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....and Honda offers a lot more money (more than twice the contingency money) and support than the, basically lip service that Mini supplies.

Really hate that RSR will not be racing the Mini anymore but business is business, and it takes a lot of money to go racing, even in Grand Am ST.

Good luck and thanks Randy and everyone at RSR for racing our little cars so long!!

 

Last year we talked with the nice folks at Team RSR & were told they had no inclination to sort & develop the R56 turbo. With precious little help from MINI it would cost them a ton of cash do that.

The Honda's are a sorted & developed car & Honda motor company actually helps the teams fielding their cars. This is a professional series & costs a ton to compete. If you want to win you have to drive something that makes competitive sense along with financial sense.

Team RSR are a bunch of great folks. I'll route for them no mater what they race.

Well maybe not a Kia. :wink:

 

The old SC are great cars and the 56 turdblows have to many issues.

 

Hmmmmmm Brazil or France..... Let's see......
Brazil has thong bikinis and the French..... Oh yea that's them running away.... Lol

;-)

 

"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind."

- General George S. Patton

 

:cornut: For Sale: 2000 brand new French or Italian Army rifles never fired and only dropped once.:devil::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Jason

 

if you ever go to a decent size BMW owners meet, you'll realize just how true this is; I love going now and park next to the most, expensive rare one I can find just to torque em up a little :arf:

 

:cornut::cornut::cornut: Oh Yeah! Why you dirty little low down:mad5::mad2::incazzato:.............................HMMMM..........wait a minute............how many times has Margi(08 R56 MCS/JCWm) been in the dealer for warranty work on problems that have never happened to any of my other cars.:nonod::frown2: Then there was that JD Powers and Assoc thing. I kept telling them how wonderful my Dealer and MINI were all 10 or 12 times that I had to take Margi in.:nonod::frown2: Somewhere along the line I realized the she had had 10-12 big(engine) things wrong with her prior to warranty expiration. Well okay you're right Dave. However, she's blowing R53s off the road now in the acceleration department from 3-5.5kRPMs up.:lol::devil::ihih::lol: I really wonder whether the problem started when Mini dropped y'alls Brazilian Chrysler engine for our French Peugeot engine. What do you think?

Jason

 

As previously stated; I think RSR was a little lucky for Grand-Am to let them run the R53 Minis again this year because the car is so far out of production. When I talked to Randy at Laguna Seca last year he was hoping to still run the Minis one more year but figured that was it and it would be time to go to a different make because Mini was not providing enough support to the team.

I will still cheer for the RSR Team!

 

Sure we can race. :devil::incazzato::cornut::biggrin5::lol::devil:

 

I figured this was the case as soon as RSR got the Honda. And to add fuel to the decision, Grand Am was reluctant to give RSR another exemption to be allowed to run the R53 MINI cause it was way out of production.

 

I think you have confused the French with the Italians. The French stand and surrender.

 

We'd all like to see MINI pour money into a race program here in the states but we also know that MINI has shown time and time again they are not interested.

We on Motoring Alliance do not represent the typical MINI owner that could care less about racing and is more interested in the hipster lifestyle stuff. Can you blame MINI for following the money?

It's been a fun run with RSR but I do fear this is the last season we will see them in a MINI.

 

:cornut: Darn it Nathan!!!!!!!!!!! Why do you always have to spoil every thing with the truth.:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Jason

 

At least the MINIs are doing well in B-Spec. I agree, I'll still cheer for RSR, but it won't be the same when they aren't driving any MINIs.

Another point, it wouldn't make any sense to start developing R56's now, anyway... might as well wait a year and start working on an F56.

Maybe that's the plan!?!?! (I wish)

 

Provided there is a "plan", of course.

Jim

 

Which is the "Ultimate Driving Machine," BMW or Mini?

In no way will BMW ever provide enough support to Mini in racing to out pace BMW no matter how much we want it. Fact of life and BMW is even about to have their own front wheel drive BMW badged Mini....who do you think will get the milk?

Business.:devil:

 

MINI appears to be the red headed stepchild of the BMW group....