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MINITHUNDER III Registration Now Open

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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.

Miniology Radio Is On The Air!

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The latest edition of Miniology Radio is here!

Play it here or subscribe to Miniology Podcasts in iTunes!

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Here Comes MiniThunder III!

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CLICK THE PIC TO EMBIGGEN!

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

ALTA PERFORMANCE to hold Air Show Extravaganza

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ALTA Performance
3111 Northeast Shute Road
Hillsboro, OR (503) 693-1702 ?

ALTA invites you to our Air Show Extravaganza in the back parking lot at our building!

Come see the jets and airplanes from the Oregon air show fly just feet overhead!

Enjoy free food and drinks as well as great sale prices and amazing deals on scratch and dent parts.

This is their biggest sale of the Summer so make sure you come!

Get Directions (bing) -Facebook Page here

Check out the video here..

Miniology Recommends O2 MotorSports

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Miniology would like to make a shout out to O2 MotorSports of Redding, Ca. Owned and operated by Steve and Stacy Lowery, O2 MOtorSports provides factory trained European specialists committed to quality, service and professionalism.

O2 specializes in Mini, Audi, Porsche, VW, Land Rover, BMW and Volvo service.

If you are in the Northern California area, Miniology highly recommends O2 Motorsports for all of your service needs.

Give Steve and Stacy a call at 530-243-2002 or check them out on the web o2motorsports.com.

Mini Thunder II Details Released

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Back by popular demand is MINI Thunder II. This event will be held on the 3-day Presidents Day Weekend. The track day will be Sunday Feb 20, 2011, leaving Saturday and Monday as travel days for those coming a long distance. Last year we had entrants from Southern California, Oregon, and Washington. We are currentlt setting up a registration website, but already have an event website going. Please check http://www.minithunderhill.com/Home.cfm for details and updates.

We will have three groups, Advanced, Intermediate, and Beginners. We expect to have 5+ 20 minute sessions, plus instruction, classroom, demo and parade laps. Entree for single drivers will be $199 for the day and include an event T-Shirt, breakfast, lunch, and sodas/waters during the day. If you made it to last years event, we figure you will return and if you missed it, shame on you, but you can make this one. For those that wish to share a Mini, the cost is $275 but you will have to run in separate groups.

The event will include a Saturday night BBQ dinner and “Casino Night” at Thunderhill Raceway Park. You will get a chance to meet some of the instructors and other drivers, learn the track, and socialize, before getting a good nights sleep. There will be camping available at the track and they do have electrical hookups, bathrooms, showers, and BBQ pits. Most will probably stay in WIllows which is a short 7 miles way. They have several hotels to chose from.

You will need a certified helmet that meets the requirements of SA 2000 or SA 2005. The SA is for automotive and SM is for motorcycles. SM helmets are not allowed. You will be able to rent a helmet from the track for $30 for the day.

You will need to fill out the entry form and waiver, plus fill out the Safety Tech Sheet (attached) for your Mini.

Track Day will begin with the track opening at 7:00AM, we will have time for drivers to grab breakfast, rent helmets if necessary, attend a mandatory “all hands” meeting, with first Minis on track at 8:30AM. This is also a good time to empty out your car or ALL loose items, check your fluid levels, tire pressures and torque your wheels.

There will be complete personnel including tow trucks, turn workers, flaggers, grid-control, communications, ambulance and safety equipment.

Here are some links for further information and videos from last years MINI Thunder:

Facebook link to Minithunderhill website page.
http://www.facebook.com/?sk=events#!/event.php?eid=320123864188

Video links to Mini Thunder hill webpage.

KRCR TV7 News
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH0ZENPLTkU

Dennis Racine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsNSp3N8ORU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1NXXD28kVU

Niello Mini

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTy-u7LiUOE&feature=youtube_gdata

Mini VS Porsche… And Porsche Wimps Out!

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Dateline: MC2 magazine offices Seattle, June 10, 2010

If you read the NY Times “A” section last Sunday you saw the full-page, four-color ad by MINI USA challenging Porsche Cars North America to a race at Road Atlanta, Monday, June 21st. What so very few know about are the details behind the curtain. It’s the sort of factual info we’ll be presenting soon with the re-launch of our GoMotoring.com site. Not just “exclusive” details but hard facts and insight on a daily basis!

The story started about three months ago with Jim McDowell, V.P. MINI USA. Now our Jim likes a good joke or two; it’s said that he’s a bit of prankster, too. He shared his idea only with 5-6 US staff, and with the help of Trudy Hardy (US marketing exec), he planned this bold and crafty campaign, telling no more than the people that can comfortably fit into a MINI Clubman. It was that tightly guarded until the Wednesday before the NY Times ad, when he called Munich and let the cat out of the bag to his Munich bosses our Scoopertm tells us. Even we at MC2 had no details until Monday morning.

We’ve been skulking around in dark places since then, with our contacts.

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