Mini goes racing!!!

Mini goes racing!!!
Mini goes racing!!! [Photo]Today has been eventful to say the least.We were all lined up and ready to go when news came through to the starter that roads were blocked – so it was down to sat-nav to get to Adria….only sat-nav didn’t appear to know the way!!She took us up the autostrasse – brought us off [we paid our toll] then took us back on again, in the opposite direction! She was about to do the same again when we decided to over-rule her! WeEventually found our venue – the Adria International Raceway – and discovered that almost everyone else had had similar problems – and we still made it in for our official time- phew!!![Photo]Then was Special Stage 1 – enter an area., crush 5 plastic cups around a circuit and leave the area dead on 30 seconds. This time I remembered to start the stop-watch – and counted loudly. However, Paul was concentrating so hard on “killing” the cups that he may not have heard me???? – so we may have exited the box a few seconds early – not a lot you may think but we get penalty points for every 100th of a second.Then we fell into formation for our entrance onto the actual race circuit. It was mid-programme for a Touring Car meeting. Lights on, fog lights on – horns blaring we were off!!We completed one lap[Paul driving], then we all lined up on the grid to swap drivers!!! – and I completed 2 laps!!!-pure adrenalin.Then lunch in the drivers quarters, before a final Special Stage ….driving a figure 8 in 12 seconds….think we did ok.…just seen the results and we have moved up 4 places [but the only way was UP!!!]