Rallying

Tour of Flanders Report – Mini Sport Cup Round 6 & 7 of the Mini Sport Cup 2022 would see the Mini Sport Cup and Stage Masters make a return to Omloop Van Vlaanderen rally. This is a two-day event running Friday and Saturday. Eight Minis entered but only seven would start as Andrew O’Hanlon […]

The Bob Shaw Memorial Stages One week following our last rally in Scotland, crews made their way to Pembrokeshire motor clubs Brawdy stages. Five crews started the 70 miles of demanding roads based at the RAF base. Leading the minis away Clive King and Anton Bird. They were followed by his son Craig King with […]

Organised by Mull Car Club, the ‘Dunoon Presents Argyll Rally’ is a closed-road asphalt stage event held in Dunoon in Argyll and Bute. Made up of 13 stages on the closed public roads, with 4 stages on the Friday Night, and 9 stages on the Saturday. The 4th round of the Mini Sport Cup had […]

The Rex Pet Hotel Flying Fortress Stages at an American WW11 air base was the third round of the HRCR Mini Sport Cup. With 7 Minis entered it was sure to be a good event! First away was current leader Ryan Taylor with Lucy Wilding back in the co driving seat at car number 32, […]

The second round of the 2022 Mini Sport Cup took place this weekend at Down Ampney Airfield, used during World War 2 for gliders to take off from to land behind enemy lines on D Day. This demanding venue normally tests crews & car in equal measures and this year did not disappoint… Leading the […]

This would be the first event of the 2022 Mini Sport Cup Championship with no covid restrictions. With some of the regular competitors missing due to their Minis not being ready, it was still a quality field that entered. Leading the Minis away would be favourite for the win, Ryan Taylor & Lucy Wilding, followed […]

Over 50 years ago, the Mini established itself as a ‘must-have’ car for drivers everywhere; a massive factor in this was the success of Paddy Hopkirk as he roared to victory in the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally in his Mini Cooper S.   In an interview with the Belfast Telegraph, Paddy recounted that famous moment, […]

Despite having to run a reduced rallying calendar in 2021 (due to the on-going issues that Covid-19 has presented), we were delighted with the turnout for each of the Mini Sport Cup rounds! We’ve had a close battle for the Championship, with it all boiling down to the final round of the Championship at Glyn […]

HRCR Mini Sport Cup: Pentraeth Glyn Memorial Stages 5th Round Review The weekend of 20th/21st November saw 8 of our Mini crews gear up to compete in the Pentraeth Glyn Memorial Stage Rally for the 5th Round of the 2021 HRCR Mini Sport Cup! Competing over the course 16 stages on Trac Môn Anglesey Circuit, […]

HRCR Mini Sport Cup: Cheviot Stages 4th Round Review Sunday 24th October saw 6 of our Mini crews gear up to compete in the Ford Parts Cheviot Stages Rally for the 4th Round of the 2021 HRCR Mini Sport Cup! Competing over the course 13 stages on the notoriously difficult Otterburn Ranges, our Mini Sport […]