Take a “Ride for her Life”
February 19th at Thunderhill Raceway, Willows 9:30AM-3:00PM
Shasta MINIs, O2 Motorsport and MINI Thunder III will be giving rides in race cars on February 19th at Thunderhill Raceway, Willows to raise money for baby Kamila Marie Sandoval who was born with VSD – Ventricular Septal Defect. Come make a donation and get a ride in a race car, on a race track with a High Performance Driving Instructor.

It’s been an emotional roller-coaster for Lorena Sandoval and Gustavo Perez after their twin girls were born more than a
month premature last September. But nothing prepared them for the news that one of the girls was born with a heart
defect.

Baby Kamila was diagnosed with VSD, or a Vetricular Septal Defect. She has two holes between her two heart
chambers that need to be repaired. The six hour open heart surgery was performed on January 23rd at the Sutter
Memorial Hospital in Sacramento where she’s been living since she was born.

But the struggle to get young Kamila healthy is more than just emotionally draining, it’s also expensive. Between the
multiple trips per week to Sacramento, and taking time off from work, the family is struggling. “It’s been hard you know,
especially during these times”, Sandoval said.

The family is receiving some financial support from the American Heart Association. If all goes well, Kamila should be able to come home seven to 10 weeks after her surgery. “I just want her to be a normal little girl after all this is done”, explained Sandoval.

Come and support the cause. Make a donation and get Hot Laps on a Hot Track in a race car.

We give you the latest Mini news, upcoming events, bitch about cell phone laws and, in general, wreck havoc in the studio.

Enjoy!

It’s here! It’s here! The newest episode of Miniology TV! This time we get an exclusive tour of the all-new Mini of Marin in Corte Madera! It’s a peek at the “peak” of perfection!

Miniology TV – Mini of Marin Sneak Peak from Miniology Podcasts on Vimeo.

If your Mini club has an upcoming event, let us know and we will post it!

Local car club “Shasta Minis” will be delivering Toys 4 Tots on Wednesday Dec 14, 2011 from 12 noon – 2:00PM. Shasta Minis who have been active in many local charities and Veteran’s events will be bringing out their colorful little classic Minis filled with toys. Q97 FM Radio will be broadcasting live from the parking lot of Fatboy’s Rotisserie & Sandwiches 829 Twin View Blvd, Redding CA. Shasta Minis members will be on-hand in Christmas costumes, including Santa himself, to welcome the public to bring by new and unwrapped gifts. All gifts are being donated in the memory of Adam Martinez. This is the second year that Shasta Minis and friends have collected Toys 4 Tots.

The Toys are part of the US Marines effort to bring gifts and toys to needy children.

Shasta Minis has also participated and contributed in the Shasta Lake Veteran’s Parade, “Stuff the Bus” food drive, Cops and Rodders (Redding K9), Northern California Veterans Home in Yountville, SLATE Autism Program Car Show, Anderson Veteran’s Walk of Honor and others.

Shasta Minis have about 100 local members with nearly 50 that are active in these events and touring our beautiful north state mountains, valleys, lakes, waterfalls, caves and more. You can find us on Face book at www.facebook.com/shastaminis

Join REME for a holiday cruise through Sonoma County!

Happy Holidays from Miniology!

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NAPA VALLEY, Calif. (November 1, 2011) – The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) 25 Hours of Thunderhill has received another quality entry from RSR Motorsports with two of its BMW Mini Coopers. The Minis will compete in the ES class at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows, California, December 3-4.

Randall Smalley’s RSR Motosports, with support from Cruise America, US LED, Thor Motor Coach, Casetech, and Carbotech Brake Pads will run their Minis for the first time at the NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill. The team, from Orlando, FL, will have Ron Farmer, Jason Hart, B.J. Farmer, Mark Congleton, Dicky Riegel, and Owen Trinkler driving.
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“I have raced in the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, but this is the first time for me at the 25 Hour race and the Thunderhill circuit,” Trinkler, RSR driver said. “Jason Hart is the only one on the team that has raced in this event in the past. I have heard good things about the event so we are looking forward to running in the 25 hour this year. We will run in the ES class, we want to use this as a warm-up for the upcoming Grand-Am season so we can make pit stops and fuel the car like we would for those races. I’m for sure that we will not have the raw speed in that class, but if we can keep making laps we might be around at the end of 25 hours.”

“RSR Motorsports has had great success with their Mini Coopers,” Jerry Kunzman, NASA Executive Director, said. “They won the PTC Class at our NASA National Championships presented by Toyo Tires at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in September. They came back to Mid-Ohio two weeks later and were battling for the ST championship in the Grand-Am Series. They field great cars and will definitely be a factor when the sun comes up on Sunday morning.”

“NASA has also arranged for live timing and scoring to stream live, which can be found at the NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill web page once the action starts on December 3.”

The NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill will see a field of nearly 70 cars racing in six classes (ES, ESR, E0, E1, E2, E3) going twice around the clock plus an hour over the three-mile, 15-turn track located 90-minutes north of Sacramento. For entry and rules information, visit http://www.nasa25hour.com/.
For additional information, please contact NASA Media Director, Kyle Chura at kyle@kcapr.com or (248) 821-0468. More detail on NASA and the Thunderhill 25 Hour can be found at www.nasaproracing.com or www.nasa25hour.com.

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Recently Norm Nelson, Steve Lowery and Bob Wilson of the Shasta Mini Club were guests on the Exceptional Living radio show on KLXR Redding.

Host Lynn Fritz interviewed the Mini Cooper enthusiasts about the Mini itself and the Shasta club.

“Enjoy Exceptional Living” is provided through a collaboration with Enjoy Magazine, KLXR 1230 AM Radio and Lynn E. Fritz, Psychotherapist (MFC 44877).