…
The qualifying results are in and the consistency of the #73 showed with Derek Jones behind the wheel. Jones scored the 7th fastest time at 59.887. This mapped well with their 6th and 7th place showing in practice 1 and practice 2 respectively. The #37 with Ethan Low behind the wheel showed the most improvement from practice…
The frantic 15 minute qualifying session of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Series is over and there’s some good news for the MINI JCW Team. Two cars qualified in the top ten for tomorrow’s main event. Derek Jones, last weeks pole winner at Watkins Glen, qualified in 5th position driving the #73 JCW. James Vance,…
MINIs sweep the front row! On a wet track at Watkins Glen International the handling of the MINI JCWs shined through. It was an exciting qualifying session and the pole position swapped hands many times throughout. It came down to the last lap when at first the #52 being driven by James Vance grabbed the top…