Here is a (1-1/2 minute!) video of this mornings start to MINI Takes The States, with marching band accompaniment and worldwide MINI VP Kay Segler leading and waving the flag! The first GP heading off is being driven by MINI USA VP Jim McDowell.
Sorry it ends a bit suddenly – my camera decided the batteries were dead 😦
WARNING: 25MB file!
UPDATE: You might also like to check out this YouTube video (nearly 6 minutes) from McLeonard that covers much of the event (but lower quality than above due to YouTube compression)
M&I / GBMINI 
cool vid will there be more?