MINI Meets

Todays “Know Your MINI” event benefitting the Care For Keith trust, and organized by MINI of Peabody was excellent and well attended! In short order, MINI Peabody got about 60 MINIs attending, raising over $4200, including donations from people who could not make it (thanks RB!), and nicely designed Tshirt sales … They did an excellent job of organizing everything, and all their staff were present to make sure everything went smoothly; the parent comapny (LyonWaugh) helped and of course the sister BMW operation provided the location.

The Boston BMW CCA and Joe Marko of HMS Motorsport did a wonderful job with the setup of the braking / maneouvering course as well as a super mini auto-cross track.
Kudos also to local TV channel 4 who covered the event and did a great job of presenting the MINI support for Keith – see this weblink.

The day included lane change / braking maneouvres and a short slalom and braking/turning section, as well as the popular auto-cross track. In addition good food was provided, and discounts on MINI items. Loads of pictures:

Burning MINIs 2 was a very blue event! It even included MaxaMINI‘s MINI, driven by the lovely Mart:

 

On the drive, there were other colors, with the fall foliage still looking good (with early November temperatures in the 60s and sunny, it’s not surprising!). Our first stop was at MINI Peabody where our MINIs joined the new ones and nearly filled the lot (made worse by a delivery of brand new MINIs!):

Then, more driving, to a destination of Russells Orchards:

And finally back to the farm starting point – where we were joined for a short time by a few MINIs who had spent the day driving the Mohawk Trail:

 

Now it was bonfire time – since the day (November 5th) was Guy Fawkes Day in England, I made a Guy who had driven up with me in the morning; during the day he had gathered some friends but now it was time to send him up in flames! We finished the evening enjoying the fire, lighting sparklers, and eating burgers & steak cooked on the BBQ …