The wait is over. Today we can finally announce the news that we’ve been alluding to for weeks. MotoringFile and Whiteroofradio have been named by MINI as the official podcast and news coverage sites of MINI United. That means we’ll be on the ground in Germany and Zandvoort with all access passes bringing you the latest in word, sound and video from what will surely be the largest MINI event ever. We’ll also be podcasting and blogging in the days and weeks leading up to the event on MF, WRR and the official MINI United weblog.
Here’s a quick look at our itinerary. First up, I’ll be heading over a few days early to explore Germany while blogging and podcasting about my experiences. This will include a trip to the Nürburgring Nordschleife where I’ll be meeting up with a local MINI club and possibly even experiencing a MINI race car on the ‘Ring.
Eventually I’ll make my way to Munich where I’ll join another local club on their way to the Netherlands and finally MINI United. With laptop and video recorder in-tow I’ll be documenting the trip as much as possible.
Db and Todd will be flying into the Netherlands a few days early to get a lay of the land and take a MINI road trip of sorts to Berlin and back – all while joining local MINI clubs on their way to Zandvoort. Once in Zandvoort Todd and DB will be setting up the WRR studio tent on site at Circuit park in the Festival Plaza.
Once at MINI United we’ll set-up shop at the official WRR/MF tent where we’ll be broadcasting live podcasts and meeting as many people as we can. We’ll also be roaming the grounds interviewing MINI owners from around the world, all while taking in the countless activities scheduled throughout the four days.
It’s going to be an incredible experience that we can’t wait for. It’s been hard keeping it all under wraps this long… I’m not sure we could have held out another week.
Be sure to stay tuned to Whiteroofradio and Motoringfile for more updates as the event gets closer, as well as almost live updates from the event once it’s underway! If you haven’t already, now would be a great time to subscribe to the feed from WRR (RSS or iTunes) or Motoringfile (RSS – Full posts) to get all the updates as soon as they become available. And make sure to bookmark the MINI United section within MotoringFile for a concise listing of all MINI United news.
You can hear more below:
Whiteroofradio special announcement:
[audio:http://www.whiteroofradio.com/podcasts/specialnews.mp3][ Download ] mp3 / 9.7mb
Congratulations, guys. They couldn’t have chosen a more qualified team. Have fun on the ring!
that’s so cool- a trip of a lifetime for sure! and ps, I think i called the surprise (sorta)! 🙂
You B@st@rds!! 😀 If my wife hadn’t decided to visit her folks in September I would’ve tried to make it to MINI United. All I can say is… Congratulations and I’m jealous :-p
nice one chaps!
How cool is that! Congrats on the gig! Have a safe trip and a total blast (although I don’t know how you couldn’t! 🙂 )
Wow – damn… I’m jealous too! Congratulations though, that’s pretty darn awesome. 🙂
I have two words for all three of you: Business Class.
I’ll see you over there!! I am going to London/OXFORD first and then will get to MIniUnited…yooooooohhooooooo
You would be nothing without us, take us with you! Hahahaha! Just kidding, congrats!
It will be great to hear your reports directly from there, woohoo!
Outstanding!! Well-deserved.
Like everyone else, I look forward to the reports so that I may, once again, live vicariously through y’all.
Ooo, ooo, I just knew it. You guys will have so much fun. I loved the Netherlands when the company I work for sent me there for a couple of weeks a while back. You lucky, lucky dogs. 😉
I’ll see you there! Busy organizing my trip right now. Hoping to bring a fellow South African MINIac, Karl, with me.
Uhnglaubich!
Congratulations!
Congrats guys, quite a honor to be selected by Mini to be doing this. Makes perfect sense that this is going to happen, Motoringfile/WRR is one of the best sources for this type of coverage.
Hope you guys have a blast and can’t wait to hear/read on all three sites about the event.
Hah! I was right – how effing fantastic! Smuggle me along in your carry-on? You guys were first-class on MTTS, so I’ve plenty of confidence you’ll wow ’em. Hey, have a fantastic time, and remember, rubber side down.
That’s pretty cool! Not what I was anticipating, I suppose, but sure wish I was in your place! I’ll be in Amsterdam and Germany a month prior to you, so I’ll warm it up for you.
CONGRATS
That’s excellent! And here I was worrying that this announcement would be bad news!
Viel Spass!!!! Ich weiss ihr werdet spass haben!!!!
That is great. Wish I could make it too! Way to represent!!!
Congrats!!
Have I mentioned that I’m jealous???
Congrats, Gabe. I’ve been envious of you since your self-named blog. Now that was funny. This is serious MINI!
Any plans for a Eurotrip-like motoring badge? Man, I’m so jealous!
Wow! Congrats indeed guys! That’s such a great surprise. I for one didn’t care a whole lot about MINI United last time since it was so far off – but with you guys there doing all the coverage it’s going to be really cool to keep up with all the goings on.
If you’ve got video capabilities Gabe, we’d love to see you tearing ass around the ‘Ring. Just watch out for the mud!
Cheers guys, and congrats again. You three are such a pivotal part of the community it’s only right that you go to events like this. Rock on!
-NS in MN
Congrats guys…..you deserve it!
HAVE FUN!!!
its almost as if…as if…i’d heard this somewhere before… ; )
way to go guys!
– drew
Congrats guys! thats gonna be the trip of a lifetime, all your hard work has paid off
This is why we advertise on MotoringFile!!
Congratulations.
Just one small remark from a Dutchy: the name of the place is Zandvoort, not Zaandvoort 😉 It was spelled correctly twice, also incorrectly twice…
Congrats guys!!
Congratulations to Gabe, Todd and DB. This will be your first big scale international assignment.
(Green with envy!) 🙂
Great news. Looking forward to seeing you on the Ring and MINI United
This is great news guys! Congratulations.
I am envious and, at the same time, happy for y’all.
We are looking to hook up with other South Africans attending: <a href="http://mini2.co.za/blogs/mininews/archive/2007/04/26/MINI-United-_2D00_-22-June-2007-to-24-June-2007.aspx" rel="nofollow ugc">http://mini2.co.za/blogs/mininews/archive/2007/04/26/MINI-United-_2D00_-22-June-2007-to-24-June-2007.aspx</a>
[We are looking to hook up with other South Africans attending](<a href="http://mini2.co.za/blogs/mininews/archive/2007/04/26/MINI-United-_2D00_-22-June-2007-to-24-June-2007.aspx" rel="nofollow ugc">http://mini2.co.za/blogs/mininews/archive/2007/04/26/MINI-United-_2D00_-22-June-2007-to-24-June-2007.aspx</a>)
Great look forward to meeting you. I will be travelling from South Africa. Thanks for an awesome site. We are MINI agents in Cape Town and make use of loads of info from your site.
Cheers