MINTCARS LIMITED (2008)
LATEST NEWS !!!
CAMDEN RACEWAY JULY 20th, 2008 MISHA WAS IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT ONCE MORE AT CAMDEN ON SUNDAY 20TH JULY. AFTER A LAY-OFF (SINCE GRENADA) AND SOME PREVIOUS RAINY DAYS, SHE FINALLY GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND DID A FEW PASSES, 9.8, 9.5 AND 9.4 sec. WITHOUT NOS AND A DE-TUNED CAR. THE TRACK WAS NOT PREPED FOR HIGH POWERED CARS AND THERE WAS LITTLE OR NO TRACTION. SHE DID CAPTURE THE FASTEST WOMAN OF THE DAY PRIZE. SHE WILL BE IN ACTION AGAIN SOON AT CAMDEN. GRENADA 25th & 26th MAY, 2008 @ PEARLS RACEWAY THE MINTCARS RAIL AND THE TEAM DID WELL IN GRENADA NOT WITHOUT PROBLEMS. MISHA DROVE ON THE SATURDAY (25TH) AND MICHAEL (MINT, 26TH). BOTH DRIVER WERE SUCCESSFUL. ON SAT. MISHA RAN 9.5, 9.3 AND A RECORD 8.9. SETTING AT THE TIME 'THE FASTEST TIME IN GRENADA' AND BY A WOMAN. HOWEVER, ON SUNDAY MICHAEL (FATHER) WENT ONE STEP FURTHER BY RUNNING 7.9. HE NOW HAS THE RECORD FOR THE FASTEST TIME IN GRENADA EVER. A RECORD MISHA SWORE SHE WOULD BEAT IN THE FUTURE. MISHA WON THE THE OPEN CLASS 'A' COMPETITION AND MINT WON FASTEST V8 AND FASTEST TIME OF THE MEETING. GRENADA BETA PAGE UP. CHECK IT OUT!!! THE BATON HAS BEEN PASSED !!!
MICHAEL LUKE, THE LEGENDARY DRIVER/OWNER OF THE MINTCARS RAIL HAS HANDED OVER THE REIGNS TO HIS DAUGHTER, 17 YEAR OLD MISHA. HE HAS BEEN TRAINING HER OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO ON ALL THE ASPECTS OF THIS CAR. SHE IS PART OF THE RACING TEAM FIRST THEN DRIVER. MINT HAS SOUGHT TO PASS ON AS MUCH KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO MISHA BEFORE SHE WAS ALLOWED TO TAKE THE CAR DOWN THE TRACK. THE CAR IS SAFE AND IT IS BEING MONITORED AND TUNED BY MICHAEL HIMSELF. SHE HAS ONLY BEEN DOWN THE TRACKS A FEW TIMES AND HAS BEEN IMPROVING. WHEN SHE STARTED TO NOW , SHE HAS BEEN GRADUALLY GOING FASTER, LEARNING THE CAR AS SHE GOES ALONG. TO DATE SHE HAS RUN 10.4, 10.3, 10.1, 9.91, 9.3. 9.2, 9.1 and (her first full Nitrous run) 8.2. FANS CAN LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HER RACE AT CAMDEN RACEWAY.
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First look at MINTCARS RAIL for 2008 with it's new driver MISHA LUKE.
(pic compliments trinituner.com)
