2009 MINI CHALLENGE - Speculative calendar
Thursday, December 18th, 2008 Posted in MINI Challenge | No Comments »I was just checking out the MINI CHALLENGE website and was interested to see this calendar listed on the site. To the best of my knowledge nothing official has been announced, but if these dates come to fruition then the ...
2008 MINI CHALLENGE climbs the Mountain
Thursday, December 18th, 2008 Posted in MINI Challenge | No Comments »A case of better late than never with these two clips of the Australian MINI CHALLENGE at Bathurst. Of course, Mount Panorama circuit is probbaly the best in the country, and rates pretty highly as one of the best circuits ...
Classic training debut for Trivett apprentices
Saturday, December 13th, 2008 Posted in MINI, MINI Challenge | No Comments »Motorsport categories are a great way to sharpen the skills of all who take part. Drivers, team management and mechanics are all put under the microscope during the intense competition of door-to-door racing. A relatively new racing category such as ...
Neil McFadyen wins the 2008 MINI CHALLENGE
Sunday, December 7th, 2008 Posted in MINI Challenge | No Comments »According to the race results as published on the NatSoft website, Neil McFadyen in his Industrie MINI is the inaugural Australian MINI CHALLENGE champion. By finishing Race 3 in 9th place McFadyen has done enough in the final race of the ...
2008 MINI CHALLENGE - Round 8, Race 2
Saturday, December 6th, 2008 Posted in MINI Challenge | No Comments »After two races at this weekend's meeting, the 2008 Australian MINI CHALLENGE is still alive and will be decided in tomorrow's final race of the year. Will it be DecoRug's Paul Stokell, or will Indutsrie Clothing's Neil McFadyen hold on ...
2008 MINI CHALLENGE - Round 8 preview
Friday, December 5th, 2008 Posted in MINI Challenge | 2 Comments »This weekend sees the final race of the inaugural Australian MINI CHALLENGE series and, after a few bumpy moments during the year, the organisers must be rapt the title will be decided at the last round. Neil McFadyen, winner of ...
2008 MINI CHALLENGE - Round 7 TV highlights
Thursday, December 4th, 2008 Posted in MINI Challenge | No Comments »Round 7 of the 2008 Australian MINI CHALLENGE was held on 21-23 November at Tasmania's Symmons Plains raceway, south of Launceston. Here is a five part television package including full coverage of Race 1 and Race 3 from the round. ...
2008 MINI CHALLENGE - Round 7 wrap up
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in MINI Challenge | 1 Comment »Last weekend's MINI CHALLENGE racing at Tasmania's Symmons Plains raceway had plenty of action at both ends of the field. Up front, former Tasmanian Paul Stokell had a dominant weekend winning all three races. However, at the back of the ...
2008 MINI Challenge - Round 7 Preview
Thursday, November 20th, 2008 Posted in MINI Challenge | 2 Comments »Round 7 of the inaugural Australian MINI CHALLENGE series takes place in Tasmania this weekend at Symmons Plains, south of Launceston. The UBER-STAR CARS will be filled by Western Bulldogs AFL star, and 2001 Brownlow Medallist, Jason Akermanis and eight ...
MINI CHALLENGE update on Darren Berry
Sunday, October 12th, 2008 Posted in MINI Challenge, News | No Comments »Media statement – October 12, 2008 UPDATE ON DARREN BERRY’S CONDITION MINI CHALLENGE driver, Darren Berry, underwent surgery on his broken ankle at Orange Base Hospital this afternoon. Following on from yesterday’s incident coming down the Mount Panorama course, Berry has spent ...
2008 MINI CHALLENGE - Round 6 wrap up
Sunday, October 12th, 2008 Posted in MINI Challenge | 1 Comment »Hard to go past the most spectacular imagery from this round, Ryan McLeod and Darren Berry's accident. The incident has been covered here (including a MINI CHALLENGE press statement on Darren's condition). The good news is, despite the horrific looking ...
MINI CHALLENGE race cut short at Bathurst
Saturday, October 11th, 2008 Posted in MINI Challenge | 2 Comments »The Australian MINI CHALLENGE had a great position in the television broadcast today. Race 3, the final race for Round 6, was to be beamed live into Australia's lounge rooms as the last event before the Top 10 Shootout for ...
Grant Denyer monstered by big truck
Thursday, September 18th, 2008 Posted in MINI Challenge, Motorsports, News | 3 Comments »MINI CHALLENGE driver and Seven Network personality Grant Denyer recently suffered a back injury when a monster truck drive went, well, a bit wrong. Denyer has been driving the big rig for Clive Featherby for the last six months, just ...
2008 MINI Challenge - Round 5 wrap up
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 Posted in MINI Challenge | 1 Comment »Jason Bargwanna's recent dominance of the 2008 MINI CHALLENGE continued in Round 5 with the former Bathurst champion taking a clean sweep of all three races. Bargwanna started Race 1 on pole and never looked back. Nathan Geier was equally ...
Australian MINI CHALLENGE under new management
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 Posted in MINI, MINI Challenge, News | 4 Comments »Good news from the world of the Australian MINI CHALLENGE today with confirmation of a new management team securing the future of the series. Toleman Motorsport has been given the seal of approval from MINI Australia and CAMS to act ...
