The 2017 Rally Isle of Man certainly proved itself to be a challenging and traitorous event for our 15 Mini crews competing in rounds 5 and 6 of the Mini Sport Mini Cup! Being both wet and windy, the conditions were at times like driving on ice, certainly not helped by the gravel being washed over the roads from the heavy rain and World Rally Cars ......

MANX NATIONAL RALLY CHAMPIONS! Massive congratulations to Team Mini Sport’s Daniel Harper and Chris Campbell who after a trying weekend with alternator, driveshaft and tyre issues, persevered in Mini Sport’s new MINI JCW-01c World Rally Car, to take 1st place and be crowned Manx National Rally Champions for the second year running! A huge well done also to the service crew, for their fantastic work ......

Day One: A total of 15 Mini crews decended on the Isle of Man for the 5th and 6th rounds of the Mini Sport Mini Cup, including the 3 Mini crews who join us all the way from Japan, solely for the Rally Isle of Man every year. Off to a turbulent start, Rhodri Owen Roberts & co-driver Alun Hayward were suffering with engine issues, resulting ......

Continuing to introduce you to the drivers and co-drivers in our 2017 Mini Sport Mini Cup, and following on from Andy Walkingshaw, Ray Cunningham, Louise Thomas, Rhodri Owen Roberts, Jim Brindle, Andrew O’Hanlon, Clive King and Jack Hartley, we have Anton Bird! We have something a little different for you this week to go with Anton’s profile card, a write up from Anton himself! Check out what Anton has to say about his rallying ......