Here is a nice vid from Hans Dinse at Niello Mini of the MiniThunder track day held Feb. 15th at Thunder Hill Speedway in Willows, Ca.

In her Mini that is… on top of the mountain…

Heather Derkacz (aka Miss Moxie) will serve as the Miniology reporter for Mini’s On Top on June 25th and 26th. You can get more info on this event by going to www.minisontop.com .

If you are attending this annual event, be sure to find our gal and say hello!

Our new vinyl window decal!

Miniology Radio for 2 March 2010… K, it’s up! http://tinyurl.com/ykbody7

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Our new vinyl window decal!

Tonight (Sunday February 28th) Jerry, Norm and Rob will be recording the Miniology Radio Show at 7 PM Pacific. Join us on our UStream Channel to watch and listen in as we record the show. It’s Miniology live and uncensored! Use this link to tune in: http://miniology.com/?page_id=976

The MTTS 2010 event ideas started leaking out the last two weeks, and as another US site has released an overview (jumping the MINI embargo) we thought we would release some details. The MTTS 2010 is in Denver, Colorado, August 6-8, so you might want to make a week of it and stay over into the next week for MINIs In The Mountains (www.minisinthemoutains.com). The general thesis is to have drivers start from major metro cities as that’s where the larger clubs are, so look for starting points in Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, Baltimore/DC, Chicago/Indianapolis, and the convoy lead by MC2 from Seattle/Portland. Both classic and new Minis will be cared for. It looks like we’ll start on Monday, August 2nd. Maybe we’ll make a scavenger hunt of the drive?
MC2 and its advertisers would like to organize a charity event with the local Mini/MINI clubs that Friday night, so look for news on a karting event or the like where we can help a local organization raise funds to cure a very local need.

This just in from Minis On Top:

Don’t fret – MINIsOnTop is happening again this year! We’re just moving a bit slower than our predecessors Ian, Theo and Michael did.

Registration will be online this year and will open soon. As always, it will be first-come, first-served.

After rave reviews last year, the Attitash Grand Summit Hotel will be our base hotel again this year. The Attitash is a luxury resort, centrally located in Bartlett, NH between the Kancamagus Highway and the Mount Washington Auto Road. Please call (800) 223-7669 to book your room and be sure to ask for the MINIsOnTop special rate! Please note: the special rate is not available for booking online.

You can also follow this year’s event on Twitter and Facebook.

So stay tuned! We’ll have more information for you soon.

Minis On Top

Club Auto Sport, www.clubautosport.net is pleased to announce that we will host a vintage British car and motorcycle show on Saturday May 8th. Inside our 120,000 square foot showplace that same day we’ll have a trade show featuring British based companies and local companies owned by Brits showcasing their products and services.

Individual participation by you and your members in the car show and open house is free and the show outside will run from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. Groups desirous of securing a table top inside to promote their organization will be charged a nominal fee of $150. For $250/car club, subject to advance reservation and availability, it will be possible to reserve car corral space for your group as well.

As a special note be advised that the show that day is in conjunction with the Brit Week Celebration and that Julian Evans, British Consul General will be in attendance shaking hands and greeting participants and event attendees alike.

We believe we will have lined up extensive media coverage from our local print and tv contacts as well as from vintage racing publications so we hope that you can publicize this show and let your members know that we would appreciate their support and participation.

Please call or email me direct if you have any questions or would like to reserve space for your group on Saturday May 8th.

Club Auto Sport
521 Charcot Avenue, Suite 100
San Jose, CA 95131
phone (408) 521-7123
cell (408)-666-8800
mike@clubautosport.net

Miniology Radio Guy Rob Saunders Ensconced In Leo's Broadcast Realm - Click to Imbiggen!

Miniology Radio took a trip to Petaluma. Ca. to visit with the king of podcasting, Leo Laporte, host of numerous shows on the TWIT Network. Although Leo drives his famous Ford Mustang, he also loves Mini Coopers and has plans to attend a Hooked On Driving seminar at ThunderHill Speedway in the near future.

You can learn more about Leo by going to leoville.com.

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Ace Miniology reporter Norm Nelson was there to take part in this, and now has the official certificate from Guinness to prove it. 1,450 Mini’s all in a row for the longest length of a Mini run in the world!