Sunday Highlights from Miami

We were back at it on Sunday and all was still rockin' at MINI Takes the States Miami!

The MINI auto-cross and go-karts were a blast all day long as well as the two bands that SPIN Magazine generously provided for the festival. After people had a chance to relax by the Best Life massage chairs, they headed on over to the Euro-bungee, Men's Health climbing wall and Outside Magazine bike stunt demo for some for more fun.

At 12:30, the MINI awards were handed out for five categories of enthusiast. The following outlines our proud winners:
Road Warrior (farthest traveled) - Andrew Sparks
Wild Card - Luis Sanchez
Vanity Award (license plate) - Trace McDaniel
Tall person, little MINI - Joe Jimenez
I'm Not Afraid to be Noticed - Jackie Hardy

MINI also announced the lucky winner of Outside Magazine's beach cruiser bike raffle which went to Olivia Marrero (see picture below of Olivia with Jeff Lenosky - world record holder mountain bike stuntman).

The big finale to the weekend's festivities was sending off all The Flying Finn Rally participants on their journey up the coast to Boston, led by Rauno "The Flying Finn" Aaltonen, who piloted a classic Mini to victory in the 1967 Monte Carlo Rally. MINI owners will be joining the rally all along the eastern seaboard to add to the fun and make their way to the next MINI Takes the States - BOSTON - next weekend.

Hope to see you there!

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TO SEE A BUNCH MORE GREAT MTTS MIAMI PHOTOS:
Just check out our Official MINI Takes the States gallery on Flickr

AND WE’D LOVE TO SEE YOUR PHOTOS OF THE EVENT TOO!
If you have a Flickr account, you can join the MINI Takes the States 2008 – Miami Flickr group.

Or, you can email shots (or send via your cell phone) to us at miami.photos@miniusa.com (limit of 5 photos per person)