COMING UP: Norfolk Mini Day - Saturday May 29

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One of the biggest, if not the biggest, Mini event in East Anglia where hundreds of Minis turn out for this established and renowned show hosted by Norfolk Mini Owners' Club. Held on May 29 at Fakenham Racecourse the event is a relaxed but fun day out with no airs or graces and everyone just gets along and has fun. With concours, traders, craft stalls, autojuble, quiz and much more, all proceeds to charity. £5.
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COMING UP: Minis on the Prom

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Celebrating its sixth annual charity event, the Dragon Mini Club is once again hosting its wonderful Mini run and show on May 28-29.

After a winding tour through picturesque Wales the event will culminate in a seaside static show on the promenade of Aberystwyth where the general public and Mini owners alike will be able to enjoy the variety of Minis on display whilst soaking up the sunshine on the beachfront.

Visitors are welcome to attend the show on Sunday, where there will be a charity raffle, show 'n' shine, and much more.

For more information contact Joy or Ron on 02920 790923 or email at joy121mini@aol.co.uk or see www.newportminiowners.co.uk

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Official WRC JCW MINI to debut today

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Olbia, 5^th May, 2011. The dye is now caste and the final preparations have been made for the debut of the MINI WRC Team on the Rally Italy, Sardinia. Dani Sordo (ES) and his co-driver Carlos del Barrio (ES) in the MINI John Cooper Works WRC number 37 and Kris Meeke (GB) and his co-driver Paul Nagle (IR) in the sister car number 52 have just completed the pre-event shakedown on the stages near the rally start in Olbia.

Tonight at 20.00 the first car will drive away from the ceremonial start in the Sardinian port while Sordo and Meeke will be fifth and sixth to do this. The three day event then starts tomorrow with 342.80 kilometres of action over 18 gravel special stages. When the rally finishes in Olbia at lunch time on Sunday the competitors will have covered a total of 1,178.40 kilometres.

Dani Sordo:

“This is now the start and everything is very new. We have a hard working team and this is so important as we have a lot to do. At the moment we don’t know how the car will be, but this is the first time for all of us together on a rally and so we just have to wait and see what happens. In the past MINI has been a very important name in rallying and I am happy to be part of its return to the sport.”

Kris Meeke:  

“This is a big challenge ahead of us, especially as on day one we have over 130 kilometres of stages and only the remote service. This is one of the reasons why we have chosen this event so we can learn as much as possible about the car. Our aim this year is to make the car as competitive as possible on every surface.”

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