Steve Introne of Windham, NH had a plan to win the B-Spec championship at the 59th SCCA National Championship Runoffs -- taking place Sept. 24-Oct. 2 at Virginia International Raceway -- in the No. 12 VeloceEng/Black Hog Beer/BosMblTire MINI Cooper. And, it worked.Introne’s plan involved a partnership with second-place finisher...

The TC America powered by Skip Barber championship kicked off the 2022 season at Sonoma Raceway presented by CrowdStrike. It was an impressive 31 car grid across the TCX, TC, and TCA classes representing a diverse group of manufacturers including BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Mazda, Mini, and Subaru.Race 1Prior to the...

After several years of successfully campaigning Minis in Touring Car America’s TCA category, in 2021 LAP Motorsports introduced the car to the Touring Car class. But it wasn’t a matter of developing the car in the entry-level class before moving to a faster one; rather, Touring Car is kind of...

Toyota driver Nasser Al-Attiyah secured his third consecutive stage win of the Dakar Rally on Wednesday, dominating the 337km (209-mile) Wadi ad-Dawasir to Riyadh special stage from start to finish. However, he continues to trail MINI driver Stephane Peterhansel by nearly five minutes in the overall rankings."It wasn't an easy...

It was Stephane Peterhansel's day on the 11th stage of the Dakar Rally, but X-Raid Mini teammate Carlos Sainz moved to the brink of victory in the marathon's first run in Saudi Arabia by placing third.Peterhansel (pictured) edged defending champion Nasser Al-Attiyah by just 10 seconds as they both pared...

Stephane Peterhansel took his second stage win of the Dakar Rally on Friday, completing the desert run from Ha’il to the Saudi capital of Riyadh 1m35s ahead of JCW X-Raid Mini teammate Carlos Sainz. The Spaniard retains a solid lead in the overall standings, however, 7m48s ahead of Toyota driver...

Rebounding from a problematic start to his Dakar Rally, Stephane Peterhansel rebounded to win the fourth stage in Saudia Arabia with his JCW X-Raid Mini (pictured above). In doing so, the French driver – a 13-time Dakar winner -- followed in the footsteps of Giniel De Villiers by scoring stage...

Giniel de Villiers won Monday's challenging second stage of the Dakar Rally, a 228-mile run from Al Wajh to Neom. The South African took advantage of a mistake made in the last few miles by fellow Toyota driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi (who led in confident style from the start) to claim...

Mini swept the top three places in a surprise-filled opening stage of the Dakar Rally.Vaidotas Zala (pictured) navigated the pitfalls of the opening special the best to spring a surprise with his first career stage win on the 198-mile route through the dunes from Jeddah to Al Wajh. The 32-year-old...

MINI USA announced that it will continue its partnership with Indianapolis-based LAP Motorsports in the Touring Car A (TCA) class of the TC America series with a MINI John Cooper Works entry.Last year, the MINI JCW team claimed the manufacturer’s championship in the Street Tuner class of the IMSA Continental...