JCW MINI wins at the Watkins Glen!

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Old Jul 1, 2017 | 01:44 PM
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MINI wins at the Watkins Glen!

At the 6 Hours at the Glen, Matt Pombo won in the #73 MINI & Mark Pombo was 2nd in the #56 MINI! Yay!!!!!
 
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Old Jul 1, 2017 | 05:56 PM
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MINI 1-2 and 5. Came close to 1-2-3.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2017 | 07:16 AM
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What model Minis did they drive? I realize they are heavily modded.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2017 | 09:39 AM
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Factory F56 JCW. Can't run anything that is not available OEM. Except I believe, the wheels. They are NM/Neuspeed items that are also for sale to the general public.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2017 | 04:51 PM
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Apparently they develop some parts in-house. They developed the CF fender flares, which I hope they will make available soon to the public.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2017 | 04:55 PM
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Check the lower rockers for a list of suppliers. Almost everything on the car can be sourced form MINI or normal aftermarket suppliers. I believe they use the NM 25 MM sway bar and end links as well. Pretty impressive considering the limitations they are working with.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2017 | 06:30 PM
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Check the lower rockers for a list of suppliers. Almost everything on the car can be sourced form MINI or normal aftermarket suppliers. I believe they use the NM 25 MM sway bar and end links as well. Pretty impressive considering the limitations they are working with.
Yes it is! The first year (2015) the JCW was new and they actually had MCS cars with JCW body kits and they had non-JCW brakes which was a regulation they fought! Fortunately they were approved to run the JCW Brembos in 2016! Most of their problems in 2015 was due to poor braking! They now apparently have the bugs worked out and things are tweaked right because they are very competitive & they have s chance to win the Championship this season!

I've been trying to get LAP Motorsporta to make t-shirts for enthusiasts but nothing yet sadly.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2017 | 07:29 PM
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You can also get the wheels from NM Engineering. Thank goodness they solved the problem with that random Giant pop-up rear spoiler!

http://www.nm-eng.com/345/24/0/3433/...ght-wheel.html

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