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Old 15 Jun 2003, 11:35 (Ref:631886)   #1
Barrie
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Barrie should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
Mini's in rallycross

Weve had Porsches's now we'll go with Mini's. Your favourite Mini's please. Mainly used in UK, they were a great rallycross weapon in the early days with Mike Hill, Hugh Wheldon, "Jumping" Jeff Williamson and Brian Chatfield being some of the most succesful Mini pilot's. The Mini useally was the Mini Copper S, 1300twin cam, this gradually developed into a 1400 then into 1500 with the twin 40's, which was alot of power for such a light car. after the early Mini's the modifieds were the frontrunners in the British championship. Keith Ripp of course is rememebered for that famous televised roll, Trevor Reeves "16v version" had a very competitive Mini, Trevor Smith, Lawrence Gibson, Tony Bardy, Colin Strugnell was a regular in Europe, Ronnie White Northern Irish champion. More recent times i suppose the Ian Sandwich Mini was the quickest and most sorted seen. The Wakelings have a good Modified Mini, and also looking forward to the BMW Mini of Binks that will hopefully keep the Mini's in rallycross tradition going for years to come.
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