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Old 03-09-2008, 05:09 PM
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R56 MINI Challenge Makes Worldwide Racing Debut
The 2008 Australian MINI Challenge series kicked off last weekend at Sydney's Eastern Creek.

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Old 03-09-2008, 05:17 PM
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freckin awesome dude! i want to do that. we should have this in the states.
 
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I wanna do that sooooo bad.
 
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one day....
 
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man, i wish i got the JCW body kit!!!
 
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man, i wish i got the JCW body kit!!!
Its not too late...it really makes it a different MINI, and it stands out so much more!
 
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Originally Posted by ghosthound
man, i wish i got the JCW body kit!!!
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Its not too late...it really makes it a different MINI, and it stands out so much more!
I wish you could buy the Challenge version of the body kit... different front and rear - they look so nice! IMHO much nicer than the JCW-aero-kit.
 
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Old 03-10-2008, 05:41 AM
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Glad you guys are enjoying the clips.
 
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Awesome, entertaining race clips!
 
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AWESOME stuff, thanks for posting!
 
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I wish I could race someone else's mini too! Looks pretty fun, seems like pretty good budget cup racing. No surprise that decent suspension geometry on a road car makes a good race car.
 
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Very nice video. Do you know how much HP they have?
 
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Originally Posted by DuongR56
Do you know how much HP they have?
210 PS (154kw) according to http://www.mini.de.
 
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Old 03-11-2008, 05:14 AM
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I think the power output is about the same as the R53 JCW road cars, 154kW (206bhp) ... they're basically the JCW Stage I R56 MCS road cars, plus roll cage, slicks etc.
 
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Originally Posted by minigolf
I think the power output is about the same as the R53 JCW road cars, 154kW (206bhp) ... they're basically the JCW Stage I R56 MCS road cars, plus roll cage, slicks etc.
The outup is basically the brand new MCS JCW (new sub-brand - aka JCW Stage 2) which has 211bhp.
The JCW Stage 1 has "only" 192bhp.
 
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Thanks for that Baraka.
 
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Is cool thanks,
 
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A couple of pics from the previous round.





R2 is this weekend.
 
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^sweet pics


Thats rad racing there!
 
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Some pics from this weekend's MINI Challenge.

The first lap of Race 3.

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I know this is a bit confusing, but the highlights package from Round 1 aired this weekend as well. You can watch the clips HERE.

Highlights from Round 2 air in about 3 weeks.
 
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I can't wait til they make some Scalextrics of these cars!!!!! They're the only makers doing replicas of real MINI Challenge cars.
 
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They had a Scalextric track set up in the corporate tent on the weekend. I should have taken a photo. The cars were R53 Coopers, though, not replicas of the Challenge cars.
 
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Old 05-11-2008, 05:33 AM
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Wow, lot's of action this weekend, including former test rugby international Ben Tune rolling his car in race one!

http://www.ausmotive.com/2008/05/11/...3-wrap-up.html

 
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TV highlights for the first 4 rounds of the 2008 Australian MINI CHALLENGE can be found on the following links. Hope you enjoy.

Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4

 
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