Clowning around in Minis

摘要

My Mini world started by surprise. Literally! I built my first race car in 1979, my senior year in high school. It was a 1964 Austin Sprite, with a 1098 engine, to compete in the Sports Car Club of America. At my first racing school in Sebring, Florida, a little square box surprised me as it blew by me down the back straight. It was love at first sight. When I went into the pits I asked: "What was that?" They said: "It's a Mini, with an A-series engine like in your Sprite." Within a few weeks I had my first of many Minis. It was a '62 Mini with, coincidentally, a 1098 engine.