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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!

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Join us for this all day track event of HPDI (High Performance Driving Instruction) at the SCCA track at Willows California.

This track was designed and built by the members of the San Francisco SCCA. It’s a wonderful track with great facilities.

We are limiting the number to 120 MINI/MInis. This will give enough time and instructors for every driver. We will have groups ranging from first timers to advanced.

The cost is $199 per entrant or $275 for those that want to share a Mini. This includes loads of track time, turn workers, tow-trucks, flaggers, instructors, lunch, & T-shirts. For shared entries the 1st T-Shirt is included for the primary driver and the second to be purchased @ $15 in sizes of S,M,L, XL, 2XL.

T-Shirts will be available in sizes small, medium, large, XL, and 2XL, larger shirts (3XL, 4XL, etc) must be purchased in advanced and will be at $25.00 ea.

This event is for MINI/Mini Coopers only, any model or variation.

Participants must be 18 years old, have a valid driver’s license and proof of current insurance. Guests must be 18 years old to take free rides (Parade Laps) @ Lunch. You must fill out the on-line registration form & vehicle technical check list, http://www.minithunderhill.com/Event_Registration.cfm

You will need a SA 2000 or SA 2005 rated helmet. That is “A” for automotive and not “M” for motorcycle. Helmets are available for rent at the track @ $35/day. Be sure to get to the track early to get your helmet.

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We are getting ready to set up the registration website and start accepting entries. We will be prominently displaying our sponsors on this page and on all other website and media outlets. We will be listing the event in several of the Mini Community Magazines, Mini Community Websites, Club forums, newsletters, email blasts, and more.

What we need from you as a vendor is a decision to be a sponsor, your logo, website address and contact information. You will enjoy having your name and logo displayed for the next 6 months.

We need to know if you are interested in participating as a “primary” sponsor, contributing sponsor, or vendor.

Last year’s primary sponsors were Niello MINI, O2 Motorsports, and Valley Motorwerks.

We had several contributing sponsors: Mini Mania, Seven Enterprises, MC2 Magazine, Miniology,

Vendors included:
Thunderhill Catering Grill
Revolution Motor Works
MCE Dyno Services
Vinyl Styles
Casino Party People
SlicART Custom Apparel
Hooked on Driving
Group4Autosport
GotBlueMilk Motorsports Photography
Rock Auto
Racine-Web Design
Craven Speed
Ad 3 Graphics
MotorsportReg.com
Defenders of Speed
San Francisco Region – SCCA
Bavarian Auto

Please let me know ASAP as we will be starting our AD campaign shortly.

You can reach me at 530-246-9943 or email me at pooper@wildblue.net

Cheers,

Norman Nelson
MINI Thunder III

Norm Nelson, of Miniology and the Shasta Mini’s, announced today that MiniThunder III will take place on February 19th 2012.

Stay tuned to Miniology for more information on this developing story.

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