Mighty Mini Racing - 2003 Season in pics and vid

[Den]

Thought I would drop back in to let you all know that
there is a heap of pictures and a couple of vid clips
of the 2003 Season Mighty Minis championship at my website:

www.denlyonracing.com

We are always on the lookout for new drivers in the championship, so anyone with a Mini cooper SPi fancies a winter conversion project, drop me a line and I'll send you the details..

Cheers

Den

[Dodgy Dave]

Is mighty mini's the championship where you have to have std engines?

[Den]

certainly is... we have a max bhp of 71 !

[Dodgy Dave]

So whats the main mods you have to do?

[Dodgy Dave]

Nice vids
Never knew mini's were so arsy still it makes you want to get out there

[Den]

rollcage, engine ties, hilos, a control tyre (yokohama A539) control dampers.. fixed 1.5 degree negative camber front, adjustable toe and camber rear,
Pads are free
very limited changes..

[Dodgy Dave]

Do you get many people selling their cars at the end of the year?
And roughly how much is one thats all ready to compete?

[Den]

The 2003 Technical
regs for Mighty Minis are at:

www.candfracing.co.uk/downloads/regs/mm2003regs.pdf

Cheers

Den

[Den]

I know of a number of cars for sale at the mo.. 2 front runners. Ian and David Neville are selling..

approx £5600 ready to run

www.gsracing.co.uk/

[Dodgy Dave]

Once you have bought the car and are all signed up the cars dont cost much to run do they?
I used to do pro kart racing and this chap who raced the mightys told me that he used to race karts and the mini's were cheaper
How true is that?

[Den]

The actual running costs are low.. as it's an almost standard Mini (tyres are £36 +vat, brake pads are about £18 +vat) and even when things break they are reasonable (steering rack - £45) as long as you are doing the work yourself, there should be no nasty bills.
Entry fees are a bone of contention, and are the single largest cost in a season.. £165 per race.. 14 races !
We have asked the championship co-ordinator to negotiate a lower entry for us next year, as we supply the biggest grids.