Success breedsSuccess, a MINI Corral for Watkins Glen. Published by Ian Rae · June17, 2015 at 10:01am TheContinental Tire Sports Car Challenge race at Laguna Seca wassuccessful on two fronts for MINI-USA. Firstly the new MINI John Cooper WorksRace Team finished in the top ten in only its second outing. And secondly theMINI-USA Corral that was organized by MotorWerks Magazine was an outstanding success. Some hard work by MWM West Coast Editor Norman Nelson and MINI’sown Tonine McGarvie transformed the prime real estate on Laguna Seca’s Is land into MINI Central for the three-day event. The MINI owners that came out at short notice were treated to a tour of the teams pit area, had a meet and greet with Remo Ruscitti, Glenn Nixon, Wei Lu, Zack Meyer, Dan Clarke, and Stephen Simpson and were treated to a great display and result by the team. Spurred on by the success of the Laguna Seca Corral, Nelson, McGarvie and MWM Editor Ian Rae turned the phones red hot and are pleased to announce that MotorWerks Magazine is bringing you another MINI-USA Corral at the next round of the CTSCC at Watkins Glen. Conveniently located by the entrance tunnel on Road 2 the trackside Corral will feature a Hospitality tent with a view of the uphill Esses. Parade Laps are included in your day at the MINI Corral. The MINI parade lap is scheduled for 11:20, you will need to be in the corral before 11:00 Saturday morning to make the procession. Time permitting, a Meet and Greet with the team and autograph session will be held in the Corral tent. Stephen Simpson of the MINI JCW Race team has pencilled that in for between 9and 9:45 on Saturday morning. Lunch on Saturday is provided by MINI USA for Corral attendees. Wrist-bands will be included with your ticket and Corral pass at the Will Call window at the ticket office. The prime mover in organizing the Corrals, Norman Nelson said, “We put on two Corrals when MINI was getting out of racing in 2012, now that they are back MotorWerks Magazine is pleased to be working with MINI-USA on putting together more of these great get-togethers. MINI owners are passionate about their cars and seeing the new F56 JCWs getting into the mix with BMWs and Porsches gets them all excited. We will have more news on upcoming events shortly.†Tickets for the event can be purchased through Jeff Nelson at (607) 535-3354.A weekend pass is required for Fri-Sun and the special price is $65 per driver, a Corral pass for your MINI is $50. Passengers get a super special ticket price of $55. More info can be found on the Internet at www.minijcwteam.com,www.motorwerksmag.com and on Facebook www.facebook.com/minijcwteam and www.facebook.com/MotorWerksMagazine Visit our event page and tell us you are coming out to support the MINI John Cooper Works Race Team and keep up with all the news. www.facebook.com/events/1612325692343813/
The corral at Laguna made for a fantastic time at the races. Hope the Glen festivities are much the same for those who go.
Keep an eye out as we are working with several other tracks to organize Mini Corrals for the entire CTSCC series.
Nathan - Here is the CTSCC (Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge) Series schedule. We are working on organizing Mini Corrals at each of the tracks except Mosport. We are working on putting together an informal gathering and team visit for Mosport. June 26-28 Watkins Glen NY (Corral set) July 10-11 Canadian Tire Mosport Park July 24-25 Lime Rock CT (Corral set) August 7-8 Road America Elkhart Lake WI (in the works) August 21-22 VIR (Virginia International Raceway Danville VA (in the works) Sept 16-18 COTA (Circuit of the Americas, Austin TX (in the works) Sept 30-Oct 2 Road Atlanta Petite Le Mans Braselton, GA (in the works) Please stay tuned as we will be posting information on each event as we get all the details finalized.