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Thank you Carl Austin for a very Great and Fast Mini-Nitrous !

 

   

   

 

From the 70:eeeees !

 

 

Jim Houston Mini Miglia in 1973

Eric Groves "Tollgate Mini" 

 

My Miglia - Me and "Tollgate Too" in the paddock and on the starting grid

 

   

 

Peter Baldwing  (who is still racing)

 

Jim Houston  "Tollgate Too" (at the time I was in the US Air Force stationed in England)

 

 

"Tollgate Mini" and some other !

   

 

Me - "Tollgate Too" in 1st race (car wasn't painted yet).

Thank you very much Jim Houston for all great picīs  !

Thank you Gregory Straga for great Racing picīs !

 

   

   

   

 

 

Chris Yates in Mighty Mini 1.3i  !

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

PADDY HOPKIRK !!

 


The man who Won in Monte Carlo , and made the mini to a Racing Winning car !!
A great man and his Name are Paddy Hopkirk . The mini should never been the same withouth this man and John Cooper who sadly died in christmas 2000 ! We all miss Him !!

Paddy won this !


He won 1:a  Monte Carlo Rally 1964  Hopkirk/Liddon  Mini Cooper 1071 S .
He won 1:a Circuit of Ireland 1965  Hopkirk/Harryman  Mini Cooper  1275 S
He Won 1:a Monte Carlo Rally 1965 Hopkirk/Liddon Mini Cooper 1275 S .
He won 1:a Nordrein-Westfalen 1965 Hopkirk/Liddon Mini Cooer  1275 S .
He Won 1:a Monte Carlo Rally 1966  Makinen/Easter Mini Coper 1275 S.
but they took it away ??

And This !


He won 1:a Austrian Alpine rally 1966 Hopkirk/Crellin Mini Cooper 1275 S.
He won 1:a Circuit of Ireland 1967  Hopkirk/Harryman Mini Cooper 1275 S.
He won 1:a Sebring 3hr race   1967 Hopkirk/Rhodes   Mini Cooper 1275 S.
He won 1:a Acropolis rally   1967 Hopkirk/Crellin  Mini Cooper 1275 S.
He won 1:a Alpine rally   1967 Hopkirk/Crellin  Mini Cooper 1275 S.

 

MINI COOPER RACING FACTS !

 

Mini 7Racing
Engine: 1000cc
Tyres: Dunlop Racing Tyres
Brakes: Standard Cooper S System/Carbon Metallic Pads
Suspension: Single adjustable gas shock absorbers, adjustable ride height, rear anti-roll bar
0-60mph between 4.5 and 5 seconds
Aprox. 95bhp at Flywheel

 

 


Mini Miglia Racing Challenge
Engine: 1300cc
Tyres: Dunlop Racing Slick Tyres
Brakes: Maximum of 4 pot calipers
Suspension: Dual adjustable gas shock absorbers, adjustable ride height, rear anti-roll bar (optional front)
0-60mph between 3.5 and 4 seconds
Aprox. 145bhp at flywheel

 

Last update 10-9-2007