June 14, 2008:
MINIs only ADSS 2008
Another year, and thanks to the White Mountain BMWCCA Chapter, MINI owners get another fine and fun day of burning rubber in a safe way! Thanks also to Concord Motorsport and MINI of Peabody for their support …
Sadly the event was under-attended - but with only 13 MINIs, we all got more hands-on time than normal 
Since this was my 4th event (see 2004, 2005, and 2007), I did some time doing the braking and lane changing exercises, and some time photographing others - I also loaned out GPMINI to Jason and Brian, to get some great pictures of her going round the skid area (and in the afternoon I took her round, un-photographed!)
As always, this was a GREAT event and a must for anyone that wants to learn the behaviour of their MINI at the limits of braking and steering; it’s made even more fun with the many friends attending (Hi Jason, Brian, Sarah, Pete, David - and congrats on the new GP Peter!)
Head over to the gallery of pictures, or scroll down for a selection
Jason gets his rebuilt MINI Cooper back out on the skid pad:
Another GP - owned by Peter (Uptick), for the last two weeks:
One Clubman has fun:
GPMINI got skid pad time with Jason and Brian, while I took pictures:
(more pictures in the Gallery)
UPDATE:
Also see these “official” pictures of the White Mountain BMWCCA website
JCWGP (2008/06/15 @ 7:34 am)
GP sure looks good in motion or standing still for that matter.
LePew (2008/06/15 @ 8:39 am)
Official MINI count (including instructor cars) was 17. A good time nonetheless!
Peter (2008/06/15 @ 10:30 pm)
Ian, thanks for taking a few shots of me in 0691. (I should’ve loaned out my camera too!)
Attending this event was a great opportunity for me to get to know the GP. I’m truly enjoying the agility of the GP and look forward to bringing it to other such events.
Peter (2008/06/15 @ 10:32 pm)
… I also enjoyed experiencing GBMINI#4’s super sound system. I’m gathering ideas.