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MINI Challenge Joins British GT Championship for 2017

Sep 1, 16

Official Release: MINI Challenge will join the British GT Championship for the first time next year, cementing its place as one of Europe’s fastest-growing single-make racing championship. The news marks the biggest...

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The MINI Challenge Race Series Driven by EVO

After spending a weekend with the US based MINI JCW team at Road America last week and staring at the amazing R56 JCW Challenge car currently for sale on MotoringFile, we’ve become...

Aug 20, 16

This is What it’s Like to Drive a MINI Challenge Race Car

As part of its track car of the year testing Evo magazine tested a new F56 based MINI JCW Challenge race car. The Challenge car was up against some serious metal with...

Apr 18, 16Apr 18, 16

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Sibling Battle at this Weekend’s MINI Challenge Race

Brother and sister duo Vicki and Charlie Butler-Henderson will be taking sibling rivalry to the grid this weekend, battling it out in the penultimate round of the MINI Challenge series. Vicki (host...

Sep 19, 15Sep 19, 15

F56 Hardtop | 2014-2024 JCW MINI Challenge Motorsports Video

2015 MINI Challenge Race (Video)

Ahead of attending the MINI John Cooper Works press event next week, the MotoringFile crew is in full race mode. Today, EVO brings us eight minutes of pure joy with this video of...

Jul 15, 15Aug 23, 15

F56 Hardtop | 2014-2024 Feature JCW JCW GP MINI Challenge Motorsports R53 MINI Cooper S R56 MINI Cooper (2006 - 2014) Video

EVO Races the MINI GP against MINI Challenge Race Cars

As a tribute to Best Motoring International, EVO UK has produced a thrilling and rather hilarious race between a 2006 GP, 2013 GP, R56 Challenge and F56 Challenge track cars. Click through to watch...

Feb 20, 15Aug 23, 15

F56 Hardtop | 2014-2024 JCW MINI Challenge Motorsports

MINI Challenge F56 Profiled by XCARFilms

MotoringFile was one of the first sites to show footage of the F56 MINI Challenge race car from the perspective of current racers. However now we have high quality footage and an...

Jan 29, 15Jan 31, 15

F56 Hardtop | 2014-2024 Feature JCW MINI Challenge Motorsports

MINI Challenge F56 Preview

Although not yet announced by MINI UK, we are starting to learn more specifics of the F56-based MINI Challenge car as provided by AutoExpress UK including a jump of 86bhp over a stock...

Nov 30, 14

MINI Challenge Motorsports Official News

Official: Mid-Season Recap for International MINI Racing

Official Release: Wheel-to-wheel battles on renowned race tracks, thrilling championship battles and plenty of driving fun: Race cars of the MINI brand are enjoying worldwide popularity once again in 2014. Among drivers...

Aug 8, 14Aug 7, 14

Classic Mini | 1959 - 2000 MINI Challenge

Mini Festival Comes to the Cheshire Circuit

For the first time ever, this weekend Minis of all eras will gather for the Oulton Park Festival to celebrate the Mini brand and its history with a full day of festivities. The...

Jul 10, 14Jul 10, 14

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MINI Challenge Series in Argentina and Brazil Thrills Fans

The MINI Challenge series in Argentina and Brazil have thrilled their fans this season with exciting races and new champions. Race weekends brimming with tension on renowned South-American circuits, combined with the lifestyle and parties so typical of MINI, and about which drivers, teams and fans are still talking weeks later: the MINI Challenge series in Argentina and Brazil offer more than just high-class motorsport. They are an attitude to life.

Nov 26, 12Nov 24, 12