The MINI United Count Down

Sections: Official News Oct 6th, 2005 12 Comments

The first MINI United festival due to take place 28-30 October has had a truly international response; 2500 MINI fans are set to descend on Italy, setting off from 32 countries including as far a field as Australia, Japan, Canada and America. So far 200 MINI owners from the UK are planning to make the 1000-mile journey to the Misano racetrack and see the grand final of the John Cooper Challenge (JCC).

The 20 top drivers from the national JCC championships will compete against each other in fully-kitted out John Cooper Works MINI Cooper S. The UK has four of the spaces on the grid, and will be competing against drivers from ten other countries including the US, Germany, Australia, Switzerland and Bahrain. (MINI UK Press)

For those still on the fence about heading over to Italy, here’s a few bits of info that may be of interest.

Racing legend Alex Zanardi and Paolo Barilla, ex-Formula1 driver and one of the heirs of the Barilla pasta empire, will get into the race car for MINI United and participate in the festival’s special guest race.
The flying finn Rauno Aaltonen, the legendary winner of the 1967 rally Monte Carlo, will be on hand to meet MINI aficinodas and give autographs on the festival grounds.
Flying in from other parts of the world? You can find out about renting MINIs here.
Just want a lift from various parts around Europe? MINI has got you covered.
Looking for convoys heading to Italy from various parts in Europe? You can see meet up points here.

Also of interest is this little nugget of info buried in the site under the entertainment section: “Marvel at the special-edition MINI and historic Mini models on show as well as the racing vehicles lined up in the pitlane.” Sounds like this is confirmation that the MCS Lightweight will indeed be debuting at Misano as we predicted last spring!

You can read more about the festival at the official MINI United website.

Finally you can check out a complete listings of the events surrounding MINI United by downloading the PDF below:

[ MINI United Event Program ] MINIunited.com

Written By: Gabe

O(=^=)O Capn

Yes! I can’t wait to get rid of that Banner and see those wonderful pictures again!

If I was going I would be saying yes I can’t wait to go, so, this instead..

Gabe, you can’t say that you feel any different.
http://www.newministuff.com mikeythemini

I’ll be there – only 1 day though
Mike F.

I’ll be there! Thanks to MINI USA. My wife and I will attend as the MINI USA Scavenger Hunt Winners. It’s awesome to get a trip like this for free. I still can’t believe it. We will be staying at Hotel Fedora in Riccione. We even get a special drivers training on Oct. 27th. I’ll take lot’s of Pictures and video.

Mike & Chelle and our car Nemo “The Mac Mini MINI”
http://motoringfile.com Gabe

Mike – feel free to email me any pics and video you take. I’m sure everyone here would love to see it all.
Jack07734

It’s to bad that MINI USA dosen’t hold an event like this here in North America.
http://motoringfile.com Gabe

Yes! I can’t wait to get rid of that Banner and see those wonderful pictures again!

21 more days :)
O(=^=)O Capn

lol
http://www.compassnet.com/mfeidler Mike F. \\\\\\\\”NEMO\\\\\\\\”

I will take lots of pictures and video and get some of it to you Gabe. If that MCS Lightweight shows it’s head I will try to get a picture to you ASAP.
Frank

Does anyone know what artists/DJs will be showing up at the MINI United event?
sajsi

Hi Gabe, do you have a high res pic of the image above? (one with the minis) Thanks
http://www.hubertus.net/mymini Philip

I’ll be there as well and can’t wait to meet MINI owners from around the world.

There is a group of Russian MINI enthusiast making the trip to Misano. We meet them here in Germany and do a convoi down to Italy.

Philip
http://www.portfolio4u.nl Jan en Saskia van den Berge

Hi There, hope to see a lot of you in Misano, and we will post pictures next week. Good trip to europe. We are driving with a group from The Netherlands, so look out of the dutchies!!! Jan & Saskia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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