Real Mini Racing at The Goodwood Revival

Sections: Classic Mini | Video Nov 23rd, 2009 15 Comments

There is nothing like seeing MINIs on the track. Unless of course you can watch Minis. This year the Good Revival featured Mini as its “featured marque” and held a very special race that was televised on itv in the UK. While the overall video (around 5 minutes long) is impressive enough, the in car footage after the jump are even more fascinating.

Courtesy of Andrei

Written By: Gabe

bluzeke

Mini 101: ” . . . you just keep your foot down and you keep steering and you’re back on the tarmac.”
Sideways Eh!

That oozed awesome!!!!
Chilly

Fantastic – I can’t wait for the drive home! :-)
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1046757782 Peter Braun

That’s the way it’s supposed to be! Nice! Thank you!
Micah

Outstanding racing among a stellar field of drivers with some exciting overtaking maneuvers and saves! Love the light back ends of those classic Minis skating around the high speed corners of Goodwood.
Huckleberry

That made my lunchbreak! That car sounded like a beast.
James Irmiger

Ooooh, they look so cute doing 100, and they can pull a full gee in the corners! wow.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=540789501 Keenan Hateley

THAT was intense. reminds me of a mini bike race. 6 or7 old XR75′s? oh yeah, same kinda racing
http://www.mynextmini.info Chris

Simply awesome!
Ellis

Absolute brilliant!!! No “drive by wire”; only “drive by foot”!!!
Gary

Bugs on the windscreen…just like my MINI!

An exhilarating ride. Easy to see how one can get addicted to it. Thanks much!
Jon

I’ve never seen Mini racing like that, and I was truly impressed. I noticed friend of MotoringFile Rauno Aaltonen finished in a respectable 4th place. Surprised the commentators never once mentioned the famous rally driver’s name…

Loved the part where they were running 3 Minis wide, flat-out!
Robbie

Brilliant!

Any details on how the cars were prepared? Did they use a batch of repro Mk1 shells? What a sweet sounding motor – must be pulling close to 7500 revs. Ahhhh Longmans song!
Scarlett O’MINI

What kind of tires did those Mini have? Regular street tires or slicks?
http://www.tpguess.com Paul Guess

What a hoot… I don’t need no stinkin video game… I own a Mini Cooper S :-)

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