On Sunday June 10, 2007, MOASF, The Mini Owners of America, San Francisco Chapter will be presenting the 16th (no wait.. actually, 17th!) Annual All British Car Show And Swap Meet, at Cal State University, East Bay (Hayward) campus. Just like last year’s excellent show, it will start about 9:00AM, judging of cars begins at 11:00AM — Same Location as last year Campus Parking Lot “N” Next to the Stadium

Here’s the official press release:

A BRITISH CAR EXTRAVAGANZA – All British cars – restorations, daily drivers and works in progress – are welcome. Join us for a fun day of cars, parts, English food and fellow limey car crazies!

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I can’t read German, but this looks cool, so I thought I’d post the link…

http://www.mini.de/urbanstyletour/

If I get a decent translation I’ll post that.. so far Google translator really butchered the text ;P

Anyway, there’s a bunch of pictures of German film stars that I don’t recognize, perhaps they have something to do with the MINI Urban style collection or MINI films or what-not..

Press Release
MINI USA RENEWS LONG TERM DEVELOPMENT DEAL WITH FIREBALLED! RACING & PERFORMANCE WITH AFTERMARKET TUNER MOTORSPORT PROGRAM

Torrance, CA. May 29, 2007 MINI USA has renewed its motorsport racing development program with Southern California’s extreme tuning house, FIREBALLED! RACING, signing a 5 year deal through 2012. FIREBALLED! will continue the build-out of its MINI race programs through a number of upcoming TV, internet, mobile and multi-media platforms and event venues.

With the launch of the new 2007 MINI Cooper and Cooper S, MINI USA is exploring a variety of areas to expand and strengthen the MINI brand via the sport compact market and race venues. With this agreement FIREBALLED! is uniquely positioned to help build and grow MINI’s visibility in the tuner and motorsport community through FIREBALLED!’s integrated divisions. These divisions involve racing & performance, promotional activities, design, merchandising and entertainment projects and feature Hollywood movie car designer and TV personality Fireball Tim Lawrence, along with tuner extraordinaire Hubie Fuh to assure the continued successes of the past two years.
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