Performance MINI

THROTTLE ROCKET

Think about how you drive your car. How much of your time behind the wheel do you spend with your foot absolutely flat to the floor? Unless you’re on a track or on the way to getting your collar felt, the likelihood is that it’s not very much.

That’s the reality of road driving. There are many more factors at play than a simple ‘How fast can I go?’, and that’s one of the primary appeals of racing and track driving.

Just ask Lee Campbell. Here’s a man who loves nothing more than to get his toe down, and he’s built this glorious pocket-rocket with the sole aim of wringing its neck in the Classic Sports Car Club’s Turbo Tin-Tops series.

He explains, “It was always the plan to build this car

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