Released on = June 17, 2006, 3:22 pm

Press Release Author = Don Racine / Mini Mania

Industry = Automotive

Press Release Summary = The Mini Mania Mini Cooper \'S\' has been accepted to
participate in this years Monterey Historic races to be held August 19th thru the
21st at the famed Laguna Seca race track at Monterey California.

Press Release Body = Nevada City, CA - June 19th, 2006 Mini Mania, Inc.T, the market
leader in distributing and manufacturing lifestyle products and high quality
performance aftermarket parts for the "classic" MiniT and BMW MINI CooperT
automobiles has been accepted to participate in this years Monterey Historic races
to be held August 19th thru the 21st at the famed Laguna Seca race track at Monterey
California. This annual world renowned Vintage Race event will this year feature the
cars and stars that made up the 'Cooper' marquee from Formula One race cars to the
most basic of Mini Coopers. The Mini Mania 'Monty Mini' was selected to be one of
the very limited numbers to represent the heritage of the Mini Cooper S on the race
track.
Mini Mania will also be participating in the anticipated largest gathering of Mini
Cooper in US history. Special parking is being provided for both the original
classic Mini and the new generation BMW MINI Cooper. The expected 1,000 owners will
be able to not only view an entire week-end of historic races but also to visit the
various trade booths that will include the large display from Mini Mania of both
performance and lifestyle products for the Classic and BMW MINI Coopers.
Don Racine, the owner of Mini Mania says "This historic event will represent the
first time in 25+ years that the Mini has been invited to participate in the event.
The Monterey event has been the standard of excellence for all Classic Vintage race
event world wide. The acceptance of our Mini Cooper will be one of the highlights
of my career." The Mini Mania "Monty Mini" as built and maintained by Don Racine
will be driven by Nick Swift from the famed "Swiftune" race engine development
company in the UK.

About Mini Mania, Inc.

Mini Mania was founded in 1974 and has grown to become a multi million dollar market
leader that provides high quality aftermarket parts that include its own ULTRIKT
line of high performance parts and very specialized services to a growing customer
base of approximately 50,000 consumers around the world.

Mini Mania solidified its market leadership position in 2001 by becoming the first
company in the US to import the then all new BMW MINI to use as a product and
performance test bed. Shortly thereafter, Mini Mania began to offer a suite of
"lifestyle enhancement products" that appeal to recent purchasers of the MINI
Cooper) automobile.

Mini Mania is headquartered in a 16,000 square foot state of the art facility in the
Northern California foothills outside of Sacramento. The company's dynamic web site
is truly a one of a kind information portal for any Mini Cooper enthusiast -
containing over 50,000 pages of unique content, augmented with 50,000 part number,
technical articles and interactive community forums. Each month 75-100,000
individuals access the web site for research and purchase of Mini Cooper parts and
accessories. www.Minimania.com

The company has just opened a standalone subsidiary in the UK
http://www.minimaniauk.co.uk/ to better serve the growing European market. For more
information - on the web: www.minimania.com, 800.946.2642, info@minimania.com


Web Site = http://www.Minimania.com

Contact Details = Mini Mania
870 Gold Flat Road
Nevada City, Calif. 95959
530 470 8300 Email: Info@Minimania.com