Noel Durdant-Hollamby brought down is beautifully restored Mk2 Mini Cooper S Police car down for a rolling road tune today. The car was running great and only need a slight adjustment at the top end. The car was restored a few years ago to a very high standard and can often be seen on display at various classic car events. Click here to visit Noel’s website.
John Rhodes, Mini racing legend, explains his driving style in this short clip from the late 1960’s. The cars were setup for chronic over-steer. By lifting off Rhodes could encourage the rear to slide before mashing the throttle and pulling out of the corner.
“One thing he used to ask for if he was driving one of our cars was that it had to have violent oversteer. We’d use the strongest bumpstops on the back so that as soon as you’d turned into a corner it sat straight on the bumpstops which would put you straight into oversteer which he loved.” – Harry Ratcliffe, British Vita Racing Team
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