Drivers 2009 MINI Team Update The
MINI racing team consists of a father and son driver team, Rick Hendrick
Imports Executive General Manager, Brad Davis, and his son Robbie. Brad
has been racing sports cars since the early 80’s and has a DC Region
Championship and a Southeast Division Championship to us credit. In 2009
Brad is building another race car, a 2002 MINI Cooper that will run in the
modified H Production Class, a large change form his 24 years experience
in the almost unmodified Showroom Stock classes where he won his
championships and had 3 top 10 finishes in the Sports Car Club of
America’s National Championship Runoffs. At
just 24, Robbie has already been a South Atlantic Racing Series Champion
and was the 2008 SSB Southeast Division Champion. Robbie will be driving
the MINI of Charleston 2005 MINI Cooper S in the SSB Class for 2009,
defending us Championship and hoping his work schedule will allow him to
participate in this year’s SCCA Runoffs at Road America in Elkhart,
Wisconsin. In 3 years of racing Robbie has won 15 regional races and 11
Nationals. Robbie added an excellent drive in the Piper Motorsports BMW
325 to his resume in last year’s 12 Hours at the Point endurance race.
Look for Robbie to branch out into other Motorsports opportunities this
year in driving and marketing, after graduating from
Brad Davis When
the time arrived for MINI USA to make the move into road racing, Brad
Davis and the MINI of Charleston team was top on the list.
MINI sent the team a “well used” press fleet demonstrator and
the team started racing the car at the end of 2002.
For the 2004 season, MINI offered the team a MINI Cooper S for
competition in Showroom Stock B. In
the 2004 season, the team has had 3 top five finishes, including a 2nd
and 3rd at the Spring and Summer Nationals at Road Atlanta.
Driver Brad Davis has been SCCA Road Racing since the early 80s.
After being one of two college friends and students trying to fund
a car for the IMSA series in the 70s (rules changes requiring full roll
cages and fuel cells broke their budget), Brad fought the racing bug by
autocrossing and rallying but started racing seriously in the 1985.
“I’ve driven nothing but strange street cars my entire
career”, said Brad. Starting
out in a Dodge Omni GLH in SSB and then moving to a Honda Civic SI in SSC.
That car later became an ITA car and a “rolled” donor to
Brad’s current ITA car. The
move to the MINI was a prefect transition to another unusual performance
street car. Brad won the DC
Region Championship in 1988 and finished 2nd in the MARRS
Series three times. Brad
has had several class victories at Summit Point, Watkins Glen and Road
Atlanta. Working for the
Hendrick Automotive Group, parent to Hendrick Motorsports, Brad has had
the opportunity to get seat time in some NASCAR hardware, including laps
at Lowes Motor Speedway warming up the GM/Delphi Chevrolet Monte Carlo,
with an average lap speed of over 164 mph.
The volunteer racing team is headed by crew chief Robbie Davis.
Rob is the son of driver Brad Davis.
A Sophomore at Clemson University, Rob is an up and coming driver
in his own right with autocross and track day experience and a recent
graduate of the Skip Barber Race School.
In the ’05 season, father and son plan to team up for races in
the Southeastern Region ECR series. Returning
for his second season, James Overby keeps the car and team on time and
track ready. Additional help
this season has been provided by BMW solo driver Adolph Kosobucki of
Jacksonville and when stateside, autocrosser and Air Force Loadmaster Tim
Stawski. BMW/MINI master technicians Chad Matthews and Sam Wallace have
expertly performed our “back at the shop” support.
Robbie Davis
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