MINI is a BIG Winner at the Dakar Rally

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MINI is a BIG Winner at the Dakar Rally

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9 of the Top 12 cars Overall were MINI's as were the Top 3 Overall cars! :D Wonder if they will get disqualified after the fact for illegal headlights? :mrgreen:
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Hagar46 wrote:9 of the Top 12 cars Overall were MINI's as were the Top 3 Overall cars! :D Wonder if they will get disqualified after the fact for illegal headlights? :mrgreen:
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Oooops! It seems those weren't really MINIs!

http://jalopnik.com/a-mini-didnt-win-th ... 1505308402
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Ha ha ha! :D So that's it, they aren't really MINI's! LOL
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They were as much MINIs as those "Towrags" that won three years in a row were VW's. :mrgreen:
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Minidave wrote:They were as much MINIs as those "Towrags" that won three years in a row were VW's. :mrgreen:
I think the same goes for those NASCAR machines :)
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