MINI USA has dedicated to a full 2026 American Rally Affiliation season, marking the model’s return to factory-backed rally competitors in North America. Operating as The John Cooper Works Race Workforce in partnership with LAP Motorsports, MINI will area a John Cooper Works Countryman ALL4 within the Restricted 4-Wheel Drive class and a 2-door Cooper S within the Open 2-Wheel Drive class.
This system begins this weekend with the Sno*Drift Rally in Atlanta, Michigan (February 6-7), increasing on restricted regional appearances final 12 months. Luis Perocarpi will drive the Countryman, with Cristian Perocarpi within the Cooper S. Each drivers carry earlier rally expertise, together with Luis’s participation within the 2025 Nemadji Path Winter Rally.
“We explored fashionable rally competitors with a pair regional races final 12 months to check the capabilities of our newer fashions,” mentioned Kate Alini, head of promoting, product and technique at MINI USA. “Primarily based on aggressive efficiency and fan curiosity, we determined to decide to a full season and reconnect with our rally heritage.”
MINI’s Rally Historical past and Fashionable Lineup
MINI’s resolution positions the model in opposition to opponents with established rally packages. The unique Mini Cooper S achieved important success within the Nineteen Sixties, successful the Monte Carlo Rally in 1964, 1965, and 1967 in opposition to extra highly effective autos. The modern MINI ALL4 competed within the Dakar Rally by means of the 2010s.
Each the Cooper and Countryman would require solely minimal security and competitors modifications beneath ARA guidelines, relying largely on manufacturing facility efficiency capabilities.
2026 ARA Nationwide Championship Schedule
The American Rally Affiliation operates the one nationwide stage rally championship in the USA. The 2026 calendar consists of eight occasions spanning February by means of October throughout regionally diverse terrain. The Sno*Drift occasion options snow and ice-covered forest roads in northern Michigan and usually attracts 50 competitors autos from the US and Canada.
Remaining scheduled occasions embrace:
- Sno*Drift Rally February 6-7, 2026, Atlanta, Michigan
- Rally within the 100 Acre Wooden March 13-14, 2026, Salem/Potosi, Missouri
- Olympus Rally April 17-19, 2026, Shelton, Washington
- Southern Ohio Forest Rally June 11-13, 2026, Chillicothe, Ohio
- Rally Colorado July 18-19, 2026, Rangely, Colorado
- Ojibwe Forests Rally August 27-29, 2026, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
- Overmountain Rally Tennessee September 18-19, 2026, Newport, Tennessee
- Lake Superior Efficiency Rally October 9-10, 2026, Marquette, Michigan
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