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R50/53 MINIs Racin' on TV on Sat 2/14

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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 12:39 PM
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Somewhere I read that there will be some MINIs racing on the SPEED Channel at 4:00 PM eastern time on Sat 2/14.
 
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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 12:45 PM
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Haden't heard that but, will be sure & check it out.
 
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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 12:49 PM
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Thanks for the heads up. Will tune in
 
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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 12:56 PM
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Switching channels now! Thanks for the info.

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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 12:59 PM
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Grand Am Cup Series at Daytona starts in one minute. Looks like there is one MINI in the ST class.
 
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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 01:08 PM
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>>Grand Am Cup Series at Daytona starts in one minute. Looks like there is one MINI in the ST class.

Yup, starting second to last. If I'm right, those are the guys from Grassroots Motorsports.

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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 01:11 PM
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GO MINIS GO......................... metal. Blue w/whiteroof 2 I see!!!
 
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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 01:18 PM
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Thanks for the heads up!
 
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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 01:31 PM
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I think I"ve seen 3 different MINIs.

#20 is Nuzzo.
 
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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 02:03 PM
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Im watching now, the mini isnt doing too well...that yellow RX8 looks awesome!
 
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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 02:45 PM
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I thought there was only going to be one MINI racin this season. I knew that one of the blue ones was going to race like last year, but when watching it, I saw the blue one, and a red one...was I misinformed?
 
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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 03:04 PM
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OOppppps!
One less MINI after that blown engine
 
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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 03:12 PM
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Wooohoooo....combined Mini coverage of maybe 10 seconds over two hours

Hey honey! Look at the Mini in the race!!!...What Mini??? AAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGG
 
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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 04:59 PM
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Yup they only showed the mini for a few seconds...but they did show that ugly pontiac a lot
 
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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 05:22 PM
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Don't fret.

Daytona is a 'horsepower track'. Not a place for MINIs to run against Pontiacs.

Do they even make those anymore?????
 
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Old Feb 14, 2004 | 08:15 PM
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Yeah HP ruled the day. When asked about how good the Pontiac was running against the other cars, one of the Pontiac people said the Porsches should ask for their money back. He liked only American cars I guess. The Pontiac was borrowed for the race and as I understand it won't be racing in the other races. I don't know what car that team will use, maybe other Pontiacs -- I did not catch anything on that. I like the curvier tracks where the MINI can do its stuff.
 
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