Last night I went to a 2007 MINI Launch Party that HC hosted at Gillette Stadium. It was a blast. There were tracks set up in the lot, and R56s sitting outside looking hot. Professional drivers from the Skip Barber Racing School raced around at breakneck speeds with you riding shotgun. And man, they drove the hell outta those MINIs! Here are some videos I shot with my camera that night. One is of the interior, one is of the track, and one is from the backseat of one of the rides. Apologies for the shakiness and darkness...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yWhf7OgG-w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5OfNBoXc88

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

 

Here's a video from Ian from www.gbmini.net. He did a better job holding the videorecorder than I did.

http://gbmini.net/downloads/HCMINI_R56.mov

 

Yikes. I hope they aren't selling those as anything but demos.
Lots of screaming tires!

 

Fun video!

 

Nice to see that it moves like a MINI (from the outside), and sounds like a MINI (from the inside) while hussling around a track.

 

Very cool post! Thanks!

dpmini

Waiting on a pure silver 07'...c'mon VDC...get her home to Vegas already! :impatient

 

holy cow!!

imagine if driving like that was your JOB!...

 

Great videos, wouldn't want to buy one of those used though