You might think this is a strange first post to this blog. Why is a make/model agnostic new motoring association posting a picture of 20 MINI Coopers all together? Well, let me explain…
I took this picture back in 2005 at Gateway International Raceway (now World Wide Technology Raceway) in St. Louis, Missouri. We lined up all the MINIs (and one classic Mini) on the finish line during a Phil Wicks Mini Cooper Driving Academy weekend. Phil Wicks was one of the stunt drivers in the movie The Italian Job (1969) and founded a driving academy for new MINI drivers in 2002. There’s Phil holding the checkered flag in front of the pack of MINIs that came out that weekend.
Looking at this photo brings back a lot of memories for me and all of the fun I’ve had with cars and spending time with people that share the same passion. It’s times like these that have inspired me to found Sycamore Motorsports. I don’t know where Sycamore Motorsports is going or what it will become in the upcoming years, but there is one thing I know for certain: We’re going to have a lot of fun on the journey together and I plan on having the time of my life getting there!
