Over 100 Mini Coopers At Nevada City Adventure 2007
June 08, 2007 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News
Nevada City, CA – June 8, 2007– Mini Mania, Inc.(tm), the market leader in distributing and manufacturing lifestyle products and high quality performance aftermarket parts for the "classic" Mini(tm) and BMW MINI Cooper(tm) automobiles announced today that the 6th Annual Nevada City Adventure was a great success with over 100 BMW MINI and classic Mini Coopers in attendance at the June 2nd event.MINI Cooper enthusiasts drove from all over the West to participate in this year’s event. Numerous prizes were given away, including a Stage Two Kit for BMW MINIs and an engine cylinder head for classic Mini Coopers. Mike Powell of Camino, California won the cylinder head and Jim Bratton of Atascadero, California won the Stage 2 Kit. "I have to sit down," was Jim's reaction after he won the $2000 stage kit. "I was in shock when I won." Each Mini Cooper at the event was automatically entered in the Grand Prize Giveaway drawings.
"We thoroughly enjoyed hosting the huge range of Mini Coopers and their owners and friends at our facility this weekend,” said Don Racine, Owner of Mini Mania. “We appreciate being a vital part of this vibrant community of Mini enthusiasts. And the two lucky winners are very happy they attended!”
The Gold Country Motoring Tour proved very popular with some 35 Mini Coopers taking the tour. The tour included local California Historic Landmarks such as the Empire Mine State Park, the National Hotel and the South Yuba State Park, which is referred to locally as Bridgeport, the longest single span covered bridge in the United States.
In addition, hundreds of dollars in donations were generated for two local charities during the event. The local chapter of the American Red Cross and Sierra Presbyterian’s Youth Group received funds from the raffles and food booths, respectively. NCA 2007 ran from 8am to 4pm this year and included activities such as Do-It-Yourself workshops, a Gold Country Historic Motoring Tour, slot car races and lots of raffles.
To see photos of the event, go online to http://new.minimania.com/ArticleV.cfm?DisplayID=1969
About Mini Mania, Inc.
Mini Mania was founded in 1974 and has grown to become a multi-million dollar market leader that provides high quality aftermarket parts that include its own ULTRIK(tm) line of high performance parts and very specialized services to a growing customer base of approximately 100,000 consumers around the world.
Mini Mania solidified its market leadership position in 2001 by becoming the first company in the US to import the then all new BMW MINI to use as a product and performance test bed. Shortly thereafter, Mini Mania began to offer a suite of "lifestyle enhancement products" that appeal to recent purchasers of the MINI Cooper ™ automobile.
Mini Mania is headquartered in a 16,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility in the Northern California foothills outside of Sacramento. The company's dynamic web site is truly a one of a kind information portal for any Mini Cooper enthusiast, containing over 50,000 pages of unique content augmented with 50,000 part numbers, technical articles and interactive community forums. Each month 75-100,000 individuals access the web site for research and purchase of Mini Cooper parts and accessories.
The company has recently opened Mini Mania , a standalone subsidiary in the, (minimaniauk.co.uk) to better serve the growing European market. For more information: Mini Mania, Inc. (minimania.com), 800.946.2642.