Mallory Park was the venue for the penultimate round of the 2008 Super Mighty Minis Championship. A fine start to the day soon clouded over as so may days this summer as Comis was looking for a return to form with a new gearbox.
With the Autumnal sun making a brief... Read more
At long last the successor to my stolen rally prepared Austin Cooper S, 277 BRX, has emerged from a 12 month rebuild of another Cooper S I bought in 2007. This car is a Morris Cooper S first registered in 1965 and converted into a 60’s rally replica, but not prepared to the current regulations for special stage rallying, and is now stored off-site for obvious security reasons.
Despite my knowledge of old minis... Read more
With the fine race performance of Silverstone still fresh in the mind of the Mini Spares driver, Alex Comis was keen for greater things for rounds 2 and 3 at Snetterton... Back in the paddock the car was off... Read more
After the seemingly endless winter break, Silverstone welcomed the return of the Super Mighty Minis Championship and the start of the 2008 season. With the sun beaming down on an clear April spring day, everyone seemed bright eyed and bushy-tailed for what many have predicted to be the toughest, most competitive ... Read more
Brands Hatch in Kent was the latest venue for the Super Mighty Minis Championship. With the end of the season in sight, Round 10 would be crucial for the championship runners. The fast flowing nature of the Indy circuit would play into Alex’s driving style as he comes to this round keen to make an impact after the mixed fortunes of Oulton Park.
With the front of the car rebuilt it looked on the pace as ... Read more
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The finale of the 2007 Super Mighty Minis Championship revisited the East Anglia track of Snetterton. Rounds 12 and 13 would be the crucial decider for the top for drivers fighting for Championship glory.
Somewhat unusually for this season, the sun made a welcome, if late, appearance for the show down... Read more
A gloriously sunny mid-August day was exactly what didn’t greet the Super Mighty Minis Championship for rounds 8 and 9 at Oulton Park Cheshire.
As has been the theme of this summer heavy threatening clouds watched over proceedings for qualifying. The session went like clockwork for Alex as he bagged 3rd place... Read more
It was time to strip both front brake calipers completely and re-seal them to stop the irritating leaks. So that's exactly what I did using the new sets of seals I bought from KAD instead of the standard AP Lockheed seals. The AP ones look fine, but obviously something is causing them to relax or deteriorate in race use. With the calipers re-built and re-fitted I bled the system up with my Gunsons Easi-Bleed one-man brake bleeding kit.
It seemed pointless fitting new pads in for one race as I had plans to up-grade the brakes over the winter which would include a new set of a different type. I then decided to try and track down where the damned oil was coming from that was on the inner wing and under the clutch.... Read more
Post race check after Donnington revealed – well, nothing really. Except I still have oil coming from somewhere to give a fine rust-proof coating to the area adjacent to the Clutch housing. Seriously annoying as generally I don't build leaky engines. No leaks from the calipers – so that's a relief, although I am still lacking confidence in the brakes on the whole. I am more and more coming to the conclusion that it is the pad type.... Read more
Once again I found myself swamped with work causing the now familiar last minute rush to check the race car over before departing to Donnington. This race weekend was going to be a very different affair than what has become the norm. Karin was having to work the weekend, my 'opposition' in my class and in another Clubby - Steve (Young) - has resigned himself to doing the last race of the year at Oulton park due to work pressures, and stats man and hospitality provider Keith (Manning – now Otto v
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Having made some improvements and progress at Croft the decision now was – what to do next? The increase in toe-out on the rear, despite being a small amount, seemed to help get the car turned better. Should I add more? In my 'softly softly' approach to getting the car sorted so I don't loose my way I contemplated this for a while and decided that on the whole it would be better to go to Snetterton with the car as it finished at Croft.... Read more
Pembrey is not one of my favourite circuits and is the longest journey from where I am to a race circuit we visit in the UK. Having said that – the scenery driving down through/across Wales is quite breathtaking. However, a prior engagement made the choice of whether to go or not pretty straightforward - a trip to Sweden for 5 days to visit with relations and join in with a 60th birthday party for one of them was just too difficult to resist. Read more
Whisking the head off again after removal at Silverstone to found out what the problem was 9obviously bent exhaust valve) I was praying that it had not trashed the head. I couldn't face having to do another race head so soon. Fortunately it had just dinged the edge of the seat in the head slightly – so a new valve, guide re-ream, and seat 'trim' got thing sorted.
With all the bits re-applied I took the car back down to genial Pete at Alwyn Kershaw's.... Read more
After a monumentally busy start to the year work-wise, I made a concerted effort to get the car sorted to get back out there and have some fun. My plans for stripping the car back to the shell and re-checking all the suspension alignment starting from the shell and subframes went to hell in a hand cart, so it was a case of building an engine and doing my best to re-sort the suspension geometry to try and suss this weird and inconsistent handling .... Read more
The 2006 Super Mighty Minis Championship ended in true nail biting fashion with Alex Comis finish in 3rd place, and nearly snatching 2nd in the final round.
With such a strong finish, the 2007 season looks to be one of the closest contested championships yet. Round 1 took kicked off at Mallory Park on a glorious ... Read more
After the wacky races at Mallory, the Mighty Minis circus moved to the Northamptonshire track of Rockingham. Looking to build on his solid start to the season Alex, in the number 3 Mini Spares.com car, was keen to capitalise to bolster his championship hopes.
By the end of the qualifying session... Read more
The season has started with such frantic action that the opening two races are done before I’ve found my way back to the office! I am of course defending the title this year which means running the coveted number 1.
Things started really well at Silverstone in April with pole position for round 1. The car was little changed from last year, although... Read more
Rally driver and classic Mini enthusiast Peter Horsburgh has had his Mk1 Cooper S rally car stolen from the drive of his home in Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell near Didcot in Oxfordshire on Sunday 3rd Dec '06.
Stolen between Sunday 11.00pm and Monday 7.00am. The car is a 1965 Red and White Mk 1 Cooper S Reg 277 BRX. The car has Cobra seats embroidered with Peter Horsburgh and Mark Appleton, Gold 5 inch.... Read more
I really can't begin to explain the full range of emotions I felt heading to Donington for the final round of the 2006 Dunlop Mini Miglia National Championship. The season was finishing on a high with good grid sizes maintained right through the year, one of the best tracks in the country and a Great & British meeting with plenty of Mini interest.
But of course, the biggest deal was deciding... Read more
For the 13th and final time of 2006 the Super Mighty Minis Championship returned to one of the most epic motor racing venues in the world, Silverstone.
Though the Championship was buttoned up by Neven Kirkpatrick, 2nd place was still up for grabs and the fight between David Kirkpatrick and Alex Comis would be settled by the drop of the final chequered flag. Read more
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