2018 MINI Takes The States Started on July 14, 2018
The
seventh edition of the MINI Takes The States a cross country rally started on
July 14, 2018 in same time from East and West. The East start is from Orlando,
Florida and the West start is from Portland, Oregon. Both routes will meet up
in Keystone, Colorado in a week.
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| The MINI Takes The States event is a cross country rally for owners and fans of the MINI. The MINI Takes the States is bi-annual event. |
The
MINI Takes The States is a cross country rally for owners and fans of the
British premium models. MINI Takes the States is bi-annual event. In 2016 more
than 4 000 MINI drivers lined up at the start to at least one stage of the
rally across the United States. More than 900 people travelled the entire
distance of around 4 400 miles (7081 km).
This
year MINI Takes The States also expected thousands of MINI fans and for the
very first time they could use two different routes. Both routes of the 2018
MINI Takes The States are around 2515 miles (app. 4000 km). The individual
stages are between 200 and 460 miles (app. 322 and 644 km) long and lead
through beautiful and interesting natural landscapes on carefully selected
roads. For the other participants the organizer is prepared stop-overs in major
cities along the tour thus everyone could enjoy the whole trip.
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| For the very first time the MINI Takes The States 2018 started from East and West at the same time. |
The
East route starts from Orlando/Florida on July 14, 2018 and takes to the
Tallahassee (July 14/15), New Orleans/Louisiana (July 15/16), Little Rock/Arkansas
(July 16/17), Dallas/Texas (July 17/18), Oklahoma City/ Oklahoma
(July 18/19), Dodge City/Kansas (July 19/20) and Keystone/Colorado (July
20/22).
The
West route starts from Portland/Oregon (July 14) and takes to the
Sacrament/California (July 15/16), Los Angeles (July 16/17), Flagstaff/Arizona
(July 17/18), Santa Fe/New Mexico (July 18/19), Durango/Colorado (July 19/20)
and Keystone/Colorado (July 20/22).
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Apart from the fun social experience and the public declaration of commitment to the world of MINI driving fun, MINI TAKES THE STATES is above all also a charity event. A portion of the start fee and donations collected along the course of the rally, benefit a social project. All proceed will once again go to the Feeding America aid organisation. In 2016, the MINI TAKES THE STATES earnings financed more than 1.3 million meals for people in need in different parts of the United States.
