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Cooper will be the featured marque at the 2006 Rolex Monterey Historics and both new and old Mini Coopers will be out in force, General Racing Limited, organizers of the Monterey Historic Automobile Races for three decades (www.montereyhistoric.com), has announced the event will be held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca August 18-20 and as part of the festivities, Mini owners will be seeking to break several records. On the race track, vintage Mini Coopers will be among the many historic race cars recreating the bygone days of road racing. More Minis are expected on the grid than has been the case since the Mini Cooper was first introduced on this track in 1962.
The main parking paddock around the lagoon that gives the race track its name will be reserved entirely for new and classic Minis. With parking space for over 500 cars, Mini owners have the opportunity to gather the largest number of Minis in one place in North America in history. During the lunchtime activities on Saturday, all the Minis in the paddock will take some parade laps of the race track with the possibility of creating the longest line of Minis ever assembled.
Parking in this Mini Corral is available by advance reservation only, and can only be made by clubs or groups of at least 35 cars. Information and registration forms are available on the Monterey Historic Website under General Information/Clubs. For clubs that can not put together the required minimums, and for individual MINI owners who are not affiliated with a club, the NorCal MINI Club has agreed to coordinate a group reservation. For more information on the Norcal combined reservation, email info@norcalminis.com. Deadline for club and corral reservations is June 26.
As part of the festivities, MINI USA will be holding a special program to introduce the MINI Cooper S with the John Cooper Works GP kit, the most powerful production MINI on the road. Lucky buyers of the first 45 GP cars in the United States will have the opportunity to take delivery of their cars directly from MINI during the Monterey event in celebration of Cooper as the featured marque.
MC2, the magazine for Mini owners, is coordinating the creation of a Mini Village next to the Mini Corral, where many of its advertisers will be showcasing the parts, accessories, and services they offer to Mini enthusiasts.
During the weekend, MC2 will also oversee the attempt to better the existing Guinness Book of Records record for most people crammed into a new MINI. The official record is 21 women, established in England by a women's organization, but MINI USA reports an unofficial total of 25 people into a new MINI.
The weekend will climax with the official send-off of the "MINI Takes the States" coast-to-coast tour, which will visit 17 cities in 14 days, and ending at Lime Rock Park race track in Connecticut for the Rolex Vintage Festival at Lime Rock Park Presented by BMW. MC2 will be doing a special section in an upcoming issue on the Monterey Historics weekend, and will be following the entire 4000 mile MTTS tour, reporting on the tour from the road on its website every day.
For information on the event and the Monterey Historics, use the website and email listed above or email editor@mc2magazine.com.
Seven Enterprises will be in the Mini Village with our friends from Alta so stop by and say hi. We also have been accepted to race our classic Mini Cooper S in the Monterey Historics. Seven time SCCA National Champion Doug Peterson will drive the Cooper Car Co tribute Mini.
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Seven Enterprises will be in the Mini Village with our friends from Alta so stop by and say hi. We also have been accepted to race our classic Mini Cooper S in the Monterey Historics. Seven time SCCA National Champion Doug Peterson will drive the Cooper Car Co tribute Mini.
Sounds like a great event and I plan on being there in my 2005 JCW. Does anyone know how to secure tickets fo rthe paddock area on Saturday? I emailed NorCalMinis but it won't get answered by the 6/26 deadline they posted. I look forward to meeting lots of Mini folks on the drive to Flagstaff, AZ!
